114 HR 644 EAH: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
U.S. House of Representatives
2015-06-12
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114th CONGRESS1st Session
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
June 12, 2015
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT:
That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the title of the bill (H.R. 644) entitled An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory.
and be it further That the House agree to the amendment of the Senate to the text of the aforementioned bill, with the following
In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the amendment of the Senate to the text of the bill, insert the following: 1.Short title; table of contents (a)This Act may be cited as the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. Title I—Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Sec. 101. Improving partnership programs. Sec. 102. Report on effectiveness of trade enforcement activities. Sec. 103. Priorities and performance standards for customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs. Sec. 104. Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade. Sec. 105. Joint strategic plan. Sec. 106. Automated Commercial Environment. Sec. 107. International Trade Data System. Sec. 108. Consultations with respect to mutual recognition arrangements. Sec. 109. Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. Sec. 110. Centers of Excellence and Expertise. Sec. 111. Commercial risk assessment targeting and trade alerts. Sec. 112. Report on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures. Sec. 113. Report on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond. Sec. 114. Importer of record program. Sec. 115. Establishment of new importer program. Sec. 116. Customs broker identification of importers. Sec. 117. Requirements applicable to non-resident importers. Sec. 118. Priority trade issues. Sec. 119. Appropriate congressional committees defined. Title II—Import health and safety Sec. 201. Interagency import safety working group. Sec. 202. Joint import safety rapid response plan. Sec. 203. Training. Title III—Import-related protection of intellectual property rights Sec. 301. Definition of intellectual property rights. Sec. 302. Exchange of information related to trade enforcement. Sec. 303. Seizure of circumvention devices. Sec. 304. Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright registration is pending. Sec. 305. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Sec. 306. Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 307. Personnel dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 308. Training with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 309. International cooperation and information sharing. Sec. 310. Report on intellectual property rights enforcement. Sec. 311. Information for travelers regarding violations of intellectual property rights. Title IV—Prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Definitions. Sec. 403. Application to Canada and Mexico. Subtitle A—Actions Relating to Enforcement of Trade Remedy Laws Sec. 411. Trade remedy law enforcement division. Sec. 412. Collection of information on evasion of trade remedy laws. Sec. 413. Access to information. Sec. 414. Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws. Sec. 415. Trade negotiating objectives. Subtitle B—Investigation of Evasion of Trade Remedy Laws Sec. 421. Procedures for investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Sec. 422. Government Accountability Office report. Subtitle C—Other Matters Sec. 431. Allocation and training of personnel. Sec. 432. Annual report on prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Sec. 433. Addressing circumvention by new shippers. Title V—Improvements to antidumping and countervailing duty laws Sec. 501. Short title. Sec. 502. Consequences of failure to cooperate with a request for information in a proceeding. Sec. 503. Definition of material injury. Sec. 504. Particular market situation. Sec. 505. Distortion of prices or costs. Sec. 506. Reduction in burden on Department of Commerce by reducing the number of voluntary respondents. Sec. 507. Application to Canada and Mexico. Title VI—Additional enforcement provisions Sec. 601. Trade enforcement priorities. Sec. 602. Exercise of WTO authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations under trade agreements. Sec. 603. Trade monitoring. Title VII—Currency manipulation Sec. 701. Enhancement of engagement on currency exchange rate and economic policies with certain major trading partners of the United States. Sec. 702. Advisory committee on international exchange rate policy. Title VIII—Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Title IX—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 901. De minimis value. Sec. 902. Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions. Sec. 903. Penalties for customs brokers. Sec. 904. Amendments to chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Sec. 905. Exemption from duty of residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States. Sec. 906. Drawback and refunds. Sec. 907. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Sec. 908. United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement. Sec. 909. Elimination of consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor; report. Sec. 910. Customs user fees. Sec. 911. Report on certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreements. Sec. 912. Amendments to Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. Sec. 913. Certain interest to be included in distributions under Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000. Sec. 914. Report on competitiveness of U.S. recreational performance outerwear industry. Sec. 915. Increase in penalty for failure to file return of tax. 2.In this Act:
(1)Automated Commercial EnvironmentThe term Automated Commercial Environment means the Automated Commercial Environment computer system authorized under section 13031(f)(4) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(4)). (2)The term Commissioner means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as described in section 411(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 802(a) of this Act.
(3)Customs and trade laws of the United StatesThe term customs and trade laws of the United States includes the following: (A)The Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1202 et seq.).
(B)Section 249 of the Revised Statutes (19 U.S.C. 3). (C)Section 2 of the Act of March 4, 1923 (42 Stat. 1453, chapter 251; 19 U.S.C. 6).
(D)The Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; 19 U.S.C. 2071 et seq.). (E)Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c).
(F)Section 251 of the Revised Statutes (19 U.S.C. 66). (G)Section 1 of the Act of June 26, 1930 (46 Stat. 817, chapter 617; 19 U.S.C. 68).
(H)The Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.). (I)Section 1 of the Act of March 2, 1911 (36 Stat. 965, chapter 191; 19 U.S.C. 198).
(J)The Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2102 et seq.). (K)The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.).
(L)The North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.). (M)The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
(N)The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). (O)The Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.).
(P)The African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.). (Q)The Customs Enforcement Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–570; 100 Stat. 3207–79).
(R)The Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–382; 104 Stat. 629). (S)The Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–410; 92 Stat. 888).
(T)The Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 116 Stat. 933). (U)The Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.).
(V)The Act of March 28, 1928 (45 Stat. 374, chapter 266; 19 U.S.C. 2077 et seq.). (W)The Act of August 7, 1939 (53 Stat. 1263, chapter 566).
(X)Any other provision of law implementing a trade agreement. (Y)Any other provision of law vesting customs revenue functions in the Secretary of the Treasury.
(Z)Any other provision of law relating to trade facilitation or trade enforcement that is administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on behalf of any Federal agency that is required to participate in the International Trade Data System. (AA)Any other provision of customs or trade law administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(4)The term private sector entity means— (A)an importer;
(B)an exporter; (C)a forwarder;
(D)an air, sea, or land carrier or shipper; (E)a contract logistics provider;
(F)a customs broker; or (G)any other person (other than an employee of a government) affected by the implementation of the customs and trade laws of the United States.
(5)The term trade enforcement means the enforcement of the customs and trade laws of the United States. (6)The term trade facilitation refers to policies and activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to facilitating the movement of merchandise into and out of the United States in a manner that complies with the customs and trade laws of the United States.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement</header>
<section id="H1CAFF4AF96784CD3A2A7435CEA0E0E49"><enum>101.</enum><header>Improving partnership programs</header>
<subsection id="H13BD15F1D9BC4923A84FA647752CD823"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In order to advance the security, trade enforcement, and trade facilitation missions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Commissioner shall ensure that partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection established before the date of the enactment of this Act, such as the Customs–Trade Partnership Against Terrorism established under subtitle B of title II of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/961">6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.</external-xref>), and partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection established on or after such date of enactment, provide trade benefits to private sector entities that meet the requirements for participation in those programs established by the Commissioner under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD3469B775C464012BBEB9017668EABC8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>In developing and operating partnership programs under subsection (a), the Commissioner shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC4F0DF0138864864AE57390E719864D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with private sector entities, the public, and other Federal agencies when appropriate, to ensure that participants in those programs receive commercially significant and measurable trade benefits, including providing pre-clearance of merchandise for qualified persons that demonstrate the highest levels of compliance with the customs and trade laws of the United States, regulations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and other requirements the Commissioner determines to be necessary;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H95A3935D322A48CC9CBD3DF68702F35C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure an integrated and transparent system of trade benefits and compliance requirements for all partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8B3F4C0B23649718CA20FEE5B80376C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>consider consolidating partnership programs in situations in which doing so would support the objectives of such programs, increase participation in such programs, enhance the trade benefits provided to participants in such programs, and enhance the allocation of the resources of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6234DDED7BF1476A92D21DE46C712693"><enum>(4)</enum><text>coordinate with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other Federal agencies with authority to detain and release merchandise entering the United States—</text>
<subparagraph id="H48405B20EFC64EB4AE8DCD874B415694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to ensure coordination in the release of such merchandise through the Automated Commercial Environment, or its predecessor, and the International Trade Data System;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E20882BEAD94B3CB7F36B0C86D63F42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to ensure that the partnership programs of those agencies are compatible with the partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84F5B04BAE5F410F956D70860EA3197C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to develop criteria for authorizing the release, on an expedited basis, of merchandise for which documentation is required from one or more of those agencies to clear or license the merchandise for entry into the United States; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54734F7E00A0412BB91BD19FBF8BFFA6"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to create pathways, within and among the appropriate Federal agencies, for qualified persons that demonstrate the highest levels of compliance with the customs and trade laws of the United States to receive immediate clearance absent information that a transaction may pose a national security or compliance threat; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A4FC0F9FFD942D1BF4AA814C8AA3F3B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>ensure that trade benefits are provided to participants in partnership programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3DAAE546AD5D40ED8AAF080DCFBCA0E3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than December 31 of each calendar year thereafter, the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H698280B86A714ABB8B93B90490D9259E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identifies each partnership program referred to in subsection (a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7B77CB1416074BAB8198EB28329901A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for each such program, identifies—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61B2C9FBC483402BA0302C76073BE981"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements for participants in the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF20285947C149E8BE0CFF15F87F33DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the commercially significant and measurable trade benefits provided to participants in the program;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1E5C7873BC342BA92813F72652E6777"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the number of participants in the program; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBF6FF2D21A9C4AE3AA371D570510B415"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the case of a program that provides for participation at multiple tiers, the number of participants at each such tier;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B575B1AA4294D03A9A38FF6967F7154"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifies the number of participants enrolled in more than one such partnership program;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E187929E34643879AE84BB0AF35C910"><enum>(4)</enum><text>assesses the effectiveness of each such partnership program in advancing the security, trade enforcement, and trade facilitation missions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, based on historical developments, the level of participation in the program, and the evolution of benefits provided to participants in the program;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6C56BE3749D4DCFBF8868A82C254DBC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>summarizes the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to work with other Federal agencies with authority to detain and release merchandise entering the United States to ensure that partnership programs of those agencies are compatible with partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3C064EE199834432A65373449161C1CD"><enum>(6)</enum><text>summarizes criteria developed with those agencies for authorizing the release, on an expedited basis, of merchandise for which documentation is required from one or more of those agencies to clear or license the merchandise for entry into the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1729AD2FE60940899FA5ADCB8682E7AD"><enum>(7)</enum><text>summarizes the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to work with private sector entities and the public to develop and improve partnership programs referred to in subsection (a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7C91EDA53DFA46A3A75DBF609D3B99CF"><enum>(8)</enum><text>describes measures taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to make private sector entities aware of the trade benefits available to participants in such programs; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21E60360730D4EDEAB35CB005AB691A0"><enum>(9)</enum><text>summarizes the plans, targets, and goals of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to such programs for the 2 years following the submission of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="H769F11FAAC0D4406A5C2D26ED900D0B1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Report on effectiveness of trade enforcement activities</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H3641AEF5109A4AC1833B7E839F60436B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the effectiveness of trade enforcement activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB005DFB9A6D64BACB7D45B7F66D725D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB8CF00C922D0433983699F0D53F75561"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the use of resources, results of audits and verifications, targeting, organization, and training of personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA7136DE92EAF41C88DACA2AF9ECF08A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of trade enforcement activities to address undervaluation, transshipment, legitimacy of entities making entry, protection of revenues, fraud prevention and detection, and penalties, including intentional misclassification, inadequate bonding, and other misrepresentations.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H66B87E7EC5194B2FABD0EA95AA7DF09B"><enum>103.</enum><header>Priorities and performance standards for customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs</header> <subsection id="H2659238659CE440199E98D865C4AAAC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Priorities and performance standards</header> <paragraph id="HC35E5398145E4BD6A0EDAD05F8D5028E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees, shall establish priorities and performance standards to measure the development and levels of achievement of the customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89B02981414149A88DBAE5C1E1E2DB1B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum priorities and standards</header><text>Such priorities and performance standards shall, at a minimum, include priorities and standards relating to efficiency, outcome, output, and other types of applicable measures.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HA57F9AED550048ACA413745445ADBDEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions and programs described</header><text>The functions and programs referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEF54FE3A84C540A4A6546B51B17E43B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Automated Commercial Environment.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H444D6226EB214781A3E3A46A46B41092"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each of the priority trade issues described in section 118.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9F7CE3D526C4B45A4A771DB89C6ED65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Centers of Excellence and Expertise described in section 110.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA6C5E245FCBD459081A5D59078D2395B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Drawback for exported merchandise under section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313</external-xref>), as amended by section 906 of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H953A5C5FA4174F6AB0FD785C2E187872"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Transactions relating to imported merchandise in bond.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2B13E0C9E64545B4B57A8C6D6FFE53C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Collection of countervailing duties assessed under subtitle A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>) and antidumping duties assessed under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673">19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H467ABA38BF7C4C7AB61F5F94823E12B4"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The expedited clearance of cargo.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H15980D70EBDF4CC1B1A9A8EA6A45359A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The issuance of regulations and rulings.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H169DE4A0583C4511BE4A42A09C51340B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The issuance of Regulatory Audit Reports.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H839426266D8041B4AEC97E48A72ECEB2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultations and notification</header> <paragraph id="HD58BCA02B75147F1A383F38158FC029F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The consultations required by subsection (a)(1) shall occur, at a minimum, on an annual basis.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E845896E0EE463A874B7FAFB2B1E08B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of any changes to the priorities referred to in subsection (a) not later than 30 days before such changes are to take effect.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H64C9EF44622044778514A29AF84E2C97"><enum>104.</enum><header>Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade</header> <subsection id="H95F12F7C531C42F48E2F69F13A73BE3F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header> <paragraph id="H9A6C1E20109443B891E3E10F0D0CBEBE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Commissioner and the Director shall establish and carry out on a fiscal year basis educational seminars to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6D0E7A02751F4A2DA8C1F8E0A6649891"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to classify and appraise articles imported into the United States in accordance with the customs and trade laws of the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H35D6F80A3B724187B4307B5D69B7655D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the trade enforcement efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF462D8EC68CE401BAC2F86D7434E4D14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>otherwise improve the ability and effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to facilitate legitimate international trade.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H049BFB8731FF437FB63B2046BB9E22CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header> <paragraph id="H3AE063D2CB434A7A84F0C6183B73AADC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Classifying and appraising imported articles</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(A), the Commissioner, the Director, and interested parties in the private sector selected under subsection (c) shall provide instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar under this section to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel and, as appropriate, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel on the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE97041318C647738A7821236B5FB3AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Conducting a physical inspection of an article imported into the United States, including testing of samples of the article, to determine if the article is mislabeled in the manifest or other accompanying documentation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5B15C5E62794DB5AED28DFCB7ED33F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Reviewing the manifest and other accompanying documentation of an article imported into the United States to determine if the country of origin of the article listed in the manifest or other accompanying documentation is accurate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F579667255A47988DCDD1A9062DCDE0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Customs valuation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9AB193E5A6CC4C16963A018108D098DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Industry supply chains and other related matters as determined to be appropriate by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB98944584AD40359D6F5E8BD717F28C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trade enforcement efforts</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a)(1)(B), the Commissioner, the Director, and interested parties in the private sector selected under subsection (c) shall provide instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar under this section to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel and, as appropriate, to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to identify opportunities to enhance enforcement of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H043FA7A7C127425892CD15207C1145BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Collection of countervailing duties assessed under subtitle A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>) and antidumping duties assessed under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673">19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD07481D69FB441BF86D31B6AE9B2878A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Addressing evasion of duties on imports of textiles.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE526B0ABEF0447D2AE577F626D311375"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Protection of intellectual property rights.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4250E07A5ED425F953C86CF52BC7C40"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Enforcement of child labor laws.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H327271D599C54A28AD37D62F4BD7BD1E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Approval of Commissioner and Director</header><text>The instruction and related instructional materials at each educational seminar under this section shall be subject to the approval of the Commissioner and the Director.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7A99EF9B11E14E329FC93195FE1CE638"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Selection process</header>
<paragraph id="HF3E7415D78F74270BDC3447F833E8795"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner shall establish a process to solicit, evaluate, and select interested parties in the private sector for purposes of assisting in providing instruction and related instructional materials described in subsection (b) at each educational seminar under this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF4CA4B269EB4D71AB4C8479DCEA6D79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The Commissioner shall evaluate and select interested parties in the private sector under the process established under paragraph (1) based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H32FC454BC2CA4D20834D9B3174FF4665"><enum>(A)</enum><text>availability and usefulness;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H872F4FE7F10241088B787773CE2AE606"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the volume, value, and incidence of mislabeling or misidentification of origin of imported articles; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H363DC7F309BC4C0199CF0977535BE618"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other appropriate criteria established by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBCCBE7DA8BB84EB180EE63E381F831DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Commissioner and the Director shall publish in the Federal Register a detailed description of the process established under paragraph (1) and the criteria established under paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H84CA0761E07F4A0098314FCEDE1695FD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special rule for antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header>
<paragraph id="HFD1C8AD0023E4EC59E36B772D9385466"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner shall give due consideration to carrying out an educational seminar under this section in whole or in part to improve the ability of U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to enforce a countervailing or antidumping duty order issued under section 706 or 736 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671e or 1673e) upon the request of a petitioner in an action underlying such countervailing or antidumping duty order.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFA3DB862D83A452A95BE11174643360C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interested party</header><text>A petitioner described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as an interested party in the private sector for purposes of the requirements of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H36C25B12E85F4F39AB860705E7D29451"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Performance standards</header><text>The Commissioner and the Director shall establish performance standards to measure the development and level of achievement of educational seminars under this section.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H262295AB830F4E10A66928B3E398F31C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning September 30, 2016, the Commissioner and the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report on the effectiveness of educational seminars under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2900B6DB5D65448699C20CE68A2578E0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0F856F77F6394593B3A8116BA44E475B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEF4D5CF53C134F49B1AA1897A623E57D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>United States</header><text>The term <term>United States</term> means the customs territory of the United States, as defined in General Note 2 to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5A6B95C9A0BC4480B4AD4D92C9C3D985"><enum>(3)</enum><header>U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel</header><text>The term <term>U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel</term> means import specialists, auditors, and other appropriate employees of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E02F16FA4A7401390A6CA6BDE3E0ED5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel</header><text>The term <term>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel</term> means Homeland Security Investigations Directorate personnel and other appropriate employees of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H0835D922E85C437BBDAD31C3225F37DB"><enum>105.</enum><header>Joint strategic plan</header> <subsection id="HDD60DDDE62E640DA91F3FC8E9D946426"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall jointly develop and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a joint strategic plan.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H195624A587294B46B69EF22A8A7018BD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The joint strategic plan required under this section shall be comprised of a comprehensive multi-year plan for trade enforcement and trade facilitation, and shall include—</text> <paragraph id="HC2C776E688B04BBCB640EDAA9C086A89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a summary of actions taken during the 2-year period preceding the submission of the plan to improve trade enforcement and trade facilitation, including a description and analysis of specific performance measures to evaluate the progress of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in meeting each such responsibility;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2D1C1A8C9F0491EA15C0AD573883296"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a statement of objectives and plans for further improving trade enforcement and trade facilitation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3ECED25DF3F94E2883B012E72544C9CA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a specific identification of the priority trade issues described in section 118, that can be addressed in order to enhance trade enforcement and trade facilitation, and a description of strategies and plans for addressing each such issue;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD070A8E1ABF44A7AAFD6B94707371616"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of efforts made to improve consultation and coordination among and within Federal agencies, and in particular between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, regarding trade enforcement and trade facilitation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6010AAA354544020AFCEBE15943852D8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of the training that has occurred to date within U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to improve trade enforcement and trade facilitation, including training under section 104;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6D9FD603E97E43C3A66AAA7B6A572B42"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a description of efforts to work with the World Customs Organization and other international organizations, in consultation with other Federal agencies as appropriate, with respect to enhancing trade enforcement and trade facilitation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD1C75853F14049F280EBA705519B446A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a description of U.S. Custom and Border Protection organizational benchmarks for optimizing staffing and wait times at ports of entry;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEEC9B38047146F28D40A102DD9AF4A8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a specific identification of any domestic or international best practices that may further improve trade enforcement and trade facilitation;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H86916E03E3C4449AA91A00608C499C56"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any legislative recommendations to further improve trade enforcement and trade facilitation; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HECABBADF7F8346BDBD99C776E0A42745"><enum>(10)</enum><text>a description of efforts made to improve consultation and coordination with the private sector to enhance trade enforcement and trade facilitation.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6950BE123EB04201946CC8C44B257382"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultations</header> <paragraph id="HA556929B25D94802AF2B09BB04690614"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing the joint strategic plan required under this section, the Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8D9F86D9E65840CFB990A8C003BF2FAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appropriate officials from the relevant Federal agencies, including—</text> <clause id="HF8772FFE787E407A97D62F40BD1D048F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Department of the Treasury;</text></clause>
<clause id="H3627EDC18B9F447191AD71C83F41E940"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture;</text></clause> <clause id="H23EF0D02B23F4936BC6F123AFC425D2D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce;</text></clause>
<clause id="H029C018A1BD64A209F9F15B68D9618D7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Department of Justice;</text></clause> <clause id="H1B0270B73BAA4EE18610C88BC683A42E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Department of the Interior;</text></clause>
<clause id="HD3696D8E40B849BA856DFCB1FEA28F2C"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></clause> <clause id="HADFE87E599D047139ABA578DAD14D44A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the Food and Drug Administration;</text></clause>
<clause id="H46C80A16C1474294B6319E944A13E0B7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and</text></clause> <clause id="H0EA841B42C924EB095FF243F4474565C"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>the Office of the United States Trade Representative; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24CCCAC8BD5B46E58649D64B9156558D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee established by section 109.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9057A43D6D624EAEAE3AB59E271EEC90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other consultations</header><text>In developing the joint strategic plan required under this section, the Commissioner and the Director shall seek to consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7309CA16647B4BE2B226ACE146B7FFCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>appropriate officials from relevant foreign law enforcement agencies and international organizations, including the World Customs Organization; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5700B9E5A58041F2B6CDCB52642C20EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interested parties in the private sector.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H4CD9439F190F4F1595D9EE30303752C3"><enum>106.</enum><header>Automated Commercial Environment</header>
<subsection id="H2928956931F3499592D09F0EE353AD58" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Section 13031(f)(4)(B) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3D9164E5F6DA4A459422B653D93FCADB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2003 through 2005</quote> and inserting <quote>2016 through 2018</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1B02095B766491BA1E07E100B2136B2" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such amounts as are available in that Account</quote> and inserting <quote>not less than $153,736,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H28DEEA23D742433EA3B6D81CE04C8692" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>for the development</quote> and inserting <quote>to complete the development and implementation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H31962DED99A24335A78382FD4E6E8983"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 311(b)(3) of the Customs Border Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2075">19 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6650D73DC9C545FF8632F2C335B86C32" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7D0F924E46B8430D9A4FAAE2E33CFFEC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header> <subparagraph id="HE8AB9DD34FAF44C6BD4DB4C9920F9A6E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2016, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 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 detailing—</text>
<clause id="HBD034DC3AF574D8780DF4FAE32F4252F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s incorporation of all core trade processing capabilities, including cargo release, entry summary, cargo manifest, cargo financial data, and export data elements into the Automated Commercial Environment computer system authorized under section 13031(f)(4) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(4)</external-xref>) not later than September 30, 2016, to conform with the admissibility criteria of agencies participating in the International Trade Data System identified pursuant to section 411(d)(4)(A)(iii) of the Tariff Act of 1930;</text></clause> <clause id="H6709917B34624477B1FAEBCD7217D7EC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s remaining priorities for processing entry summary data elements, cargo manifest data elements, cargo financial data elements, and export elements in the Automated Commercial Environment computer system, and the objectives and plans for implementing these remaining priorities;</text></clause>
<clause id="H5C480BE04CB04428B4A1456A1B505D93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the components of the National Customs Automation Program specified in subsection (a)(2) of section 411 of the Tariff Act of 1930 that have not been implemented; and</text></clause> <clause id="H511D1562E6444E9797C80CBE6EF97CC5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any additional components of the National Customs Automation Program initiated by the Commissioner to complete the development, establishment, and implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H501053EECF7C4DD1981B34BCFD83FABA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Update of reports</header><text>Not later than September 30, 2017, the Commissioner 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 an updated report addressing each of the matters referred to in subparagraph (A), and—</text> <clause id="H0A1DAA94982642FF87E5E33824632E72"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evaluating the effectiveness of the implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H8D409FE67F224AA38BB0C95035AF41C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>detailing the percentage of trade processed in the Automated Commercial Environment every month since September 30, 2016.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HB5E83EF8EBE146A9A1BD145AAE80548A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Government accountability office report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2017, 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—</text>
<paragraph id="HA65FF70AB40241B199822CFC22E92879"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assessing the progress of other Federal agencies in accessing and utilizing the Automated Commercial Environment; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8AC64F9BB8E24EC7AC18F2E9D4121627"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessing the potential cost savings to the United States Government and importers and exporters and the potential benefits to enforcement of the customs and trade laws of the United States if the elements identified in clauses (i) through (iv) of section 311(b)(3)(A) of the Customs Border Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, are implemented.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H92C8555B6C5D49168C60347C48C5CF19"><enum>107.</enum><header>International Trade Data System</header>
<subsection id="H8B05550E7EBA43E7BE512884AEFF5F49"><enum></enum><text>Section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1411">19 U.S.C. 1411(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H24FF852265A54C8F804083DC0532B95E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A0BA52A073547F7BD189F6BF38FB52E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07946039CCC943BAB8C8343725F13405" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE0685D71AADD4EBBB8A89F15D25AF817"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information technology infrastructure</header> <subparagraph id="H5EA00CFD7EBD41A4BD96E849AF27A017"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall work with the head of each agency participating in the ITDS and the Interagency Steering Committee to ensure that each agency—</text>
<clause id="HC81195AC0D064BADB4C9503601042461"><enum>(i)</enum><text>develops and maintains the necessary information technology infrastructure to support the operation of the ITDS and to submit all data to the ITDS electronically;</text></clause> <clause id="HE723A9AF75C64CD5AB99F5960AEF1DBC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enters into a memorandum of understanding, or takes such other action as is necessary, to provide for the information sharing between the agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection necessary for the operation and maintenance of the ITDS;</text></clause>
<clause id="H36172FBDC1F949D483C900FFE4EC74AE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>not later than June 30, 2016, 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 U.S. Customs and Border Protection for incorporation into the operational functionality of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system authorized under section 13031(f)(4) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(4)</external-xref>); and</text></clause> <clause id="H5374900AC1CE4159B47A16B8B9BC94ED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>not later than December 31, 2016, utilizes the ITDS as the primary means of receiving from users the standard set of data and other relevant documentation, exclusive of applications for permits, licenses, or certifications required for the release of imported cargo and clearance of cargo for export.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BDE663EC5DB4387B2A67CF05D2B2324"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>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.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H273CF29CEAA2455C90421D5F4E4E49E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), as redesignated, by striking <quote>section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 109 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HB9DBED763FF0481FACFA99247AB3D91C"><enum>108.</enum><header>Consultations with respect to mutual recognition arrangements</header>
<subsection id="H7B841CA979434E25970EF3B0743788F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, with respect to any proposed mutual recognition arrangement or similar agreement between the United States and a foreign government providing for mutual recognition of supply chain security programs and customs revenue functions, shall consult—</text> <paragraph id="H3875936FBE3346D1BBE3222758994EE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days before initiating negotiations to enter into any such arrangement or similar agreement, with the appropriate congressional committees; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71152B6127194D3489A6EC81A934CBA4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days before entering into any such arrangement or similar agreement, with the appropriate congressional committees.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H262917EFB12E4EC2AD499174CFC43224"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Negotiating objective</header><text>It shall be a negotiating objective of the United States in any negotiation for a mutual recognition arrangement with a foreign country on partnership programs, such as the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism established under subtitle B of title II of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/961">6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.</external-xref>), to seek to ensure the compatibility of the partnership programs of that country with the partnership programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enhance security, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H77C8A95ADD6B431FADE586A84EDBFBA1"><enum>109.</enum><header>Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee</header>
<subsection id="H958B1B514A0E4445ACF20AA6A8F024A0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly establish a Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC9C985398D8749DD84BC20D65FAA0786"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header> <paragraph id="H130F5A72654B410A9773B304D5EC0582"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall be comprised of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H067409A14640471AB5F16D6C407B43A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>20 individuals appointed under paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD5E77607C01847F88618CDC3B566EC96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy of the Department of the Treasury and the Commissioner, who shall jointly co-chair meetings of the Advisory Committee; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63E0363375514675A8FAFE7B0A988F58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary for Policy and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security, who shall serve as deputy co-chairs of meetings of the Advisory Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7871A1530D6346BF8B01A8F5DDC16BA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appointment</header> <subparagraph id="H84EA97BBE077415A908A31623E9A9583"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly appoint 20 individuals from the private sector to the Advisory Committee.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A76CF7004C6437DBA431DC2A459A474"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In making appointments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall appoint members—</text> <clause id="H48FE57B06489461690ADB121F5447506"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to ensure that the membership of the Advisory Committee is representative of the individuals and firms affected by the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H63AA3DC6ECB54C449B90117C43933639"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>without regard to political affiliation.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBEDAE3F0BA804E07A55D9F744ACCC30E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Each individual appointed to the Advisory Committee under this paragraph shall be appointed for a term of not more than 3 years, and may be reappointed to subsequent terms, but may not serve more than 2 terms sequentially.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAEEE0A876206487B9BF5C517C92ABF26"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfer of membership</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security may transfer members serving on the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs Service established under section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act to the Advisory Committee established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H02162AEDE26541FCA72FA96F88B41114"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Advisory Committee established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D3FC8A73D3C4E43A1740FA1A3B68E22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>advise the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security on all matters involving the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including advising with respect to significant changes that are proposed with respect to regulations, policies, or practices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8787F8D80B2B4D45A888E752CA0C8C1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide recommendations to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security on improvements to the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H917A2EF8F81A497291A3D0CD588DBBF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>collaborate in developing the agenda for Advisory Committee meetings; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB449C62BC99247E99968CAFA57C44013"><enum>(4)</enum><text>perform such other functions relating to the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection as prescribed by law or as the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security jointly direct.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC9B96D729C4D4AE699A417646F90F4A7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<paragraph id="HE17D7E3920E346A588A62046229F8772"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Advisory Committee shall meet at the call of the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Homeland Security, or at the call of not less than <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the membership of the Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee shall meet at least 4 times each calendar year.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H732615024DCB4E32964E6B1E5FFA7552"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Open meetings</header><text>Notwithstanding <external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Federal Advisory Committee Act /10">section 10(a)</external-xref> of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the Advisory Committee meetings shall be open to the public unless the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of Homeland Security determines that the meeting will include matters the disclosure of which would compromise the development of policies, priorities, or negotiating objectives or positions that could impact the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the operations or investigations of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H26D720E43AA9437586CCFC52EE0E0D92"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Advisory Committee shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report that—</text> <paragraph id="HE3CB13C33378444988589235B041F6B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the activities of the Advisory Committee during the preceding fiscal year; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2946790B90A497999F3A06D08DF12A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>sets forth any recommendations of the Advisory Committee regarding the commercial operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC39BB9A281FF42CDB49BEE4C824F2607"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.; relating to the termination of advisory committees) shall not apply to the Advisory Committee.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CFAB91C1D3644219D9A958996FFAA1E"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conforming amendment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C86EA58FE434EE6974D786CC51D8BE6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date on which the Advisory Committee is established under subsection (a), section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC14393D65C6D4C9AB8FD711EF8B2298A"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any reference in law to the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the United States Customs Service established under section 9503(c) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) made on or after the date on which the Advisory Committee is established under subsection (a), shall be deemed a reference to the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee established under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBC4F2198CAA54305BFA2A4806F65A991"><enum>110.</enum><header>Centers of Excellence and Expertise</header>
