118 S1856 IS: Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act
U.S. Senate
2023-06-07
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Successive investigations
Sec. 101. Establishment of special rules for determination of material injury in the case of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Sec. 102. Initiation of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
Sec. 103. Issuance of determinations with respect to successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.
TITLE II—Responding to market distortions
Sec. 201. Addressing cross-border subsidies in countervailing duty investigations.
Sec. 202. Modification of definition of ordinary course of trade to specify that an insufficient quantity of foreign like products constitutes a situation outside the ordinary course of trade.
Sec. 203. Modification of adjustments to export price and constructed export price with respect to duty drawback.
Sec. 204. Modification of determination of normal value to account for distortions of costs that occur in foreign countries.
Sec. 205. Special rules for calculation of cost of production and constructed value to address distorted costs.
TITLE III—Preventing circumvention
Sec. 301. Modification of requirements in circumvention inquiries.
Sec. 302. Requirement of provision by importer of certification by importer or other party.
Sec. 303. Clarification of authority for Department of Commerce regarding merchandise covered by antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.
Sec. 304. Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers.
TITLE IV—Countering currency undervaluation
Sec. 401. Investigation or review of currency undervaluation under countervailing duty law.
Sec. 402. Determination of benefit with respect to currency undervaluation.
TITLE V—Preventing duty evasion
Sec. 501. Limitation on protest against decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Sec. 502. Procedures for investigating claims of evasion of safeguard actions.
Sec. 503. Application of provisions relating to certain proprietary information.
TITLE VI—General provisions
Sec. 601. Application to Canada and Mexico.
Sec. 602. Effective date.
<enum>I</enum><header>Successive investigations</header>
<section id="id80559ae5b26d4330bab202e3d11338d8"><enum>101.</enum><header>Establishment of special rules for determination of material injury in the case of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations</header>
<subsection id="id19155545a8fe45d6a75e43d55897e756"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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—</text> <paragraph id="idcf091b5e9af74c0fbd642def536055ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (J) as subparagraphs (F) through (K), respectively;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf3b75653685b4f3f976fd06b6f0d5b2a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="id11fd2699e94d42978072c1d922d97f8e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (G)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (H)(ii)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id634d5f8c139b438ebd042e23ed218418"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (F)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (G)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="iddfd14f58655541a5bb7f392f0c38fcc4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id362c7d19675244119b2950018953a1b6"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Special rules for successive investigations</header>
<clause id="id851958d2207d48e88d2099f4c6111ae2"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subclause id="idb06aa156d71649bd860112f68f0b7e7a"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Evaluation of impact on domestic industry</header><text>In evaluating the impact of imports of the merchandise on producers of domestic like products under subparagraph (C)(iii), the Commission shall—</text> <item id="id7c040dbac6d74e068e1c659bdf45cae4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>consider the condition of the domestic industry as found in a recently completed investigation;</text></item>
<item id="idad832cf237ac4d5cb5e2e92a3f9006ef"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>consider the effect of a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation on trade and the financial performance of the domestic industry, including whether the imports are likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of material injury determined by the Commission in any concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation; and</text></item> <item id="idca2f5e06cc9d43ccab87494204a42693"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>include in the record any prior injury determinations by the Commission with respect to imports of the merchandise.</text></item></subclause>
<subclause id="iddac2e75db61e4693813856cb3194d749"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect of recent improvement on material injury determination</header><text>For the purposes of this subparagraph, the Commission may not find that there is no material injury or threat of material injury to a domestic industry solely based on recent improvements in the industry’s performance, such as an increase in sales, market share, or profitability of domestic producers, that are related to relief granted pursuant to a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="id60bca710774f417da8dfae04b3093f76"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Retroactive application of final determination</header><text>In making any finding under section 705(b)(4)(A) or 735(b)(4)(A) in a successive investigation, the Commission shall consider that a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation contributes to the likelihood that the remedial effect of the countervailing duty order to be issued under section 706 or the antidumping duty order to be issued under section 736 will be seriously undermined.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ideed83b9663cf4bb3a9b8bae01118571f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32FEACD665814090A05A4A0243ECE7A3"> <paragraph id="id29829d1d7cfb41bcafedef90774a563a"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Treatment of successive investigations</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (7)(E) and sections 702(f), 732(f), and 784:</text>
