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SEC. 604. AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 98 OF THE HAR-
MONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
(a) ARTICLES EXPORTED AND RETURNED, ADVANCED 
OR IMPROVED ABROAD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—U.S. Note 3 to subchapter II 
of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(f)(1) For purposes of subheadings 9802.00.40 and 
9802.00.50, fungible articles exported from the United 
States for the purposes described in such subheadings— 
‘‘(A) may be commingled; and 
‘‘(B) the origin, value, and classification of such 
articles may be accounted for using an inventory 
management method. 
‘‘(2) If a person chooses to use an inventory manage-
ment method under this paragraph with respect to fungible 
articles, the person shall use the same inventory manage-
ment method for any other articles with respect to which 
the person claims fungibility under this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) For the purposes of this paragraph— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘fungible articles’ means merchan-
dise or articles that, for commercial purposes, are 
identical or interchangeable in all situations; and 
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‘‘(B) the term ‘inventory management method’ 
means any method for managing inventory that is 
based on generally accepted accounting principles.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this subsection applies to articles classifiable under 
subheading 9802.00.40 or 9802.00.50 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States that are 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion, on or after the date that is 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO RE-
TURNED PROPERTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The article description for 
heading 9801.00.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Sched-
ule of the United States is amended by inserting after 
‘‘exported’’ the following: ‘‘, or any other products 
when returned within 3 years after having been ex-
ported’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) applies to articles entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date that is 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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(c) DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN UNITED 
STATES GOVERNMENT PROPERTY RETURNED
TO
THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 98 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new heading: 
‘‘ 
9801.00.11 
United States Government 
property, returned to the 
United States without having 
been advanced in value or im-
proved in condition by any 
means while abroad, entered 
by the United States Govern-
ment or a contractor to the 
United States Government, 
and certified by the importer 
as United States Government 
property ....................................
Free 
’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
paragraph (1) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date 
that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 605. EXEMPTION FROM DUTY OF RESIDUE OF BULK 
CARGO CONTAINED IN INSTRUMENTS OF 
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC PREVIOUSLY EX-
PORTED FROM THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—General Note 3(e) of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
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(2) in subparagraph (vi), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (vi) (as so 
amended) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(vii) residue of bulk cargo contained in in-
struments of international traffic previously ex-
ported from the United States,’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end of the flush text fol-
lowing subparagraph (vii) (as so added) the fol-
lowing: ‘‘For purposes of subparagraph (vii) of this 
paragraph: The term ‘residue’ means material of bulk 
cargo that remains in an instrument of international 
traffic after the bulk cargo is removed, with a quan-
tity, by weight or volume, not exceeding 7 percent of 
the bulk cargo, and with no or de minimis value. The 
term ‘bulk cargo’ means cargo that is unpackaged and 
is in either solid, liquid, or gaseous form. The term 
‘instruments of international traffic’ means con-
tainers or holders, capable of and suitable for repeated 
use, such as lift vans, cargo vans, shipping tanks, 
skids, pallets, caul boards, and cores for textile fab-
rics, arriving (whether loaded or empty) in use or to 
be used in the shipment of merchandise in inter-
national traffic, and any additional articles or classes 
of articles that the Commissioner responsible for U.S. 
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Customs and Border Protection designates as instru-
ments of international traffic.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) take effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and apply with respect to residue of bulk cargo con-
tained in instruments of international traffic that are im-
ported into the customs territory of the United States on 
or after such date of enactment and that previously have 
been exported from the United States. 
SEC. 606. DRAWBACK AND REFUNDS. 
(a) ARTICLES MADE FROM IMPORTED MERCHAN-
DISE.—Section 313(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1313(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘the full amount of the 
duties paid upon the merchandise so used shall be refunded 
as drawback, less 1 per centum of such duties, except that 
such’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount calculated pursuant to 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury 
under subsection (l) shall be refunded as drawback, except 
that’’. 
(b) SUBSTITUTION FOR DRAWBACK PURPOSES.—Sec-
tion 313(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘If imported’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If imported’’; 
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‘‘(3) SUBMISSION
OF
BILL
OF
MATERIALS
OR 
FORMULA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Drawback shall be al-
lowed under paragraph (1) with respect to an 
article manufactured or produced using im-
ported merchandise or other merchandise classifi-
able under the same 8-digit HTS subheading 
number as such imported merchandise only if 
the person making the drawback claim submits 
with the claim a bill of materials or formula 
identifying the merchandise and article by the 8- 
digit HTS subheading number and the quantity 
of the merchandise. 