<subsection id="HBFEE20B9B4EC4D1CB25427D283FB31BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall, in consultation with the appropriate congressional committees and the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee established by section 109, develop and implement Centers of Excellence and Expertise throughout U.S. Customs and Border Protection that—</text> <paragraph id="HFE2EB54AC38648508F775C14925C6062"><enum>(1)</enum><text>enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States by consistently enforcing the laws and regulations of the United States at all ports of entry of the United States and by facilitating the flow of legitimate trade through increasing industry-based knowledge;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB686A33E0F8E4DA8B198D2551AF8C29B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve enforcement efforts, including enforcement of priority trade issues described in section 118, in specific industry sectors through the application of targeting information from the National Targeting Center under section 111 and from other means of verification;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA0F8A252AEFE4CABAB6AFB91C1BA4ED4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>build upon the expertise of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in particular industry operations, supply chains, and compliance requirements;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H53F462AD09E0425F858412994CF77DB6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>promote the uniform implementation at each port of entry of the United States of policies and regulations relating to imports;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1DA502DC85DC474A81B40938CA566CE4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>centralize the trade enforcement and trade facilitation efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB408786BDAF9469DA5C39998043F2AF2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>formalize an account-based approach to apply, as the Commissioner determines appropriate, to the importation of merchandise into the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEEED39328EBB4084B621A1ED87185183"><enum>(7)</enum><text>foster partnerships though the expansion of trade programs and other trusted partner programs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FE511585C2E4FC8A9B996A57B3608F4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>develop applicable performance measurements to meet internal efficiency and effectiveness goals; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H982D828E43514005A3571E7316642A98"><enum>(9)</enum><text>whenever feasible, facilitate a more efficient flow of information between Federal agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6DB7B7308E4C4399BF565CFF4D5E607B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2016, the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing—</text> <paragraph id="H24A6109E95AF4057BE0C5F88AC14E9F0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the scope, functions, and structure of each Center of Excellence and Expertise developed and implemented under subsection (a);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A4B9D9EB7284E8E8E1F3668D9A7E3CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effectiveness of each such Center of Excellence and Expertise in improving enforcement efforts, including enforcement of priority trade issues described in section 118, and facilitating legitimate trade;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H53CF78346BB04BDC985F941AA15B1A8D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the quantitative and qualitative benefits of each such Center of Excellence and Expertise to the trade community, including through fostering partnerships through the expansion of trade programs such as the Importer Self Assessment program and other trusted partner programs;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EE49F7220EE430F84A07053A5034D3C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>all applicable performance measurements with respect to each such Center of Excellence and Expertise, including performance measures with respect to meeting internal efficiency and effectiveness goals;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8118C40296DD45ED80538B7A3975A534"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the performance of each such Center of Excellence and Expertise in increasing the accuracy and completeness of data with respect to international trade and facilitating a more efficient flow of information between Federal agencies; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF189B266EBB42BDA4B4B92DDC59107E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any planned changes in the number, scope, functions or any other aspect of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise developed and implemented under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HACDCA1AD685F49C889B9682DE8645BE7"><enum>111.</enum><header>Commercial risk assessment targeting and trade alerts</header> <subsection id="H777EE1F16646489991E6AEB6D4667CD8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commercial risk assessment targeting</header><text>In carrying out its duties under section 411(g)(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 802(a) of this Act, the National Targeting Center shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD91DA2F66BDD4E7D93CE0652335A65AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards—</text> <subparagraph id="HCAE3E8A0EE994EC1ABF741E764485CF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for evaluating the risk that cargo destined for the United States may violate the customs and trade laws of the United States, particularly those laws applicable to merchandise subject to the priority trade issues described in section 118; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63B7AF811C9E48C59DB8EFBC56350E9E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for issuing, as appropriate, Trade Alerts described in subsection (b); </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H347731E8D6E5486AAD4D62ABD5EA4D51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent practicable and otherwise authorized by law, use, to administer the methodologies and standards established under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCF8163F3E4CE4C5D9B1538A9394831EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publicly available information;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6FD759A9C764563BEFEF20797264F5B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information available from the Automated Commercial System, the Automated Commercial Environment computer system, the Automated Targeting System, the Automated Export System, the International Trade Data System, the TECS (formerly known as the <quote>Treasury Enforcement Communications System</quote>), the case management system of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any successor systems; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4FB66DBD3571418BB4C058685A3B819F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>information made available to the National Targeting Center, including information provided by private sector entities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9A194251B94948338D767F5FFD9AD8C2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide for the receipt and transmission to the appropriate U.S. Customs and Border Protection offices of allegations from interested parties in the private sector of violations of customs and trade laws of the United States of merchandise relating to the priority trade issues described in section 118. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H65E31DE7346F431F92E71F268D008911"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trade alerts</header>
<paragraph id="HF5D0297C21A04A7699CC83287CCC4A61"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out its duties under section 411(g)(4) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by section 802(a) of this Act, and based upon the application of the targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards established under subsection (a), the Executive Director of the National Targeting Center may issue Trade Alerts to directors of United States ports of entry directing further inspection, or physical examination or testing, of specific merchandise to ensure compliance with all applicable customs and trade laws and regulations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB1FA905CE8D34634911168FF9A71D561"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determinations not to implement trade alerts</header><text>The director of a United States port of entry may determine not to conduct further inspections, or physical examination or testing, pursuant to a Trade Alert issued under paragraph (1) if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE881D5988D01415BB128EDC7FA5B50BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the director finds that such a determination is justified by port security interests; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDF0765BD2B604635B9A2C6190D1A02BD"><enum>(B) </enum><text>not later than 48 hours after making the determination, notifies the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the determination and the reasons for the determination.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63057404F2274686B1AFFD1915B337B0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Summary of determinations not to implement</header><text>The Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HCCCCF23549294C6098230CB9160E41BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>compile an annual public summary of all determinations by directors of United States ports of entry under paragraph (2) and the reasons for those determinations; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3D21E0F90E84D968CF1AA233D1640FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct an evaluation of the utilization of Trade Alerts issued under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H757574562C954A5EB0134ECDB735346D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> not later than December 31 of each year, submit the summary to the appropriate congressional committees.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F7C72007BE341E4899BA794BD46E470"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inspection defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>inspection</quote> means the comprehensive evaluation process used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, other than physical examination or testing, to permit the entry of merchandise into the United States, or the clearance of merchandise for transportation in bond through the United States, for purposes of—</text> <subparagraph id="H839985FFDD0D41BA93C29291E516CC13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assessing duties;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFF8BB9317AB45D0A076C8BFD4EBF1BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying restricted or prohibited items; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H63CDD85B4E094A6CA3380FAB24BF5422"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring compliance with all applicable customs and trade laws and regulations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H23500379D9DE46EDA6F51E2373F5C496"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of trade data for commercial enforcement purposes</header><text>Section 343(a)(3)(F) of the Trade Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071</external-xref> note) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="H1480CF3D153B4F41947CF0258220E792" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HDF054B6988804C9298F57B2041A1B17A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The information collected pursuant to the regulations shall be used exclusively for ensuring cargo safety and security, preventing smuggling, and commercial risk assessment targeting, and shall not be used for any commercial enforcement purposes, including for determining merchandise entry. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, nothing in this section shall be treated as amending, repealing, or otherwise modifying title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 or regulations promulgated thereunder.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H91D0308ACFF84AD8AF1B7774991E0092"><enum>112.</enum><header>Report on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures</header>
<subsection id="HD8C3290A00794C41BE99D77D498195C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later the March 31, 2016, and not later than March 31 of each second year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report assessing, with respect to the period covered by the report, as specified in subsection (b), the following:</text> <paragraph id="HEE7C5A1BE0354A6ABDB3FD108EBFC47D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The effectiveness of the measures taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to protection of revenue, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7344DC94D0F842F0B618715753506AF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the collection of countervailing duties assessed under subtitle A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>) and antidumping duties assessed under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673">19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H21322E6EC660467185EC41D76EB93096"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assessment, collection, and mitigation of commercial fines and penalties;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3DE26311F01347E5823C40AFC371C045"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the use of bonds, including continuous and single transaction bonds, to secure that revenue; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H473202098DDB47BBB90B9A90DF63F1F5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the adequacy of the policies of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to the monitoring and tracking of merchandise transported in bond and collecting duties, as appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H496E4187318C48BBB89FECCD8E0EF9C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The effectiveness of actions taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to measure accountability and performance with respect to protection of revenue.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEBECBD5E1A9A4EDA9819CC182E8C99B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number and outcome of investigations instituted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to the underpayment of duties.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD0D6D575FAE415FAB47644B30552913"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The effectiveness of training with respect to the collection of duties provided for personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H42A3F2D4176146769C186EBEB48B6447"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Period covered by report</header><text>Each report required by subsection (a) shall cover the period of 2 fiscal years ending on September 30 of the calendar year preceding the submission of the report.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H2DF2875B2ED94417875678CA5587FDEC"><enum>113.</enum><header>Report on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond</header>
<subsection id="H0FE6AB176EC54D6681DD826D7991B371"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31 of 2016, 2017, and 2018, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of the Treasury shall jointly submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on efforts undertaken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure the secure transportation of merchandise in bond through the United States and the collection of revenue owed upon the entry of such merchandise into the United States for consumption.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H828EA6D3831448D0B685FB7F8FCFBB95"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements</header><text>Each report required by subsection (a) shall include, for the fiscal year preceding the submission of the report, information on—</text>
<paragraph id="HE8058D2A8BF4469E8499422144C49714"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the overall number of entries of merchandise for transportation in bond through the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0CE93D9123841A69A176EC2806D61AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the ports at which merchandise arrives in the United States for transportation in bond and at which records of the arrival of such merchandise are generated;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35D5EF1BF9484EB3910218F89326098A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the average time taken to reconcile such records with the records at the final destination of the merchandise in the United States to demonstrate that the merchandise reaches its final destination or is re-exported;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8081E5B3781E40038757464A4319A77D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the average time taken to transport merchandise in bond from the port at which the merchandise arrives in the United States to its final destination in the United States;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6CC3DE2C90F49B8807C88CEF033C02A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the total amount of duties, taxes, and fees owed with respect to shipments of merchandise transported in bond and the total amount of such duties, taxes, and fees paid;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA2DEEEB849FA4356BFACAE677D4B293B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the total number of notifications by carriers of merchandise being transported in bond that the destination of the merchandise has changed; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64B73680118F4D02A0F43CAEE768C468"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the number of entries that remain unreconciled.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3D0F340DB2694FA8BC7C844E5B636D7B"><enum>114.</enum><header>Importer of record program</header> <subsection id="H3935AD932300438E88A511B3F775F6F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish an importer of record program to assign and maintain importer of record numbers.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC500FA77B5EF49B39EDA767A4FE4A1CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that, as part of the importer of record program, U.S. Customs and Border Protection—</text> <paragraph id="H83D43F68173F497D95CEEC648685AA4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develops criteria that importers must meet in order to obtain an importer of record number, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD930228DFEE3461DACFCBB3A2B983971"><enum>(A)</enum><text>criteria to ensure sufficient information is collected to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to verify the existence of the importer requesting the importer of record number;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H456D89D9823A44839602A0A842907BEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>criteria to ensure sufficient information is collected to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify linkages or other affiliations between importers that are requesting or have been assigned importer of record numbers; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H715A451AF02D438995EA85C2F81A967C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>criteria to ensure sufficient information is collected to allow U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify changes in address and corporate structure of importers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H707824696A0E4EAC80AE523CB30740B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides a process by which importers are assigned importer of record numbers;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66DF1D749E4E40F78834BEFEB2B54125"><enum>(3)</enum><text>maintains a centralized database of importer of record numbers, including a history of importer of record numbers associated with each importer, and the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A0A34363A1243FBB6D03341A64E7526"><enum>(4)</enum><text>evaluates and maintains the accuracy of the database if such information changes; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H905B8C63F80B49469DFADE9A8CF798BF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>takes measures to ensure that duplicate importer of record numbers are not issued.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H968B44B100924C4B908E1980C5C2B78A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the importer of record program established under subsection (a).</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66400348CF0641C8902E0F705A19C9DF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Number defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>number</term>, with respect to an importer of record, means a filing identification number described in section 24.5 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation) that fully supports the requirements of subsection (b) with respect to the collection and maintenance of information.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6F81F33D21734B9BA8F7BEF942686EDE"><enum>115.</enum><header>Establishment of new importer program</header> <subsection id="H55AB8F10868A4F8DA2E63673EDDD9A69"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall establish a new importer program that directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to adjust bond amounts for new importers based on the level of risk assessed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for protection of revenue of the Federal Government.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF410F5E8714A4046A308FA4C3C692ECC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The Commissioner shall ensure that, as part of the new importer program established under subsection (a), U.S. Customs and Border Protection—</text> <paragraph id="H4382AAB52E53463AA4335B6CB2FCACB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develops risk-based criteria for determining which importers are considered to be new importers for the purposes of this subsection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF3887C6712247049E7E316ECA1826D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develops risk assessment guidelines for new importers to determine if and to what extent—</text> <subparagraph id="H9D626400ADAA4D97ABE5B83D21344734"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to adjust bond amounts of imported products of new importers; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC76703C02D242658D6BD0E62D88B8FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to increase screening of imported products of new importers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H11CBD1780A534DD8A55ADB7283B48BE2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develops procedures to ensure increased oversight of imported products of new importers relating to the enforcement of the priority trade issues described in section 118;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01764F32A7E74C78A3802A877526B069"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develops procedures to ensure increased oversight of imported products of new importers by Centers of Excellence and Expertise established under section 110; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H562C0336239D4D2CAA350611C4FBFCCA"><enum>(5)</enum><text>establishes a centralized database of new importers to ensure accuracy of information that is required to be provided by new importers to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="HC670CE2AD48643BD9B5DDF784997DC1A"><enum>116.</enum><header>Customs broker identification of importers</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H16379929E6B540D39E2CA5F77A0EBE01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1641">19 U.S.C. 1641</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F9C5BF5B55E40E384CCA0FE895AD1A3" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H8179A44B89A64C3E817EF3487398457A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Identification of importers</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2D994ED6E6BF45E3B27740F4F420C0D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prescribe regulations setting forth the minimum standards for customs brokers and importers, including nonresident importers, regarding the identity of the importer that shall apply in connection with the importation of merchandise into the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFB61A2B8F9C545D3ADBB133F187D9150"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Minimum requirements</header><text>The regulations shall, at a minimum, require customs brokers to implement, and importers (after being given adequate notice) to comply with, reasonable procedures for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H805F1E879EBB471AAF7679E131CD3BFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>collecting the identity of importers, including nonresident importers, seeking to import merchandise into the United States to the extent reasonable and practicable; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4ACB21EF8AD94E4BA78EE96B0A15AF75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>maintaining records of the information used to substantiate a person’s identity, including name, address, and other identifying information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9145B91D862247D39D83E9A3C290BEE4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>Any customs broker who fails to collect information required under the regulations prescribed under this subsection shall be liable to the United States, at the discretion of the Secretary, for a monetary penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each violation of those regulations and subject to revocation or suspension of a license or permit of the customs broker pursuant to the procedures set forth in subsection (d).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAC4F5EC8E1864979AF65F0F34F0514E9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection—</text> <subparagraph id="HDBB1F14D05B74CD1AB0ED53B94C622F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>importer</term> means one of the parties qualifying as an importer of record under section 484(a)(2)(B); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14579DD36AD7478BACBAB87A69051A6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>nonresident importer</term> means an importer who is—</text> <clause id="HF496FA3F58DE43A98454C18DAB0453F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States; or</text></clause>
<clause id="HB28E7E65FF45430DAE43327C30D6085B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a partnership, corporation, or other commercial entity that is not organized under the laws of a jurisdiction within the customs territory of the United States (as such term is defined in General Note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States) or in the Virgin Islands of the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H60799CFACC444580B3004517334EB288"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study and report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall submit to Congress a report containing recommendations for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD5DD04135A647A6BEF49D47FA97C61F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determining the most timely and effective way to require foreign nationals to provide customs brokers with appropriate and accurate information, comparable to that which is required of United States nationals, concerning the identity, address, and other related information relating to such foreign nationals necessary to enable customs brokers to comply with the requirements of section 641(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as added by subsection (a) of this section); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9162E7AFA85C443989E8D2A73FA250B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establishing a system for customs brokers to review information maintained by relevant Federal agencies for purposes of verifying the identities of importers, including nonresident importers, seeking to import merchandise into the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H517829E2243C4A94B40D48BB6EA263A6"><enum>117.</enum><header>Requirements applicable to non-resident importers</header>
<subsection id="H76F7A8A386794999AB3285E167893A7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part III of title IV of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1481">19 U.S.C. 1481 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 484b the following new section: </text> <quoted-block id="H19672507753445CE8A54B8472284ED45" style="OLC"> <section id="H28CB402DEF9E4B2BA698883F9AE2EC87"><enum>484c.</enum><header>Requirements applicable to non-resident importers</header> <subsection id="H1DE6FF4EDAEC4FED9A92A741C234EA78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), if an importer of record under section 484 is not a resident of the United States, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall require the non-resident importer to designate a resident agent in the United States subject to the requirements described in subsection (b). </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HDAB06C7F6D4B4A3794FE7E013814375B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The requirements described in this subsection are the following: </text> <paragraph id="H0110FCFE7FB04A57BD3FECA20A0FC904"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The resident agent shall be authorized to accept service of process against the non-resident importer in connection with the importation of merchandise. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12C6A9A418E744DD9208C9A7C535339F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall require the non-resident importer to establish a power of attorney with the resident agent in connection with the importation of merchandise. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB61331C903594579AB40EED61AD6BF05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Non-applicability</header><text>The requirements of this section shall not apply with respect to a non-resident importer who is a validated Tier 2 or Tier 3 participant in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program established under subtitle B of title II of the SAFE Port Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/961">6 U.S.C. 961 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HAB06B6207EC743F2931C8CC8CC3996F7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Penalties</header>
<paragraph id="H1E2AC14DE2C64205B1E4107DA23A0AFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>It shall be unlawful for any person to import into the United States any merchandise in violation of this section. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H328B02DF1D454AA895A7D3A29E3FBDF3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall be liable for a civil penalty of $50,000 for each such violation. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDCD8BB1B41E47EE9EC70BEED6D5B298"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other penalties</header><text>In addition to the penalties specified in paragraph (2), any violation of this section that violates any other customs and trade laws of the United States shall be subject to any applicable civil and criminal penalty, including seizure and forfeiture, that may be imposed under such customs or trade law or title 18, United States Code, with respect to the importation of merchandise. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD84B5C7CC2BD4D3EB6338033D40F0279"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>customs and trade laws of the United States</term> has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D08460394884B5BB924528F6FFF3AD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Section 484c of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a), takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to the importation, on or after the date that is 180 days after such date of enactment, of merchandise of an importer of record under section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930 who is not a resident of the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H143795D7D68A401090DFAA20C4C26B84"><enum>118.</enum><header>Priority trade issues</header> <subsection id="H2132F4DB6FD24BCFBDE032A305D891A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner shall establish the following as priority trade issues:</text>
<paragraph id="H5093ADB5C32D4E4AA743146347856D5A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Agriculture programs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBAD2A01FBCAD4E0FBB9F1268B610BC5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Antidumping and countervailing duties.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3E0478D25F64C5BBA835889EC9AD764"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Import safety.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6F0355372124499A12A33E75422F0C5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Intellectual property rights.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF42015D5C604A999BA25865A28C8063"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Revenue.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H00B09424304E4E08ACF29E0B69166ACA"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Textiles and wearing apparel.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EF6CA6778D0492B984F8FA085C3EE1A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Trade agreements and preference programs.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7206C07C72784FBB9BA5339182D02249"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>The Commissioner is authorized to establish new priority trade issues and eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise modify the priority trade issues described in subsection (a) if the Commissioner—</text>
<paragraph id="H09D72A444BCE448DA7F7CE8D0D743CFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determines it necessary and appropriate to do so; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4AA7C04420D64452B4E56676DCD04023"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submits to the appropriate congressional committees a summary of the proposed changes to the priority trade issues not later than 60 days before such changes are to take effect.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H83853E1A8570474E843D7C9137939F02"><enum>119.</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <quote>appropriate congressional committees</quote> means—</text> <paragraph id="H2BC91F29D2B34FB38AD1B354D515E3D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E3984041DEB4FCE8168A5FC72B2B87F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>II</enum><header>Import health and safety</header> <section id="HD10AC6CF08D24A8493C5789BAE1B52FB" commented="no"><enum>201.</enum><header>Interagency import safety working group</header> <subsection id="H4F74D55778D343858B9984B0C9F3D494" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established an interagency Import Safety Working Group.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H61C0AE3630D74EB1969CDDDF41DB61C6" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The interagency Import Safety Working Group shall consist of the following officials or their designees:</text> <paragraph id="H3DE035D498034E08A725F30034F7D3B4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security, who shall serve as the Chair.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4850C4249D86403CAE8CA08108536570" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services, who shall serve as the Vice Chair.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFB40417B39134ACE8781DC207737B101" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF4119872F64477FB05C832232555C0C" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary of Commerce.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H01F50D5954D54E5599A414F99578DDCD" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Secretary of Agriculture.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71D8D3544F9E47E1A40BE5B09D51DAD0" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The United States Trade Representative.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE68333193F524C2EB176934C2E004B50" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA924C42B36364BB6BF71966C045F3A85" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Commissioner of Food and Drugs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6825C8534AA4B3182CDE6443ABB5BA8" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8231854A657F47839FC4DC01AE7F459B" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><text>The Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEEC9CCB343B94AE09C14790E1C48E8A1" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><text>The Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7172B27556C74B978E13BD1017F41A37" commented="no"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The head of any other Federal agency designated by the President to participate in the interagency Import Safety Working Group, as appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H08F5517719B94F75AECAB94FAF3AE4BF" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The duties of the interagency Import Safety Working Group shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="H06F57BFFE71D4271B544CBF6AA630CE3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consulting on the development of the joint import safety rapid response plan required by section 202;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D488DE42A0E499D91414DDB96B3FE4A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>periodically evaluating the adequacy of the plans, practices, and resources of the Federal Government dedicated to ensuring the safety of merchandise imported in the United States and the expeditious entry of such merchandise, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27BCAF82419F46B2BFD228969A6AFA4F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimizing the duplication of efforts among agencies the heads of which are members of the interagency Import Safety Working Group and ensuring the compatibility of the policies and regulations of those agencies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFE0C8E0B45E24C19BEC2FE274B2B0F9F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommending additional administrative actions, as appropriate, designed to ensure the safety of merchandise imported into the United States and the expeditious entry of such merchandise and considering the impact of those actions on private sector entities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1346DD9AB17442BAA6D12EB0447F908A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reviewing the engagement and cooperation of foreign governments and foreign manufacturers in facilitating the inspection and certification, as appropriate, of such merchandise to be imported into the United States and the facilities producing such merchandise to ensure the safety of the merchandise and the expeditious entry of the merchandise into the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7E1E197169BF47C8B07EC6429BB94B8D" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifying best practices, in consultation with private sector entities as appropriate, to assist United States importers in taking all appropriate steps to ensure the safety of merchandise imported into the United States, including with respect to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H42EB23CABDB8428B969D760312E7D40F" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the inspection of manufacturing facilities in foreign countries;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD82AA758C2944F2C8F862B7C4BECE197" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inspection of merchandise destined for the United States before exportation from a foreign country or before distribution in the United States; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4489C2C7D8A4E509EFFE69A6315158E" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the protection of the international supply chain (as defined in section 2 of the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/901">6 U.S.C. 901</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7F79132AD8CA4EF991267207D6A281EF" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identifying best practices to assist Federal, State, and local governments and agencies, and port authorities, to improve communication and coordination among such agencies and authorities with respect to ensuring the safety of merchandise imported into the United States and the expeditious entry of such merchandise; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39E4C24A856C420E99E3A6A0A364B342" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>otherwise identifying appropriate steps to increase the accountability of United States importers and the engagement of foreign government agencies with respect to ensuring the safety of merchandise imported into the United States and the expeditious entry of such merchandise.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE3A7E60044C54C9EBB70A8F33E32D290" commented="no"><enum>202.</enum><header>Joint import safety rapid response plan</header> <subsection id="H1FFA0429ECBB4A1DBFC7C442383C06D8" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than December 31, 2016, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the interagency Import Safety Working Group established under section 201, shall develop a plan (to be known as the <quote>joint import safety rapid response plan</quote>) that sets forth protocols and defines practices for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA28279BBFE14A7098D946C112013995" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in taking action in response to, and coordinating Federal responses to, an incident in which cargo destined for or merchandise entering the United States has been identified as posing a threat to the health or safety of consumers in the United States; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H570D9A5E2F474F599DE5331B1355B066" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in recovering from or mitigating the effects of actions and responses to an incident described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H83062BF7BEC14723AF2A2471FF4E8F9A" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The joint import safety rapid response plan shall address—</text> <paragraph id="HBB212E7B66D04BA7A795C7AB1FB3B3E1" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the statutory and regulatory authorities and responsibilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other Federal agencies in responding to an incident described in subsection (a)(1);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD66CDE9DDD44545B4C8B24EBCE2698B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the protocols and practices to be used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection when taking action in response to, and coordinating Federal responses to, such an incident;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D8315CB82604BEF8DAD3BE4F8BC34AD" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the measures to be taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other Federal agencies in recovering from or mitigating the effects of actions taken in response to such an incident after the incident to ensure the resumption of the entry of merchandise into the United States; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BEFF22BE65245969387567AEC58417F" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>exercises that U.S. Customs and Border Protection may conduct in conjunction with Federal, State, and local agencies, and private sector entities, to simulate responses to such an incident.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5A4D04B7634D45C283E0AABC408EFB47" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates of plan</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall review and update the joint import safety rapid response plan, as appropriate, after conducting exercises under subsection (d).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HCAF58381B62844E79D3525EF06700D63" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Import health and safety exercises</header>
<paragraph id="H0C7FA5DC061A41628ACFA7E68F6F3DB7" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Commissioner shall periodically engage in the exercises referred to in subsection (b)(4), in conjunction with Federal, State, and local agencies and private sector entities, as appropriate, to test and evaluate the protocols and practices identified in the joint import safety rapid response plan at United States ports of entry.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6813EB683ABE4AF482A2057D1136195F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements for exercises</header><text>In conducting exercises under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H709E6170358F4CEDB1F8544791075A35" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make allowance for the resources, needs, and constraints of United States ports of entry of different sizes in representative geographic locations across the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1B49506D49A8452DBDBCFA1268ED9064" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>base evaluations on current risk assessments of merchandise entering the United States at representative United States ports of entry located across the United States;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA72B100347ED428180CF3D131586EDBC" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure that such exercises are conducted in a manner consistent with the National Incident Management System, the National Response Plan, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan, the National Preparedness Guidelines, the Maritime Transportation System Security Plan, and other such national initiatives of the Department of Homeland Security, as appropriate; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C1F279DB27143B3A46C2C0EB1E31A51" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>develop metrics with respect to the resumption of the entry of merchandise into the United States after an incident described in subsection (a)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB5DB799795E4B0193172C8BECFFD0A0" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements for testing and evaluation</header><text>The Secretary and the Commissioner shall ensure that the testing and evaluation carried out in conducting exercises under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H58A1EE81D7E14F7AADA4659F95FEC7B2" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are performed using clear and objective performance measures; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE48A8E9532C84955BE9A61FAE143A351" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>result in the identification of specific recommendations or best practices for responding to an incident described in subsection (a)(1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8EC9C1A740D8435D8D82C10F0BBDE248" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Dissemination of recommendations and best practices</header><text>The Secretary and the Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB342F4A464B4C0ABFD8D781B55D3EF1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>share the recommendations or best practices identified under paragraph (3)(B) among the members of the interagency Import Safety Working Group established under section 201 and with, as appropriate—</text> <clause id="H65058E4A0941458CA23B446D0885A841" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State, local, and tribal governments;</text></clause>
