117 HR 8351 IH: Formula Act
U.S. House of Representatives
2022-07-13
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8351
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
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.
1.

Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Formula Act”.
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 subheading 1901.10.16, 1901.10.26, 1901.10.36 or 1901.10.44 | Free | No change | No change |
| 9903.19.20 | Provided for in subheading 1901.10.29 or 1901.10.49 | Free | No change | No change |
| | Infant formula: | | | |
| 9903.19.21 | Provided for in subheading 2106.90.97 | Free | No change | No change |
| 9903.19.22 | Provided for in subheading 2106.90.99 | Free | No change | No change” |
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(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The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and before the close of December 31, 2022.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.