[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3004 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3004

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Waste and Increasing 
Efficiency in Trade Act''.

SEC. 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.
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