<clause id="H6377DFA313A24D25B97EF635261B81B9" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>foreign governments; and</text></clause> <clause id="HE2F9D478361341C489269D32DB94A71C" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>private sector entities; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D88C5EE7D2F492BB4FBF7C848DDAE86" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use such recommendations and best practices to update the joint import safety rapid response plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24C6F62E6992475390BBF6A30A0D5FE1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commissioner shall ensure that personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection assigned to United States ports of entry are trained to effectively administer the provisions of this title and to otherwise assist in ensuring the safety of merchandise imported into the United States and the expeditious entry of such merchandise.</text></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Import-related protection of intellectual property rights</header>
<section id="H5E3061669389411EB805F501501A02B4"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definition of intellectual property rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>intellectual property rights</term> refers to copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property rights that are enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text></section> <section id="HC05EFCF78ED74D43BE87E6E98475ACEE"><enum>302.</enum><header>Exchange of information related to trade enforcement</header> <subsection id="H7DDAD1C652DF4493A777809E9C02D938"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after section 628 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1628">19 U.S.C. 1628</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H446F6D6C3869413A9FB71A79F7A760AE"><enum>628A.</enum><header>Exchange of information related to trade enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H9356F8EFF3E4409D95D2E5CD2ED9330A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsections (c) and (d), if the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection suspects that merchandise is being imported into the United States in violation of section 526 of this Act or section 602, 1201(a)(2), or 1201(b)(1) of title 17, United States Code, and determines that the examination or testing of the merchandise by a person described in subsection (b) would assist the Commissioner in determining if the merchandise is being imported in violation of that section, the Commissioner, to permit the person to conduct the examination and testing—</text> <paragraph id="H0C914AAF72254768816CC0CBD5E40276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall provide to the person information that appears on the merchandise and its packaging and labels, including unredacted images of the merchandise and its packaging and labels; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24B62CE5AD3F4723B1956D8F2FA81377"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may, subject to any applicable bonding requirements, provide to the person unredacted samples of the merchandise.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H24B8D39B7D00439CB15A0388D9AF283E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Person described</header><text>A person described in this subsection is—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0DDBEB16D5848019EB2A3D167AC263F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise suspected of being imported in violation of section 526, the owner of the trademark suspected of being copied or simulated by the merchandise;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6C9310976EA8499D992FCD3B9C33A572"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise suspected of being imported in violation of section 602 of title 17, United States Code, the owner of the copyright suspected of being infringed by the merchandise;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H85ECA21307674B719EAE72D88EC7081D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise suspected of being primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under that title, and being imported in violation of section 1201(a)(2) of that title, the owner of a copyright in the work; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H66A9603FE58749A08E20E1D9B86B4AA2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise suspected of being primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of an owner of a copyright in a work or a portion of a work, and being imported in violation of section 1201(b)(1) of that title, the owner of the copyright.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7DC1F232A9EA48EBA6CE5BCA9D57FBDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subsection (a) applies only with respect to merchandise suspected of infringing a trademark or copyright that is recorded with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9BEF164CD80742EF842E29ACFFB87671"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The Commissioner may not provide under subsection (a) information, photographs, or samples to a person described in subsection (b) if providing such information, photographs, or samples would compromise an ongoing law enforcement investigation or national security.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H048D866194C44570B277CBDE7B1987DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of previous authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 818(g) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/81">Public Law 112–81</external-xref>; 125 Stat. 1496; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2302">10 U.S.C. 2302</external-xref> note), paragraph (1) of that section shall have no force or effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HD7B3FE1E4A934D6B83EAF18E8AA1536F"><enum>303.</enum><header>Seizure of circumvention devices</header> <subsection id="HE12DF0A9C6564873B4FFC4C5676EA526"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 596(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1595a">19 U.S.C. 1595a(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H33411B1E01C143C48EEDCC64BA3C4969"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>or</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB71A45DB50545EBA176AEC98C45AD9E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46B3C3A23E2C4F4298F74E3AAF55D01B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C8518FAA9524C0AA551C4A7FA279CE0" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H1887CC211D3D43289FEED4784AD10B36"><enum>(G)</enum><text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines it is a technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof the importation of which is prohibited under subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1) of section 1201 of title 17, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H65A482E2C28E482FA7D8A431D5C81F3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification of persons injured</header>
<paragraph id="HC28B16DB2A04448EAE617DDD7C71216E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the date that is 30 business days after seizing merchandise pursuant to subparagraph (G) of section 596(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a), the Commissioner shall provide to any person identified under paragraph (2) information regarding the merchandise seized that is equivalent to information provided to copyright owners under regulations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for merchandise seized for violation of the copyright laws.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H736FE1709F4A4BF5B2E511679A1C7F88"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons to be provided information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person injured by the violation of (a)(2) or (b)(1) of section 1201 of title 17, United States Code, that resulted in the seizure of the merchandise shall be provided information under paragraph (1), if that person is included on a list maintained by the Commissioner that is revised annually through publication in the Federal Register.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51E36CBCA38541E088259B27E48D0DC6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe regulations establishing procedures that implement this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HE4E14029DB03443EA347C7A226BDD735"><enum>304.</enum><header>Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright registration is pending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize a process pursuant to which the Commissioner shall enforce a copyright for which the owner has submitted an application for registration under title 17, United States Code, with the United States Copyright Office, to the same extent and in the same manner as if the copyright were registered with the Copyright Office, including by sharing information, images, and samples of merchandise suspected of infringing the copyright under section 628A of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by section 302.</text></section>
<section id="H9D38E9D7495841459A3AA3D152A8C627"><enum>305.</enum><header>National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center</header>
<subsection id="HCD64A6FB4BF44A4B99B4D13754E884D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6A091AEF8B024FFB8A2372EAC4DA09C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement a National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72186B2FAC024FAA9E70BBACD464950F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>appoint an Assistant Director to head the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H574FB5DDC9EC41918C4F2228C2A15297"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Assistant Director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90CE03A2B62B4037B431A06C3230C8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate the investigation of sources of merchandise that infringe intellectual property rights to identify organizations and individuals that produce, smuggle, or distribute such merchandise;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BE246F7076C4F75827D2724330E4C99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct and coordinate training with other domestic and international law enforcement agencies on investigative best practices—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86FC500966D5458CAF3BF3E5FDCFD1E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop and expand the capability of such agencies to enforce intellectual property rights; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E7F4C4B686B42BC8F5F84ABADB23A4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop metrics to assess whether the training improved enforcement of intellectual property rights;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB53EED3FC39B4A0DAE8D4CFED08246F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate, with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, activities conducted by the United States to prevent the importation or exportation of merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H392E4B35E325448D8EA65FFE31B7874C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>support the international interdiction of merchandise destined for the United States that infringes intellectual property rights;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H628DCF2B5F554961BF09D6954F72607E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>collect and integrate information regarding infringement of intellectual property rights from domestic and international law enforcement agencies and other non-Federal sources;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H299ADA10C17341079160AF1186F027B8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>develop a means to receive and organize information regarding infringement of intellectual property rights from such agencies and other sources;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H756F21C2EB5D4279863F90A8C53538E3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>disseminate information regarding infringement of intellectual property rights to other Federal agencies, as appropriate;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D908268B6F948CF8B9A116DA72D2B4C"><enum>(8)</enum><text>develop and implement risk-based alert systems, in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to improve the targeting of persons that repeatedly infringe intellectual property rights;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0777D394069F4E0BB3B36ACDB806D2E2"><enum>(9)</enum><text>coordinate with the offices of United States attorneys in order to develop expertise in, and assist with the investigation and prosecution of, crimes relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8ECFE59D57A2493EA4549FC4636601F4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>carry out such other duties as the Secretary of Homeland Security may assign.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7BB79B2BEA7D494580C52471C0A042ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination with other agencies</header><text>In carrying out the duties described in subsection (b), the Assistant Director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center shall coordinate with—</text> <paragraph id="H29A832245AC54F3FAE69AC2CC3686E0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EBB6525AE6C406882EF64BE624CE453"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Food and Drug Administration;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1B618D4E35B7419894037FC46FA7C075"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Department of Justice;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4219F5E1B484E849AC7BC56B4C17942"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Department of Commerce, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10B021FE98724699BB7CE651A3B6113D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the United States Postal Inspection Service;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02DB6D6F167440E18215B076EB9B276F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the Office of the United States Trade Representative;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H87BE1BF2E6FC4500AEAE579EDC08EB45"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any Federal, State, local, or international law enforcement agencies that the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement considers appropriate; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41C200E3183A41B39F1EC66AAC585827"><enum>(8)</enum><text>any other entities that the Director considers appropriate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H0E4EB7DCA21A455297D9EBE43E565AD2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Private sector outreach</header> <paragraph id="H0815E52F58D54E68B7F0CB456A523093"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Assistant Director of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center shall work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and other Federal agencies to conduct outreach to private sector entities in order to determine trends in and methods of infringing intellectual property rights.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBDA8AE6435F4EDB9901A422503FCC19"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information sharing</header><text>The Assistant Director shall share information and best practices with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights with private sector entities, as appropriate, in order to coordinate public and private sector efforts to combat the infringement of intellectual property rights.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H3A356DED7F1B4425BAB8D8D8DF7BD408"><enum>306.</enum><header>Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall include in the joint strategic plan required by section 105—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D16FD89534A4739BB7F1798EA8B9BB7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to enforce intellectual property rights;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3BB7CAA8F054463BBC1E7E4C842303A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a list of the 10 United States ports of entry at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized the most merchandise, both by volume and by value, that infringes intellectual property rights during the most recent 2-year period for which data are available; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA923DDEE4FCE4600B8091EA59C6694B1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a recommendation for the optimal allocation of personnel, resources, and technology to ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are adequately enforcing intellectual property rights.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="HFAB9A2BE0FA54ADA94C913F311EC5FC7"><enum>307.</enum><header>Personnel dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights</header> <subsection id="H7893E2AF0E8D49A998C1CA07BEE70484"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Personnel of U.S. customs and border protection</header><text>The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned throughout U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, respectively, who have responsibility for preventing the importation into the United States of merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7ABF8C50F33845048909FAC1B3F81F7E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Staffing of national intellectual property rights coordination center</header><text>The Commissioner shall—</text> <paragraph id="H767A27AAB76D42648D589C5886D4C154"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assign not fewer than 3 full-time employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center established under section 305; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H845E7D3583594575B2ABA9C7696CEB7E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that sufficient personnel are assigned to United States ports of entry to carry out the directives of the Center.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H9D0038A48702406F90AEE192418F06E4"><enum>308.</enum><header>Training with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights</header> <subsection id="HD781DCC43FCF4689BDE87CB001218758"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training</header><text>The Commissioner shall ensure that officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are trained to effectively detect and identify merchandise destined for the United States that infringes intellectual property rights, including through the use of technologies identified under subsection (c).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HF7C111C937FF4986A292E0DCF1B5EA0A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation with private sector</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall consult with private sector entities to better identify opportunities for collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and such entities with respect to training for officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in enforcing intellectual property rights.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HB7F47F65CD6F4410B265F0DE7E927893"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Identification of new technologies</header><text>In consultation with private sector entities, the Commissioner shall identify—</text>
<paragraph id="HCF3D1738532443D0A37BB64AFA054298"><enum>(1)</enum><text>technologies with the cost-effective capability to detect and identify merchandise at United States ports of entry that infringes intellectual property rights; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HADF3132FF4644AF1A30C0E0C0894D1AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cost-effective programs for training officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use such technologies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCB696E9ED36D4D6AA5CFD89302713401"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Donations of technology</header><text>Not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall prescribe regulations to enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive donations of hardware, software, equipment, and similar technologies, and to accept training and other support services, from private sector entities, for the purpose of enforcing intellectual property rights.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HBD455338AAE042BD89873C63A6CD154A"><enum>309.</enum><header>International cooperation and information sharing</header> <subsection id="H7026DEEA87F14A0AB031FC82D7098145"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall coordinate with the competent law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries, including by sharing information relevant to enforcement actions, to enhance the efforts of the United States and such authorities to enforce intellectual property rights.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H7F870CBF31134D1C9F13E71A4F40887F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide technical assistance to competent law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries to enhance the ability of such authorities to enforce intellectual property rights.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0BC33237D2554598B1D300CD956A35A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Interagency collaboration</header><text>The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall lead interagency efforts to collaborate with law enforcement and customs authorities of foreign countries to enforce intellectual property rights.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H9E39205AD6FB46F5A13CB3239471063F"><enum>310.</enum><header>Report on intellectual property rights enforcement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than June 30, 2016, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall jointly submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report that contains the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDF0A8633681E4D5F9721767BCDEF0FCA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>With respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H65AC6B23B08341A4857848F951B817D0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The number of referrals, during the preceding year, from U.S. Customs and Border Protection to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement relating to infringement of intellectual property rights .</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30E9D2E8A8F24BC5AC6F2708E03605F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of investigations relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights referred by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to a United States attorney for prosecution and the United States attorneys to which those investigations were referred.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CFC9981EC0E40D787326F9A531568C9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of such investigations accepted by each such United States attorney and the status or outcome of each such investigation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA9A6C4902664FBB83CB4D98016A711E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of such investigations that resulted in the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD93796F7695A48C08C548454B6810A11"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A description of the efforts of U.S. Custom and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to improve the success rates of investigations and prosecutions relating to the infringement of intellectual property rights.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H938EAE5E3F1A4246874A74CC7F8DFD43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An estimate of the average time required by the Office of International Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to respond to a request from port personnel for advice with respect to whether merchandise detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection infringed intellectual property rights, distinguished by types of intellectual property rights infringed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE13498C79A44C379B87355AEDC548D3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A summary of the outreach efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with respect to—</text> <subparagraph id="H26537688103847C9ABC3665A40252EB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the interdiction and investigation of, and the sharing of information between those agencies and other Federal agencies to prevent, the infringement of intellectual property rights;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33D7E7D22ED94C2EBC858F99AFEEA557"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collaboration with private sector entities—</text> <clause id="HD3FF1918CC4742D486E79D80BBEC862F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to identify trends in the infringement of, and technologies that infringe, intellectual property rights;</text></clause>
<clause id="H75B5173008054CB9A51A5F6D90DCEFFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify opportunities for enhanced training of officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and</text></clause> <clause id="HAA64C0461A464AB38981BCF4987ACFA0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to develop best practices to enforce intellectual property rights; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D2C1D4A44714E7B8777EA8C2A97CB84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>coordination with foreign governments and international organizations with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7D7F468CA694496D928849627E1AE85C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A summary of the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to address the challenges with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights presented by Internet commerce and the transit of small packages and an identification of the volume, value, and type of merchandise seized for infringing intellectual property rights as a result of such efforts.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D06F013FE3E442DBC5C37ED25ECF9F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A summary of training relating to the enforcement of intellectual property rights conducted under section 308 and expenditures for such training.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H91837C5FE87C4254A69C684B52810DA4"><enum>311.</enum><header>Information for travelers regarding violations of intellectual property rights</header> <subsection id="H838F71D28AEB4964ABA8081AB37991FB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall develop and carry out an educational campaign to inform travelers entering or leaving the United States about the legal, economic, and public health and safety implications of acquiring merchandise that infringes intellectual property rights outside the United States and importing such merchandise into the United States in violation of United States law.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E34A2173D244E5EB82A74661E79E1F1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Declaration forms</header><text>The Commissioner shall ensure that all versions of Declaration Form 6059B of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, or a successor form, including any electronic equivalent of Declaration Form 6059B or a successor form, printed or displayed on or after the date that is 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act include a written warning to inform travelers arriving in the United States that importation of merchandise into the United States that infringes intellectual property rights may subject travelers to civil or criminal penalties and may pose serious risks to safety or health.</text></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header> <section id="HD282CB102BBC4C0A8CF67336A4F5A70F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Preventing Recurring Trade Evasion and Circumvention Act</quote> or <quote>PROTECT Act</quote>. </text></section>
<section id="HCA37ACCB5B6A4570B803E53A4A00DD3D"><enum>402.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title: </text> <paragraph id="H39C4EED0A6C54C5E8476374064EE7796"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees</header><text>The term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means— </text>
<subparagraph id="H2D5FFE7411E44F18BB8E71885AB0306D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H073D8087702A41B18ECA7F0CA4084A26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C9E3534094445A4BC6ABB3D532E1E92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered merchandise</header><text>The term <term>covered merchandise</term> means merchandise that is subject to— </text> <subparagraph id="HD5A26BECB5004109837B8EB7FC6D0DC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a countervailing duty order issued under section 706 of the Tariff Act of 1930; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD510976F23644C2C983C57022250A4E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an antidumping duty order issued under section 736 of the Tariff Act of 1930. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7CF7552EDFE44E4B8D97F4A1D246CF2C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible small business</header> <subparagraph id="HBEEDC13726A9487EB0B6FEEE5CF44123"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible small business</term> means any business concern which, in the Commissioner’s judgment, due to its small size, has neither adequate internal resources nor financial ability to obtain qualified outside assistance in preparing and submitting for consideration allegations of evasion. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31267CE055EF49368020777726A4EE24"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Nonreviewability</header><text>Any agency decision regarding whether a business concern is an eligible small business for purposes of section 411(b)(4)(E) is not reviewable by any other agency or by any court. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63537A84F93F45E6A5152CA567442B86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Enter; entry</header><text>The terms <term>enter</term> and <term>entry</term> refer to the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AE68517A0D54AE8A55C8FCB3238343E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Evade; evasion</header><text>The terms <term>evade</term> and <term>evasion</term> refer to entering covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of any document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is material and false, or any omission that is material, and that results in any cash deposit or other security or any amount of applicable antidumping or countervailing duties being reduced or not being applied with respect to the merchandise. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFFF0733F203D4DADA852B84167366B38"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE1F86A18CC94348BF2638FDA1279BFB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Trade remedy laws</header><text>The term <term>trade remedy laws</term> means title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="H197CFC31CC1E44B6A88B5F2C716CDC7B"><enum>403.</enum><header>Application to Canada and Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Pursuant to article 1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3438">19 U.S.C. 3438</external-xref>), this title and the amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.</text></section>
<subtitle id="H594687C628D8474C9231F93F2427D792"><enum>A</enum><header>Actions Relating to Enforcement of Trade Remedy Laws</header>
<section id="H4525DED25CB6454ABEDA7FF484884991"><enum>411.</enum><header>Trade remedy law enforcement division</header>
<subsection id="HD23D5B933A524139B5EE6B886BC8E31D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="H37C5562A59914C018DC3A8730A48D43F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish and maintain within the Office of International Trade of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, established under section 2(d) of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2072">19 U.S.C. 2072(d)</external-xref>), a Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB08D09581E4E484BB98BE3CED88F2A8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Trade Law Remedy Enforcement Division shall be composed of— </text>
<subparagraph id="HFCC6B9A9AE764009B6E4FE2EADC56CB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>headquarters personnel led by a Director, who shall report to the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of International Trade; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H45C7CBB518A643DA882FD22DC69A72B5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a National Targeting and Analysis Group dedicated to preventing and countering evasion. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98DEA2D1056343AD9280EBAF381A4D53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division shall be dedicated— </text> <subparagraph id="H36C58E0B1DB94F29854083894D3C1631"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the development and administration of policies to prevent and counter evasion; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4220E698BCCC4CAF9FF9F84EFEE3C138"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to direct enforcement and compliance assessment activities concerning evasion; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H91AAE4426C1847B2A38B5A1A38FAC360"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the development and conduct of commercial risk assessment targeting with respect to cargo destined for the United States in accordance with subsection (c); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC6F03EBEA3CB400DBA55462D9BCD9637"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to issuing Trade Alerts described in subsection (d); and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8834FCA6B46D4D5F982EBAAC1FD39A39"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to the development of policies for the application of single entry and continuous bonds for entries of covered merchandise to sufficiently protect the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties commensurate with the level of risk of noncollection. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAACAB764DA824A568A22B8D08E65A569"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of director</header><text>The duties of the Director of the Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division shall include— </text> <paragraph id="H85A69213BF564338B4815759236F4ED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>directing the trade enforcement and compliance assessment activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection that concern evasion; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC91A5F63E10347A09CA86E7C72508F02"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitating, promoting, and coordinating cooperation and the exchange of information between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and other relevant agencies regarding evasion; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC447CBC385BF4920B02883C4FA306924"><enum>(3)</enum><text>notifying on a timely basis the administering authority (as defined in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(1)</external-xref>)) and the Commission (as defined in section 771(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(2)</external-xref>)) of any finding, determination, civil action, or criminal action taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or other Federal agency regarding evasion; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB723BF6809C44B2A52F33D552A76A04"><enum>(4)</enum><text>serving as the primary liaison between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the public regarding United States Government activities concerning evasion, including— </text> <subparagraph id="HE2D4EB83B174456881E603E9892F053F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receive and transmit to the appropriate U.S. Customs and Border Protection office allegations from parties of evasion; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H922D2C67B2764034BC84B67B2C22285F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon request by the party or parties that submitted an allegation of evasion, provide information to such party or parties on the status of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s consideration of the allegation and decision to pursue or not pursue any administrative inquiries or other actions, such as changes in policies, procedures, or resource allocation as a result of the allegation; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H707EE2265D9B4C1E8CD4CC43E153A1A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as needed, request from the party or parties that submitted an allegation of evasion any additional information that may be relevant for U.S. Customs and Border Protection determining whether to initiate an administrative inquiry or take any other action regarding the allegation; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB4B65C6229D4FF1BE0AA0A37CA41761"><enum>(D)</enum><text>notify on a timely basis the party or parties that submitted such an allegation of the results of any administrative, civil or criminal actions taken by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or other Federal agency regarding evasion as a direct or indirect result of the allegation; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB5029B03E36C44848C310FC4EC90E36D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>upon request, provide technical assistance and advice to eligible small businesses to enable such businesses to prepare and submit allegations of evasion, except that the Director may deny assistance if the Director concludes that the allegation, if submitted, would not lead to the initiation of an administrative inquiry or any other action to address the allegation; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H57E0FC92174E46FA82EB66B026E73075"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in cooperation with the public, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, the Trade Support Network, and any other relevant parties and organizations, develop guidelines on the types and nature of information that may be provided in allegations of evasion; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA8B5FB7FA25645A5B9E65960514F5956"><enum>(G)</enum><text>regularly consult with the public, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, the Trade Support Network, and any other relevant parties and organizations regarding the development and implementation of regulations, interpretations, and policies related to countering evasion. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCAE2FB9415A641C88A1C681C5ABEB627"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Preventing and countering evasion of the trade remedy laws</header><text>In carrying out its duties with respect to preventing and countering evasion, the National Targeting and Analysis Group dedicated to preventing and countering evasion shall— </text> <paragraph id="H27788ECE112A44CCB3A6035930B98096"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards— </text>
<subparagraph id="H64BBB8DAD06D400CAA3C98283958F387"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for evaluating the risk that cargo destined for the United States may constitute evading covered merchandise; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H85B421850026437880953D4CB870184B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for issuing, as appropriate, Trade Alerts described in subsection (d); and </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H836BB78C3FD0478CB9FA1610F409FF39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the extent practicable and otherwise authorized by law, use information available from the Automated Commercial System, the Automated Commercial Environment computer system, the Automated Targeting System, the Automated Export System, the International Trade Data System, and the TECS, and any similar and successor systems, to administer the methodologies and standards established under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H26FC22AF89E549039E2C7359D72F6D0F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Trade alerts</header><text>Based upon the application of the targeted risk assessment methodologies and standards established under subsection (c), the Director of the Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Division shall issue Trade Alerts or other such means of notification to directors of United States ports of entry directing further inspection, physical examination, or testing of merchandise to ensure compliance with the trade remedy laws and to require additional bonds, cash deposits, or other security to ensure collection of any duties, taxes and fees owed. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H39A66A8585D5438E8F394ED21D3861F4"><enum>412.</enum><header>Collection of information on evasion of trade remedy laws</header>
<subsection id="H43301D0593394E61828EE86FD39CA9B5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to collect information</header><text>To determine whether covered merchandise is being entered into the customs territory of the United States through evasion, the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner— </text> <paragraph id="HE95E053DBCC74F60B10D58ECE361D522"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall exercise all existing authorities to collect information needed to make the determination; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58243E401C9D488289840AB2A6C8FD10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may collect such additional information as is necessary to make the determination through such methods as the Commissioner considers appropriate, including by issuing questionnaires with respect to the entry or entries at issue to— </text> <subparagraph id="H07BFB3D0E26740E49CE68A72BB2F0071"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person who filed an allegation with respect to the covered merchandise; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B736BE173394E8DBC641B1CCF4B03CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a person who is alleged to have entered the covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3560D3400E9A4111AD7C490597AEC0AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other person who is determined to have information relevant to the allegation of entry of covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D56B363DB224EAABB7FDACE6B35FEE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adverse inference</header>
<paragraph id="H35EF1F93397347149CF8474DCCF33169"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary finds that a person who filed an allegation, a person alleged to have entered covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion, or a foreign producer or exporter of covered merchandise that is alleged to have entered into the customs territory of the United States through evasion, has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of the person’s ability to comply with a request for information, the Secretary may, in making a determination whether an entry or entries of covered merchandise may constitute merchandise that is entered into the customs territory of the United States through evasion, use an inference that is adverse to the interests of that person in selecting from among the facts otherwise available to determine whether evasion has occurred. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56E964B8B79640FEAAF05688D6C11B31"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adverse inference described</header><text>An adverse inference used under paragraph (1) may include reliance on information derived from— </text>
<subparagraph id="H35404A20100D4D5C82338A9895B28517"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the allegation of evasion of the trade remedy laws, if any, submitted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0B9DDC1A60D04539B01D2E9B96F81EC7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a determination by the Commissioner in another investigation, proceeding, or other action regarding evasion of the unfair trade laws; or </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F8A0868113A457F9B2267E36A05AD2A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other available information. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H61A332D4AC924BA59984D14875557F2F"><enum>413.</enum><header>Access to information</header> <subsection id="H613045589CC548F7B4987212878BB867"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 777(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677f">19 U.S.C. 1677f(b)(1)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>negligence, gross negligence, or</quote> after <quote>regarding</quote>. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9E3D8FCF08D441E9B0EBE1273D3E77C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary is authorized to provide to the Secretary of Commerce or the United States International Trade Commission any information that is necessary to enable the Secretary of Commerce or the United States International Trade Commission to assist the Secretary to identify, through risk assessment targeting or otherwise, covered merchandise that is entered into the customs territory of the United States through evasion. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H44AD5947709B45678B48DE39DA794BDB"><enum>414.</enum><header>Cooperation with foreign countries on preventing evasion of trade remedy laws</header> <subsection id="HC7512D23B5FA4468BAFDAFCC10AF9562"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Bilateral agreements</header> <paragraph id="HD8A62A6B22364934850E9BC885DBA891"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to negotiate and enter into bilateral agreements with the customs authorities or other appropriate authorities of foreign countries for purposes of cooperation on preventing evasion of the trade remedy laws of the United States and the trade remedy laws of the other country. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0163A3BEF0940F0B63228B56D208900"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provisions and authorities</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to include in each such bilateral agreement the following provisions and authorities: </text> <subparagraph id="HE4785C3F66BF492FBD741504A8617DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>On the request of the importing country, the exporting country shall provide, consistent with its laws, regulations, and procedures, production, trade, and transit documents and other information necessary to determine whether an entry or entries exported from the exporting country are subject to the importing country’s trade remedy laws. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6187CC940B94BE6A10A6B962E8431ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>On the written request of the importing country, the exporting country shall conduct a verification for purposes of enabling the importing country to make a determination described in subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1DE5C700BEA047209D2C0F23BB3EEAA4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The exporting country may allow the importing country to participate in a verification described in subparagraph (B), including through a site visit. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H584BC9E19CAE444EAE9184120C406714"><enum>(D)</enum><text>If the exporting country does not allow participation of the importing country in a verification described in subparagraph (B), the importing country may take this fact into consideration in its trade enforcement and compliance assessment activities regarding the compliance of the exporting country’s exports with the importing country’s trade remedy laws. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H58AB22778B154BE08EF0B37D22EF65CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Commissioner is authorized to take into consideration whether a country is a signatory to a bilateral agreement described in subsection (a) and the extent to which the country is cooperating under the bilateral agreement for purposes of trade enforcement and compliance assessment activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection that concern evasion by such country’s exports. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5A0F0726E894495299242A4621CE4EA7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report summarizing— </text> <paragraph id="HB7D25747070C441AA057D74F3137B4CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of any ongoing negotiations of bilateral agreements described in subsection (a), including the identities of the countries involved in such negotiations; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2157DD0A01E41A5A1C29B853CDCF9C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the terms of any completed bilateral agreements described in subsection (a); and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB36276CA8AE242D68977DC23EE0F0633"><enum>(3)</enum><text>bilateral cooperation and other activities conducted pursuant to or enabled by any completed bilateral agreements described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBB410591B6924EEAA7E09ACE084A0E74"><enum>415.</enum><header>Trade negotiating objectives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The principal negotiating objectives of the United States shall include obtaining the objectives of the bilateral agreements described under section 414(a) for any trade agreements under negotiation as of the date of the enactment of this Act or future trade agreement negotiations. </text></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="HFCE84A948FB64EDD9864C854EBA374D3"><enum>B</enum><header>Investigation of Evasion of Trade Remedy Laws</header> <section id="HD4B2D469C8104609ABB60C44528CC614"><enum>421.</enum><header>Procedures for investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header> <subsection id="HCAAF41323FC14BEC913B39D35FEB4036"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 781 the following: </text>
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<section id="HB84EF2BDBE4E45A49448A6521D9E38E6"><enum>781A.</enum><header>Procedures for prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header>
<subsection id="HADE718958B224D77BDA329CB6FDA1CC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text> <paragraph id="H3D10F82A56A345F08BF3597011709B08"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administering authority</header><text>The term <term>administering authority</term> has the meaning given that term in section 771. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADDDAE0C291B4FA4B44B5426ED70E551"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text>The term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H24338CFD267E4FA9BFEEE47C839C4FB7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered merchandise</header><text>The term <term>covered merchandise</term> means merchandise that is subject to— </text>
<subparagraph id="HA211F196F5F34BB0BA82F522E6509546"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a countervailing duty order issued under section 706; or </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9A31EACA2C134DBE95CE240F30DFCC1D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an antidumping duty order issued under section 736. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3633DB69A5446DABE6A81653A5D94A8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Evasion</header>