‘‘(B) BILL
OF
MATERIALS
AND
FORMULA 
DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the terms ‘bill of 
materials’ and ‘formula’ mean records kept in 
the normal course of business that identify each 
component incorporated into a manufactured or 
produced article or that identify the quantity of 
each element, material, chemical, mixture, or 
other substance incorporated into a manufac-
tured article. 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
SOUGHT
CHEMICAL 
ELEMENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), a sought chemical element may be— 
‘‘(i) considered imported merchandise, 
or merchandise classifiable under the same 
8-digit HTS subheading number as such 
imported merchandise, used in the manu-
facture or production of an article as de-
scribed in paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) substituted for source material 
containing that sought chemical element, 
without regard to whether the sought chem-
ical element and the source material are 
classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS 
subheading number, and apportioned quan-
titatively, as appropriate. 
‘‘(B) SOUGHT
CHEMICAL
ELEMENT
DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘sought 
chemical element’ means an element listed in the 
Periodic Table of Elements that is imported into 
the United States or a chemical compound con-
sisting of those elements, either separately in ele-
mental form or contained in source material.’’. 
(c) MERCHANDISE NOT CONFORMING TO SAMPLE OR 
SPECIFICATIONS.—Section 313(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1313(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
‘‘under a certificate of delivery’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the Customs Service’’ 
and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection’’; and 
(C) in the flush text at the end, by striking 
‘‘the full amount of the duties paid upon such 
merchandise, less 1 percent,’’ and inserting ‘‘an 
amount calculated pursuant to regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under 
subsection (l)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Customs 
Service’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection’’; and 
(3) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(3) EVIDENCE
OF
TRANSFERS.—Transfers of 
merchandise under paragraph (1) may be evidenced 
by business records kept in the normal course of busi-
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ness and no additional certificates of transfer shall be 
required.’’. 
(d) PROOF OF EXPORTATION.—Section 313(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(i)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(i) PROOF OF EXPORTATION.—A person claiming 
drawback under this section based on the exportation of an 
article shall provide proof of the exportation of the article. 
Such proof of exportation— 
‘‘(1) shall establish fully the date and fact of ex-
portation and the identity of the exporter; and 
‘‘(2) may be established through the use of 
records kept in the normal course of business or 
through an electronic export system of the United 
States Government, as determined by the Commis-
sioner responsible for U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection.’’. 
(e) UNUSED
MERCHANDISE
DRAWBACK.—Section 
313(j) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(j)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting 
‘‘5-year’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘and before the draw-
back claim is filed’’ after ‘‘the date of im-
portation’’; and 
(B) in the flush text at the end, by striking 
‘‘99 percent of the amount of each duty, tax, or 
fee so paid’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount cal-
culated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph (4)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘com-
mercially interchangeable with’’ and inserting 
‘‘classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS sub-
heading number as’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘3-year’’ and inserting 
‘‘5-year’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and before the draw-
back claim is filed’’ after ‘‘the imported 
merchandise’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking 
subclause (II) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(II) received the imported mer-
chandise, other merchandise classifiable 
under the same 8-digit HTS sub-
heading number as such imported mer-
chandise, or any combination of such 
imported merchandise and such other 
merchandise, directly or indirectly 
from the person who imported and 
paid any duties, taxes, and fees im-
posed under Federal law upon impor-
tation or entry and due on the im-
ported merchandise (and any such 
transferred merchandise, regardless of 
its origin, will be treated as the im-
ported merchandise and any retained 
merchandise will be treated as domestic 
merchandise);’’; 
(E) in the flush text at the end— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the amount of each 
such duty, tax, and fee’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘99 percent of that duty, tax, or 
fee’’ and inserting ‘‘an amount calculated 
pursuant to regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of the Treasury under subsection 
(l) shall be refunded as drawback’’; and 
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Enforcement Act of 2015, and annually thereafter 
until the regulations required by paragraph (2) are 
final, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
on the status of those regulations.’’. 
