SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate. 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission. 
(3) 
COMMISSION
DISCLOSURE
FORM.—The 
term ‘‘Commission disclosure form’’ means, with re-
spect to a petition for a duty suspension or reduc-
tion, a document submitted by a petitioner to the 
Commission that contains the following: 
(A) The contact information for any known 
importers of the article to which the proposed 
duty suspension or reduction would apply. 
(B) A certification by the petitioner that 
the proposed duty suspension or reduction is 
available to any person importing the article to 
which the proposed duty suspension or reduc-
tion would apply. 
(C) A certification that the petitioner is a 
likely beneficiary of the proposed duty suspen-
sion or reduction.
(4) DOMESTIC PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘domes-
tic producer’’ means a person that demonstrates 
production, or imminent production, in the United 
States of an article that is identical to, or like or di-
rectly competitive with, an article to which a petition 
for a duty suspension or reduction would apply. 
(5) DOMESTIC
PRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘do-
mestic production’’ means the production of an arti-
cle that is identical to, or like or directly competitive 
with, an article to which a petition for a duty sus-
pension or reduction would apply, for which a do-
mestic producer has demonstrated production, or im-
minent production, in the United States. 
(6) DUTY SUSPENSION OR REDUCTION.—The 
term ‘‘duty suspension or reduction’’ refers to an 
amendment to subchapter II of chapter 99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
for a period not to exceed 3 years that— 
(A) extends an existing temporary duty 
suspension or reduction on an article under 
that subchapter; or 
(B) provides for a new temporary duty 
suspension or reduction on an article under 
that subchapter.
(7) LIKELY
BENEFICIARY.—The term ‘‘likely 
beneficiary’’ means an individual or entity likely to 
utilize, or benefit directly from the utilization of, an 
article that is the subject of a petition for a duty 
suspension or reduction. 
(8) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘‘Mem-
ber of Congress’’ means a Senator or Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Con-
gress. 
(9) MISCELLANEOUS TARIFF BILL.—The term 
‘‘miscellaneous tariff bill’’ means a bill of either 
House of Congress that contains only duty suspen-
sions and reductions and related technical correc-
tions that— 
(A) are included in the final report of the 
Commission submitted to the appropriate con-
gressional committees under section 3(b)(3)(E), 
except for— 
(i) petitions for duty suspensions or 
reductions that the Commission has deter-
mined do not contain the information re-
quired under section 3(b)(2); 
(ii) petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions with respect to which the Com-
mission has determined the petitioner is 
not a likely beneficiary; and 
(iii) petitions for duty suspensions and 
reductions that the Commission does not 
recommend for inclusion in the miscella-
neous tariff bill; 
(B) are not excluded under section 
3(b)(3)(F); and 
(C) otherwise meet the applicable require-
ments of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives April 27, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4923 
AN ACT 
To establish a process for the submission and con-
sideration of petitions for temporary duty sus-
pensions and reductions, and for other purposes.