To provide for retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022.

Bill: 117-hr-8906
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-23]
Introduced: 2022-09-19
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-09-19
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill retroactively applies the Generalized System of Preferences (a U.S. trade preference program that provides duty-free access to imports on products from certain developing countries) for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022. These covered articles shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though entry occurred on December 31, 2020.</p> <p>A request for liquidation or reliquidation must be filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and such request must contain sufficient information for CBP to locate the entry or, if the entry cannot be located, reconstruct the entry.</p> <p>Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered article shall be paid without interest.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8906 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2022 Ms. Wasserman Schultz (for herself, Mr. Diaz-Balart , and Mr. Soto ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To provide for retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022.

1. Retroactive application of Generalized System of Preferences for the period after December 31, 2020, and before September 1, 2022 (a) In general Notwithstanding section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2465 ), section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1514 ), or any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b), any entry of a covered article to which duty-free treatment or other preferential treatment under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq. ) would have applied if the entry had been made on December 31, 2020, that was made— (1) after December 31, 2020, and (2) before September 1, 2022, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on December 31, 2020. (b) Requests A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under subsection (a) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act that contains sufficient information to enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection— (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located. (c) Payment of amounts owed Any amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of a covered article under subsection (a) shall be paid, without interest, not later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be). (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Covered article The term covered article means an article from a country that is a beneficiary developing country under title V of the Trade Act of ( 19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq. ) as of December 31, 2020. (2) Enter; entry The terms enter and entry include a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.