(h) SUBSTITUTION OF FINISHED PETROLEUM DERIVA-
TIVES.—Section 313(p) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1313(p)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘HTS’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(A) in clause (ii)(III), by striking ‘‘, as so 
certified in a certificate of delivery or certificate 
of manufacture and delivery’’; and 
(B) in the flush text at the end— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, so designated on the 
certificate of delivery or certificate of manu-
facture and delivery’’; and 
(ii) by striking the last sentence and 
inserting the following: ‘‘The party transfer-
ring the merchandise shall maintain records 
kept in the normal course of business to 
demonstrate the transfer.’’. 
(i) PACKAGING MATERIAL.—Section 313(q) of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(q)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of 99 percent 
of any duty, tax, or fee imposed under Federal law 
on such imported material’’ and inserting ‘‘in an 
amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection 
(l)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘of 99 percent 
of any duty, tax, or fee imposed under Federal law 
on the imported or substituted merchandise used to 
manufacture or produce such material’’ and inserting 
‘‘in an amount calculated pursuant to regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under 
subsection (l)’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘they contain’’ 
and inserting ‘‘it contains’’. 
(j) FILING OF DRAWBACK CLAIMS.—Section 313(r) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(r)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking the first sentence and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘A drawback entry shall be 
filed or applied for, as applicable, not later than 
5 years after the date on which merchandise on 
which drawback is claimed was imported.’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘3- 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’; and 
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(C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘the 
Customs Service’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘The Customs Service’’ and in-
serting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion’’; 
(ii) in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking 
‘‘the Customs Service’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection’’; and 
(iii) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘3- 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘the 
periods of time for retaining records set forth in 
subsection (t) of this section and’’ and inserting 
‘‘the period of time for retaining records set forth 
in’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) All drawback claims filed on and after the 
date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 
of 2015 (or, if later, the effective date provided for in 
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section 406(q)(2)(B) of that Act) shall be filed elec-
tronically.’’. 
(k) DESIGNATION OF MERCHANDISE BY SUCCESSOR.— 
Section 313(s) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(s)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(B) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) of 
subsection (j), imported merchandise, other mer-
chandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS 
subheading number as such imported merchan-
dise, or any combination of such imported mer-
chandise and such other merchandise, that the 
predecessor received, before the date of succession, 
from the person who imported and paid any du-
ties, taxes, and fees due on the imported mer-
chandise;’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘certifies that’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘certifies that the 
transferred merchandise was not and will not be 
claimed by the predecessor.’’. 
(l) DRAWBACK CERTIFICATES.—Section 313 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313) is amended by striking 
subsection (t). 
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(m) DRAWBACK FOR RECOVERED MATERIALS.—Sec-
tion 313(x) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313(x)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘and (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(c), and 
(j)’’. 
(n) DEFINITIONS.—Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(z) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) DIRECTLY.—The term ‘directly’ means a 
transfer of merchandise or an article from one person 
to another person without any intermediate transfer. 
‘‘(2) HTS.—The term ‘HTS’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
‘‘(3) INDIRECTLY.—The term ‘indirectly’ means 
a transfer of merchandise or an article from one per-
son to another person with one or more intermediate 
transfers.’’. 
(o) RECORDKEEPING.—Section 508(c)(3) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1508(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘3rd’’ and inserting ‘‘5th’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘payment’’ and inserting ‘‘liq-
uidation’’. 
(p) GOVERNMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE
RE-
PORT.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after 
the issuance of the regulations required by subsection 
(l)(2) of section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
added by subsection (g), the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives a report 
on the modernization of drawback and refunds under 
section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by 
this section. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required by para-
graph (1) include the following: 
(A) An assessment of the modernization of 
drawback and refunds under section 313 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by this section. 
(B) A description of drawback claims that 
were permissible before the effective date provided 
for in subsection (q) that are not permissible 
after that effective date and an identification of 
industries most affected. 
(C) A description of drawback claims that 
were not permissible before the effective date pro-
vided for in subsection (q) that are permissible 
after that effective date and an identification of 
industries most affected. 
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(q) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall— 
(A) take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(B) apply to drawback claims filed on or 
after the date that is 2 years after such date of 
enactment. 
(2) REPORTING OF OPERABILITY OF AUTOMATED 
COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT COMPUTER SYSTEM.—Not 
later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and not later than 2 years after such date 
of enactment, the Secretary of the Treasury shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on— 
(A) the date on which the Automated Com-
mercial Environment will be ready to process 
drawback claims; and 
(B) the date on which the Automated Ex-
port System will be ready to accept proof of ex-
portation under subsection (i) of section 313 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by subsection 
(d). 