<subparagraph id="id478848187ddb4f5a832996a32aaac151"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Concurrent investigation</header><text>The term <term>concurrent investigation</term> means an ongoing investigation in which an affirmative determination under section 703(a) or 733(a) has been made by the Commission with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise that are the same or similar to imports of a class or kind of merchandise that are the subject of a successive investigation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id83ef1910d99c4ac68b30712487f00c9e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Recently completed investigation</header><text>The term <term>recently completed investigation</term> means a completed investigation in which an affirmative determination under section 705(b) or 735(b) was issued by the Commission with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise that are the same or similar to imports of a class or kind of merchandise that are the subject of a successive investigation not more than 2 years before the date of initiation of the successive investigation.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id69863cf39f6f47eea9ad9bfec76fff9f"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Successive investigation</header><text>The term <term>successive investigation</term> means an investigation that has been initiated by the administering authority following a petition filed pursuant to section 702(f) or 732(f).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="idffe228b74e0d4a579d76832de132d985"><enum>102.</enum><header>Initiation of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations</header> <subsection id="id9de648f3c8784714bc8eae91eda29da5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Countervailing duty investigation</header><text>Section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671a">19 U.S.C. 1671a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id5e21d7c13b6541b4901a49187661e090"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Initiation by administering authority of successive countervailing duty investigation</header><text>A successive investigation shall be initiated—</text> <paragraph id="id7be7d804a34f4a32a7a742302be75d40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>under subsection (a), if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4d1c3970c3444c07b22bd3bd0976b46c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements under that subsection are met with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4b52b0f2aa2148dab54b83d25cdd1154"><enum>(B)</enum><text>imports of the same or similar class or kind of merchandise are or have been the subject of a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id74bd9544213b41499988fe8f805e4b65"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under subsection (b), if—</text> <subparagraph id="iddbe0d5fe458947eb94892120b02de977"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c)(1)(A) are affirmative with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1697f703ae7c4d7f87500a005ade8177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>imports of the same or similar class or kind of merchandise are or have been the subject of a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="ida35404dfdd78449bbb3a210d28f752d5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Antidumping duty investigation</header><text>Section 732 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673a">19 U.S.C. 1673a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id6aa123ef6af04b3f9c737e5fbc04e4d4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Initiation by administering authority of successive antidumping duty investigation</header><text>A successive investigation shall be initiated—</text> <paragraph id="id728663188604492c9f9a72ed1caae639"><enum>(1)</enum><text>under subsection (a), if—</text>
<subparagraph id="idbc97b7b5a3df4cdca2c1b439ee6ba19f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the requirements under that subsection are met with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id96241e2d96114f4883d29bd4fd167f88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>imports of the same or similar class or kind of merchandise are or have been the subject of a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation; or</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id46002ea11707413e80617cf733e3bd09"><enum>(2)</enum><text>under subsection (b), if—</text> <subparagraph id="id422b635eecd4431a8319f8bbd4f2cc72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c)(1)(A) are affirmative with respect to imports of a class or kind of merchandise; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id125b878055e2400a816d569e28dff525"><enum>(B)</enum><text>imports of the same or similar class or kind of merchandise are or have been the subject of a concurrent investigation or recently completed investigation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="id079c9a23594947cb947c048bc69a7a2f"><enum>103.</enum><header>Issuance of determinations with respect to successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations</header> <subsection id="id9ead3685703e40f6abca2f2928dcb9df"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="ide9873cac4ab24814a62f3ce77a16bb99"><enum>784.</enum><header>Determinations relating to successive investigations</header>