<subparagraph id="H3B4EF9DD8AE542AF8DB260EF21F52A55"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the term <term>evasion</term> refers to entering covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of any document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is material and false, or any omission that is material, and that results in any cash deposit or other security or any amount of applicable antidumping or countervailing duties being reduced or not being applied with respect to the merchandise. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC520B514A2134B7E9ACE6686243D6143"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception for clerical error</header> <clause id="H6FC9656307744D4BA90AB477A8064280"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the term <term>evasion</term> does not include entering covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of— </text>
<subclause id="HF17295F48AA04AD1BFFB12D0698212C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is false as a result of a clerical error; or </text></subclause> <subclause id="H3B6D9A70E1554F58A3A0C578E538114A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>an omission that results from a clerical error. </text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="H66DD6F2AFB9A4D8F82520FCF978ED013"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Patterns of negligent conduct</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority determines that a person has entered covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of a clerical error referred to in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) and that the clerical error is part of a pattern of negligent conduct on the part of that person, the administering authority may determine, notwithstanding clause (i), that the person has entered such covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion. </text></clause> <clause id="H0911395A6B7B4FEDA35B545AD5C5E187"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Electronic repetition of errors</header><text>For purposes of clause (ii), the mere unintentional repetition by an electronic system of an initial clerical error does not constitute a pattern of negligent conduct. </text></clause>
<clause id="H5D045E09666F4C51A42338C8B55DE069"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination by the administering authority that a person has entered covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of a clerical error referred to in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) rather than by means of evasion shall not be construed to excuse that person from the payment of any duties applicable to the merchandise. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H28D2653603454F6D8B862C4F13F13258"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigation by administering authority</header> <paragraph id="H97F1C41D85084B4E92920CCDAA6A81A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Procedures for initiating investigations</header> <subparagraph id="H9FC0F180B9CE431B9B5FB66920B7761E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initiation by administering authority</header><text>An investigation under this subsection shall be initiated with respect to merchandise imported into the United States whenever the administering authority determines, from information available to the administering authority, that an investigation is warranted with respect to whether the merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H824AF1BE31144760B96523901918F295"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Initiation by petition or referral</header>
<clause id="HB01A236EEE294500B9A860491A2BACD1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The administering authority shall determine whether to initiate an investigation under this subparagraph not later than 30 days after the date on which the administering authority receives a petition described in clause (ii) or a referral described in clause (iii). </text></clause> <clause id="HB309055DFE834D83A7B0411EF5C5E0A3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Petition described</header><text>A petition described in this clause is a petition that— </text>
<subclause id="H3AEA8029EAB343208398C8D9F946E04F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is filed with the administering authority by an interested party specified in subparagraph (A), (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 771(9); </text></subclause> <subclause id="H9DB4B59CCEEF4DF9BCCCB3C10DD4E02E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alleges that merchandise imported into the United States is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H860EA50F0C43435DBAEF59FDAF8D9D7D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is accompanied by information reasonably available to the petitioner supporting those allegations. </text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H7E516CB66DCF428A95E00362656A6A7F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Referral described</header><text>A referral described in this clause is a referral made by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (c)(1). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0CEB7C43F8B4792B0785B135566B8CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Time limits for determinations</header>
<subparagraph id="H4C7FEF661FF343F5BB7481E9120635E2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Preliminary determination</header>
<clause id="HCB48E7157A2A40A0A788000D9D3EF4E9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the administering authority initiates an investigation under paragraph (1) with respect to merchandise, the administering authority shall issue a preliminary determination, based on information available to the administering authority at the time of the determination, with respect to whether there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect that the merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion. </text></clause> <clause id="H039C6223DE564A238E9D43B55FC4A77F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Expedited procedures</header><text>If the administering authority determines that expedited action is warranted with respect to an investigation initiated under paragraph (1), the administering authority may publish the notice of initiation of the investigation and the notice of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register at the same time. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA208CC8CF46249509398F363F16835DB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final determination by the administering authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 300 days after the date on which the administering authority initiates an investigation under paragraph (1) with respect to merchandise, the administering authority shall issue a final determination with respect to whether the merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H47939162D146444899745B2D7B5308A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to information</header> <subparagraph id="H67C71B9A5C36474CBC65F97C238F9573"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Entry documents, records, and other information</header><text>Not later than 10 days after receiving a request from the administering authority with respect to merchandise that is the subject of an investigation under paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall transmit to the administering authority copies of the documentation and information required by section 484(a)(1) with respect to the entry of the merchandise, as well as any other documentation or information requested by the administering authority. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07DEDE22B56D42DCA769343D71F8D5A5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Access of interested parties</header><text>Not later than 10 business days after the date on which the administering authority initiates an investigation under paragraph (1) with respect to merchandise, the administering authority shall provide to the authorized representative of each interested party that filed a petition under paragraph (1) or otherwise participates in a proceeding, pursuant to a protective order, the copies of the entry documentation and any other information received by the administering authority under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H27B68A1DDF35474199FD3B5B24857842"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Business proprietary information from prior segments</header><text>If an authorized representative of an interested party participating in an investigation under paragraph (1) has access to business proprietary information released pursuant to an administrative protective order in a proceeding under subtitle A, B, or C of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 that is relevant to the investigation conducted under paragraph (1), that authorized representative may submit such information to the administering authority for its consideration in the context of the investigation conducted under paragraph (1). </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7579FF284A39410DB387B0AC6EBACC64"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Authority to collect and verify additional information</header><text>In making a determination under paragraph (2) with respect to covered merchandise, the administering authority may collect such additional information as is necessary to make the determination through such methods as the administering authority considers appropriate, including by— </text> <subparagraph id="H644EA74A6C484FEBBD3A44AE52E9CCCE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>issuing a questionnaire with respect to such covered merchandise to— </text>
<clause id="H326020F56CC64E07881FFD02B116E5BB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person that filed an allegation under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) that resulted in the initiation of an investigation under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to such covered merchandise; </text></clause> <clause id="HD1DCB9F4AC8B4B11B3AE45369969A196" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a person alleged to have entered such covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion;</text></clause>
<clause id="HE67AF8A810474B14931C5AC27ABEAE60"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a person that is a foreign producer or exporter of such covered merchandise; or </text></clause> <clause id="HAFDB5FFEC9D645B48FF8DD9B11792DF0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the government of a country from which such covered merchandise was exported;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4531A8CED5B415B8DAB0653C5C77EA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conducting verifications, including on-site verifications, of any relevant information; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDDB1F84E8599453BB6DAF9D02FDD4BD4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>requesting—</text>
<clause id="H52B7D82339EE457680A8A920EBE30916"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the Commissioner provide any information and data available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and </text></clause> <clause id="H364A9930AF45445C89F7D73AD034CD19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that the Commissioner gather additional necessary information from the importer of covered merchandise and other relevant parties. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A07476998694EA289A2C82CF9376A03"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Adverse inference</header><text>If the administering authority finds that a person described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of paragraph (4)(A) has failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of the person’s ability to comply with a request for information, the administering authority may, in making a determination under paragraph (2), use an inference that is adverse to the interests of that person in selecting from among the facts otherwise available to make the determination. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4A8272F41BCC474CA9F321B84E1DA9F7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Effect of affirmative preliminary determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority makes a preliminary determination under paragraph (2)(A) that merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion, the administering authority shall instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection— </text>
<subparagraph id="H5DE277F42D17407680FC3411944F697A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to suspend liquidation of each entry of the merchandise that— </text> <clause id="H83613E4EBCA344B6953D2E5DA9D830EE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enters on or after the date of the preliminary determination; or </text></clause>
<clause id="HF14A09F5DCBF4860A99A26BD79C51FB7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enters before that date, if the liquidation of the entry is not final on that date; and </text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H65C916E9B1F04ABDB1092525121B06D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require the posting of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise in an amount determined pursuant to the order, or administrative review conducted under section 751, that applies to the merchandise. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2F1B0D81E0642ECB6A2F56266E4D06D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect of affirmative final determination</header>
<subparagraph id="HCDF9CD65F4664256A8B3698BDD90F0DC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority makes a final determination under paragraph (2)(B) that merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion, the administering authority shall instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection— </text> <clause id="H80356C3F450146DF92DADF0DB831DC55"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to assess duties on the merchandise in an amount determined pursuant to the order, or administrative review conducted under section 751, that applies to the merchandise; </text></clause>
<clause id="HEC69C8DF41AC4E0F82D24868646FB608"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notwithstanding section 501, to reliquidate, in accordance with such order or administrative review, each entry of the merchandise that was liquidated and is determined to include covered merchandise; and </text></clause> <clause id="H5DD94FEDA1404A909A45991F697F009D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to review and reassess the amount of bond or other security the importer is required to post for such merchandise entered on or after the date of the final determination to ensure the protection of revenue and compliance with the law. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF11CDCE10D7A4B49BA6E607B27C638F9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority makes a final determination under paragraph (2)(B) that merchandise is covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion, the administering authority may instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to require the importer of the merchandise to post a cash deposit or bond on such merchandise entered on or after the date of the final determination in an amount the administering authority determines in the final determination to be owed with respect to the merchandise. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4B2A6B7ED62B4627B2A0BE45DC7015E4"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Effect of negative final determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority makes a final determination under paragraph (2)(B) that merchandise is not covered merchandise that has entered into the customs territory of the United States by means of evasion, the administering authority shall terminate the suspension of liquidation and refund any cash deposit imposed pursuant to paragraph (6) with respect to the merchandise. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2150DB95ADBD4C4BB44C531598DE41CB"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 5 business days after making a determination under paragraph (2) with respect to covered merchandise, the administering authority may provide to importers, in such manner as the administering authority determines appropriate, information discovered in the investigation that the administering authority determines will help educate importers with respect to importing merchandise into the customs territory of the United States in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4821406CD7924DBAB865F98449C807F3"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Special rule for cases in which the producer or exporter is unknown</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority is unable to determine the actual producer or exporter of the merchandise with respect to which the administering authority initiated an investigation under paragraph (1), the administering authority shall, in requiring the posting of a cash deposit under paragraph (6) or assessing duties pursuant to paragraph (7)(A), impose the cash deposit or duties (as the case may be) in the highest amount applicable to any producer or exporter of the merchandise pursuant to any order, or any administrative review conducted under section 751. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8219E13EC434B9CA0E77D38C4376519"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Publication of determinations</header><text>The administering authority shall publish in the Federal Register each notice of initiation of an investigation made under paragraph (1)(A), each preliminary determination made under paragraph (2)(A), and each final determination made under paragraph (2)(B). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0D12850DBC454FB9A027BC582765B0F3"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Referrals to other agencies</header> <subparagraph id="HDDA28A6F3C4245349136823FBBA66D25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>After preliminary determination</header><text>Notwithstanding section 777 and subject to subparagraph (C), when the administering authority makes an affirmative preliminary determination under paragraph (2)(A), the administering authority shall— </text>
<clause id="HDDFE88B8CF97436A9E239DDEA41AE887"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transmit the administrative record to the Commissioner for such additional action as the Commissioner determines appropriate, including proceedings under section 592; and </text></clause> <clause id="HA91E3D41FD78493BA3FBC27F10A37AE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the request of the head of another agency, transmit the administrative record to the head of that agency. </text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9870F3EF9DA4E77AD7934FBEE1FB410"><enum>(B)</enum><header>After final determination</header><text>Notwithstanding section 777 and subject to subparagraph (C), when the administering authority makes an affirmative final determination under paragraph (2)(B), the administering authority shall— </text> <clause id="H6284B691D94F45029D164F08798B5FA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>transmit the complete administrative record to the Commissioner; and </text></clause>
<clause id="HBFC7C5C52A9A4CBF8CA1AE93412E04C2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at the request of the head of another agency, transmit the complete administrative record to the head of that agency. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB8D64BB9E5B44915B8BE42EFE84AF509"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Referral by U.S. customs and border protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event the Commissioner receives information that a person has entered covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion, but is not able to determine whether the merchandise is in fact covered merchandise, the Commissioner shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H8A9A7509119B468785C383B196546C5C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>refer the matter to the administering authority for additional proceedings under subsection (b); and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0A3091CA071C4DACA4FD9E1B52071CC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>transmit to the administering authority— </text>
<subparagraph id="H0B12C89649144C15AE12B49BF05B0DE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>copies of the entry documents and information required by section 484(a)(1) relating to the merchandise; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H403542B641C84ADCA15B59BEB9DCECEE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any additional records or information that the Commissioner considers appropriate. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9CBE8D8FF6854100AC51AE26883E17F9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cooperation between U.S. customs and border protection and the Department of Commerce</header>
<paragraph id="H76360BA3FB1340A3898F6DA6F6DB418C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of investigations</header><text>Upon receiving a petition and upon initiating an investigation under subsection (b), the administering authority shall notify the Commissioner. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6473CC485A30400090745B33239E9905"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedures for cooperation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the Commissioner and the administering authority shall establish procedures to ensure maximum cooperation and communication between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the administering authority in order to quickly, efficiently, and accurately investigate allegations of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89D4737AAF2743A7BE66C688B0A5438E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Annual report on preventing evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header>
<paragraph id="H651E3FC3026A45F99109F9EB28E2D1B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than February 28 of each year beginning in 2016, the Under Secretary for International Trade of the Department of Commerce shall submit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on the efforts being taken under subsection (b) to prevent evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H60785F5AC65B4172A98A4D8BB78E5B96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report required by paragraph (1) shall include, for the calendar year preceding the submission of the report— </text>
<subparagraph id="HE9685CD86CC94DDA94891684DC7F0E5F"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause id="H8E7DBFB0EED34370BF22F9298D9CC52C" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of investigations initiated pursuant to subsection (b); and </text></clause> <clause id="HC67E6579ED7B44DD822511E7005BF5E5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of such investigations, including— </text>
<subclause id="H436A1D27B05C42BA9B617392C8A8B478"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the results of such investigations; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="HE8FEB4B5671D4E70B55ABA8A7412C93A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of antidumping and countervailing duties collected as a result of such investigations; and </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F8273851F3B4D54865D1497E6B49F20"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of referrals made by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (c). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H123163DC04D442E9B0A1B941462C5BE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 781 the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H858FB0BAC07648DDA54573D8BB0BBA18" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 781A. Procedures for prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HDF04FA77F7CA46719D0B9E16154C048C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Judicial review</header><text>Section 516A(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1516a">19 U.S.C. 1516a(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended— </text> <paragraph id="HEBCD43353C25452CB5B5D654B8C05D08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i)(I), by striking <quote>or (viii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(viii), or (ix)</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6E52B4B1CC0E461F93F50463163DC55A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="HED35757F3BE94AF387A2C917643FEDDF" style="OLC"> <clause id="H8E6F3347E8A847BCAD70659ECCAC6F36"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>A determination by the administering authority under section 781A.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6E44C19BE11E4363B7CE9A1545C3C605"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— </text> <paragraph id="HFCDB3F82239D4E91AE064C5002A59849"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out subsection (b) of section 781A of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as added by subsection (a) of this section); and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81CAA774D45A4BE0BCCEC000F57F925D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Commissioner shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out subsection (c) of such section 781A. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7F90B018F72341688F4FC80D8B8AD791" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall— </text>
<paragraph id="H1997A4066C7B4AB3A820288399AB1B88" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0420C067C9D042BAA66F92DAA2E7D617" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply with respect to merchandise entered on or after such date of enactment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6840768A6FDC4385981CDBC407ED4DA1"><enum>422.</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report assessing the effectiveness of— </text> <paragraph id="HA6744B1CFE574963A240E7A1EBAEA67E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the provisions of, and amendments made by, this subtitle; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E8733A2FB8A46DBB6938D6A93056F01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actions taken and procedures developed by the Secretary of Commerce and the Commissioner pursuant to such provisions and amendments to prevent evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H7E6A758D428F4253A51219FADDE85D83"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header> <section id="HFD1F074F28954AA7B63005BD4A35823C"><enum>431.</enum><header>Allocation and training of personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commissioner shall, to the maximum extent possible, ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection— </text>
<paragraph id="HC1F7449CEE044CF69775D513E34E55FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>employs sufficient personnel who have expertise in, and responsibility for, preventing and investigating the entry of covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF7C39CFA1AE453FAF866229B33A2BCF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on the basis of risk assessment metrics, assigns sufficient personnel with primary responsibility for preventing the entry of covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion to the ports of entry in the United States at which the Commissioner determines potential evasion presents the most substantial threats to the revenue of the United States; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51C008802A0E4F79B1DC853EDA251DA0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provides adequate training to relevant personnel to increase expertise and effectiveness in the prevention and identification of entries of covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion. </text></paragraph></section> <section id="H67CE602039EB4CCCB25DDB9C59886429"><enum>432.</enum><header>Annual report on prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header> <subsection id="HFA0AC6CAF6E942DC9469870FA9957D9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than February 28 of each year, beginning in 2016, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the efforts being taken to prevent and investigate evasion. </text></subsection>
<subsection id="H048768A1378540468D0A88B4CB3E9416"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Each report required under subsection (a) shall include— </text> <paragraph id="HCF4AFE39F85C416190DF6493ED062AEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for the calendar year preceding the submission of the report— </text>
<subparagraph id="HD5C925DEB82344CCAB924DED5BD2A936"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE59B90DEE39A4099A0044C13CEAB11CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of allegations of evasion received and the number of allegations of evasion resulting in any administrative, civil, or criminal actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any other agency; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E8FEE86E49D4BE487A33086220346E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a summary of the completed administrative inquiries of evasion, including the number and nature of the inquiries initiated, conducted, or completed, as well as their resolution; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7EC9E79A5D71433E86B9F7785E7B0204"><enum>(D)</enum><text>with respect to inquiries that lead to issuance of a penalty notice, the penalty amounts; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC16AAAACB9A43E58F57082C3F6323CF"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the amounts of antidumping and countervailing duties collected as a result of any actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any other agency; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF02BA9086E334BA38411C934AC4D9125"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a description of the allocation of personnel and other resources of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prevent, identify, and investigate evasion, including any assessments conducted regarding the allocation of such personnel and resources; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H953BDCC4B09F4261BA49E82E06903A55"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a description of training conducted to increase expertise and effectiveness in the prevention, identification, and investigation of evasion; and </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H29522AF330C04EFCB157BE2563D9BFC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of U.S. Customs and Border Protection processes and procedures to prevent and identify evasion, including— </text>
<subparagraph id="HDC396575CF934E78B698F345FC957029"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific guidelines, policies, and practices used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that allegations of evasion are promptly evaluated and acted upon in a timely manner; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9872C44A73A94253A7305FDF0304AB74"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of the efficacy of such existing guidelines, policies, and practices; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H565C7A264A4343A293C5C04F5690A819"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identification of any changes since the last report that have materially improved or reduced the effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9DC4B180CEAC4D53AB926C496DC80940"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of the development and implementation of policies for the application of single entry and continuous bonds for entries of covered merchandise to sufficiently protect the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties commensurate with the level of risk on noncollection; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5046065374546FABCB566F36B217199"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the processes and procedures for increased cooperation and information sharing with the Department of Commerce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any other relevant Federal agencies to prevent and identify evasion; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H778132D995A24514B37068DD518A938C"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identification of any recommended policy changes of other Federal agencies or legislative changes to improve the effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7A80C75655D14A25B3169DA2486358F6"><enum>433.</enum><header>Addressing circumvention by new shippers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1675">19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended— </text> <paragraph id="H2157CEA2D9AA436AB30E2EAD5D968ACA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D8C9B6BED4E4246A82994C839D46A62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (iii); and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5CEAE98CAC6043B4BABF7070863CDDAC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>inserting after clause (iii), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, the following: </text>
<quoted-block id="H19F4FA87CA40437193278510D652EBEC" style="OLC">
<clause id="H0AE0E4CD024E404AB4221F0242DC5DC1"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Determinations based on bonafide sales</header><text>Any weighted average dumping margin or individual countervailing duty rate determined for an exporter or producer in a review conducted under clause (i) shall be based solely on the bona fide United States sales of an exporter or producer, as the case may be, made during the period covered by the review. In determining whether the United States sales of an exporter or producer made during the period covered by the review were bona fide, the administering authority shall consider, depending on the circumstances surrounding such sales— </text> <subclause id="H0EA19F02D8B3467599D56DAB2EAC0A7E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the prices of such sales; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H3926E4401EC640EEB55C57E55455C9EB"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether such sales were made in commercial quantities; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H150749214A4145508B9E3DAD92C9D146"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the timing of such sales; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="HEBBF37B1DE494D93A5E770852EF6D7CE"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the expenses arising from such sales; </text></subclause> <subclause id="H3B19256CDE7246B1BE8DF4D44C5148F0"><enum>(V)</enum><text>whether the subject merchandise involved in such sales was resold in the United States at a profit; </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6954EABE31E6405180D1C9307042166D"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>whether such sales were made on an arms-length basis; and </text></subclause> <subclause id="H594146DF19704116B5A8B862E5EDA484"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>any other factor the administering authority determines to be relevant as to whether such sales are, or are not, likely to be typical of those the exporter or producer will make after completion of the review.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle>
<enum>V</enum><header>Improvements to antidumping and countervailing duty laws</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0979424188B404796FA98BEF8DAA8FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>American Trade Enforcement Effectiveness Act</quote>.</text></section> <section id="H9AC7CC3ECC10445798D32E349E0B2869"><enum>502.</enum><header>Consequences of failure to cooperate with a request for information in a proceeding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 776 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677e">19 U.S.C. 1677e</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC862933C06C4DD7B2312A12D70BC98C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H418486E61FE54E478A87307E68EF2D81"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85CE888F32174365B148150D42938840"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Adverse Inferences</header-in-text>.—If</quote> and inserting the following: “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Adverse Inferences</header-in-text>.—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCCB1220A0744DDD9F25B0715D5E95E6" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F87D41F52104518A21E83378D65B446"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA33F0FDE881741419BD925141564C07C"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>under this title, may use</quote> and inserting the following: “under this title—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H615BF56B82AF4E599BB4CD236B6D3880" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H802D6CFDBC644B65BFA9D3FEB1E08A62"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2726F7E052E5485AA4A222AF591C74EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>facts otherwise available. Such adverse inference may include</quote> and inserting the following: “facts otherwise available; and</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DD953FED68D46F3932A16B914C0D7C2" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10254F0C52E44AF2A385DF09DBF3FDD8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not required to determine, or make any adjustments to, a countervailable subsidy rate or weighted average dumping margin based on any assumptions about information the interested party would have provided if the interested party had complied with the request for information.</text></subparagraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1CD444A03E8431F84041CE9EA1D8330"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Potential sources of information for adverse inferences</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An adverse inference under paragraph (1)(A) may include</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF99A5D3C02884127BC3F9A339D720568"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68281F788D514A81B28675D167E62CE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Corroboration of Secondary Information</header-in-text>.—When the</quote> and inserting the following: “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Corroboration of Secondary Information</header-in-text>.—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF91D4420F4014EEDA73C6C59EBED2DCE" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7134EE115E43402DB9A0A7363C4DF57F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), when the</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78A3F4D74A124686AA174BB59BD8D28A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77679DC165F4461591DAC99532ECE039" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E16FDA29FD947C4B269DE5050534334"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administrative authority and the Commission shall not be required to corroborate any dumping margin or countervailing duty applied in a separate segment of the same proceeding.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9BE3DB600B4D4E82939F9081DB9968FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9DD75D0C9AE416C8729793B7C43FD58" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2D332E2BFDC4A2881EE62394DE0775C"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsidy rates and dumping margins in adverse inference determinations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07EB8A6AFAEC4B80814D303EC8DAC897"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority uses an inference that is adverse to the interests of a party under subsection (b)(1)(A) in selecting among the facts otherwise available, the administering authority may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EE35AD432174E8BA355ED52D5CB9713"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a countervailing duty proceeding—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H170108DC166040499C74E21805CC3800"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use a countervailable subsidy rate applied for the same or similar program in a countervailing duty proceeding involving the same country, or</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3D9A0CC04AF4141AACA4A2B4289EF42"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if there is no same or similar program, use a countervailable subsidy rate for a subsidy program from a proceeding that the administering authority considers reasonable to use, and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9345268DF4784B2581B9E1501B57EE56"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an antidumping duty proceeding, use any dumping margin from any segment of the proceeding under the applicable antidumping order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DAAAA40340F40558EDEC703B02AD1B9"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discretion to apply highest rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out paragraph (1), the administering authority may apply any of the countervailable subsidy rates or dumping margins specified under that paragraph, including the highest such rate or margin, based on the evaluation by the administering authority of the situation that resulted in the administering authority using an adverse inference in selecting among the facts otherwise available.</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCECE1D3B98484E7FB3E4EC421B5A72E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No obligation to make certain estimates or address certain claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the administering authority uses an adverse inference under subsection (b)(1)(A) in selecting among the facts otherwise available, the administering authority is not required, for purposes of subsection (c) or for any other purpose—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H67D62A9C717A4793A92BB56BFD2EE7D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to estimate what the countervailable subsidy rate or dumping margin would have been if the interested party found to have failed to cooperate under subsection (b)(1) had cooperated, or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBFBBC7FB31D45D4BEA6F70A39F50FB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to demonstrate that the countervailable subsidy rate or dumping margin used by the administering authority reflects an alleged commercial reality of the interested party.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A0FF71C86D8481CA4166058867C3988" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of material injury</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF096D4673B3A4CC5BF0452E04C0DF8D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of profitability of domestic industries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(7) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H840F5FE9E5304D1285A25D7CD285DAFC" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H83617571681240BE9A7CC70944C71632"><enum>(J)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of profitability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may not determine that there is no material injury or threat of material injury to an industry in the United States merely because that industry is profitable or because the performance of that industry has recently improved.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H082365F21E2D436FA6061BFCA8ADAB60"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation of impact on domestic industry in determination of material injury</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclause (I) of section 771(7)(C)(iii) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H153374553BDC4109B8BFF602CCEC153F" style="OLC"> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7707D39516CC49028902C9A286187F7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">actual and potential decline in output, sales, market share, gross profits, operating profits, net profits, ability to service debt, productivity, return on investments, return on assets, and utilization of capacity,</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97DDF394D0FF44579DF125DA5ECE20C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Captive production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(7)(C)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28244A0AFC0E46289CBEB3579DB746CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I), by striking the comma and inserting <quote>, and</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BFF377660194DC08376938BF89CF6C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a comma; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CA6B4846D1A4123BA03A68BA021B2BD"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subclause (III).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACBF939964B04FBFA4A186774B053E8E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Particular market situation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CFE2E29E8F042E79B2034A5AECC9782"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of ordinary course of trade</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(15) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(15)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE56950C65344E149E5623FEEF232D36" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CD68F69A61A4BABA1B643F2E68691FF"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Situations in which the administering authority determines that the particular market situation prevents a proper comparison with the export price or constructed export price.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE08726F638B64F44B67BB704E201DC75"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of normal value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 773(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(a)(1)(B)(ii)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in such other country.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F12D5BE3BF1409C9EC14E6B709FA464"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of constructed value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 773(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F08188963F14154B9798D8F668CEFE1"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>business</quote> and inserting <quote>trade</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4A8C6C3AE314C9A8A1AA1C091822512"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the flush text at the end and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88629A8A196A4BAD931A9026F3864AF4" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text commented="no" quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subsection">For purposes of paragraph (1), if a particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or other processing of any kind does not accurately reflect the cost of production in the ordinary course of trade, the administering authority may use another calculation methodology under this subtitle or any other calculation methodology. For purposes of paragraph (1), the cost of materials shall be determined without regard to any internal tax in the exporting country imposed on such materials or their disposition that is remitted or refunded upon exportation of the subject merchandise produced from such materials.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C2F3BDA1C3341208E83A5B2D0BB72D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>505.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distortion of prices or costs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9EC64ABB9EF14B82A7A7FD28E90D4393"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Investigation of below-cost sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 773(b)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B5958BEC31F40D69C64BE3A8AFC9B75" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9ACA84BC34A54C6CACF7B908FA10BB28"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reasonable grounds to believe or suspect</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6005C88C83D048E589840FFBB49EF287"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a review conducted under section 751 involving a specific exporter, there are reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the foreign like product have been made at prices that are less than the cost of production of the product if the administering authority disregarded some or all of the exporter’s sales pursuant to paragraph (1) in the investigation or, if a review has been completed, in the most recently completed review.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB191D1951A934B1588CE6930BF9CD63A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requests for information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In an investigation initiated under section 732 or a review conducted under section 751, the administering authority shall request information necessary to calculate the constructed value and cost of production under subsections (e) and (f) to determine whether there are reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the foreign like product have been made at prices that represent less than the cost of production of the product.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H00E6F2CD60D04FB8ACF2A0C0E215660B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prices and costs in nonmarket economies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 773(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF322C324DDEC48FEA14CC2CDEEC3F500" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C7D6878943E405EBE04CBC3864B6EF6"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Discretion to disregard certain price or cost values</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In valuing the factors of production under paragraph (1) for the subject merchandise, the administering authority may disregard price or cost values without further investigation if the administering authority has determined that broadly available export subsidies existed or particular instances of subsidization occurred with respect to those price or cost values or if those price or cost values were subject to an antidumping order.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD132AFC72A6F4D3BA7A90FFB4B803981" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>506.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reduction in burden on Department of Commerce by reducing the number of voluntary respondents</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 782(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677m">19 U.S.C. 1677m(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H61884553565F4896897D4AD8C895D549"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and by moving such clauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H594808A1523A4D33A0BA106B82A1EB19"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by moving such subparagraphs, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the right;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F20DB3753CD4230B731A56823AC5800"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Investigations and Reviews</header-in-text>.—In</quote> and inserting the following: “<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Investigations and Reviews</header-in-text>.—</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80C7B380ED874869AEDDCB997B74AEF7" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1363EF56A2F341928580F59ADACCE5F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C99F9DE755D4842AEE165EFAA4475D0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (3), by amending subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph (2), to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A4130F960394BB296C965829A000D59" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFB4B885920C4118AEE9B4BCB7BC7487"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of exporters or producers subject to the investigation or review is not so large that any additional individual examination of such exporters or producers would be unduly burdensome to the administering authority and inhibit the timely completion of the investigation or review.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9875B1CED5BB4242AE1F21FA6B80A639"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7037CE5C23944453B8D82F98BEC3EB46" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF1100A2D1D94D76BB4BB3EE67754541"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination of unduly burdensome</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining if an individual examination under paragraph (1)(B) would be unduly burdensome, the administering authority may consider the following:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C73B17666644B3080AE5B0DBBB28DEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The complexity of the issues or information presented in the proceeding, including questionnaires and any responses thereto.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H80E36E71E7484D7FAEA6254428458FA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any prior experience of the administering authority in the same or similar proceeding.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A436FBFAA094087BD5E96253F43E94E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total number of investigations under subtitle A or B and reviews under section 751 being conducted by the administering authority as of the date of the determination.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7B87942EBB6F4F2092DF1B1145DB4882"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such other factors relating to the timely completion of each such investigation and review as the administering authority considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41538A7B92BF4F09A3076024FEF72AD2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>507.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application to Canada and Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Pursuant to article 1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3438">19 U.S.C. 3438</external-xref>), the amendments made by this title shall apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.</text></section> <enum>VI</enum><header>Additional enforcement provisions</header> <section id="H774EE7EA74904F8182549E85F49DF253"><enum>601.</enum><header>Trade enforcement priorities</header> <subsection id="HC8EC73ED22C84EFBAB2F55DA642ACA6D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 310 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2420">19 U.S.C. 2420</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows: </text>
