3.0.0 166 2022-11-15T16:33:39Z 2022-11-15T16:33:39Z House H HR 2013-01-04 113 [Pages H53-H54]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BOUSTANY:H.R. 166.[[Page H54]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1; Section 8; Clauses 1 & 3:The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes,Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide forthe common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniformthroughout the United States; To regulate Commerce withforeign Nations, and among the several States, and with theIndian Tribes;]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm04 Trade Subcommittee Referred to 2013-01-15T21:39:07Z Referred to 2013-01-04T15:01:25Z 2013-01-15 hswm04 Trade Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Committee 2013-01-04 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2013-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-01-04 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] Charles Boustany R LA W. 3 N R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2013-01-04 True E000291 Rep. Ellmers, Renee L. [R-NC-2] Renee Ellmers R NC L. 2 2013-01-29 False J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2013-01-29 False T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2013-08-02 False R000580 Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6] Peter Roskam R IL J. 6 2013-08-02 False G000567 Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] Tim Griffin R AR 2 2014-06-10 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative remedies Business records Canada Customs enforcement Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government studies and investigations Latin America Mexico Small business Tariffs Trade agreements and negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2013-01-04 Introduced in House 2013-01-15T15:00:30Z Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act or PROTECT Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish within the Office of International Trade of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) a Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division (including a National Targeting and Analysis Group) to prevent and counter evasion of antidumping or countervailing duty orders with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States.

Directs the Group to establish targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards for: (1) evaluating the risk that cargo destined for the United States may constitute evading covered merchandise, and (2) issuing Trade Alerts to U.S. ports of entry directing further inspection of specific merchandise to ensure compliance with U.S. trade remedy laws. Requires the Group also to use information available from the Automated Targeting System, the Automated Entry System, the International Trade Data System, and the Treasury Enforcement Communications System to administer such methodologies and standards.

Amends the Trade Act of 2002 to repeal the prohibition against use by the Secretary of the Treasury of certain trade data for merchandise entry or commercial enforcement determinations.

Requires the DHS Secretary, acting through the CBP Commissioner, to exercise all authorities to collect information needed to determine whether merchandise is entered into the United States through evasion.

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit access to proprietary information submitted to the administering authority or the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to a CBP officer or employee who is conducting an investigation regarding negligence or gross negligence with respect to covered merchandise entered into the United States.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to negotiate and enter into bilateral agreements with customs authorities of foreign countries to prevent evasion of U.S. and foreign trade remedy laws.

Directs the CBP Commissioner to employ sufficient personnel who have expertise in and responsibility for preventing and investigating the entry of covered merchandise into the United States through evasion.

Requires the weighted average dumping margin or individual countervailing duty rate determined for a new exporter (shipper) or producer of merchandise in a review by the administering authority as to whether antidumping or countervailing duties shall be imposed to be based solely on the bona fide U.S. sales made by the exporter or producer during the period of review.

Applies the amendments made by this Act to goods from Canada and Mexico.

]]> PROTECT Act Display Title PROTECT Act Short Titles as Introduced PROTECT Act Short Titles as Introduced Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act Official Title as Introduced To prevent the evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2013-01-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr166ih/xml/BILLS-113hr166ih.xml 2013-01-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.