<subsection id="id56c0c47a5fc54466a8cac9d8eced03a1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the administering authority—</text> <paragraph id="idaf85a6b841564b2e904544bcb823a087"><enum>(1)</enum><text>with respect to a successive investigation under section 702(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd0b1e58e637c42a192515c1f1e615285"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall issue a preliminary determination under section 703(b) not later than 85 days after initiating the investigation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9dfff000f2bb44f4b6b23e86a4b9e9f6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not postpone under section 703(c) such deadline for the issuance of a preliminary determination unless requested by the petitioner;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ide9c1c2cf26c44e80b50fece55b4e3e15"><enum>(C)</enum><text>upon receipt of an allegation by the petitioner pursuant to section 703(e), shall make a determination under section 703(e) with respect to the investigation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd54dc455ade74ee095ee499d65e1d067"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall issue a final determination under section 705(a) not later than 75 days after issuing the preliminary determination under subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7150f5d2a5d643469386d3a4c939493b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>shall extend the date of the final determination under section 705(a) if requested by the petitioner; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id73ed10ed0a5d48cea3bd1fa601544db1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with respect to a successive investigation under section 732(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1ef56171cf20451c813bf5940fe86cfd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall issue a preliminary determination under section 733(b) not later than 140 days after initiating the investigation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc6d9d0edfd8d40e3a3597f5f98c9930f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may not postpone under section 733(c) such deadline for the issuance of a preliminary determination unless requested by the petitioner;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id72aa60e133fb42c0911c0256509e5ec2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>upon receipt of an allegation by the petitioner pursuant to section 733(e), shall make a determination under section 733(e) with respect to the investigation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida1db8deac6f746daacff81a8cc243e73"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall issue a final determination under section 735(a) not later than 75 days after issuing the preliminary determination under subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4a52d33b282042069181db4492c0b28a"><enum>(E)</enum><text>may extend the date of the final determination under section 735(a)(2) if requested by the petitioner.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id08e7803e6ee44528812efa8018a17ddc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 783 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section" idref="ide9873cac4ab24814a62f3ce77a16bb99">Sec. 784. Determinations relating to successive investigations.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Responding to market distortions</header>
<section id="idd89d408c9c6a445e8e343dfe7011650f"><enum>201.</enum><header>Addressing cross-border subsidies in countervailing duty investigations</header>
<subsection id="id5e073888c6ca4b769aa10a7acfadea94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 701(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671">19 U.S.C. 1671(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id2cdf9b5867a44b8fb6c3efd3709aeb29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Treatment of international consortia</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="subsection">Cumulation of cross-Border subsidies</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id356ee70154d6497cb3d2fa924cb2f1aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For purposes</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcc18c624428440396c77904981d461a"> <paragraph id="id8d6020f766bf4708bceda8be75f669f4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>International consortia and multinational corporations</header><text>For purposes</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id021afa731eca4c47b1bfe50692902a66"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), as designated by paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f41f6085d524a539108f9b94fb99204"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after <quote>in their respective home countries,</quote> the following: <quote>or multinational corporations that are engaged in the production of subject merchandise receive countervailable subsidies to assist, permit, or otherwise enable their production or manufacturing operations in the country in which the class or kind of merchandise is produced, exported, or sold (or likely to be sold) for importation into the United States,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ba33544eede4650affd76ba7756a2d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after <quote>the international consortium</quote> the following: <quote>or multinational corporation</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id87d87375bd454f168d6acfd24b8a4dc0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id1a843dc254cd4e8d93cd70eb1f2f9879"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transnational subsidies</header>
<subparagraph id="id4ca4b40b681b4a84b6eb706f08b733db"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, if there is a countervailable subsidy by a government of a third country or any public entity within the territory of a third country with respect to the manufacture, production, or export of a class or kind of merchandise that is produced, exported, or sold (or likely to be sold) for importation into the United States from the territory of the subject country, and the government of the subject country or any public entity within the territory of the subject country facilitates the provision of such subsidy, then the administering authority shall treat the subsidy as having been provided by the government of the subject country or a public entity within the territory of the subject country and shall cumulate all such countervailable subsidies, as well as countervailable subsidies provided directly or indirectly by the government or any public entity within the territory of the subject country.