<quoted-block id="H8F02E508562647C8B1C6C9BE3185B2EB" style="OLC">
<section id="H1F90A0029E1B4EDA9802263A03A8BC1F"><enum>310.</enum><header>Trade enforcement priorities</header>
<subsection id="HE450E978C0214D318DED936A7C6374F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Trade enforcement priorities, consultations, and report</header>
<paragraph id="HF7EE4651B4D14974AB9B6F1923493CDC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Trade enforcement priorities consultations</header><text>Not later than May 31 of each calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the United States Trade Representative (in this section referred to as the <quote>Trade Representative</quote>) shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives with respect to the prioritization of acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments that raise concerns with respect to obligations under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or otherwise create or maintain barriers to United States goods, services, or investment. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H129C4D53086F4C91876C5F49BF7A0D27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification of trade enforcement priorities</header><text>In identifying acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments as trade enforcement priorities under this subsection, the United States Trade Representative shall focus on those acts, policies, and practices the elimination of which is likely to have the most significant potential to increase United States economic growth, and take into account all relevant factors, including— </text>
<subparagraph id="HDCFE9E6A0DDD4113A2BFB14169F43210"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic significance of any potential inconsistency between an obligation assumed by a foreign government pursuant to a trade agreement to which both the foreign government and the United States are parties and the acts, policies, or practices of that government; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF6B38C6F667C4F1281BC98A068A9EF18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the impact of the acts, policies, or practices of a foreign government on maintaining and creating United States jobs and productive capacity; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8EFC4FEF2B14180A0113C80C3E34A81"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the major barriers and trade distorting practices described in the most recent National Trade Estimate required under section 181(b); </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H30A72D290FB3419ABF7988E9461B1427"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the major barriers and trade distorting practices described in other relevant reports addressing international trade and investment barriers prepared by a Federal agency or congressional commission during the 12 months preceding the date of the most recent report under paragraph (3); </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3BA838C6162648B283AB54173268A967"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a foreign government’s compliance with its obligations under any trade agreements to which both the foreign government and the United States are parties; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9D90802AE69F4D288776337451F3314E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the implications of a foreign government’s procurement plans and policies; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB164A37891DA44A3AED9CE4E814CC363"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the international competitive position and export potential of United States products and services. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEC650004057A4132B9545EFED4378FE6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report on trade enforcement priorities and actions taken to address</header> <subparagraph id="H07B81D6EA3324ABF88BFB0ECFB884993"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than July 31 of each calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments identified as trade enforcement priorities based on the consultations under paragraph (1) and the criteria set forth in paragraph (2). </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF63DF14A381C49E09441B8A252D89F4E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report in subsequent years</header><text>The Trade Representative shall include, when reporting under subparagraph (A) in any calendar year after the calendar year that begins after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, a description of actions taken to address any acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments identified as trade enforcement priorities under this subsection in the calendar year preceding that report and, as relevant, any year before that calendar year. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H57A064C145A74F10A4B6E48DF9D5BDC1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Semi-annual enforcement consultations</header> <paragraph id="HC03E733ABDC8449FA9767549EABBA81E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the same time as the reporting under subsection (a)(3), and not later than January 31 of each following year, the Trade Representative shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives with respect to the identification, prioritization, investigation, and resolution of acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments of concern with respect to obligations under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or that otherwise create or maintain trade barriers. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H87A1BAF29A854C13A2855AE2AB6EAC3D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Acts, policies, or practices of concern</header><text>The semi-annual enforcement consultations required by paragraph (1) shall address acts, policies, or practices of foreign governments that raise concerns with respect to obligations under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, or otherwise create or maintain trade barriers, including— </text> <subparagraph id="H8F946FADA64947F49B8F4CB3D1E4BEAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>engagement with relevant trading partners; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1ABF41A6B428480894B0499ACBDF0B84"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strategies for addressing such concerns; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC81B46A497594DF2904D44E9668BAED7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>availability and deployment of resources to be used in the investigation or resolution of such concerns; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H499DEBB3F8364945B5E70487B7EE43BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the merits of any potential dispute resolution proceeding under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party relating to such concerns; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H19633B3FEFDB41D09CD9C50C55D6EDCE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other aspects of such concerns. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45348C9AAC174383B6E986C88504B4A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Active investigations</header><text>The semi-annual enforcement consultations required by paragraph (1) shall address acts, policies, or practices that the Trade Representative is actively investigating with respect to obligations under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, including— </text> <subparagraph id="H03412C68F2B34B9693F6CEBA5E829698"><enum>(A)</enum><text>strategies for addressing concerns raised by such acts, policies, or practices; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H094F320FB69A403D8841E249F738FFE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any relevant timeline with respect to investigation of such acts, policies, or practices; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HB460AC46CF3E46D39E690C8763373E5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the merits of any potential dispute resolution proceeding under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party with respect to such acts, policies, or practices; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6302A996A11C494B86A445360D7FF369"><enum>(D)</enum><text>barriers to the advancement of the investigation of such acts, policies, or practices; and </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6F626DD7BD8D4542A2BAF3A41CD3AA4A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other matters relating to the investigation of such acts, policies, or practices. </text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11D37AFEC2F9467F9EAE573E73034660"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Ongoing enforcement actions</header><text>The semi-annual enforcement consultations required by paragraph (1) shall address all ongoing enforcement actions taken by or against the United States with respect to obligations under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party, including— </text> <subparagraph id="H99280C5F6B8D432A89E4F0FE423F1164"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any relevant timeline with respect to such actions; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H646E5E90726D4A1CB0F73219110E347D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the merits of such actions; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0FAF43D59F8D4975AB6A39E3E5261BB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any prospective implementation actions; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C3B07310F58468EB4354CC5EB4C0386"><enum>(D)</enum><text>potential implications for any law or regulation of the United States; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2E8D6EFFDC924B0E86579D286FACA6D2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>potential implications for United States stakeholders, domestic competitors, and exporters; and </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H89B7E7FCE70C4BE38A43F16981C27D96"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other issues relating to such actions. </text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF1FCD6CB75794F22ACBF1BC359B470C5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enforcement resources</header><text>The semi-annual enforcement consultations required by paragraph (1) shall address the availability and deployment of enforcement resources, resource constraints on monitoring and enforcement activities, and strategies to address those constraints, including the use of available resources of other Federal agencies to enhance monitoring and enforcement capabilities. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0516443BD4C84630A16A322E3F216674"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Investigation and resolution</header><text>In the case of any acts, policies, or practices of a foreign government identified as a trade enforcement priority under subsection (a), the Trade Representative shall, not later than the date of the first semi-annual enforcement consultations held under subsection (b) after the identification of the priority, take appropriate action to address that priority, including— </text> <paragraph id="H51D65BA8405547DAA2AB67B856029E11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>engagement with the foreign government to resolve concerns raised by such acts, policies, or practices; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7A656D6AC604842B45E0E9ED0D742C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>initiation of an investigation under section 302(b)(1) with respect to such acts, policies, or practices; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5B3E5BC8E78E4604AE7636AF9E362A61"><enum>(3)</enum><text>initiation of negotiations for a bilateral agreement that provides for resolution of concerns raised by such acts, policies, or practices; or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAC7932B3D6EA4722AA3E7D6E118D98D7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>initiation of dispute settlement proceedings under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party with respect to such acts, policies, or practices. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC43FC293FD484914B8F740472D15DBCA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enforcement notifications and consultation</header> <paragraph id="HE603CFDF284F49CBA6016F08B3C55D6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiation of enforcement action</header><text>The Trade Representative shall notify and consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives in advance of initiation of any formal trade dispute by or against the United States taken in regard to an obligation under the WTO Agreements or any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party. With respect to a formal trade dispute against the United States, if advance notification and consultation are not possible, the Trade Representative shall notify and consult at the earliest practicable opportunity after initiation of the dispute. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H704ED6D8DB2640ECA796CCA4E7929FEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Circulation of reports</header><text>The Trade Representative shall notify and consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives in advance of the announced or anticipated circulation of any report of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization or of a dispute settlement panel under any other trade agreement to which the United States is a party with respect to a formal trade dispute by or against the United States. </text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D42040767F346008CD4390DB6CC9519"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section: </text>
<paragraph id="H3C4C8D7C856348A28557AE73F13C5B79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>WTO</header><text>The term <term>WTO</term> means the World Trade Organization. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H512BF4BDDA9047F88F51774FC5A179CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>WTO agreement</header><text>The term <term>WTO Agreement</term> has the meaning given that term in section 2(9) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3501">19 U.S.C. 3501(9)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CFD57B03FFC437FA5262A88AB7C7BB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>WTO agreements</header><text>The term <term>WTO Agreements</term> means the WTO Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H4539ACBEE66F4CC8AAEF75000DBE5992"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 310 and inserting the following: </text>
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<section id="H1690170B155C4774A15D0A47025331A2"><enum>602.</enum><header>Exercise of WTO authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations under trade agreements</header>
<subsection id="H0CF2952002454C84BD8CEE2C291A9794"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 306 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2416">19 U.S.C. 2416</external-xref>) is amended— </text> <paragraph id="H6B337B06C78E4F05B65B125306065896"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H79379B27DCBD4A93ABE5F756C20E99D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H5FC6E53A638443DE9D2E01855B476DA6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H59AD77AEBC454907978B51C708D80200"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exercise of WTO authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations</header><text>If— </text>
<paragraph id="H96AFC612CCD6477BBE1B88A97D581411"><enum>(1)</enum><text>action has terminated pursuant to section 307(c), </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1BC0CCB2EE264B8F9767B977854B2A06"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the petitioner or any representative of the domestic industry that would benefit from reinstatement of action has submitted to the Trade Representative a written request for reinstatement of action, and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06F2BFB289254430B5C0CADEE95B6B20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Trade Representatives has completed the requirements of subsection (d) and section 307(c)(3), </text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">the Trade Representative may at any time determine to take action under section 301(c) to exercise an authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations under Article 22 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)</external-xref>)).</continuation-text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9D8F1A62F49B4A0D9C394CD92A43BD33"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended— </text>
<paragraph id="H782B780A988644048DF809196B569D1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 301(c)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411(c)(1)</external-xref>), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>or section 306(c)</quote> after <quote>subsection (a) or (b)</quote>; </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5E048E8A39244D04A52D2FC58588476F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 306(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2416">19 U.S.C. 2416(b)</external-xref>), in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Further Action</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Action on the Basis of Monitoring</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H501831ABE5EF4B6586E4649AA421F669"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 306(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2416">19 U.S.C. 2416(d)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), by inserting <quote>or (c)</quote> after <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDBF6916B1C184E7E906A9036B31E94AC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 307(c)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2417">19 U.S.C. 2417(c)(3)</external-xref>), by inserting <quote>or if a request is submitted to the Trade Representative under section 306(c)(2) to reinstate action,</quote> after <quote>under section 301,</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HB7A5DD6C08CA44AAAB818ECE360C88FB"><enum>603.</enum><header>Trade monitoring</header>
<subsection id="HD61F56566F17424BA38327D5E087A137"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2251">19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block id="H8239866B9B7349F79D1A2C565A750E2E" style="OLC"> <section id="HCDF33D835C1D41FE978BF698A7DD0A37"><enum>205.</enum><header>Trade monitoring</header> <subsection id="H3EB81108158A4C8DA428E4EC1CE36141"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Monitoring tool for imports</header> <paragraph id="HE803058CF9B94724BA0278760C3ED570"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the United States International Trade Commission shall make available on a website of the Commission an import monitoring tool to allow the public access to data on the volume and value of goods imported to the United States for the purpose of assessing whether such data has changed with respect to such goods over a period of time. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67C79CE859D246AF8D59FE02FDC603D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data described</header><text>For purposes of the monitoring tool under paragraph (1), the Commission shall use data compiled by the Department of Commerce and such other government data as the Commission considers appropriate. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF980906B380A436E92F90D3A7152238E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Periods of time</header><text>The Commission shall ensure that data accessed through the monitoring tool under paragraph (1) includes data for the most recent quarter for which such data are available and previous quarters as the Commission considers practicable. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H253756D691F84EE992D2510283290F0D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Monitoring reports</header>
<paragraph id="H4BC058D9651747109DE76ACFFB2BD773"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and not less frequently than quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall publish on a website of the Department of Commerce, and notify the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of the availability of, a monitoring report on changes in the volume and value of trade with respect to imports and exports of goods categorized based on the 6-digit subheading number of the goods under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States during the most recent quarter for which such data are available and previous quarters as the Secretary considers practicable. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1022D5C86E7F4F0E8FD91340E3F4AACC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests for Comment</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall solicit through the Federal Register public comment on the monitoring reports described in paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H365D9B74973246EF815B9AE0614F88CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The requirements under this section terminate on the date that is seven years after the date of the enactment of this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HA297AC82882440298B23F24535428E9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2101">19 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 204 the following: </text>
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<enum>VII</enum><header>Currency manipulation</header>
<section id="H5E482E60CCBF4E379A546D805E72E6CA"><enum>701.</enum><header>Enhancement of engagement on currency exchange rate and economic policies with certain major trading partners of the United States</header>
<subsection id="HDFDEAE187663438094089E343C8204A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Major trading partner report</header>
<paragraph id="H8A5A842012A845C3A0D80F9AA5032512"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the macroeconomic and currency exchange rate policies of each country that is a major trading partner of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H441B826D88AC4F78B8673A244364E615"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Elements</header> <subparagraph id="H49455A42C61C4EA8B988F3B284789E8B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall contain—</text>
<clause id="H30C843F6C93B4078A6FDBCEB77A07336"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for each country that is a major trading partner of the United States—</text> <subclause id="HAD6ED8828A1B47FC90D665A0B75FC2F4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>that country’s bilateral trade balance with the United States;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HF3705E936C8548ED9E441F63C8B8B674"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that country’s current account balance as a percentage of its gross domestic product;</text></subclause> <subclause id="H22700FA451484313B00E3D0A699205C4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the change in that country’s current account balance as a percentage of its gross domestic product during the 3-year period preceding the submission of the report;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HC87115AA686942F2A4464655DF3C5484"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>that country’s foreign exchange reserves as a percentage of its short-term debt; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H1F85EFDAE389435DB31F63698C5B4186"><enum>(V)</enum><text>that country’s foreign exchange reserves as a percentage of its gross domestic product; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HA63FD6E3C85A4B7489713C66DF47FFE2" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an enhanced analysis of macroeconomic and exchange rate policies for each country that is a major trading partner of the United States that has—</text> <subclause id="H8F8627933DF14F5F84B0F042E1A017F9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a significant bilateral trade surplus with the United States;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HFB7260DD14CF499794B8110778638496"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a material current account surplus; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H362B26911FE04466A72265EAAC9A68F4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>engaged in persistent one-sided intervention in the foreign exchange market.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4AE589DD392F480AB17A4E12A8816D5A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Enhanced analysis</header><text>Each enhanced analysis under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall include, for each country with respect to which an analysis is made under that subparagraph—</text> <clause id="HEB53FFA64837491F99A404F9DC9E2615"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of developments in the currency markets of that country, including, to the greatest extent feasible, developments with respect to currency interventions;</text></clause>
<clause id="HA6A29DC6BE354532948DCCD38B96EF4C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of trends in the real effective exchange rate of the currency of that country and in the degree of undervaluation of that currency;</text></clause> <clause id="HBB5028C3CE8146F29DDB54967E834E4A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an analysis of changes in the capital controls and trade restrictions of that country;</text></clause>
<clause id="HFDD935C6F4674B488048D0B008B3E82D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>patterns in the reserve accumulation of that country; and</text></clause> <clause id="HA6E94D8C10C24794A0297CF65577DE2C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an analysis of the macroeconomic policy mix of that country and its pattern of savings-investment imbalances.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86565211C07040C080EE386A32731984"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall publicly issue guidance not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Act that describes the factors used to assess under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) whether a country has a significant bilateral trade surplus with the United States, has a material current account surplus, and has engaged in persistent one-sided intervention in the foreign exchange market.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDA6D397BAE0D44E69BAC02B1D39D4F03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Engagement on exchange rate and economic policies</header> <paragraph id="HEE3B2FC04BF94C31966EC62597F3925F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President, through the Secretary, shall commence enhanced bilateral engagement with each country for which an enhanced analysis of macroeconomic and currency exchange rate policies is included in the report submitted under subsection (a), in order to, as appropriate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F6CF4CD604A426C8F389EAA6069B0EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>urge implementation of policies to address the causes of the undervaluation of its currency, its bilateral trade surplus with the United States, and its material current account surplus, including undervaluation and surpluses relating to exchange rate management;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H54FC9B58236B4ADB81C8C36F940DF1CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>express the concern of the United States with respect to the adverse trade and economic effects of that undervaluation and those surpluses; and/or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H36B749569F794669B387428C01E75FCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>advise that country of the ability of the President to take action under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1724AAB719A9452C9739B38DDE2226D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header> <subparagraph id="HD55328F121814C1CA8D1F80B70B572CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may waive the requirement under subsection (b)(1) to commence enhanced bilateral engagement with a country if the Secretary determines that commencing enhanced bilateral engagement with the country—</text>
<clause id="H19DDEC6BB4F74F618CC32002D9462A32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would have an adverse impact on the United States economy greater than the benefits of such action; or</text></clause> <clause id="HE286AD649FDA483AAC0337309520FCAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would cause serious harm to the national security of the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H916EFB9F25EC41DBA38F6625FC5B7EB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Secretary shall promptly certify to Congress a determination under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H19E76153F0864E03A3E639B2A8172926"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Remedial action</header> <paragraph id="H5BCE30F8181E41C68FA0CE37BAF816A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, on or after the date that is one year after the commencement of enhanced bilateral engagement by the President, through the Secretary, with respect to a country under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary determines that the country has failed to adopt appropriate policies to correct the undervaluation and surpluses described in subsection (b)(1)(A) with respect to that country, the President shall take one or more of the following actions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEA5BC7545CEA4A8D9D11C3AE7C05441A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Prohibit the Overseas Private Investment Corporation from approving any new financing (including any insurance, reinsurance, or guarantee) with respect to a project located in that country on and after such date.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4EA6367BDB7B4C68AE62C48B1320A922"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), and pursuant to paragraph (3), prohibit the Federal Government from procuring, or entering into any contract for the procurement of, goods or services from that country on and after such date.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H287F9F8EE8534B14AF0EA3DDBBAC833B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund to call for additional rigorous surveillance of the macroeconomic and exchange rate policies of that country and, as appropriate, formal consultations on findings of currency manipulation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H96178012A5ED41A5A0AA906059FFF6FD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Instruct the United States Trade Representative to take into account, in consultation with the Secretary, in assessing whether to enter into a bilateral or regional trade agreement with that country or to initiate or participate in negotiations with respect to a bilateral or regional trade agreement with that country, the extent to which that country has failed to adopt appropriate policies to correct the undervaluation and surpluses described in subsection (b)(1)(A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D6F36F665AF4ABEB9815BDA46091AF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Waiver</header>
<subparagraph id="HB8D829547D2E45DDA7E6A2C7BC0C5564"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President may waive the requirement under paragraph (1) to take remedial action if the President determines that taking remedial action under paragraph (1) would—</text> <clause id="H1080305CCEEA422AA00EE449AE562715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>have an adverse impact on the United States economy greater than the benefits of taking remedial action; or</text></clause>
<clause id="H2DA74DF7FA5049BF83F9C60D9920F8E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would cause serious harm to the national security of the United States.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1F4F86F5E7BA45CCA64C7F7C19370FA7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The President shall promptly certify to Congress a determination under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3021C1696134470FBD213566CBD1A9E1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The President may not apply a prohibition under paragraph (1)(B) in a manner that is inconsistent with United States obligations under international agreements.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H72FFD89A43344AE19AE409C26154CE8E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consultations</header> <subparagraph id="H0F1DB9365BA0473B90AD2F67862C1D17"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Office of Management and Budget</header><text>Before applying a prohibition under paragraph (1)(B), the President shall consult with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to determine whether such prohibition would subject the taxpayers of the United States to unreasonable cost.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H704D205FDE014D068BC8E2CFE1CA4566"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Congress</header><text>The President shall consult with the appropriate committees of Congress with respect to any action the President takes under paragraph (1)(B), including whether the President has consulted as required under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HF5437DFB657340878BBE2EB60C23758F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H9A102497D0B840048838DA645682B674"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appropriate committees of Congress</header><text>The term <quote>appropriate committees of Congress</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF8991E475C3F45F6A491138E7424D5D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2168034C55864DE295F4635873F19F25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBC23702E206B48C29E19AFAF7F14C15E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Country</header><text>The term <quote>country</quote> means a foreign country, dependent territory, or possession of a foreign country, and may include an association of 2 or more foreign countries, dependent territories, or possessions of countries into a customs union outside the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01329F6CC960437F98A88455725A849A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Real effective exchange rate</header><text>The term <quote>real effective exchange rate</quote> means a weighted average of bilateral exchange rates, expressed in price-adjusted terms.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H20481DA632544D97890E9BA3ABD8AEC5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <quote>Secretary</quote> means the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H070F071320A44104860D1736EC9771B8"><enum>702.</enum><header>Advisory committee on international exchange rate policy</header>
<subsection id="H00525AABBCBE41CB86E14EC954004D68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="HB0BC3CD961F344C4BB3394FCE5E1F880"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established an Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H064289293D7146AFB6F7D76A3E2F6189"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Committee shall be responsible for advising the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the impact of international exchange rates and financial policies on the economy of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB850EA7C3F994EAA88CC34376DDE441A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="H33E98718F77547FFA3B429A67C53FE8E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of 9 members as follows, none of whom shall be employees of the Federal Government:</text> <subparagraph id="HC097DBCA53F64248917464BC40DDFD70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Three members shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the chairmen and ranking members of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H057C11CECB8A421388315D619AB93E96"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Three members shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives upon the recommendation of the chairmen and ranking members of the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H983B8AD9ADEC4E848CC7EE1D7076EE0D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Three members shall be appointed by the President.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC92BA349A8FF40828CAF3878C67E6FFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Members shall be selected under paragraph (1) on the basis of their objectivity and demonstrated expertise in finance, economics, or currency exchange.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8357AF8746204DE0836596056D56E000"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header> <subparagraph id="H649E06568FB34F6FB3634B0D482D7F4B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Members shall be appointed for a term of 2 years or until the Committee terminates.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD527905BC3034E79BCA78946745CB7FD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>A member may be reappointed to the Committee for additional terms.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3A968C7D6D9C4A1C87E13721621BA96F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any vacancy in the Committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H8CCB4AD511CF45E2945E2BBD636AD6D4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of committee</header>
<paragraph id="HBBE4351DA09C4DBF902058C1973BC387"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall terminate on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act unless renewed by the President for a subsequent 2-year period.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H81744E5457B34EA1AF4C7689E974852E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continued renewal</header><text>The President may continue to renew the Committee for successive 2-year periods by taking appropriate action to renew the Committee prior to the date on which the Committee would otherwise terminate.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3ACA1CE74366443E89FDD2E9F5DBED75"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Committee shall hold not less than 2 meetings each calendar year.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H48B5D56E35ED43D3AC8878DE7E4FEB63"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairperson</header> <paragraph id="HD2A1D9F6D806443FA9AB9AED1F44CE18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall elect from among its members a chairperson for a term of 2 years or until the Committee terminates.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56C28418F88B4D3B8BC8D7C4C19AB6B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reelection; subsequent terms</header><text>A chairperson of the Committee may be reelected chairperson but is ineligible to serve consecutive terms as chairperson.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCA01FDC184A549A9B579144ED5309EC1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Committee such staff, information, personnel, administrative services, and assistance as the Committee may reasonably require to carry out the activities of the Committee.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H635724FC606B47288608593D18438C77"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Application of the federal advisory committee act</header>
<paragraph id="HAC3F8F7C95B348439EC19B012E363B0A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Committee.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBEEBC0F52B140F5BEA7B7B23FB6D13A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Meetings of the Committee shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of section 10 and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Federal Advisory Committee Act /11">section 11</external-xref> of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (relating to open meetings, public notice, public participation, and public availability of documents), whenever and to the extent it is determined by the President or the Secretary of the Treasury that such meetings will be concerned with matters the disclosure of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFAEDB635312E41AAB61D724EB20F5557"><enum>(A)</enum><text>would seriously compromise the development by the Government of the United States of monetary or financial policy; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF7875C2ACC8447B9B5365248EDBA9CF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is likely to—</text>
<clause id="H1C898ADDBACD46929AC49BBBA07342A5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>lead to significant financial speculation in currencies, securities, or commodities; or</text></clause> <clause id="H15428895AF6043ADABDBB2E9F41711E0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>significantly endanger the stability of any financial institution.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H09CA38BDD48E4AF0818106309D4A1D77"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Treasury for each fiscal year in which the Committee is in effect $1,000,000 to carry out this section.</text></subsection></section> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header> <section id="H89903B926C8F4364A1E09F47C3CF4510" section-type="subsequent-section" commented="no"><enum>801.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H2615BA7BD41244E1AAB7533D79733EBA" commented="no"><enum>802.</enum><header>Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header>
<subsection id="HC39EA6B7660E4B62A061BC9A43658B38" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/211">6 U.S.C. 211</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block id="HF86E712F0AB646AB87BC5E66303525FD" style="OLC"> <section id="HC049EF23A33F4B07913EC331CFC7F30A" commented="no"><enum>411.</enum><header>Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and operational offices</header> <subsection id="H92BEAFF4505D40EFBB817651AF9F06EE" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Department an agency to be known as U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2267CAA48159427C8C68115DCD0EDE75" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header><text>There shall be at the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection a Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (in this section referred to as the <quote>Commissioner</quote>), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H2BF7A8CB5EE94BD2AD19F8AC97DC4970" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Commissioner shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE259F7C547CA4D82BCEB12060D592291" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure the interdiction of persons and goods illegally entering or exiting the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCDF76CE76A3F4EE48A01D85ACB03E32F" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>facilitate and expedite the flow of legitimate travelers and trade;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4AA38D1C4F942EE80FC1F6EAE18DB07" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detect, respond to, and interdict terrorists, drug smugglers and traffickers, human smugglers and traffickers, and other persons who may undermine the security of the United States, in cases in which such persons are entering, or have recently entered, the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H368604C19CAA4327A3DF400ABB978465" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>safeguard the borders of the United States to protect against the entry of dangerous goods;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E539A400B70424883E834B1F1CD7944" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oversee the functions of the Office of Trade established under section 802(h) of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56F17EC0E8FB45FAA96175F9D222E559" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enforce and administer all customs laws of the United States, including the Tariff Act of 1930;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0FEE890E9A14B22AF76F033B1D95148" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enforce and administer all immigration laws, as such term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)</external-xref>), as necessary for the inspection, processing, and admission of persons who seek to enter or depart the United States, and as necessary to ensure the detection, interdiction, removal, departure from the United States, short-term detention, and transfer of persons unlawfully entering, or who have recently unlawfully entered, the United States, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD3F8F1E988DE4C29935EB3745042B605" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and implement screening and targeting capabilities, including the screening, reviewing, identifying, and prioritizing of passengers and cargo across all international modes of transportation, both inbound and outbound;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F7D2FD8479943609EE59B5376670076" commented="no"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the Secretary, deploy technology to collect the data necessary for the Secretary to administer the biometric entry and exit data system pursuant to section 7208 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1365b">8 U.S.C. 1365b</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCD4AAFDDA8F148839D7FCF363A15FA2B" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enforce and administer the laws relating to agricultural import and entry inspection referred to in section 421;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H592FA210233849A98371129565E4A04D" commented="no"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the Under Secretary for Management of the Department, ensure U.S. Customs and Border Protection complies with Federal law, the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and the Department’s acquisition management directives for major acquisition programs of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB32D637411AF4ADAB8E70886E2D17EDF" commented="no"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enforce and administer—</text>