(3) TRANSITION RULE.—During the one-year pe-
riod beginning on the date that is 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act (or, if later, the ef-
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fective date provided for in paragraph (2)(B)), a per-
son may elect to file a claim for drawback under— 
(A) section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended by this section; or 
(B) section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
in effect on the day before the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 607. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REP-
RESENTATIVE. 
(a) ANNUAL REPORT ON TRADE AGREEMENTS PRO-
GRAM AND NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AGENDA.—Section 
163(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) the operation of all United States 
Trade Representative-led interagency programs 
during the preceding year and for the year in 
which the report is submitted.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(4) The report shall include, with respect to the 
matters referred to in paragraph (1)(C), information 
regarding— 
‘‘(A) the objectives and priorities of all 
United States Trade Representative-led inter-
agency programs for the year, and the reasons 
therefor; 
‘‘(B) the actions proposed, or anticipated, to 
be undertaken during the year to achieve such 
objectives and priorities, including actions au-
thorized under the trade laws and negotiations 
with foreign countries; 
‘‘(C) the role of each Federal agency partici-
pating in the interagency program in achieving 
such objectives and priorities and activities of 
each agency with respect to their participation 
in the program; 
‘‘(D) the United States Trade Representa-
tive’s coordination of each participating Federal 
agency to more effectively achieve such objectives 
and priorities; 
‘‘(E) any proposed legislation necessary or 
appropriate to achieve any of such objectives or 
priorities; and 
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‘‘(F) the progress that was made during the 
preceding year in achieving such objectives and 
priorities and coordination activities included in 
the statement provided for such year under this 
paragraph.’’. 
(b) RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND STAFFING PLANS.— 
(1) ANNUAL PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The United States Trade 
Representative shall on an annual basis develop 
a plan— 
(i) to match available resources of the 
Office of the United States Trade Represent-
ative to projected workload and provide a 
detailed analysis of how the funds allocated 
from the prior fiscal year to date have been 
spent; 
(ii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and new staff that will be necessary to 
support the trade negotiation and enforce-
ment functions and powers of the Office (in-
cluding those of the Trade Policy Staff 
Committee) as described in section 141 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) and 
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2411); 
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(iii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and staff of other Federal agencies who 
will be required to be detailed to support 
United States Trade Representative-led 
interagency programs, including any asso-
ciated expenses; and 
(iv) to provide a detailed analysis of 
the budgetary requirements of United States 
Trade Representative-led interagency pro-
grams for the next fiscal year and provide 
a detailed analysis of how the funds allo-
cated from the prior fiscal year to date have 
been spent. 
(B) REPORT.—The United States Trade 
Representative shall submit to the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate a report that con-
tains the plan required under subparagraph (A). 
The report required under this subparagraph 
shall be submitted in conjunction with the an-
nual budget of the United States Government re-
quired to be submitted to Congress under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code. 
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(2) QUADRENNIAL PLAN.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to the goals 
and objectives of the strategic plan of the Office 
of the United States Trade Representative as re-
quired under section 306 of title 5, United States 
Code, the United States Trade Representative 
shall every 4 years develop a plan— 
(i) to analyze internal quality controls 
and record management of the Office; 
(ii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and new staff that will be necessary to 
support the trade negotiation and enforce-
ment functions and powers of the Office (in-
cluding those of the Trade Policy Staff 
Committee) as described in section 141 of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) and 
section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2411); 
(iii) to identify existing staff of the Of-
fice and staff in other Federal agencies who 
will be required to be detailed to support 
United States Trade Representative-led 
interagency programs, including any asso-
ciated expenses; 
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(iv) to provide an outline of budget 
justifications, including salaries and ex-
penses as well as non-personnel administra-
tive expenses, for the fiscal years required 
under the strategic plan; and 
(v) to provide an outline of budget jus-
tifications, including salaries and expenses 
as well as non-personnel administrative ex-
penses, for United States Trade Representa-
tive-led interagency programs for the fiscal 
years required under the strategic plan. 
(B) REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The United States 
Trade Representative shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate a report that contains 
the plan required under subparagraph (A). 
Except as provided in clause (ii), the report 
required under this clause shall be sub-
mitted in conjunction with the strategic 
plan of the Office as required under section 
306 of title 5, United States Code. 
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