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id6e36f32225394e159a6c3a62d49121f1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This paragraph shall be applied in a manner consistent with the international obligations of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id05ddac4c26684921915ca580fefceeb3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id60a7934a2d9f4e468ca340cf770aae30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5A), by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id61003df0094242378b55b7055f63d271"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Transnational subsidy</header><text>In determining whether a transnational subsidy is a specific subsidy, in law or in fact, the administering authority shall examine the situation in the subject country based on subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph id="ida5416e109cf947b48b55b2c532b1e71a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idfb3affd10361470888f362bc2d1713a7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id06f337ae3efe422ca32b353afbabb4e2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd4e9c2e095184f6eb3709a60a4687a80"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55dc31b9d04b465095170d89891e2497"> <subparagraph id="id0210812f990a42adb5753078874a4459"><enum>(H)</enum><text>in any proceeding under subtitle A involving a transnational subsidy, the government of the third country.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idef94990734c84ace9055e3f1a97f069c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ided2b31dbe4094f9988ea1bc435458fd4"> <paragraph id="idadf52444ac7441b8824865e3120003fa"><enum>(38)</enum><header>Multinational corporation</header><text>The term <term>multinational corporation</term> means a person, firm, or corporation that owns or controls, directly or indirectly, facilities for the production of subject merchandise in two or more foreign countries.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8ebd92c9d6d344dab05dfdf50656b3c1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Upstream subsidies</header><text>Section 771A of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677-1">19 U.S.C. 1677–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd74b38d100ec405b9c55426127063ca5"> <subsection id="ida0975274dfe44a8897ba58c49018156e" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Multinational corporations</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id580c819405454850b14507ffd78c78f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply to purchases of input products by multinational corporations if—</text>
<subparagraph id="id521e35cbf79440cba703321df9b4bfb6" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the multinational corporation manufactures or produces merchandise in a country that is the subject of a countervailing duty proceeding;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8ae553125b56451381e6bbcac9c8d285" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the multinational corporation purchases the input product from a cross-owned company located in a third country with respect to which the administering authority has made an affirmative determination under section 703(b)(1) or 705(a)(1) with respect to a countervailable subsidy provided—</text>
<clause id="id298337189c4940ffaf6c59183949061e" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for the manufacture, production, or exportation of that input product; or</text></clause> <clause id="id71084375e20e4c8fb4eb6fe93f3fcac0" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to that cross-owned company; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id49cfd0247b6742438f38b0c66cdde65f" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the judgment of the administering authority, the countervailing subsidy described in subparagraph (B) bestows a competitive benefit on that merchandise.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id71d6223a50134126904598a418d43ef3" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing of subsidy</header><text>If a countervailable subsidy is provided to a multinational corporation or a cross-owned company that did not exist at the time the administering authority made an affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(B), the administering authority is not precluded from examining the subsidy under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ideb497391e6f64385b8fd2a8b5c66018e" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall be applied in a manner consistent with the international obligations of the United States.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3e8e57ae07a74eb098ae145317ad5f95" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a1c7058c10f4a76922e12d6ff5a4f80"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cross-owned company; multinational corporation</header><text>The terms <term>cross-owned company</term> and <term>multinational corporation</term> have the meanings given those terms as defined by the administering authority by regulation.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbeef4b47da634b9bb86733241de99d99"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upstream subsidy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>upstream subsidy</term> has the meaning given that term in subsection (a), except that the term shall include an export subsidy. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="idf11e17ac3acd45e7a5b07a9f844184d4"><enum>202.</enum><header>Modification of definition of ordinary course of trade to specify that an insufficient quantity of foreign like products constitutes a situation outside the ordinary course of trade</header><text display-inline="no-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 style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFBABFC7A5E414E708A9AB96C7B8A63B3"> <subparagraph id="idba827a687a6646bcb4fc0b473bd7c228"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Situations in which the quantity of a foreign like product selected for comparison under section 771(16) is insufficient to establish a proper comparison to the export price or constructed export price.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section>