<subparagraph id="H678496F074C1498CA11D112EB6EBEA97" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Container Security Initiative program under section 205 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/945">6 U.S.C. 945</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/347">Public Law 109–347</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFD6E7991566049DB9D8EAA2789D8C44C" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program under sections 211 through 223 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/961-973">6 U.S.C. 961-973</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3994287549A2433E8AAE11331C3B98E6" commented="no"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct polygraph examinations in accordance with section 3(1) of the Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/376">Public Law 111–376</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF2E42E21454D459BB5EA5F742E3E3F48" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><text>establish the standard operating procedures described in subsection (k);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD9E1F8626E64E2BBAC5D1E888D7B467" commented="no"><enum>(15)</enum><text>carry out the training required under subsection (l); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H63514CA6C2C247EAB86A9910B213496F" commented="no"><enum>(16)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by law or delegated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HAA1C07B77DB644DE8E5F7E169081A715" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deputy Commissioner</header><text>There shall be in U.S. Customs and Border Protection a Deputy Commissioner who shall assist the Commissioner in the management of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H046435552F674338B5194209D3423690" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>U.S. Border Patrol</header> <paragraph id="H4198C749AB8042C3A1A15443F0AA8741" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection the U.S. Border Patrol.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B5589FA2A1A4745A8C61148F6CD7AAA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chief</header><text>There shall be at the head of the U.S. Border Patrol a Chief, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCAFD834BC6E047DBB7662DB9A8441E8B" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The U.S. Border Patrol shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD93C8067F774E7297121EBE39B9746A" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve as the law enforcement office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with primary responsibility for interdicting persons attempting to illegally enter or exit the United States or goods being illegally imported into or exported from the United States at a place other than a designated port of entry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE0AD78EA820E4A479CDF05DF15820886" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>deter and prevent illegal entry of terrorists, terrorist weapons, persons, and contraband; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FF45A78A17247C89AAD1A29B4B11E25" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H825C312E0CD04349A8FE4BC1545F9556" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Office of Air and Marine Operations</header> <paragraph id="H560FDF33B027495EAC9468C7634D0ADB" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of Air and Marine Operations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A08E917B7154E20A63E09F16224A931" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant commissioner</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of Air and Marine Operations an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H700EF8BCBBFA408382044F351D68F7D2" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of Air and Marine Operations shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08D486F60FF544E89A64CBE4F809D8B6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>serve as the law enforcement office within U.S. Customs and Border Protection with primary responsibility to detect, interdict, and prevent acts of terrorism and the unlawful movement of people, illicit drugs, and other contraband across the borders of the United States in the air and maritime environment;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90431279ED804881A1959A4E73D8F81F" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct joint aviation and marine operations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC4AC91AAC737485094117A2CC5106834" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conduct aviation and marine operations with international, Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC695AAFC37CE4861AE1A71B8A69BFA7F" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">administer the Air and Marine Operations Center established under paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBFF35AD3820F4E82AE25FCE600590FB2" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAC80901832D54FA2A5E129444BEE064A" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Air and Marine Operations Center</header> <subparagraph id="HFA232034861548EBA651F2335974BFF3" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in the Office of Air and Marine Operations an Air and Marine Operations Center.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A7331979F984AE3B46EA28580166442" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Executive director</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Air and Marine Operations Center an Executive Director, who shall report to the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Air and Marine Operations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H50C4F0DC05D04F0AA3B17F4D0ED7D959" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Air and Marine Operations Center shall—</text>
<clause id="H87F780B664114758AAE47FFC535E4B70" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>manage the air and maritime domain awareness of the Department;</text></clause> <clause id="HF0AB924949CD46C0963B767CA6B7466A" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>monitor and coordinate the airspace for Unmanned Aerial Systems operations of the Office of Air and Marine Operations in U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC45D22363FD743909C28B8277DAD7350" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>detect, identify, and coordinate a response to threats to national security in the air domain;</text></clause> <clause id="H20DC4AC932C647F2ACEC04CA09F5DA42" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>provide aviation and marine support to other Federal, State, tribal, and local agencies; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H81BF76BF4856425E9803731033CC0A63" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Assistant Commissioner.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9E1777921C744A95832DCB67E4FBFE46" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Office of Field Operations</header> <paragraph id="HD8299E0C5551410F8764367ADABE6FF9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of Field Operations.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H632C4CE2D7174803AB8DD9D8113C5438" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant commissioner</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of Field Operations an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF53BA27F489B4DA4904A86E4BCE2813A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of Field Operations shall coordinate the enforcement activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at United States air, land, and sea ports of entry to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC017C43EA9844872A417BD7C7760BD10" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deter and prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States at such ports of entry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H289BD43318064F33BC421DD29ECC1316" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct inspections at such ports of entry to safeguard the United States from terrorism and illegal entry of persons;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB35AF04B16A4624BBA7945640D7685B" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>prevent illicit drugs, agricultural pests, and contraband from entering the United States;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD64ED2D6EE65429B947546F174D8E931" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in coordination with the Commissioner, facilitate and expedite the flow of legitimate travelers and trade;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB23C1F0853B4041988BE1DD0525260C" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>administer the National Targeting Center established under paragraph (4); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC75A2F3B1D6541328D651C3C8343B5E9" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC31A45B57AC1458883B3315CD92AD9C8" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>National Targeting Center</header>
<subparagraph id="H1F3C0DA60BEB4CD784F3C9D654831EAC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Office of Field Operations a National Targeting Center.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H500AB005B2A04C7C854E67E93AE0DBC7" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Executive Director</header><text>There shall be at the head of the National Targeting Center an Executive Director, who shall report to the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Field Operations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCE8CA26BA37F4957AE1D998D9135FB1E" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The National Targeting Center shall—</text> <clause id="H47FFCAB2F7E3452EB3C9EC4D736F21B8" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>serve as the primary forum for targeting operations within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect and analyze traveler and cargo information in advance of arrival in the United States;</text></clause>
<clause id="H4BCA1FE087B24BCEACACD598861A3D3F" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify, review, and target travelers and cargo for examination;</text></clause> <clause id="HDEEF5ADB25F84BDBB20A8EA103DF5E02" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>coordinate the examination of entry and exit of travelers and cargo;</text></clause>
<clause id="H88782594BDB2421CAD28D91875D4DB2B" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>develop and conduct commercial risk assessment targeting with respect to cargo destined for the United States;</text></clause> <clause id="H4910EA869E744DDC99E6CC690763B969" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>issue Trade Alerts pursuant to section 111 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HEA03D702A0E94D6781563B3D3254766E" commented="no"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Assistant Commissioner.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFF61BE25CEE4A62903E751DE79AE1AA" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Annual report on staffing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 and annually thereafter, the Assistant Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the staffing model for the Office of Field Operations, including information on how many supervisors, front-line U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, and support personnel are assigned to each Field Office and port of entry.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD0A4287BD5BC42B8878EB77EF4416ED3" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Office of Intelligence</header>
<paragraph id="H2D848C52AAF747DAA6264E7B9331A9CA" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of Intelligence.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H13415088BA884662A44A0CFAC2B2C160" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant Commissioner</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of Intelligence an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD03AF57E5D46422D8938010730BA6821" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of Intelligence shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HE8AE084EE6DD4E3F949FA0B40985EEB1" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop, provide, coordinate, and implement intelligence capabilities into a cohesive intelligence enterprise to support the execution of the duties and responsibilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65759B93B935497087855471485B24D3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>collect and analyze advance traveler and cargo information;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A2FAB54D7014043997DD377BE842C9D" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish, in coordination with the Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department, as appropriate, intelligence-sharing relationships with Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies and intelligence agencies;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H374F4FB30F364287ADDE039630F3703D" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>conduct risk-based covert testing of U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations, including for nuclear and radiological risks; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H62B0B23FB4A544EA82F9600A40D2ADC0" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0935EDB5AF75450991BFD90A963AEFCF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Office of International Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="H6656E0CF6DEE41CE924139F9ADA8F90C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of International Affairs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H689498BF385840019979E6F1B22344C1" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant Commissioner</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of International Affairs an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B9639E816B841C1A08962E5F3C9C0CB" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of International Affairs, in collaboration with the Office of Policy of the Department, shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HFEBA7D4911E64D8CB9821191C8F3D6FF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate and support U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s foreign initiatives, policies, programs, and activities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2CABB5BDC9D648EA8BE14BEBBF6FF3F1" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinate and support U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s personnel stationed abroad;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBE31EA4E10814A9899173FC953B2A775" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>maintain partnerships and information sharing agreements and arrangements with foreign governments, international organizations, and United States agencies in support of U.S. Customs and Border Protection duties and responsibilities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BBAAABC224E49D6976EC8A879E92CCC" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide necessary capacity building, training, and assistance to foreign border control agencies to strengthen global supply chain and travel security, as appropriate;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H73839D3BB8044DABB43C574CF525458B" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>coordinate mission support services to sustain U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s global activities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H16C6838E8FAF4611A5317814FE2DE90A" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>coordinate U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s engagement in international negotiations; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C7B28E3AA304A88B27B674EDFCC0CD9" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H734AC0062505467891B28A27C139C5E5" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Office of Internal Affairs</header>
<paragraph id="H3F18705F47F146798268B2B669BA417C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of Internal Affairs.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDB84B582AE9F440A992C2E19033BE5AC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant Commissioner</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of Internal Affairs an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8439373B8FD3432880D1DD3848063FEA" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of Internal Affairs shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H207BD884C26547C197A8B01934F0EEEA" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>investigate criminal and administrative matters and misconduct by officers, agents, and other employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD65A2E77384140A4A2644838CB0D1EDC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>perform investigations of applicants for employment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection and periodic reinvestigations (in accordance with section 3001 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3341">50 U.S.C. 3341</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/458">Public Law 108–458</external-xref>)) of officers, agents, and other employees of United States Custom and Border Protection, including investigations to determine suitability for employment and eligibility for access to classified information;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H092BE5DFD8BE4AD9A31009785B27C6AC" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>manage integrity of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s counter-intelligence operations, including conduct of counter-intelligence investigations;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H180CE2AA6BC4471FBA94A314CD17250E" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research and analysis regarding misconduct of officers, agents, and other employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDA8A48FD4ED04503A3B1F446D9FF0AAB" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>carry out other duties and powers prescribed by the Commissioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7465D02F89C74235A4867020CEA30CA0" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Standard operating procedures</header>
<paragraph id="HB4B5557F273B48E7B774EBE62C776247" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner shall establish—</text> <subparagraph id="HB5B0163C481F46B1BDCAA556E9F92C5C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>standard operating procedures for searching, reviewing, retaining, and sharing information contained in communication, electronic, or digital devices encountered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel at United States ports of entry;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA1EE428B5AA34832817B9B2ED3B16F30" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standard use of force procedures that officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may employ in the execution of their duties, including the use of deadly force; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC72A34479A284D32B77374F0569715C0" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a uniform, standardized, and publically-available procedure for processing and investigating complaints against officers, agents, and employees of U.S. Customs and Border Protection for violations of professional conduct, including the timely disposition of complaints and a written notification to the complainant of the status or outcome, as appropriate, of the related investigation, in accordance with section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the <quote>Privacy Act</quote> or the <quote>Privacy Act of 1974</quote>);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H228AF1DE02274B17AFB0F0744A453E7F" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an internal, uniform reporting mechanism regarding incidents involving the use of deadly force by an officer or agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including an evaluation of the degree to which the procedures required under subparagraph (B) were followed; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H054CD48310C348999583921EC8109066" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">standard operating procedures, acting through the Assistant Commissioner for Air and Marine Operations and in coordination with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and the Office of Privacy of the Department, to provide command, control, communication, surveillance, and reconnaissance assistance through the use of unmanned aerial systems, including the establishment of—</text>
<clause id="H75D9A4A0356A437D872933C25B985666" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a process for other Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies to submit mission requests;</text></clause> <clause id="HDF24EEB49CD9472593830A3A959F16A6" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a formal procedure to determine whether to approve or deny such a mission request;</text></clause>
<clause id="H16EC684ADC504AEC852903CAB22D1D37" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a formal procedure to determine how such mission requests are prioritized and coordinated; and</text></clause> <clause id="H66C42B66B49049F698BF7C66CC1740A6" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a process regarding the protection and privacy of data and images collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection through the use of unmanned aerial systems.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5ABBDB2D30FD4757ADF9AD8848B50152" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements regarding certain notifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard operating procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) shall require—</text> <subparagraph id="HA68CC4008D4749CBAD0C380AB36F9555" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of a search of information conducted on an electronic device by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, the Commissioner to notify the individual subject to such search of the purpose and authority for such search, and how such individual may obtain information on reporting concerns about such search; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38CD9BE61C8C4AB987D39E2EBE16A8E2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of information collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection through a search of an electronic device, if such information is transmitted to another Federal agency for subject matter assistance, translation, or decryption, the Commissioner to notify the individual subject to such search of such transmission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5112953BA7C74BAD9174D837FD324FE0" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header> <subparagraph id="H54D1B701268F4CD4B1D813582BBA0E56" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner may withhold the notifications required under paragraphs (1)(C) and (2) if the Commissioner determines that such notifications would impair national security, law enforcement, or other operational interests.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C4FEA852F6C4B879A24E278B42279A0" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Terrorist watch lists</header>
<clause id="H826517F7756444CDAE2BE0D53CA9D5EF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Searches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the individual subject to search of an electronic device pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) is included on a Government-operated or Government-maintained terrorist watch list, the notifications required under paragraph (2) shall not apply.</text></clause> <clause id="HDF58DC64C9EE4C69BB52A0DA7FDE3442" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Complaints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the complainant using the process established under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) is included on a Government-operated or Government-maintained terrorist watch list, the notification required under such subparagraph shall not apply.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9A42F71981564144AD57AE245397616C" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Update and review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall review and update every three years the standard operating procedures required under this subsection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9C2F2D794DF047AD8DA2C7977FB38405" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall develop and annually administer an auditing mechanism to review whether searches of electronic devices at or between United States ports of entry are being conducted in conformity with the standard operating procedures required under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1). Such audits shall be submitted to the appropriate congressional committees and shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5B28281E1D794576BF1EF1ED33980DC7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of the activities of officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to such searches.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H26AAC9B121D54557BAF9141B1BDFAD83" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The number of such searches.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4B89BF21CFC74F58A114E5CD72498724" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The number of instances in which information contained in such devices that were subjected to such searches was retained, copied, shared, or entered in an electronic database.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2AB7EF2DDA234FF4A195123970996EE7" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The number of such devices detained as the result of such searches.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9185C04C01A549658963D1D8F9BD31A2" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The number of instances in which information collected from such device was subjected to such searches was transmitted to another Federal agency, including whether such transmission resulted in a prosecution or conviction.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H06643875C5C34E10A450D9468B32F877" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Requirements regarding other notifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The standard operating procedures established pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) shall require—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC81E0F9226840C59EBBC99DABFE94D4" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an incident of the use of deadly force by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel, the Commissioner to notify the appropriate congressional committees; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HADE93ADA50D641208B00A6FE45E812C3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Commissioner to provide to such committees a copy of the evaluation pursuant to subparagraph (D) of such paragraph not later than 30 days after completion of such evaluation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEF6FF8D3B444B52BA87C9467A475876" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Report on unmanned aerial systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report that reviews whether the use of unmanned aerial systems are being conducted in conformity with the standard operating procedures required under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (1). Such reports—</text> <subparagraph id="H495C0ECD157B4096B31D6C8FFD8A2470" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be submitted with the President’s annual budget;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEAABE8A97FA64887B6C3F2B00A885857" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be submitted in classified form if the Commissioner determines that such is appropriate, and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCF9BA153CD984F22B8C18FEEB70FCF24" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall include—</text>
<clause id="H794C2DA7EF0F45C6A6387710FBB67D1A" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a detailed description of how, where, and for how long data and images collected through the use of unmanned aerial systems by U.S. Customs and Border Protection is collected and stored; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB9735AA6BBA1409699A0466B32E43531" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies that submitted mission requests in the previous year and the disposition of such requests.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA0E7D523D5694132A5A48CB0D49BEEEB" commented="no"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall require all officers and agents of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to participate in a specified amount of continuing education (to be determined by the Commissioner) to maintain an understanding of Federal legal rulings, court decisions, and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC7C9D9E07139461EAF3C3AB5ACA07B78" commented="no"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Short term detention standards</header> <paragraph id="H0FC8EA3522ED4EB69493AD3A91F53608" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to food and water</header><text>The Commissioner shall make every effort to ensure that adequate access to food and water is provided to an individual apprehended and detained at or between a United States port of entry as soon as practicable following the time of such apprehension or during subsequent short term detention.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD40BD494F1343EA931D7E437B41BFCD" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access to information on detainee rights at border patrol processing centers</header>
<subparagraph id="H2CD0ECF876FF4827BFC283E1F6E1AFE5" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner shall ensure that an individual apprehended by a U.S. Border Patrol agent or an Office of Field Operations officer is provided with information concerning such individual’s rights, including the right to contact a representative of such individual’s government for purposes of United States treaty obligations.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H677673CAFFAC4B36BDA793C518316FD5" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The information referred to in subparagraph (A) may be provided either verbally or in writing, and shall be posted in the detention holding cell in which such individual is being held. The information shall be provided in a language understandable to such individual.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H483D086E4172452584510EEB454B17DC" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Short term detention defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <quote>short term detention</quote> means detention in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center for 72 hours or less, before repatriation to a country of nationality or last habitual residence.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB5FC66AAD5F84F6B89FBB4A58A376C97" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Daytime repatriation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When practicable, repatriations shall be limited to daylight hours and avoid locations that are determined to have high indices of crime and violence.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84AE3E6E408A48B2BB03F83F57196DB3" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report on procurement process and standards</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the procurement process and standards of entities with which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has contracts for the transportation and detention of individuals apprehended by agents or officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Such report should also consider the operational efficiency of contracting the transportation and detention of such individuals.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A9BB45FF6E14603BE1777ACF999501B" commented="no"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report on inspections of short-term custody facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H08D83F773D5045499961263F93F5C524" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>annually inspect all facilities utilized for short term detention; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H33FE7C539D034ED189841D0AD8DAA822" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make publically available information collected pursuant to such inspections, including information regarding the requirements under paragraphs (1) and (2) and, where appropriate, issue recommendations to improve the conditions of such facilities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H094C7F59F56F44A0A29D24B3021F1709" commented="no"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Wait times transparency</header>
<paragraph id="HBD77D93173204E788B46778882C8BF07" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H72446D0DF64147F897A37CEAE57289E7" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>publish live wait times at the 20 United States airports that support the highest volume of international travel (as determined by available Federal flight data);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H296E7E91E2E74D469E089C6EF6922024" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make information about such wait times available to the public in real time through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Web site;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H98046E2F7967477B9810FB86B42AE3C1" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>submit to the appropriate congressional committees quarterly reports that include compilations of all such wait times and a ranking of such United States airports by wait times; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6200AA07AE86412F9913E30DFA68E564" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide adequate staffing at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection information center to ensure timely access for travelers attempting to submit comments or speak with a representative about their entry experiences.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H85DC2CC60D284CF5B665994572CF3D3B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calculation</header><text>The wait times referred to in paragraph (1)(A) shall be determined by calculating the time elapsed between an individual’s entry into the U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection area and such individual’s clearance by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDFE350198D45435CB4A6627C460AF49D" commented="no"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Other authorities</header>
<paragraph id="H658FCFDB61C24BFEBF02FC918CA1C844" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may establish such other offices or Assistant Commissioners (or other similar officers or officials) as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the missions, duties, functions, and authorities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9ACEA3826EC5491BBE55583D1012222A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>If the Secretary exercises the authority provided pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 30 days before exercising such authority.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD0D8239B79BC4299BF31BAE2741C3844" commented="no"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Other Federal agencies</header><text>Nothing in this section may be construed as affecting in any manner the authority, existing on the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, of any other Federal agency, including the Transportation Security Administration, with respect to the duties of U.S. Customs and Border Protection described in subsection (c).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HF0C07D4E3F79437EAAAD8B8D5F846104" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rules</header> <paragraph id="HD4571277217F46D7B9F186E262D42218" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, shall be treated as if included in such Act as of the date of the enactment of such Act, and, in addition to the functions, missions, duties, and authorities specified in such amended section 411, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall continue to perform and carry out the functions, missions, duties, and authorities under section 411 of such Act as in existence on the day before such date of enactment, and section 415 of such Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5BAE1EAC9DC48BA8AE6FB5EC8A171EA" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules of construction</header>
<subparagraph id="H9E50AC4DE5FD48748ACEFBE50798CD76" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Rules and regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (1), nothing in this title or any amendment made by this title may be construed as affecting in any manner any rule or regulation issued or promulgated pursuant to any provision of law, including section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 as in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and any such rule or regulation shall continue to have full force and effect on and after such date.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H71197D514E644B8C9270B0852A6025F4" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other actions</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), nothing in this Act may be construed as affecting in any manner any action, determination, policy, or decision pursuant to section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 as in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, and any such action, determination, policy, or decision shall continue to have full force and effect on and after such date.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDE48713287B2491992C6F40743EC5108" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Continuation in office</header>
<paragraph id="H6EEE06C0E93840B793A90EA29CFF8CD0" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The individual serving as the Commissioner of Customs on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on and after such date of enactment until a Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection is appointed under section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended by subsection (a) of this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H011969BF03304DF7B1C6AD70BA1FB89B" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other positions</header><text>The individuals serving as Assistant Commissioners and other officers and officials under section 411 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as the appropriate Assistant Commissioners and other officers and officials under such section 411 as amended by subsection (a) of this section unless the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that another individual should hold such position or positions.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9322F86B07694201BA17ABA48DCC4387" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reference</header>
<paragraph id="H8F13917BF5F14FEFB69A8C11565EA94D" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 5</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>Commissioner of Customs, Department of Homeland Security</quote> and inserting <quote>Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H320DA611AD6942718C7C9ADF762BCAEE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other references</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, any reference in law or regulations to the <quote>Commissioner of Customs</quote> or the <quote>Commissioner of the Customs Service</quote> shall be deemed to be a reference to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HEE180F8E80B542E7A5BF089C32C15FE3" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking the item relating to section 411 and inserting the following new item:</text> <quoted-block id="HDBF17C0387A048A9A23549BBD7474D4F" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 411. Establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, and operational offices.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H0EB46E8D572C41E6BFFC5B65C9B03D6D" commented="no"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeals</header><text>Sections 416 and 418 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 216 and 218), and the items relating to such sections in the table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act, are repealed.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H546C307C610D48DAB57175E0B05C02C5" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Clerical and conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H4252CD6EA5F24E46A493FC75533A367C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/101">6 U.S.C. 101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H1EDD96ADC70D42CE99CC3A37CEBD253C" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in title I—</text>
<clause id="H5146F48244D0437C8943203D2F03F382" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 102(f)(10) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/112">6 U.S.C. 112(f)(10)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security</quote> and inserting <quote>the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HB1898EEBC4CD4FF1BCA70F397FFA428C" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 103(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/113">6 U.S.C. 113(a)(1)</external-xref>)—</text>
<subclause id="HA3B47E9F53B045CCA069BAD92349E53E" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>An Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security.</quote> and inserting <quote>A Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</quote>; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="HA80C6E86549E40B5B359058286A9264B" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking <quote>A Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement.</quote> and inserting <quote>A Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF632AA1DDC7469DB503FA1C6F336DD0" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in title IV—</text> <clause id="HC5C65B0EF927447FA8F8E860D05972C7" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking the title heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="title" style="OLC">Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security</header-in-text></quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H04ED04A71AC4446289AB4CF9886E758B" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subtitle A—</text> <subclause id="HB2C3A00351714F959637CD1FA4E96DF4" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking the subtitle heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security Responsibilities and Functions</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H0E85D5706BDE4C7B892F0E09DFFA7542" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in section 402 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/202">6 U.S.C. 202</external-xref>)—</text> <item id="H183B05C1A4EC4137BDAFF4378D01644C" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Responsibilities</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Border, Maritime, and Transportation Responsibilities</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="H2A349F6F1A5841B29D24849B671EC6C6" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, acting through the Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security,</quote>;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H5BE3338E9CF14AC89FD46898B9419429" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subtitle B—</text>
<subclause id="H09CF4410D16A4DDB923F753D326175AB" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking the subtitle heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subtitle" style="OLC">U.S. Customs and Border Protection</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAB1ED26370F54272BEBC95DF225E80AA" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in section 412(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/212">6 U.S.C. 212</external-xref>), by striking <quote>the United States Customs Service</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H8DFF9289195E4ADBA423193F4DEFC2A2" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in section 413 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/213">6 U.S.C. 213</external-xref>), by striking <quote>available to the United States Customs Service or</quote>;</text></subclause> <subclause id="HAF6617CDC65A4B12ACE8CFE6931F23B1" commented="no"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in section 414 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/214">6 U.S.C. 214</external-xref>), by striking <quote>the United States Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HCE3F1098576D4ED78FCC9A46A1788508" commented="no"><enum>(V)</enum><text>in section 415 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/215">6 U.S.C. 215</external-xref>)—</text> <item id="H678E4FC5C96A4217817A5C001381AD6E" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by inserting before the colon the following: <quote>, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act</quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="H7C405990FC4A401ABAB840A485A6B05F" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (8), by inserting before the colon the following: <quote>, and of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the day before the effective date of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act</quote>;</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="HBE22DA0D56E841759A6B75E3DE9ED865" commented="no"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subtitle C—</text>
<subclause id="H72B66A1EF7C244AB9DA330252027A3E4" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking section 424 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/234">6 U.S.C. 234</external-xref>) and inserting the following new section:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0C12ABF91033425E88806F5057827CFD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H562459D15BD54F7AADB68D5092AA73A8" commented="no"><enum>424.</enum><header>Preservation of Transportation Security Administration as a distinct entity</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Transportation Security Administration shall be maintained as a distinct entity within the Department.</text></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause>
<subclause id="HC2946F1FED7E414CBE960EE2C6032786" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in section 430 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/238">6 U.S.C. 238</external-xref>)—</text> <item id="H2FF0864EC6B64BBCAA51D066AE76CBEB" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD1361C29614B4B8385528D110C8C7AA5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA9146C5860A940C2B0FD70FF30AF2831" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established in the Department an Office for Domestic Preparedness.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></item> <item id="HA216470F48754F99985B8698E64D2E7C" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking the second sentence; and</text></item>
<item id="HF3B3B4FCDAC840F8A56B28760B38CE98" commented="no"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(7), by striking <quote>Directorate</quote> and inserting <quote>Department</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="H3ADD344889134176A188161F3BABED7F" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in subtitle D—</text>
<subclause id="HDD36009CE0AB4BFF9A0DD9798E6F3F2E" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in section 441 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/251">6 U.S.C. 251</external-xref>)—</text> <item id="HCED74747B98E4854A7FFD0C16A202A32" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by striking the section heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Transfer of functions</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="HB8DE50EA58204C3986717EB184FDC53F" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>;</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="H9FC8269A4CCC43CDB64D190741AA2F21" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in section 443 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/253">6 U.S.C. 253</external-xref>)—</text>
<item id="HF5F10694F8684432873FF27235626114" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text></item> <item id="H909A0EEF3FED45779FB83EA38A3B4F9C" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Bureau of Border Security</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement</quote> each place it appears; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H25EABDBC13AB467280CE6EF48E14D4F6" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by amending section 444 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/254">6 U.S.C. 254</external-xref>) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H464DED58F6914F2A8CD741A864E3AF28" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <section id="H54B217131707441CAC8776EE4886BA20" commented="no"><enum>444.</enum><header>Employee discipline</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may impose disciplinary action on any employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection who willfully deceives Congress or agency leadership on any matter.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8E40A6187F443D0B31092A46FA53517" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 401 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/201">6 U.S.C. 201</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0B683D559C3B41708D1CFAB13CD1A23A" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE91A1AFA8C30400BBC300EE0DB0DAF17" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to title IV and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H26A97164D439453A95040D03228E4E7C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="title">Title IV—Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE98A2F62D4BE45C983255972751792F6" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to subtitle A of title IV and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF161CE650DC04A0A89D6096D87F3EFD1" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle A—Border, Maritime, and Transportation Security Responsibilities and Functions</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45422A58FA184887921423EF44934B98" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 401;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H72075D29CA49424F960F87A90001328C" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to subtitle B of title IV and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4E19FEB32341415AAB669BDCE2B7E8E6" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="subtitle">Subtitle B—U.S. Customs and Border Protection</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF249858475E046F094A9A0C379E64FE2" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 441 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H25C2ABF18EC14F8D952B55FD3F96DB8D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 441. Transfer of functions.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="paragraph" commented="no">and</continuation-text> <subparagraph id="H516405E42E3F4C95992F17AD4810EE57" display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 442 and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF399CD333BC24217B03F44FDBD368522" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 442. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5CC0D6DDF27B41AD9B02AC6DF498FCD8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Office of Trade</header>
<paragraph id="H90DCC25A552749CEA86C67AE5D11ADBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Trade offices and functions</header><text>The Act of March 3, 1927 (44 Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2071">19 U.S.C. 2071 et seq.</external-xref>), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H43F3E12AFD3A4524A0C6930699FDFD88" style="OLC"> <section id="HC13A922ADF044DC59FDEE59BBD531DFB"><enum>4.</enum><header>Office of trade</header> <subsection id="H6F812A10D8E7470D87D824F5C663215C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established in U.S. Customs and Border Protection an Office of Trade.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3022BC6C7D6746539513396569894B1B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Assistant commissioner</header>
