[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4497

 To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat 
                         the COVID-19 pandemic.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 6, 2020

Mr. Toomey (for himself and Ms. Hassan) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat 
                         the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop PPE Taxes Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTIES ON ARTICLES NEEDED TO COMBAT THE 
              COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    (a) In General.--An article described in subsection (b) entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during the period specified 
in subsection (c) shall enter the United States free of duty, including 
free of any duty that may be imposed as a penalty or otherwise imposed 
in addition to other duties, including any duty imposed pursuant to--
            (1) section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411);
            (2) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 
        U.S.C. 1862); or
            (3) the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
        U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).
    (b) Articles Described.--An article is described in this subsection 
if the article is classified under any of the following statistical 
reporting numbers of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States or is identified by the United States International Trade 
Commission, after the date of the enactment of this Act, as an article 
related to the response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (commonly 
referred to as ``COVID-19'') pandemic:


2207.10.6090................  3824.99.9295........  7613.00.0000
2208.90.8000................  3824.99.9297........  8419.20.0010
2804.40.0000................  3923.21.0095........  8419.20.0020
2847.00.0000................  3923.29.0000........  8421.39.8040
3002.13.0000................  3926.20.1010........  8705.90.0000
3002.14.0000................  3926.20.1020........  8713.10.0000
3002.15.0000................  3926.20.9010........  8713.90.0030
3002.19.0000................  3926.20.9050........  8713.90.0060
3002.20.0000................  3926.90.9910........  9004.90.0000
3003.10.0000................  3926.90.9990........  9018.11.3000
3003.20.0000................  3926.90.9996........  9018.11.6000
3003.60.0000................  4015.11.0110........  9018.11.9000
3003.90.0100................  4015.11.0150........  9018.12.0000
3004.10.1020................  4015.19.0510........  9018.19.4000
3004.10.1045................  4015.19.0550........  9018.19.5500
3004.10.5045................  4015.19.1010........  9018.19.7500
3004.10.5060................  4015.90.0010........  9018.31.0040
3004.20.0020................  4015.90.0050........  9018.31.0080
3004.20.0030................  4818.50.0000........  9018.31.0090
3004.20.0060................  4818.90.0000........  9018.32.0000
3004.49.0060................  6116.10.6500........  9018.39.0020
3004.60.0000................  6210.10.2000........  9018.39.0040
3004.90.1000................  6210.10.5000........  9018.39.0050
3004.90.9210................  6210.10.9010........  9018.90.3000
3004.90.9285................  6210.10.9040........  9018.90.7580
3004.90.9290................  6210.50.3500........  9018.90.8000
3005.10.5000................  6210.50.7500........  9019.20.0000
3005.90.5090................  6216.00.5420........  9020.00.6000
3006.70.0000................  6307.90.6090........  9020.00.9000
3401.11.5000................  6307.90.6800........  9022.12.0000
3401.19.0000................  6307.90.7200........  9025.19.8040
3401.20.0000................  6307.90.8910........  9025.19.8080
3808.94.1000................  6307.90.9889........  9026.80.4000
3808.94.5000................  6505.00.0100........  9027.80.2500
3821.00.0000................  6505.00.8015........  9027.80.4530
3822.00.1090................  6505.00.9089........  9028.20.0000
3822.00.5090................  7311.00.0090........  9402.90.0010
3822.00.6000................  7324.90.0000........  9402.90.0020
 

    (c) Period Specified.--The period specified in this subsection is 
the period--
            (1) beginning on the date that is 15 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) ending on December 31, 2022.
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