<section id="id15a2678674bf40bbab268095dfdae9fc"><enum>203.</enum><header>Modification of adjustments to export price and constructed export price with respect to duty drawback</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 772(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677a">19 U.S.C. 1677a(c)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id14ff83939b604e5b8ce09715e483a457"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>any</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id064136d36df6464bb67ad302d1bcb258"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>United States</quote> the following: <quote>, but that amount shall not exceed the per unit amount of such duties contained in the weighted average cost of production</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="id91FA1B764B4E429F8BE574A67B97AEB4"><enum>204.</enum><header>Modification of determination of normal value to account for distortions of costs that occur in foreign countries</header> <subsection id="id47526552f24b4ebd97ff17d2e729c4b5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Normal value</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d4777deafcd48aa9222af3d14c5de7a"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Section 773(b)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="id03448b1bd3c546aa93491e85ea996967"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>business</quote> and inserting <quote>trade</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idae1b430a94d943a29196d8368bf3b8ae"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the flush text after subparagraph (C), by inserting before <quote>For purposes</quote> the following: <quote>For purposes of subparagraph (A), if a particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or other processing of any kind does not reasonably 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.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2cd95fcb3cc34fa799cbc7720a9b5e41"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reflection of costs of production</header><text>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, in the first sentence of the flush text after paragraph (3), by striking <quote>accurately</quote> and inserting <quote>reasonably</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id9ec00310ea2647d6914c36abe31500da"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Modification of definition of ordinary course of trade</header><text>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)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idb67628dedbae4e05911bdcc1dff56ffe"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and moving those clauses, as so redesignating, two ems to the right;</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97d0f5412a0245b8bac331fd512ad0d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb811d423f84426cb77be371ccf0dcd4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29bf439bd3754cacb8a151919a338262"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (2), in clause (iii), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a90260e596e4cd2a75b513de45e540a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>that the particular market situation prevents</quote> and inserting “that a particular market situation exists that—</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida055a8312b7c42b1ae4b18f4b596115a"> <subclause id="id135c5f23c51d472ca4e2a4a6d6934e62"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prevents</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb5f71ec3569146a2839f6caedd2da2d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (I), as designated by subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, relating to normal value determined under subsection (a) of section 773; or</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id11bdd264fe93484497d225502d71a982"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subclause id="id2b7315152dc34b9c9ce8f702ed0da870"><enum>(II)</enum><text>distorts costs of production, relating to normal value determined under subsections (b) and (e) of section 773.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5d1490b7f93f44a08368536b5508200f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6d15abd8d134de2a9f6e4d331309d2e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cost of production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of making a determination under subparagraph (A)(iii)(II) with respect to subject merchandise, the administering authority shall determine that a particular market situation exists that distorts costs of production if a particular market situation exists such that the cost of materials and fabrication or other processing of any kind does not reasonably reflect the cost of production in the ordinary course of trade.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idd67a85cdfbf44d91b0699b7922b9a6e2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of particular market situation</header><text>Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677</external-xref>), as amended by sections 101(b) and 201(b)(3), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idf7d507609e8c468fb6fa29d03a167e36"><enum>(39)</enum><header>Particular market situation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65430e6c2a5549c298f13a659663cf5d"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The term <term>particular market situation</term> means a certain circumstance or set of circumstances that the administering authority determines either prevents a proper comparison of prices in the comparison market with the export price or constructed export price or distorts the costs of production of the subject merchandise.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76c00e7e88394ef2b3a62c1de01a0d19"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distortion of costs of production</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b422d3ea5844c84a80539318701b405"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Examples of distortions of costs of production that may create a particular market situation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Examples of circumstances that are likely to distort the costs of production and thus are deemed to create a particular market situation for subject merchandise for purposes of subparagraph (A) include the following circumstances:</text>