<paragraph id="HBBBFAE2CC3CD49E29E2BB67E53E6231A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There shall be at the head of the Office of Trade an Assistant Commissioner, who shall report to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5189E126E9454E2B82BCE90678551749"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>The Assistant Commissioner shall have a minimum of 10 years of professional experience with the customs and trade laws of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AE3A9F136FC4344AC7432D58E0A9744"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Senior executive service position</header><text>The position of Assistant Commissioner for Trade shall be a Senior Executive Service position (as defined in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H099B2D52263147D6B2D5D2C3409EFF8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Office of Trade shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H5BFE919A44BF479D8D23117FD36CE154"><enum>(1)</enum><text>direct the development and implementation, pursuant to the customs and trade laws of the United States, of policies and regulations administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8A37DD6C53B24039A1F3F69A2721DE3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>advise the Commissioner with respect to the impact on trade facilitation and trade enforcement of any policy or regulation otherwise proposed or administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A25FC11FB3C44CE8358087D92C7E6F2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate and cooperate with the Assistant Commissioner for the Office of Field Operations with respect to the trade facilitation and trade enforcement activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection carried out at the land borders and ports of entry of the United States;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4D4F6620A744F92AA769FDA174B55DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>direct the development and implementation of matters relating to the priority trade issues identified by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the joint strategic plan on trade facilitation and trade enforcement required under section 123A of the Customs and Trade Act of 1990;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H056070E40A2245599F5CBE8F51569164"><enum>(5)</enum><text>otherwise advise the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to the development and implementation of the joint strategic plan;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5A475459D3384EF886056C7CE18E25DB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>direct the trade enforcement activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CCCD2050E1B41378702C8ADBEFDF7EF"><enum>(7)</enum><text>oversee the trade modernization activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, including the development and implementation of the Automated Commercial Environment computer system authorized under section 13031(f)(5) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(f)(5)</external-xref>) and support for the establishment of the International Trade Data System under the oversight of the Department of Treasury pursuant to section 411(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1411">19 U.S.C. 1411(d)</external-xref>);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H32389CEB81674459A538BF6CF5725ECE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>direct the administration of customs revenue functions as otherwise provided by law or delegated by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA33405803BFA425BA666C138F292835A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>prepare an annual report to be submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives not later than March 1 of each calendar year that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="HEE70430E8740454C92A4766448AA52ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the changes to customs policies and regulations adopted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the preceding calendar year; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDABF58EC6E74D4084B684D367B42455"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a description of the public vetting and interagency consultation that occurred with respect to each such change.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H2EDFD735CFF040A29BDEC852268B112C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Transfer of assets, functions, and personnel; elimination of offices</header> <paragraph id="H2ADCC7F6E98A4E8CA1FE8060A3C57477"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Office of international trade</header> <subparagraph id="H75957C3C5A774989BA37F915889B2A1A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the Commissioner shall transfer the assets, functions, personnel, and liabilities of the Office of International Trade to the Office of Trade established under subsection (b).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB26D095EAABE49BF8133062A3250BF5C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Elimination</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, the Office of International Trade shall be abolished.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H9F38737494CC4D828A0E759339FEC944"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on funds</header><text>No funds appropriated to U.S. Customs and Border Protection or the Department of Homeland Security may be used to transfer the assets, functions, personnel, and liabilities of the Office of International Trade to an office other than the Office of Trade established under subsection (a).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6854EC220174B53B8BE8CF51939C3B7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Office of international trade defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <quote>Office of International Trade</quote> means the Office of International Trade established by section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44. Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2072">19 U.S.C. 2072</external-xref>), as added by section 402 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/347">Public Law 109–347</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 1924), and as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF40C55BDEF8746D2AF9ED8D1DB7506C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other transfers</header> <subparagraph id="H783331CCFCB245D4AF212EA243CC05A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Commissioner is authorized to transfer any other assets, functions, or personnel within U.S. Customs and Border Protection to the Office of Trade established under subsection (d).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE15AB7A0A714894A4018D4F0F0C4CE6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not less than 90 days prior to the transfer of assets, functions, or personnel under subparagraph (A)(i), the Commissioner shall notify the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives of the specific assets, functions, or personnel to be transferred, and the reason for the transfer.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6E4677F1DF834094B448BD14380ECB30"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the terms <quote>customs and trade laws of the United States</quote>, <quote>trade enforcement</quote>, and <quote>trade facilitation</quote> have the meanings given such terms in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC8A7B6A1814DF8AAE21345D80019A0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Continuation in office</header><text>The individual serving as the Assistant Commissioner of the Office of International Trade on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as the Assistant Commissioner for Trade on or after such date of enactment, at the discretion of the Commissioner.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H33F8074470334E1889D065924CCC0AD7" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Act of March 3, 1927 (44. Stat. 1381, chapter 348; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2072">19 U.S.C. 2072</external-xref>), as added by section 402 of the Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/347">Public Law 109–347</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 1924), is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C5DFC1822EB48F9B9BCE2DD3BD92BCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D195D3D1FBF497D8A4CB3C0D69EAF2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HCAB057D15A894C75861A6DBFA64D7336" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Reports and assessments</header>
<paragraph id="H8D002E5751D54588B92351A968EC44A9" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report on Business Transformation Initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Business Transformation Initiative, including locations where the Initiative is deployed, the types of equipment utilized, a description of protocols and procedures, information on wait times at such locations since deployment, and information regarding the schedule for deployment at new locations.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB0F9DB0F983842DA8181AED9F68A579C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Port of entry infrastructure needs assessments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall assess the physical infrastructure and technology needs at the 20 busiest land ports of entry (as measured by U.S. Customs and Border Protection) with a particular attention to identify ways to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB2505F9FA9B4BD9B6323644F151CDFF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text> improve travel and trade facilitation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2278FE8E4D9B4FD39F1E851356F4507D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce wait times;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E8EEF396D404DA0819B1A10B34FF1C2" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improve physical infrastructure and conditions for individuals accessing pedestrian ports of entry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H16DCED99E31A4CACB611CA8F319911FC" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>enter into long-term leases with nongovernmental and private sector entities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87BFFEAD6FBD4D6C966A5753C1E81D39" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>enter into lease-purchase agreements with nongovernmental and private sector entities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6248AD1780A74488B202B5BECEA08E16" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><text>achieve cost savings through leases described in subparagraphs (D) and (E).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8525B6CB2E7B4708BAA4D684B5EEBF3E" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Personal searches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on supervisor-approved personal searches conducted in the previous year by U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel. Such report shall include the number of personal searches conducted in each sector and field office, the number of invasive personal searches conducted in each sector and field office, whether personal searches were conducted by Office of Field Operations or U.S. Border Patrol personnel, and how many personal searches resulted in the discovery of contraband.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1FCD4023C6C84BC19FECD445A872B8BC" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Trusted traveler programs</header><text>The Secretary of Homeland Security may not enter into or renew an agreement with the government of a foreign country for a trusted traveler program administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection unless the Secretary certifies in writing that such government—</text>
<paragraph id="HBABE3448A651427FA6BFEDFC7FDEFEEF" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>routinely submits to INTERPOL for inclusion in INTERPOL’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents database information about lost and stolen passports and travel documents of the citizens and nationals of such country; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC2120D2DED624385970945B6F673ACCC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>makes available to the United States Government the information described in paragraph (1) through another means of reporting.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HFBE9FAB0566E4827A674930C3E6DA376" commented="no"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Sense of Congress regarding the Foreign Language Award Program</header>
<paragraph id="HA43CC54F14C54798BBC9F763900E7FF2" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H6FF645C6D2624758B26F7CBC742E7DBC" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Congress established the Foreign Language Award Program (FLAP) to incentivize employees at United States ports of entry to utilize their foreign language skills on the job by providing a financial incentive for the use of the foreign language for at least ten percent of their duties after passage of competency tests. FLAP incentivizes the use of more than two dozen languages and has been instrumental in identifying and utilizing U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents who are proficient in a foreign language.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H54D1CA7B19A74AE8B505907044AC6BDE" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In 1993, Congress provided for dedicated funding for this program by stipulating that certain fees collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection be used to fund FLAP.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H94DBD0CAAD144699BE28B89987E6AE82" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Through FLAP, foreign travelers are aided by having an officer at a port of entry who speaks their language, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection benefits by being able to focus its border security efforts in a more effective manner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8D6034BB6034727B1957557D6A8E5AE" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that FLAP incentivizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to attain and maintain competency in a foreign language, thereby improving the efficiency of operations for the functioning of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s security mission, making the United States a more welcoming place when foreign travelers find officers can communicate in their language, and helping to expedite traveler processing to reduce wait times.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IX</enum><header>Miscellaneous provisions</header> <section id="H50062EF63D014FABBFDBD39B2EBCD296"><enum>901.</enum><header>De minimis value</header> <subsection id="H83589877A7854D1DBA438F401CF4E643"><enum>(a)</enum><header>De minimis value</header><text>Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1321">19 U.S.C. 1321(a)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$200</quote> and inserting <quote>$800</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E0A8ECA1B14450B01AA981A78A74F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HB9D416E5B90749FD82E0E8C8ABE1784E"><enum>902.</enum><header>Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401(c) of the Safety and Accountability for Every Port Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/115">6 U.S.C. 115(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A43E717258741A19E4B4381E1727B43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>on Department policies and actions that have</quote> and inserting <quote>not later than 30 days after proposing, and not later than 30 days before finalizing, any Department policies, initiatives, or actions that will have</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H31EF9C9B14D5497F99037BC05A2A2D46"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>not later than 30 days prior to the finalization of</quote> and inserting <quote>not later than 60 days before proposing, and not later than 60 days before finalizing,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H9E814BCBA9D74EE9B9DC4ECB41578872"><enum>903.</enum><header>Penalties for customs brokers</header>
<subsection id="HECDAF035DF894518BEB14DD53B5DAB5C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 641(d)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1641">19 U.S.C. 1641(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA5EE5C778DF64ECD8D7F64CC808FA2DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FFB56DA1F7642698AA47FEDF5C14D9B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7494C1E4837D4072A333AC74C3D4AE8C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDCADA4D8C14341A19C07D4619FDA33AC"><enum>(G)</enum><text>has been convicted of committing or conspiring to commit an act of terrorism described in section 2332b of title 18, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H64705A12E14747CF96C4C5DA02168A96"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Section 641 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1641">19 U.S.C. 1641</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD33B7B25DB204CF3B1157F5D10CB0E73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Customs Service</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA6B4961EDFFA4130B547D7C348A8DDC1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(2)(B), by striking <quote>The Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD32844C17D0640E487D769D4F89F4C73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking <quote>Secretary’s notice</quote> and inserting <quote>notice under subparagraph (A)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H509BABD2F5AC476597C924F563E4EAE9"><enum>904.</enum><header>Amendments to chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States</header> <subsection id="H6CE67EF3A19149E0B67746690264780C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Articles exported and returned, advanced or improved abroad</header> <paragraph id="HCE09B550448C492AB8748A9152D628AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>U.S. Note 3 to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HC8F3A3B1CB144FC5942FC8E6434A46C2"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB13D5EF2E35E42D499C9420822C6AEE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>For purposes of subheadings 9802.00.40 and 9802.00.50, fungible articles exported from the United States for the purposes described in such subheadings—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H329FC644277C4B0DB00B3FAA5767F3BB" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may be commingled; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA79727CBB644476A99F89ADB3F540BBE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the origin, value, and classification of such articles may be accounted for using an inventory management method.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H90709618C91E465EA67F01A6FFE5275C" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If a person chooses to use an inventory management method under this paragraph with respect to fungible articles, the person shall use the same inventory management method for any other articles with respect to which the person claims fungibility under this paragraph.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0D47134491674B49AF0CCF22599A355A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For the purposes of this paragraph—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H8175B5C3FF4844A6926FD5BB8FC61F26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term <term>fungible articles</term> means merchandise or articles that, for commercial purposes, are identical or interchangeable in all situations; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5F4A7A01B8B47ABA113A949696259AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term <term>inventory management method</term> means any method for managing inventory that is based on generally accepted accounting principles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H319D449D3AFD4FCE92E35A27705E6C63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by this subsection applies to articles classifiable under subheading 9802.00.40 or 9802.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC49028D662FE42FCA5DEF63AF5B822FC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of provisions relating to returned property</header>
<paragraph id="HCFB40020573C4801AB6F1965BA935FD6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The article description for heading 9801.00.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting after <quote>exported</quote> the following: <quote>, or any other products when returned within 3 years after having been exported</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HED54EE56E8234EEEAE055F1F98F09E8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H13AC64470C2C4697B6789B29EB8AAA9C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duty-Free treatment for certain United States Government property returned to the United States</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HACF68604FE35467DA804037ED1081BAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97F0187BD96D4FD09D25705BE55D5A20" style="OLC"> <table align-to-level="section" blank-lines-before="1" colsep="1" frame="none" line-rules="hor-ver" rowsep="0" rule-weights="0.0.0.0.4.17" subformat="S6211" table-template-name="Duty Suspension, 8 Column" table-type="exception-quote"> <tgroup block-style="1" cols="8" grid-typeface="1.1" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="0.7.9"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column1" colwidth="8pts" min-data-value="8"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column2" colwidth="66.75pt" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt" colname="column3" colwidth="357.75pt" min-data-value="60"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column4" colwidth="54.50pt" min-data-value="25"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column5" colwidth="55.25pt" min-data-value="38"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column6" colwidth="60.75pt" min-data-value="38"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr-no-spread" colname="column7" colwidth="57.00pt" min-data-value="38"/><colspec coldef="fig" colname="column8" colwidth="11.00pt" min-data-value="3"/> <tbody> <row><entry align="left" colname="column1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-clr" stub-hierarchy="1"></entry><entry align="left" colname="column2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" valign="top">9801.00.11</entry><entry align="left" colname="column3" leader-modify="force-ldr-bottom" rowsep="0" valign="bottom">United States Government property, returned to the United States without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any means while abroad, entered by the United States Government or a contractor to the United States Government, and certified by the importer as United States Government property</entry><entry align="left" colname="column4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" valign="bottom">Free</entry><entry align="left" colname="column5" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" valign="bottom"></entry><entry align="left" colname="column6" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" valign="bottom"></entry><entry align="left" colname="column7" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="0" valign="bottom"></entry><entry align="right" colname="column8" rowsep="0" valign="bottom"></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E6EABAF59EC42D0AF38964980CA341B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HDB4EFC2A3D8C491D8E733835E255AB20"><enum>905.</enum><header>Exemption from duty of residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States</header>
<subsection id="H6495F869FE154CA7AB073CFD52F578F8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">General Note 3(e) of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2F18583CAF9C42A1AB08EAC0A3916421"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (v), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FC835074F86430FAA1982B254A7A529"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (vi), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1E8842F817674435ACD042DF775F4ED6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (vi) (as so amended) the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<clause id="HC2FCD89053504087B77785F4E5BD2556" indent="up1"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States,</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H647C0A5273FB45B7A34B8854EC4E7040"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end of the flush text following subparagraph (vii) (as so added) the following: <quote>For purposes of subparagraph (vii) of this paragraph: The term <term>residue</term> means material of bulk cargo that remains in an instrument of international traffic after the bulk cargo is removed, with a quantity, by weight or volume, not exceeding 7 percent of the bulk cargo, and with no or de minimis value. The term <term>bulk cargo</term> means cargo that is unpackaged and is in either solid, liquid, or gaseous form. The term <term>instruments of international traffic</term> means containers or holders, capable of and suitable for repeated use, such as lift vans, cargo vans, shipping tanks, skids, pallets, caul boards, and cores for textile fabrics, arriving (whether loaded or empty) in use or to be used in the shipment of merchandise in international traffic, and any additional articles or classes of articles that the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection designates as instruments of international traffic.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55C3C72573E24A43A27C3F65461D936E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic that are imported into the customs territory of the United States on or after such date of enactment and that previously have been exported from the United States.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H85B89B43FFA948A7B89E792D83432E0E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>906.</enum><header>Drawback and refunds</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H7D233302681741D9A225CAFDEB479A8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Articles made from imported merchandise</header><text>Section 313(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the full amount of the duties paid upon the merchandise so used shall be refunded as drawback, less 1 per centum of such duties, except that such</quote> and inserting <quote>an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l) shall be refunded as drawback, except that</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8EC88E6611B448E5A6E9633EA3BFA507"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Substitution for drawback purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H220057D4FA4A41D18B1E9C6363E36024"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If imported</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB4AD897B4B7544EBB9E29CBFC6EA3765"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If imported</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H782B50D23D1C42BD9232B72BE2422D4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and any other merchandise (whether imported or domestic) of the same kind and quality are</quote> and inserting <quote>or merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise is</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6093D14C4524861A8F5192D2ECF0CA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>three years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H54AB4196EC704B658E7117F5DC6470F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the receipt of such imported merchandise by the manufacturer or producer of such articles</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of importation of such imported merchandise</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1943031524274ABFB6B0DB3A2CBA6F28"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>an amount of drawback equal to</quote> and all that follows through the end period and inserting <quote>an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l), but only if those articles have not been used prior to such exportation or destruction.</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD2CEA695D8764D04835B80DFFA0A5B6B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCA803891E3084655B5BD0E61EFB079B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements relating to transfer of merchandise</header>
<subparagraph id="H31B6CD705BDC492FADD5FD91E5471795"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Manufacturers and producers</header><text>Drawback shall be allowed under paragraph (1) with respect to an article manufactured or produced using imported merchandise or other merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise only if the manufacturer or producer of the article received such imported merchandise or such other merchandise, directly or indirectly, from the importer.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0877181EF5B4F8DA71BEC95B91508CD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exporters and destroyers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drawback shall be allowed under paragraph (1) with respect to a manufactured or produced article that is exported or destroyed only if the exporter or destroyer received that article, directly or indirectly, from the manufacturer or producer.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B04BC8F91CD4FF0BD9A63F0BE447310"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Evidence of transfer</header><text>Transfers of merchandise under subparagraph (A) and transfers of articles under subparagraph (B) may be evidenced by business records kept in the normal course of business and no additional certificates of transfer or manufacture shall be required.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD4B44EBE75BB45679227D26C0947AB51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Submission of bill of materials or formula</header> <subparagraph id="H711C0EF5EFCC41049B0FBCEA3DBCA315"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Drawback shall be allowed under paragraph (1) with respect to an article manufactured or produced using imported merchandise or other merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise only if the person making the drawback claim submits with the claim a bill of materials or formula identifying the merchandise and article by the 8-digit HTS subheading number and the quantity of the merchandise.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AD89AD06B9C4E8A8AB88258315A84D5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Bill of materials and formula defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the terms <term>bill of materials</term> and <term>formula</term> mean records kept in the normal course of business that identify each component incorporated into a manufactured or produced article or that identify the quantity of each element, material, chemical, mixture, or other substance incorporated into a manufactured article.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2984D1D261AA462C926896933F3AC55C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special rule for sought chemical elements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H88D4FD936E0746BAAF4AC7647B907A72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), a sought chemical element may be—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD73C4A552BA24E82A0A9792BE1A0438E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>considered imported merchandise, or merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise, used in the manufacture or production of an article as described in paragraph (1); and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HB596D93B5EB645C495DD2EAC166A66D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>substituted for source material containing that sought chemical element, without regard to whether the sought chemical element and the source material are classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number, and apportioned quantitatively, as appropriate.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFC7D0BDF83D84574A7E92F2627341A70"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sought chemical element defined</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>sought chemical element</term> means an element listed in the Periodic Table of Elements that is imported into the United States or a chemical compound consisting of those elements, either separately in elemental form or contained in source material.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HED4279624EA74F86AFD662F33A88D2F4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Merchandise not conforming to sample or specifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H854501F0AA8B49969E9C92ABEB8F7180"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0DE435EB11BE40FDA649FBA23ACD5BE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>under a certificate of delivery</quote> each place it appears;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82EC5075489240CD8867A6C508694DCF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text> <clause id="HCE34336D933D40A8AC81FA6B762A0AE4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H15ED43698B93401B972F0EFFE3467449"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DFFBA9C2C7E4BB6BEC58837FACD0E2B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the flush text at the end, by striking <quote>the full amount of the duties paid upon such merchandise, less 1 percent,</quote> and inserting <quote>an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63D925C4F5914550A4692EBE273BC22F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>the Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H78DC48EB64CB46CFA01043BC1D60FBF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF68D6D1ADD5E4898A4C93FBFAB24C51A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evidence of transfers</header><text>Transfers of merchandise under paragraph (1) may be evidenced by business records kept in the normal course of business and no additional certificates of transfer shall be required.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEBE34D78722240E2BB576C8BCF5BB2BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Proof of exportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H9F232BDB2EF64E578CD2D9DF70A23A46"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Proof of exportation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person claiming drawback under this section based on the exportation of an article shall provide proof of the exportation of the article. Such proof of exportation—</text> <paragraph id="H21191DA2DAEC4CCAA5C25ADA26EB2564"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall establish fully the date and fact of exportation and the identity of the exporter; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBF99209073F24F0DBF51E8954784144A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be established through the use of records kept in the normal course of business or through an electronic export system of the United States Government, as determined by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HD8733CAEFE8E440D9A8B0B1840A4EE8B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Unused merchandise drawback</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(j) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(j)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB14A9C6C5BAD4F899716BB7EC32F4A60"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DC4DE42E172484B8EAE08C150191BFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—</text>
<clause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9F1D6C0F1884AE9B9F98184A1670CEE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3-year</quote> and inserting <quote>5-year</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="HC1FAFAA933274A1C975EA1EB5B5AAEA4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and before the drawback claim is filed</quote> after <quote>the date of importation</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H50C9F196B74149B1AAAADD60E1931B3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the flush text at the end, by striking <quote>99 percent of the amount of each duty, tax, or fee so paid</quote> and inserting <quote>an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l)</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HCFF2C4D8BE4C4305B5691CA627492BDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CD0018A48904EE6A1A02C6A46E619D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>paragraph (4)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (4), (5), and (6)</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4B08EFF416D447ADB912F9B1C0075417"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>commercially interchangeable with</quote> and inserting <quote>classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H264012649C4F49CABDFD577E5B21A7E8"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H7EEA700A3C874B6095C5094E262391E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3-year</quote> and inserting <quote>5-year</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HC79EEF45A5D34709BEE163CFDA7D0FA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and before the drawback claim is filed</quote> after <quote>the imported merchandise</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HFB2D12231905460E90003E4645C653F6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking subclause (II) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D197238B4424D80A2A07E596F14EB10"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">received the imported merchandise, other merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise, or any combination of such imported merchandise and such other merchandise, directly or indirectly from the person who imported and paid any duties, taxes, and fees imposed under Federal law upon importation or entry and due on the imported merchandise (and any such transferred merchandise, regardless of its origin, will be treated as the imported merchandise and any retained merchandise will be treated as domestic merchandise);</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB74848AE41FA46FDBB66871BF5A1BB90"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in the flush text at the end—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC27C3C5378604D179D85E33870273FE5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the amount of each such duty, tax, and fee</quote> and all that follows through <quote>99 percent of that duty, tax, or fee</quote> and inserting <quote>an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l) shall be refunded as drawback</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H227182BAF93E4DB1821133AAF1EA81C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: <quote>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), drawback shall be allowed under this paragraph with respect to wine if the imported wine and the exported wine are of the same color and the price variation between the imported wine and the exported wine does not exceed 50 percent. Transfers of merchandise may be evidenced by business records kept in the normal course of business and no additional certificates of transfer shall be required.</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H82A1186A664D406182031DDAA442610A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by striking <quote>the commercially interchangeable merchandise</quote> and inserting <quote>merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA443A41690EB497DAB6079527F35F25A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2EA3C0F30EF3490CA6326121A5EE14FD"><enum>(5)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF84D1F8920D2489D952CF72A28053984"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (2) and except as provided in subparagraph (B), merchandise may not be substituted for imported merchandise for drawback purposes based on the 8-digit HTS subheading number if the article description for the 8-digit HTS subheading number under which the imported merchandise is classified begins with the term <term>other</term>.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FC55A811FD143098ADA4BDF37FD7108" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In cases described in subparagraph (A), merchandise may be substituted for imported merchandise for drawback purposes if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0B24723160D7450188E6B2AE874A923C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the other merchandise and such imported merchandise are classifiable under the same 10-digit HTS statistical reporting number; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="H4C53F37FDA554EBAA2A86E3C835F1AE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the article description for that 10-digit HTS statistical reporting number does not begin with the term <term>other</term>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02DDFE40B1734F2FB2B932598B4B7568"><enum>(6)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4FE83BDD15644A64B11DC0C2176802D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraph (2), a drawback claimant may use the first 8 digits of the 10-digit Schedule B number for merchandise or an article to determine if the merchandise or article is classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as the imported merchandise, without regard to whether the Schedule B number corresponds to more than one 8-digit HTS subheading number.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49DE6217C5134F49BFDA2B895A0B6E21" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>Schedule B</term> means the Department of Commerce Schedule B, Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H369A84B392794065BFDD8CAACDFDDC82"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Liability for drawback claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(k) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(k)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC923F7211B6341E2BE980AC919F5CD1F" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HACD6AD7E23544CD7B906C4B937BBFFEA"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Liability for drawback claims</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8AB80E568B844D83B028F4A943492317"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person making a claim for drawback under this section shall be liable for the full amount of the drawback claimed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2CD5488BA2B4B388F7CB6881F425E7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Liability of importers</header><text>An importer shall be liable for any drawback claim made by another person with respect to merchandise imported by the importer in an amount equal to the lesser of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B0CC2551B77475DB2387510534A5200"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that the person claimed with respect to the imported merchandise; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1549A70240342EDA60DB3D06382C4D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that the importer authorized the other person to claim with respect to the imported merchandise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB0646F6BFD674786AFB004736A255420"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Joint and several liability</header><text>Persons described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be jointly and severally liable for the amount described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H85B5EFDA15D2485881625696739EA769"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(l) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(l)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H078BC04DF55C4C229D940573A34C9E03" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HCC27267228934350BC3C43A6818DA99B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="HA22DD2E87C0849E08C5FF257AC918870"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Allowance of the privileges provided for in this section shall be subject to compliance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10B81C0398F54F9AA169AAE6616AC789"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Calculation of drawback</header>
<subparagraph id="H175F0439153541E5B54427B4595862B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (or, if later, the effective date provided for in section 906(q)(2)(B) of that Act), the Secretary shall prescribe regulations for determining the calculation of amounts refunded as drawback under this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD4C231A94D9B495AA56A349C2208682E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Claims with respect to unused merchandise</header><text>The regulations required by subparagraph (A) for determining the calculation of amounts refunded as drawback under this section shall provide for a refund of equal to 99 percent of the duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise, except that where there is substitution of the merchandise or article, then—</text>
<clause id="H18109B3D97DB4252BC19BDA6E07F8378"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an article that is exported, the amount of the refund shall be equal to 99 percent of the lesser of—</text> <subclause id="H18DFB63D480D4F68954D4FE31D53BD6D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise; or</text></subclause>
<subclause id="H6BA31E11557044E7AD0C2BEB67123F93"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that would apply to the exported article if the exported article were imported; and</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H8C6C4BBD79AD4E8697B66E1114C9CD0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an article that is destroyed, the amount of the refund shall be an amount that is—</text>
<subclause id="H5FFA3938A4A84AA091F0BADF4336156D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>equal to 99 percent of the lesser of—</text> <item id="HD9394A6FBD1C47098BD22745EF25E6FB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise; and</text></item>
<item id="H9036CB4D1845477A9A4864E9198BB636"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that would apply to the destroyed article if the destroyed article were imported; and</text></item></subclause> <subclause id="HE331EACFD9B34FB1909F76BBDCCC7663"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reduced by the value of materials recovered during destruction as provided in subsection (x).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H563770DD0BEF44D3A58C8492D669EEDC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Claims with respect to articles into which substitute merchandise is incorporated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations required by subparagraph (A) for determining the calculation of amounts refunded as drawback under this section shall provide for a refund of 99 percent of the duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise incorporated into an article that is exported or destroyed, except that where there is substitution of the imported merchandise, then—</text> <clause id="HD71E2EB830E543E8A513AE1A91CB93C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the case of an article that is exported, the amount of the refund shall be equal to 99 percent of the lesser of—</text>
<subclause id="H4F6BA1A89842409FB46F41EE462BC99D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="HBE2A1287E21648849B89B45D1A5A6DB9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that would apply to the substituted merchandise if the substituted merchandise were imported; and</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="HD305BD13497E42128E84DA5FBE4F7A56"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of an article that is destroyed, the amount of the refund shall be an amount that is—</text> <subclause id="H417BC35BDB814710AC37AD3794BA3FFC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>equal to 99 percent of the lesser of—</text>
