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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8351 
To increase duties imposed with respect to autos imported into the United 
States that originate in the People’s Republic of China, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 10, 2024 
Mr. GOLDEN of Maine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To increase duties imposed with respect to autos imported 
into the United States that originate in the People’s 
Republic of China, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting American 
Autoworkers from China Act of 2024’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CONTROL.—The term ‘‘control’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 800.208 of title 
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31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). 
(2) GATT 1947.—The term ‘‘GATT 1947’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
(3) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(4) SCHEDULE
OF
CONCESSIONS.—The term 
‘‘Schedule of Concessions’’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘‘Schedule XX’’ in section 2 of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
SEC. 3. INCREASE OF DUTY ON AUTOS ORIGINATING IN 
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, heading 8703 of the HTS shall be ap-
plied and administered with respect to imports originating 
in the People’s Republic of China— 
(1) in the column 1 general rate of duty col-
umn, by substituting ‘‘100%’’ for the rate of duty 
otherwise applicable; and 
(2) in the column 2 rate of duty column, by 
substituting ‘‘100%’’ for the rate of duty otherwise 
applicable. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULE OF CONCESSIONS 
TO GATT 1994.—With due regard for the international 
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obligations of the United States, particularly Article 
XXXVIII of the GATT 1947 requiring any suspension of 
trade agreement concessions to be made on a most-favored 
nation basis, the United States Trade Representative shall 
take the necessary steps to modify the Schedule of Conces-
sions to accommodate the increase under subsection (a) 
in the rate of duty applicable to articles covered under 
heading 8703 of the HTS that originate in the People’s 
Republic of China. 
(c) RULES OF ORIGIN.—For purposes of this section, 
an article covered under heading 8703 of the HTS origi-
nates in the People’s Republic of China if the article is— 
(1) produced in the People’s Republic of China; 
(2) produced by an entity organized under the 
laws of or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the 
People’s Republic of China, without regard to the 
country in which that entity is located; or 
(3) produced by an entity over which control is 
exercised by an entity organized under the laws of 
or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China, without regard to the coun-
try in which either such entity is located. 
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