Title: To direct the United States Trade Representative to extend the exclusions of goods of China from additional duties imposed under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to extend for at least one year the exclusion of certain Chinese goods from additional duties. Such goods include medical-care products needed to address the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.
The USTR is not required to take such action if it determines that (1) a good is strategically important or related to certain Chinese industrial programs, and (2) such an extension would cause severe harm to the United States.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7665 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7665

    To direct the United States Trade Representative to extend the 
   exclusions of goods of China from additional duties imposed under 
     section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 16, 2020

 Mrs. Walorski (for herself and Mr. Peterson) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the United States Trade Representative to extend the 
   exclusions of goods of China from additional duties imposed under 
     section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, 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. EXTENSION OF EXCLUSIONS OF GOODS OF CHINA FROM ADDITIONAL 
              DUTIES IMPOSED UNDER SECTION 301 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 
              1974.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the United States Trade Representative--
            (1) shall extend the date of expiration of each exclusion 
        of a good of China from additional duties imposed under section 
        301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411) that has been 
        granted under the authority of such section and is in effect as 
        of July 16, 2020 for a period of not less than one year from 
        such date of expiration; and
            (2) shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of such 
        extension.
    (b) Exception.--The Trade Representative is not required to extend 
the date of expiration of the exclusion of a good of China from 
additional duties as described in subsection (a) if, not later than 
fifteen days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Trade 
Representative--
            (1) determines that--
                    (A) the good is strategically important or related 
                to ``Made in China 2025''' or other Chinese industrial 
                programs; and
                    (B) extension of such date of expiration would 
                cause severe harm to the United States; and
            (2) provides a detailed justification for such 
        determination to--
                    (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) the party that requested the exclusion; and
            (3) publishes in the Federal Register a notice of such 
        determination.
    (c) U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection shall issue updated instructions with 
respect to entry guidance and implementation of this Act.
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