<item id="HA1FBB21B7EC14AA5AF741D4878AB6AEB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees paid with respect to the imported merchandise; and</text></item> <item id="HEB887BE03CD54E038B3E3CA5A5CC301A"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the amount of duties, taxes, and fees that would apply to the substituted merchandise if the substituted merchandise were imported; and</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="H1C2C09AE2C7D49ED905E5CFC9990B41D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reduced by the value of materials recovered during destruction as provided in subsection (x).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H180B5ABB7B6545CDB233618B1B1D4B9C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Status reports on regulations</header><text>Not later than the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, and annually thereafter until the regulations required by paragraph (2) are final, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the status of those regulations.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1E5F464386B44AEE85B7BC9094410E85"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Substitution of finished petroleum derivatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(p) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(p)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7A1E0E4969DC429EB2DEA0F32AC96E94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>HTS</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8015734E02B34435B035738B0799BAAD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4BBFCCACC60D468CBB0C1B07F43ED6A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking <quote>, as so certified in a certificate of delivery or certificate of manufacture and delivery</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C37548791344DFB931BCA956DD2BF61"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the flush text at the end—</text> <clause id="HDDEC6C6C9F864F4A9D83F5676E019345"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, so designated on the certificate of delivery or certificate of manufacture and delivery</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H53F3CD31ACF74EA283F2013339AE0104"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence and inserting the following: <quote>The party transferring the merchandise shall maintain records kept in the normal course of business to demonstrate the transfer.</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5D900A755A4143BD9192FDAF34E63213"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Packaging material</header><text>Section 313(q) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(q)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H036FCE1A94114D7D80C3F4BFA63DE8FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>of 99 percent of any duty, tax, or fee imposed under Federal law on such imported material</quote> and inserting <quote>in an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2EF898142FFA445F84573F773838F3B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>of 99 percent of any duty, tax, or fee imposed under Federal law on the imported or substituted merchandise used to manufacture or produce such material</quote> and inserting <quote>in an amount calculated pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (l)</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3EDC31B86C4437097F1708EFFD0D68F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>they contain</quote> and inserting <quote>it contains</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H9CCAB0920B354B919CDC37683C66A988"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Filing of drawback claims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(r) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(r)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7120C960FE0D4B95B7A08F9E0C26C5D1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE3EB826FB73440A69EF851E51BEC24FE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: <quote>A drawback entry shall be filed or applied for, as applicable, not later than 5 years after the date on which merchandise on which drawback is claimed was imported.</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE43BFD02917E4E5CAE5527C46417C894"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>3-year</quote> and inserting <quote>5-year</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HDB96B01FD7A147CE8BDF7E945DB1108B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>the Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4C5DD28CD1041B6B5106728D629306B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H4E127DB4E4B14E0CA56623FDD87CDF93"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H62EC6E27D7634EB3A38C0BC9109504F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>The Customs Service</quote> and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>;</text></clause> <clause id="H7548DE7229F54B2B807746C4B178EAFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clauses (i) and (ii), by striking <quote>the Customs Service</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>U.S. Customs and Border Protection</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H622C3213783E4B87BBF9A1B270869EAB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)(I), by striking <quote>3-year</quote> and inserting <quote>5-year</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HF4E8F0F65EB84A52AAA3BA8A931B90B8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the periods of time for retaining records set forth in subsection (t) of this section and</quote> and inserting <quote>the period of time for retaining records set forth in </quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACB56D8B3E2F41E4B332E7DCA675FB70"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6311D3AC8F0E4EE7BDA004A3233768B1" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H0BFCCCD8027D4FA99B6D1C6715292506"><enum>(4)</enum><text>All drawback claims filed on and after the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (or, if later, the effective date provided for in section 906(q)(2)(B) of that Act) shall be filed electronically.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H5AF58270581C4928806C49CC960969FB"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Designation of merchandise by successor</header><text>Section 313(s) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(s)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H15052A2DA4F5409397087E787F5F3A50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6F3F20A999344089EA823EF88D7F86A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF7AAEEC7B724BB8B2A2266C68BDD60C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subject to paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection (j), imported merchandise, other merchandise classifiable under the same 8-digit HTS subheading number as such imported merchandise, or any combination of such imported merchandise and such other merchandise, that the predecessor received, before the date of succession, from the person who imported and paid any duties, taxes, and fees due on the imported merchandise;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="H10C1B3498F8340349855CC1F26038A43"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>certifies that</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>certifies that the transferred merchandise was not and will not be claimed by the predecessor.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7185A3A63D8E43C89E0DD43C5F39DC71"><enum>(l)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Drawback certificates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (t).</text></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="H200A585486804F6CB4E6F72B1FED2680"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Drawback for recovered materials</header><text>Section 313(x) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(x)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>(c), and (j)</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H2395106F819E44EE941D16E3338558E5"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C9769FB0A3C45628179ADDE094A7AEE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3C33B90FC573464283FCCAB0820C7109"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4AD05843AF1147D69363B96A2B09AC3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Directly</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>directly</term> means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person without any intermediate transfer.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC35565A8D5804F56AEE0E8A922FDE21B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>HTS</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>HTS</term> means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB38EF1738CC480486480A4281E1DF85"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indirectly</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>indirectly</term> means a transfer of merchandise or an article from one person to another person with one or more intermediate transfers.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H43C7BF3271E545D7985B800517A7DD61"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text>Section 508(c)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1508">19 U.S.C. 1508(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H786810C18DB94F618B16433A8285608B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3rd</quote> and inserting <quote>5th</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H11770B67F12F48209EA72A3E6A188680"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>payment</quote> and inserting <quote>liquidation</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7D6B87725597488CB0BB60CFD17E1D54"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Government Accountability Office report</header>
<paragraph id="H07B355E83C344AA1B9C26B25BFB593A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than one year after the issuance of the regulations required by subsection (l)(2) of section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (g) of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the modernization of drawback and refunds under section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2E41E293D62F4EF4ACFEE7EED289BBD8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H092D25EE2C8B41C28A5DA9AE47FB4A7A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An assessment of the modernization of drawback and refunds under section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by this section.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3F8AA5F8AB084D7D9E6B78027150A583"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A description of drawback claims that were permissible before the effective date provided for in subsection (q) that are not permissible after that effective date and an identification of industries most affected.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E0074A3F30C4C3AB8CC0FB107F11088"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of drawback claims that were not permissible before the effective date provided for in subsection (q) that are permissible after that effective date and an identification of industries most affected.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="HC0B7C3CCD38C4713A60B8198CDC19C00"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Effective date</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6B40D603050C45C09C2B1A1261D76714"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4ECC00E4C62246BDA4A25569557FBC13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6D95AAE8D8B4D8A8E72C103BF30745F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply to drawback claims filed on or after the date that is 2 years after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09EE9406571549E89883A6200FC1D832" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting of operability of Automated Commercial Environment computer system</header><text>Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 2 years after such date of enactment, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Congress a report on—</text> <subparagraph id="H79149AD1668D45649F523791990B8BC9" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date on which the Automated Commercial Environment will be ready to process drawback claims; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E7347B78C1242FF95805D9B8DD2D86D" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date on which the Automated Export System will be ready to accept proof of exportation under subsection (i) of section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by subsection (d).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA35EC6B81CE44CDD9652F0D976A8B011"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><text>During the one-year period beginning on the date that is 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act (or, if later, the effective date provided for in paragraph (2)(B)), a person may elect to file a claim for drawback under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA47F4783DE4E481F9F0C158135D61E9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by this section; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD80D8D70166A425EAE53EC2DA3D7CF4F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H7442D24FDF394E7A85F090069E2EA0F8"><enum>907.</enum><header>Office of the United States Trade Representative</header>
<subsection id="H393DE8D1D8E9455D8FB3094EE0FFDE95"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual report on trade agreements program and national trade policy agenda</header><text>Section 163(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2213">19 U.S.C. 2213(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFDE1FBB43418418DB94D735F3655941F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD7DF532B18BA47FB8682525AFBB1D6BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2327578987CB4A8CA4081910F90A359C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D0FFCBC0BF14E07854F024FB41C8394"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEF1681341C5488B8CB7B861F8A3EFB9" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H46C7ABDBC1064BCC8DDD08C4DAA26E54"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the operation of all United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs during the preceding year and for the year in which the report is submitted.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D8348C47FEA4D3096E36CD7E737BC5D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FEFC365F26544299CFE4E6D8198DA50" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HCB9B478D1AF345D38BEC7DB70F3196A6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The report shall include, with respect to the matters referred to in paragraph (1)(C), information regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA230A082EFA74E8F8E80B2AE834F4466"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the objectives and priorities of all United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs for the year, and the reasons therefor;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE94988D07F4D499FB9AF0EEC68113807"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the actions proposed, or anticipated, to be undertaken during the year to achieve such objectives and priorities, including actions authorized under the trade laws and negotiations with foreign countries;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7995416A85D48D89E804070CAA01A6C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the role of each Federal agency participating in the interagency program in achieving such objectives and priorities and activities of each agency with respect to their participation in the program;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1916828962A14940991F2926E4DFB12F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the United States Trade Representative’s coordination of each participating Federal agency to more effectively achieve such objectives and priorities;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DC941CD2E9D4F0CB90864AD0B57B76B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any proposed legislation necessary or appropriate to achieve any of such objectives or priorities; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0FE60979DA11472887AAB8BD5D335A3D"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the progress that was made during the preceding year in achieving such objectives and priorities and coordination activities included in the statement provided for such year under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD0931D79BBD34F85B157CC93CF75CD78"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Resource management and staffing plans</header>
<paragraph id="H646B456003F34D42BE5CA67B0644C977"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Annual plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HFB136F251F844EA78CA7B31D354DF3C9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The United States Trade Representative shall on an annual basis develop a plan—</text> <clause id="H3B8E191ADF604070A8E63F031F6BA9DF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to match available resources of the Office of the United States Trade Representative to projected workload and provide a detailed analysis of how the funds allocated from the prior fiscal year to date have been spent;</text></clause>
<clause id="H7644D4128D3549B0AD38F8D833569159"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify existing staff of the Office and new staff that will be necessary to support the trade negotiation and enforcement functions and powers of the Office (including those of the Trade Policy Staff Committee) as described in section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2171">19 U.S.C. 2171</external-xref>) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="H27A62DE548FD400F8AAB1158ADA01B63"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to identify existing staff of the Office and staff of other Federal agencies who will be required to be detailed to support United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs, including any associated expenses; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H7660EA7737D54DE68C171649586B60A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to provide a detailed analysis of the budgetary requirements of United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs for the next fiscal year and provide a detailed analysis of how the funds allocated from the prior fiscal year to date have been spent.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1862E8829D714F86A0A97DF358E8A28C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report that contains the plan required under subparagraph (A). The report required under this subparagraph shall be submitted in conjunction with the annual budget of the United States Government required to be submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H089E688FC0F54CFFB8B724BD2E734FFE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Quadrennial plan</header>
<subparagraph id="H432F5D1119AF4A3A93DD68E749A43BE0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to the goals and objectives of the strategic plan of the Office of the United States Trade Representative as required under section 306 of title 5, United States Code, the United States Trade Representative shall every 4 years develop a plan—</text> <clause id="H357E53BFF07F4C068B7B8016A8AD73AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to analyze internal quality controls and record management of the Office;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC34DBE991F7340CDB410F7BAD05E57CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify existing staff of the Office and new staff that will be necessary to support the trade negotiation and enforcement functions and powers of the Office (including those of the Trade Policy Staff Committee) as described in section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2171">19 U.S.C. 2171</external-xref>) and section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411</external-xref>);</text></clause> <clause id="HD4497E1030DB44CA8D6B11DA5F9DE6D6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to identify existing staff of the Office and staff in other Federal agencies who will be required to be detailed to support United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs, including any associated expenses;</text></clause>
<clause id="HBFE500B677A24340B21366F51AB2D037"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide an outline of budget justifications, including salaries and expenses as well as non-personnel administrative expenses, for the fiscal years required under the strategic plan; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" id="HD90C9DE7C23846CC883DD68C243B4A62"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to provide an outline of budget justifications, including salaries and expenses as well as non-personnel administrative expenses, for United States Trade Representative-led interagency programs for the fiscal years required under the strategic plan.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6ACC4A5BE3E4D6B9DE2A22EC50A893C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header>
<clause id="H28C39660498F451D814B96A0DF19AC45"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report that contains the plan required under subparagraph (A). Except as provided in clause (ii), the report required under this clause shall be submitted in conjunction with the strategic plan of the Office as required under section 306 of title 5, United States Code.</text></clause> <clause id="H2A5EBB0D69C24CD2BC00AA2021E74850"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States Trade Representative shall submit to the congressional committees specified in clause (i) an initial report that contains the plan required under subparagraph (A) not later than February 1, 2016.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HBB62E8ECAE32497885D74256CB5E9DCA"><enum>908.</enum><header>United States-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement</header>
<subsection id="HBDD7895CA145488AB95BD44A215AC4CA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HB9D214B7477F4FBC9BF9CD3F8B95ECEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Israel is America’s dependable, democratic ally in the Middle East—an area of paramount strategic importance to the United States.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H439A915EE5C942769B6D5374823FF08F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement formed the modern foundation of the bilateral commercial relationship between the two countries and was the first such agreement signed by the United States with a foreign country.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBF2750408DC046699DFAC0028A4B0AEB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States-Israel Free Trade Agreement has been instrumental in expanding commerce and the strategic relationship between the United States and Israel.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C4D90392B604AB18DA0AD7C5345B7B9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>More than $45 billion in goods and services is traded annually between the two countries in addition to roughly $10 billion in United States foreign direct investment in Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H152C084505F540BC938072B8168ECA63"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States continues to look for and find new opportunities to enhance cooperation with Israel, including through the enactment of the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/150">Public Law 112–150</external-xref>) and the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/296">Public Law 113–296</external-xref>).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FF4164FE6714DFAB187E9931404D7F0"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It has been the policy of the United States Government to combat all elements of the Arab League Boycott of Israel by—</text> <subparagraph id="HDE58E78F22B041FFBA9DCE36BAAC03F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>public statements of Administration officials;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDD53889FD3834482BDE56F6F2ED607C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>enactment of relevant sections of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (as continued in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act), including sections to ensure foreign persons comply with applicable reporting requirements relating to the boycott;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B24B221ACCA4EAE87135AA1F3BE55F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enactment of the 1976 Tax Reform Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/455">Public Law 94–455</external-xref>) that denies certain tax benefits to entities abiding by the boycott;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H62E6BDFC2F444A6FA7888945018EE4BF"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring through free trade agreements with Bahrain and Oman that such countries no longer participate in the boycott; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H9952205DBCE74D5EBD9A789623F1BE9E"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring as a condition of membership in the World Trade Organization that Saudi Arabia no longer enforces the secondary or tertiary elements of the boycott.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA46A44AEE5B341A8B5372AC09EF4C732"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Statements of policy</header><text>Congress—</text> <paragraph id="H2EEFBC027E6A45ED8D3D6A03CBA52088"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports the strengthening of United States-Israel economic cooperation and recognizes the tremendous strategic, economic, and technological value of cooperation with Israel;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F86EC8E7BEB436A9983F3E453EB9DA0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recognizes the benefit of cooperation with Israel to United States companies, including by improving American competitiveness in global markets;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2669328968D347109A27DE6B4341B688"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recognizes the importance of trade and commercial relations to the pursuit and sustainability of peace, and supports efforts to bring together the United States, Israel, the Palestinian territories, and others in enhanced commerce;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD046FFDF078B4BF99FAEC327D3D36905"><enum>(4)</enum><text>opposes politically motivated actions that penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with Israel such as boycotts, divestment or sanctions;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0E4BB8797ED3438C815DA55980CF726A"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notes that the boycott, divestment, and sanctioning of Israel by governments, governmental bodies, quasi-governmental bodies, international organizations, and other such entities is contrary to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) principle of non-discrimination;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4FAADEBC87A4AD98472668AD8013DD3"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">encourages the inclusion of politically motivated actions that penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with Israel such as boycotts, divestment from, or sanctions against Israel as a topic of discussion at the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) and other areas to support the strengthening of the United States-Israel commercial relationship and combat any commercial discrimination against Israel;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC221BAE6CA054175909DEA93F65D7D6D" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports efforts to prevent investigations or prosecutions by governments or international organizations of United States persons on the sole basis of such persons doing business with Israel, with Israeli entities, or in Israeli-controlled territories; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA2424BA08C9748FB9B991B4643F7EB72"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">supports American States examining a company’s promotion or compliance with unsanctioned boycotts, divestment from, or sanctions against Israel as part of its consideration in awarding grants and contracts and supports the divestment of State assets from companies that support or promote actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HCD7BC9F530A845F6970C76970227078C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States</header> <paragraph id="HAA3D747C8F8B4FD6A24AB672F3B50221" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commercial partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Among the principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States for proposed trade agreements with foreign countries regarding commercial partnerships are the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H648CE64D3AF6470BB8048C0D4B60B583" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To discourage actions by potential trading partners that directly or indirectly prejudice or otherwise discourage commercial activity solely between the United States and Israel.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0A117E148928490F9D6F924C4A275234" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To discourage politically motivated actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel and to seek the elimination of politically motivated non-tariff barriers on Israeli goods, services, or other commerce imposed on the State of Israel.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H441250DEA62E4608AB7F195D51F8C9FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To seek the elimination of state-sponsored unsanctioned foreign boycotts against Israel or compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel by prospective trading partners.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6A882ADCC01146F5A76EEBE3F03F406C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This subsection takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies with respect to negotiations commenced before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF79F590053A145528E50FAF2E8CD7BA6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report on politically motivated acts of boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel</header>
<paragraph id="HE69A6C57CF2947FFB63C8DD54663B9BA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to Congress a report on politically motivated acts of boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H17D76D4BA359477DA58DF59B94AA176C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters To Be Included</header><text>The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H542165351D0940E5B9563E7D71718B67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of the establishment of barriers to trade, including non-tariff barriers, investment, or commerce by foreign countries or international organizations against United States persons operating or doing business in Israel, with Israeli entities, or in Israeli-controlled territories.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE497849EC32749EF969ABEF61C4DDEA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage foreign countries and international organizations to cease creating such barriers and to dismantle measures already in place and an assessment of the effectiveness of such steps.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50720F24DDB84214A6D3F5FA218731C8" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of specific steps being taken by the United States to prevent investigations or prosecutions by governments or international organizations of United States persons on the sole basis of such persons doing business with Israel, with Israeli entities, or in Israeli-controlled territories.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6C381F3080284C13981D169CFD4EF0A7" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Decisions by foreign persons, including corporate entities and state-affiliated financial institutions, that limit or prohibit economic relations with Israel or persons doing business in Israel or in Israeli controlled territories.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H3A413716337D43BCBE58E8CA4CE3A8F5" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certain foreign judgments against United States persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no domestic court shall recognize or enforce any foreign judgment entered against a United States person that conducts business operations in Israel, or any territory controlled by Israel, if the domestic court determines that the foreign judgment is based, in whole or in part, on a determination by a foreign court that the United States person’s conducting business operations therein or with Israeli entities constitutes a violation of law.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H0E7F1B761FB440CAA444CE676A56B2FF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0958F8F2080043F7AA5871A82D90A0B0" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>boycott, divestment from, and sanctions against Israel</term> means actions by states, non-member states of the United Nations, international organizations, or affiliated agencies of international organizations that are politically motivated and are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial relations specifically with Israel or persons doing business in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6E165AAC3A6C48B4ACAA1CB1E89DAA7C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Domestic court</header><text>The term <quote>domestic court</quote> means a Federal court of the United States, or a court of any State or territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6716BD3107404AD5A64E59B8173AEE3B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign court</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>foreign court</quote> means a court, an administrative body, or other tribunal of a foreign country.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H68D344FC6C084BC4A1DC581BB9616601"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Foreign judgment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>foreign judgment</quote> means a final civil judgment rendered by a foreign court.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H763B9090506A470D842FD6948B840871" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Foreign person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foreign person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF2F3491F5056443D8D7F0DA84F74DBCD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any natural person who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)</external-xref>) or who is not a protected individual (as defined in section 274B(a)(3) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1324b">8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)</external-xref>); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C60D596EC0C4A129F9E03AC4BBBDC19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any foreign corporation, business association, partnership, trust, society or any other entity or group that is not incorporated or organized to do business in the United States, as well as any international organization, foreign government and any agency or subdivision of foreign government, including a diplomatic mission.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H175A112564C14EB28D74733B28A3DC2E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Person</header> <subparagraph id="HEC612C4CF30A41C9BCFE0AA089170907"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>person</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HAA3F5C3F8F634F35A011B7412687EED2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural person;</text></clause> <clause id="H08AA005EEC0E44A59A91D3E1E66D5413"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, financial institution, insurer, underwriter, guarantor, and any other business organization, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, and any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB953290A820541EBBF9606570A6FCE28"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any successor to any entity described in clause (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C2133612CAC42C19F2F6994363DA407" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application to governmental entities</header><text>The term <term>person</term> does not include a government or governmental entity that is not operating as a business enterprise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE5C624F8A994E6C91A833DC5DDED60E" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>United states person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H780FAEF6B9544C5CBF1FE335D8483616" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a natural person who is a national of the United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)</external-xref>)); or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9EB9C18261643C98B256A1B06D24C85" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a corporation or other legal entity which is organized under the laws of the United States, any State or territory thereof, or the District of Columbia, if natural persons described in subparagraph (A) own, directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the outstanding capital stock or other beneficial interest in such legal entity.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDE5DE96821584E429E7BD27D32C92809" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>909.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor; report</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBD059D95349402CB8C92EF15DA2A420"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Elimination of consumptive demand exception</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB471987DF3694A6D832D27C0E05E0EB8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 307 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The provisions of this section</quote> and all that follows through <quote>of the United States.</quote>.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73AD0F2D63BF4CFC928059094162EECC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HBA48625DF9294AD590988C1908D498FB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report required</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on compliance with section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1307">19 U.S.C. 1307</external-xref>) that includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H76840BAE674E4D29AE7BCB6AB1C34AA1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The number of instances in which merchandise was denied entry pursuant to that section during the 1-year period preceding the submission of the report.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H620DCA947BA5407D8DD66A92D5EC5E01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the merchandise denied entry pursuant to that section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H181A9CE86A684B6F9F0742E8B3D51BE6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Such other information as the Commissioner considers appropriate with respect to monitoring and enforcing compliance with that section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H698F187BD6F44D09A36B2FA05A29AC80"><enum>910.</enum><header>Customs user fees</header> <subsection id="H5FC93CEB8EA048F28DF56CC1E00388EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4AB4FB940B4D4B4FA1A726347E772FE7" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H7C84B41242E9403A8483DE77AD455B71"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fees may be charged under paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (a) during the period beginning on July 8, 2025, and ending on July 28, 2025. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HCC35C82DD7AC47C29073D4B96E2D0D0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rate for merchandise processing fees</header><text>Section 503 of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/41">Public Law 112–41</external-xref>; 125 Stat. 460) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H01B6E9BB7932489F8D62A5EDCA2ECD7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For the period</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—For the period</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H641AAE08AB7749C2AF12C00E88A8C4DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H81941B0C70554DB5AECD0B7316C30284" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HC47449E5C52345EE81E0C90421E303B7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the period beginning on July 1, 2025, and ending on July 14, 2025, section 13031(a)(9) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/58c">19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(9)</external-xref>) shall be applied and administered—</text> <paragraph id="HCAAECACD391E4260BA47BBF91D3B2452"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by substituting <quote>0.3464</quote> for <quote>0.21</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB218CF85773F4D65ACECE449E697AB78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by substituting <quote>0.3464</quote> for <quote>0.21</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H637957AD3E46412EAA510CBE17C5ACAF"><enum>911.</enum><header>Report on certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreements</header> <subsection id="H858F308D7C0C41FC96DDE32B24CF7F92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after entering into an agreement under a program specified in subsection (b), and annually thereafter until the termination of the program, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives a report that includes the following: </text>
<paragraph id="H90A43E8104BB4BC293CADF7CB07523EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A description of the development of the program. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEE954FF9806949999178930FA719BC40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the type of entity with which U.S. Customs and Border Protection entered into the agreement and the amount that entity reimbursed U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the agreement. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92437579EC2A41E696DDB161CECF2840"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An identification of the type of port of entry to which the agreement relates and an assessment of how the agreement provides economic benefits at the port of entry. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE7A1EC6D68E94B709BEBBBC823564010"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of the services provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection under the agreement during the year preceding the submission of the report. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6EA8969B68D4CEDB5A0C1014CDB3C7E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The amount of fees collected under the agreement during that year. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAE3B3E217D4845E7BD877237E4BC2024"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A detailed accounting of how the fees collected under the agreement have been spent during that year. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H828F1D9D6E494EDA8C6762871DAEE07B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A summary of any complaints or criticism received by U.S. Customs and Border Protection during that year regarding the agreement. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1F61855E87134E13BE169827AE28CBC9"><enum>(8)</enum><text>An assessment of the compliance of the entity described in paragraph (2) with the terms of the agreement. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA1ABD3001BAF4CD5B53A7365A5D4B6DD"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Recommendations with respect to how activities conducted pursuant to the agreement could function more effectively or better produce economic benefits. </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC6CE831C317047D382878537F68ED9B9"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A summary of the benefits to and challenges faced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the entity described in paragraph (2) under the agreement. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1E346B927A3441D9BDE4C6DB2908787D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program specified</header><text>A program specified in this subsection is— </text> <paragraph id="HF0436CE33A1A4325B61925C83720CA1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the program for entering into reimbursable fee agreements for the provision of U.S. Customs and Border Protection services established by section 560 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2013 (division D of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/6">Public Law 113–6</external-xref>; 127 Stat. 378); or </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H831E7877B71D4E909B9C6C378970003B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the pilot program authorizing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enter into partnerships with private sector and government entities at ports of entry established by section 559 of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2014 (division F of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/6/211">6 U.S.C. 211</external-xref> note). </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H5DEDD24897A242DA8B400D000B58CC50" commented="no"><enum>912.</enum><header>Amendments to Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015</header> <subsection id="H06B1BEEB8907454081E0EC16F5223052" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Immigration laws of the United States</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC5C0FBDF3CD5426E99398B2A743CC263" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA4D2C205417E4E51A2ED4D898FBB3258" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDC6D79F6EA14DFD80684FC813D854A8" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9F9BF9D4CA7419BA7EB0AF220580C21"> <paragraph id="H18DD6A3D6E7B4D2C9B328BD807D0D041" commented="no"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to the immigration laws of the United States or obligate the United States to grant access or expand access to visas issued under section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H08E9057FCDFC4F638616704520AA41A5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Global warming</header><text>Section 102(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H028339D0F6A446DCB842A1959932C874" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H646A432AFA974660A94BCA271DB2315A" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAEA44B8CEAC24E5D8E62CE081A01AC2C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H0F0C0B2B87A04228931F246307925BB0"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that trade agreements do not require changes to U.S. law or obligate the United States with respect to global warming or climate change.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H76921B606489459AB12126F5C02175B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fisheries negotiations</header><text>Section 102(b) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H87368164D48540678DDE458D8F196190"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Fisheries negotiations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The principal negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to trade in fish, seafood, and shellfish products are to obtain competitive opportunities for United States exports of fish, seafood, and shellfish products in foreign markets substantially equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded foreign exports of fish, seafood, and shellfish products in United States markets and to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade in fish, seafood, and shellfish products, including by reducing or eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers and eliminating subsidies that distort trade.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H3C2EF1D0E21A4A3C89A03D036F869D78"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Accreditation</header><text>Section 104(c)(2)(C) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended by inserting after the first sentence the following: <quote>In addition, the chairman and ranking members described in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i) shall each be permitted to designate up to 3 personnel with proper security clearances to serve as delegates to such negotiations.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBC5FF0681B584018B470931B06857ABC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Trafficking in persons</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 106(b)(6) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HED88112CEE2C423DBACFCB0854B92DF6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EFDFF70F63C4D698C912F0E6F8DF3E6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4AD7CDA5008B4FDD8134EB5FD0CAF5C7" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H1AC2566B50E5444A88F91711673F37D3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header> <clause id="HEB0D4DA2D3AC4CB9B871F8B7E3530E9F" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Invoking exception</header><text>If the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees a letter stating that a country to which subparagraph (A) applies has taken concrete actions to implement the principal recommendations with respect to that country in the most recent annual report on trafficking in persons, this paragraph shall not apply with respect to agreements with that country.</text></clause>
<clause id="H6FA20D4C7DF649A0A923451D0AA637EE" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Content of letter; public availability</header><text>A letter submitted under clause (i) with respect to a country shall—</text> <subclause id="H8E5651F3ED514064A7B2F7E0BD9C5122" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>include a description of the concrete actions that the country has taken to implement the principal recommendations described in clause (i); and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="HD4F1C5B1B1984D99B122FB2A7659FB12" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>be made available to the public.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H19CDAEFF3A6C49A3940B0B1668C20679" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Appropriate congressional committees defined</header><text>In this subparagraph, the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text>
<subclause id="H45428854B5CB4DA0B2AEA8D2EF307FD9" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="H32F5B4C6E704405895F87159F988DB3D" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0CC3D1FEF08A40BE93DB4DFFE531ED46"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>The Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H12F5C056B6A245668EFFA6D4A90E6AF5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 105(b)(3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAE0C7005EC0D429D91E394D1A37F67E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>section 102(b)(16)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(b)(17)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3C8B51151F33418F9AE64B52C3CEAF7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>section 102(b)(16)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(b)(17)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B05BA790BC94EC6BA572C912D66717F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 106(b)(5), by striking <quote>section 102(b)(15)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 102(b)(16)(C)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H570810191CEE4A859486952377F7B2AD" commented="no"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0D5B11F5EDD04BE296F7F19C2D7FD406"><enum>913.</enum><header>Certain interest to be included in distributions under Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000</header>
<subsection id="H8566609698994CEDBD2ACED0A5877F3A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner shall include in all distributions of collected antidumping and countervailing duties described in subsection (b) all interest earned on such duties, including—</text> <paragraph id="H351949B81F8C4E1E8902AFF19CA00092"><enum>(1)</enum><text>interest accrued under section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677g">19 U.S.C. 1677g</external-xref>),</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDBD43E585294F16AF5556CE83D330E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>interest accrued under section 505(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1505">19 U.S.C. 1505(d)</external-xref>), and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD27036045BEB40D7871330C8F31B6A5F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>common-law equitable interest, and all interest under section 963 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/580">19 U.S.C. 580</external-xref>), awarded by a court against a surety’s late payment of antidumping or countervailing duties and interest described in paragraph (1) or (2), under its bond,</text></paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">which is, or was, realized through application of any payment received on or after October 1, 2014, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection under, or in connection with, any customs bond pursuant to a court order or judgment, or any settlement for any such bond.</continuation-text></subsection>
<subsection id="HB7FE0BEEA2C1423B990A74445EAF34F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distributions described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The distributions described in subsection (a) are all distributions made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1675c">19 U.S.C. 1675c</external-xref>) (as such section was in effect on February 7, 2006) of collected antidumping and countervailing duties assessed on or after October 1, 2000, on entries made through September 30, 2007.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H6FC9FACAF1E14781BCB9533E82E3F847"><enum>914.</enum><header>Report on competitiveness of U.S. recreational performance outerwear industry</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than June 1, 2016, the United States International Trade Commission shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the competitiveness of the United States recreational performance outwear industry and its effects on the United States economy, including an assessment of duty structures on inputs as well as finished products and global supply chains.</text></section>
<section id="HD78A0AE6806345DBBED1E05D505C3E72"><enum>915.</enum><header>Increase in penalty for failure to file return of tax</header>
<subsection id="H82ADA6B7BC024834826AC5D8670AA33C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6651">Section 6651(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking <quote>$135</quote> in the last sentence and inserting <quote>$205</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1D5302C1D5A24624BB2BF0D747719149"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 6651(i) of such Code is amended by striking <quote>$135</quote> and inserting <quote>$205</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HBF1BDFCE77E4465783A2C7F5A1E2A624"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to returns required to be filed in calendar years after 2015.</text></subsection></section> Karen L. HaasClerk.