[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8174 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8174

 To provide for the temporary duty-free importation of certain infant 
               formula products, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2022

 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
 Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Kildee, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. 
   Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the temporary duty-free importation of certain infant 
               formula products, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable and Accessible Infant 
Formula Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR INFANT FORMULA.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is amended by inserting the 
following new items in numerical sequence:


``     ..............  Infant formula,     ...........  ...............  ...............
                        put up for retail
                        sale:
       9903.19.19        Provided for in   Free         No change        No change        On or before 11/
                          subheading                                                       14/2022.......
                          1901.10.16,
                          1901.10.26,
                          1901.10.36 or
                          1901.10.44.....
       9903.19.20         Provided for in  Free         No change        No change        On or before 11/
                          subheading                                                       14/2022.......
                          1901.10.29 or
                          1901.10.49.....
       ..............  Infant formula:     ...........  ...............  ...............
       9903.19.21        Provided for in   Free         No change        No change        On or before 11/
                          subheading                                                       14/2022.......
                          2106.90.94 or
                          2106.90.97.....
       9903.19.22        Provided for in   Free         No change        No change        On or before 11/  ''.
                          subheading                                                       14/2022.......
                          2106.90.99.....

    (b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption during the period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act and ending on November 14, 2022.
    (c) Waiver of Other Duties or Safeguards.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, during the period described in subsection (b), 
articles of infant formula that are classifiable under any subheading 
added by the amendments made by subsection (a) shall not be subject 
to--
            (1) any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed 
        under subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the HTS; or
            (2) any other import quotas, tariff-rate quotas, additional 
        duties, or any other duties, fees, exactions, or charges that 
        otherwise would apply to such articles.
    (d) Entry Requirements.--In seeking to enter articles of infant 
formula duty-free under this Act, importers shall provide the 
applicable tariff classification for such articles under chapter 19 or 
chapter 21 along with the anticipated tariff classification under 
subchapter III of chapter 99 (as added by subsection (a)) on applicable 
customs entry documents.
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