<subclause id="id31afd3dc1814483fb6d180436f1cf9b1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>An input into the production of subject merchandise is produced in such amounts that there is more supply than demand in international markets for the input.</text></subclause> <subclause id="idb18211fe58624bae81e8dd6f0922e10e"><enum>(II)</enum><text>A foreign government, a state-owned enterprise, or any other public body is the predominant producer or supplier of an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id06f0b3d798fe441cbe4d3e2654ec6d34"><enum>(III)</enum><text>A foreign government intervenes in the market for an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id227969571b534f54850f13e4647ba6ab"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>A foreign government limits exports of an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id1834935229944ec19e71e74114039efb"><enum>(V)</enum><text>A foreign government imposes export taxes on an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id5943fd0782a84e44a14f6660d5b9f960"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>A foreign government exempts an importer, producer, or exporter of subject merchandise from paying duties or taxes associated with trade remedies established by the foreign government relating to an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id7b1d0a3187bb4763bcf3343291e183df"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>A foreign government rebates duties or taxes paid by an importer, producer, or exporter of subject merchandise associated with trade remedies established by the foreign government related to an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id9621e25c967b4792a74066677e11327d"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>A foreign government provides financial assistance or support to the producer or exporter of subject merchandise, or to a producer or supplier of an input into the production of subject merchandise.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id25273a8e6fea441391cf00296d85d0eb"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>A foreign government takes action that influences the production of subject merchandise or an input into the production of subject merchandise, such as domestic content and technology transfer requirements.</text></subclause> <subclause id="id3c50300af2094b2293294074b21280ce"><enum>(X)</enum><text>A foreign government does not enforce its property (including intellectual property), human rights, labor, or environmental protection laws and policies, or those laws and policies are otherwise shown to be ineffective with respect to either a producer or exporter of subject merchandise, or to a producer or supplier of an input into the production of subject merchandise in the subject country.</text></subclause>
<subclause id="idc8586517541f446290e22d1b55ad4d8f"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>A foreign government does not implement property (including intellectual property), human rights, labor, or environmental protection laws and policies.</text></subclause> <subclause id="idd84c25c4d8304804ba68a3ec762cc283"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>A business relationship between one or more producers of subject merchandise and suppliers of inputs to the production of subject merchandise is such that prices of the inputs are not determined in accordance with general market principles, such as through a strategic alliance or noncompetitive arrangement.</text></subclause></clause>
<clause id="id6e8185480a574d7dab3c22a253da3fa4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Distortions caused by particular market situations need not be quantified</header><text>If the administering authority determines the existence of a particular market situation under subparagraph (A) but cannot measure the distortions caused by that particular market situation on prices or costs in the exporting country, the administering authority is not required to quantify those distortions and may use any available information and methodology to address those distortions in its analysis and calculations.</text></clause> <clause id="id8c66e50d809e4e0ab993c703697895f8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Particular market situations may exist in multiple countries</header> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c5345adda324cd88f5d60c4ab47eaab"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The same market situation, or a similar market situation, that distorts the costs of production of the subject merchandise can exist in multiple countries or markets and still be considered particular if the administering authority determines that a market situation exists that distorts costs of production for certain products or parties in the subject country.</text></subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b9c21b84e6a4ab1a559cb3d48faa232"><enum>(II)</enum><header>No limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is no limitation to the number of products or parties that may be impacted by a particular market situation. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id099fee129b8841608f2e56f34f8a5dfe"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other factors</header><text>In finding that a particular market situation exists, or in using another calculation methodology under this paragraph, the administering authority is not required to consider—</text>
<clause id="id0f2488de8840498ea6e4dda1745809b9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the costs or prices that would otherwise exist in the ordinary course of trade in the absence of the particular market situation or any of its contributing circumstances;</text></clause> <clause id="idba660701b2754acb923945d583bbd722"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether there is any difference between the particular market situation or any of its contributing circumstances in the exporting country as opposed to any other country; or</text></clause>
