Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3510
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-09-26
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade

Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits

Government studies and investigations

Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-09-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill establishes a process by which a core seasonal industry may petition for countervailing and antidumping duties.<br /></p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3510 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES September 26, 2018 Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the treatment of core seasonal industries affected by antidumping or countervailing duty investigations, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Trade Improvement Act of 2018 . 2. Definitions (a) Core seasonal industry Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (37) Core seasonal industry The term core seasonal industry means the producers— (A) of a domestic like product that is a raw agricultural product, (B) whose collective output of the domestic like product constitutes a majority of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for a major portion of the total production of the domestic like product during any discrete season or cyclical period of time that concludes not later than 8 weeks after the date in which the product is harvested, and (C) that make substantially all of their sales of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time described in subparagraph (B). . (b) Industry Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930(4)(A) ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(A) ) is amended— (1) by striking industry means the producers and inserting the following: “‘industry’ means— (i) the producers ; (2) by striking the end period and inserting , or ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (ii) a core seasonal industry. . (c) Interested party Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930(9)(E) ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)(E) ) is amended— (1) by striking association a majority and inserting the following: “association— (i) except as provided in clause (ii), a majority ; and (2) by inserting or after States, ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (ii) in the case of a proceeding under this title involving a core seasonal industry, whose members constitute not less than 80 percent of the core seasonal industry, . 3. Improvements to countervailing duty procedures for core seasonal industries (a) Determination of industry support Section 702(c)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1671a(c)(4) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), and by moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking behalf of the industry, if— and inserting the following: “behalf of— (i) an industry (other than a core seasonal industry), if— ; (C) in subclause (II), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting , or ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (ii) a core seasonal industry, if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for at least 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for at least 50 percent of total production of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, determined by averaging production over the 3 seasons or cyclical periods of time preceding the filing of the petition. ; (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, if applicable) after their interests as domestic producers ; and (3) in subparagraph (D), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking support and all that follows through domestic like product and inserting industry support in accordance with subparagraph (A) . (b) Suspension of investigations for extraordinary circumstances Section 704(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1671c(c)(4)(A)(i) ) is amended by inserting (as defined in section 771(4)(A)(i)) after domestic industry . (c) Effect of final determinations Section 705(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1671d(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking , and and inserting a comma; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) in cases involving a countervailable subsidy that affects a core seasonal industry solely during a specific season or cyclical period of time, the administering authority shall limit the application of any rate determined under subparagraph (B) to that season or cyclical period of time, and . 4. Improvements to antidumping duty procedures for core seasonal industries (a) Determination of industry support Section 732(c)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1673a(c)(4) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II), and by moving such subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right; (B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking behalf of the industry, if— and inserting the following: “behalf of— (i) an industry (other than a core seasonal industry), if— ; (C) in subclause (II), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting , or ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (ii) a core seasonal industry, if the domestic producers or workers who support the petition account for at least 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like product in any State or group of States that accounts for at least 50 percent of total production of the domestic like product during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, determined by averaging production over the 3 seasons or cyclical periods of time preceding the filing of the petition. ; (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting (during the season or cyclical period of time specified in the petition, if applicable) after their interests as domestic producers ; and (3) in subparagraph (D), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking support and all that follows through domestic like product and inserting industry support in accordance with subparagraph (A) . (b) Suspension of investigations for extraordinary circumstances Section 734(c)(2)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1673c(c)(2)(A)(i) ) is amended by inserting (as defined in section 771(4)(A)(i)) after domestic industry . (c) Effect of final determinations Section 735(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1673d(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking , and and inserting a comma; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following: (C) in cases involving dumping that affects a core seasonal industry solely during a specific season or cyclical period of time, the administering authority shall limit the application of any rate determined under subparagraph (B) to that season or cyclical period of time, and .