[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8351

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend 
    temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula 
                   products, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 13, 2022

 Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. DelBene, Mr. 
  Kildee, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, 
Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. 
 Smucker, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Panetta, Ms. 
Sewell, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Chu, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and 
 Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend 
    temporarily rates of duty on imports 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 ``Formula Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSIONS 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 subheadings in numerical sequence:


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

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and before 
the close of December 31, 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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