Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act

Bill: 113-hr-3004
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2013-08-02
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Computers and information technology

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Latest action: action_date: 2013-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-08-02
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to work with the head of each agency participating in the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that each such agency, among other duties, develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS, submit all data to the ITDS electronically, and arrange to share information between each agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3004 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 2, 2013 Mr. Bera of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to ensure that each Federal agency participating in the International Trade Data System develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the System, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reducing Waste and Increasing Efficiency in Trade Act . 2. International Trade Data System (a) Information technology infrastructure Section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1411(d) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) Information technology infrastructure (A) In general The Secretary shall work with the head of each agency participating in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that each such agency— (i) develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS and to submit all data to the ITDS electronically; (ii) enters into a memorandum of understanding, or takes such other action as is necessary, to provide for the information sharing between the agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency necessary for the operation and maintenance of the ITDS; and (iii) not later than June 30, 2014, identifies and transmits to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection the admissibility criteria and data elements required by the agency to authorize the release of cargo by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency for incorporation into the operational functionality of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system. (B) Rule of construction Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require any action to be taken that would compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation or national security. . (b) Authorization of appropriations Section 13031(f)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(5)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury from amounts available in the Account $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, to remain available until expended, to carry out the provisions of section 411(d)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930. . (c) Government accountability office report Not later than June 30, 2015, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report— (1) evaluating the development and maintenance of the information technology infrastructure necessary to support the operations of the International Trade Data System; and (2) assessing the number of memoranda of understanding and other actions taken by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency and other Federal agencies to ensure the sharing of electronic import and export data.