Title: Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
Humanitarian Firefighter Relief Act
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment of donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies imported by or on behalf of a qualified tax-exempt nonprofit charitable organization for purposes of the inspection and subsequent donation and export of those items to countries and organizations in need.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3722 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3722

 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the import of donated 
fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies free of duty 
   and other restrictions for purposes of inspection and subsequent 
  donation and export of such equipment and supplies to countries and 
             organizations in need, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 8, 2017

Mr. Nolan (for himself and Mr. Paulsen) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the import of donated 
fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment and supplies free of duty 
   and other restrictions for purposes of inspection and subsequent 
  donation and export of such equipment and supplies to countries and 
             organizations in need, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Humanitarian Firefighter Relief 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.

    (a) In General.--Section 322(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1322(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``, and'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, and'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(5) donated fire-fighting and rescue and relief equipment 
        and supplies imported by or on behalf of a qualified nonprofit 
        organization for purposes of inspection of such equipment and 
        supplies and the subsequent donation and export of such 
        equipment and supplies to countries and organizations in need, 
        as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``A 
        qualified nonprofit organization referred to in paragraph (5) 
        is an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
        section 501(a) of such Code.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:


``          9810.00.98   Donated fire-         Free                 ...................  Free                 ''
                          fighting and rescue                                                                  .
                          and relief
                          equipment and
                          supplies imported
                          under the terms of
                          U.S. note 7 to this
                          subchapter.........

    (b) Amendments to U.S. Notes.--Subchapter X of chapter 98 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) in U.S. Note 1 to such subchapter, by striking ``and 
        9810.00.95'' and inserting ``, 9810.00.95 and 9810.00.98''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of the U.S. Notes to such 
        subchapter the following new U.S. Note:
    ``7. For purposes of heading 9810.00.98, goods may be imported 
under such heading, under the terms of section 322 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 and regulations issued thereunder, if such goods are imported by 
or on behalf of a qualified nonprofit organization described in section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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