<clause id="ide4e22be58ec84b6c89024c09ce3e1afa"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the length of time that the particular market situation or any of its contributing circumstances has existed.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <section id="idcefab546dcae43a987de67fa094288df"><enum>205.</enum><header>Special rules for calculation of cost of production and constructed value to address distorted costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 773(f)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(f)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id00e84e231e8240d49b2a8587843c1f4a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>If, in the case</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd54f1bfe5fdd406caf3f0afc5bd15311"> <subparagraph id="id929fe5a87cef449b94d89dbf039c9917"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Major inputs from affiliated persons</header><text>If, in the case</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddf0d6cb11785467db02e7c9b771254e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2222FFDA8BEA47B8A1E664A0ABE7E23F"> <subparagraph id="id5dcef247d9504d7db1f2839709e5893d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Major inputs from certain unaffiliated persons</header> <clause id="id07f8cb52787948cb8368e3689c3a3c89"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a transaction between the exporter or producer of the merchandise and any unaffiliated person described in clause (ii) involving a major input to the merchandise, the administering authority may value such major input based on the information available regarding what the amount would have been if the transaction had occurred between the exporter or producer of the merchandise and an unaffiliated person that is not described in clause (ii) if that amount is greater than the amount reflected in the records of the exporter or producer of the merchandise.</text></clause>
<clause id="ide5f56e81a89f4f908d37982b7cf01995"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Unaffiliated persons described</header><text>An unaffiliated person described in this clause is—</text> <subclause id="idda5ecdea1dd74fe0b34c5810d1b0a93d"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any person in a nonmarket economy country;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id66d84be4124044ee816ee389e31dac88"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any producer, exporter, or supplier of the input described in clause (i) found by the administering authority, or by any investigating authority of a third country, to be receiving a countervailable subsidy pertaining to an identical or comparable input in the subject country if there is no countervailing duty imposed on the input pursuant to a measure in effect in the exporting country based upon a finding by the investigating authority of the exporting country that the producer or supplier of the input described in clause (i) received a countervailable subsidy;</text></subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4507b2afeb4422fb7a393a160403312"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any producer, exporter, or supplier of the input described in clause (i) found by the administering authority, or by any investigating authority of a third country to be selling an identical or comparable input for less than fair market value in the subject country if there is no antidumping duty imposed on the input pursuant to a measure in effect in the exporting country based upon a finding by the investigating authority of the exporting country that the producer or supplier sold the input described in clause (i) for less than fair market value into the subject country;</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id43685d64a38f426299611b0fe1f078d3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a government or public body within the territory of the exporting country or any other country; or</text></subclause> <subclause id="ida2eb5b3cde7f4000a69299bfaf502471"><enum>(V)</enum><text>a group of governments or public bodies, or a combination thereof, that collectively account for a meaningful share of the production of the input described in clause (i).</text></subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide725916fecce4c0dacbed0baf23cd683"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Application</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subclauses (I), (II), and (III) of clause (ii) shall not apply to inputs described in clause (i) that are produced in the exporting country.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Preventing circumvention</header> <section id="idd1718ed088414d6390cfc444e0f07689"><enum>301.</enum><header>Modification of requirements in circumvention inquiries</header> <subsection id="id84d9b820dc3940868f6e6c8cbcf6972d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677j">19 U.S.C. 1677j</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="ide048cc9c2b244abb848d75ff2b953d2e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Procedures for conducting circumvention inquiries</header>
<paragraph id="id2ab6ac5629614a95bcf802cb124e12d0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiation by administering authority</header><text>A circumvention inquiry shall be initiated whenever the administering authority determines, from information available to it, that a formal inquiry is warranted into the question of whether the elements necessary for a determination under this section exist.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5ea97f989f6142f78d42f1014f48e90b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initiation by inquiry request</header> <subparagraph id="id79381cde98884e098f231b95e5d049b0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A circumvention inquiry shall be initiated whenever an interested party files an inquiry request that alleges the elements necessary for a determination under this section, accompanied by information reasonably available to the requestor supporting those allegations.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id40185c83f6eb45ce8c48d034f0d99154"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>The administering authority shall specify requirements for the contents and service of an inquiry request under subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0eaa73cb8fee45b6a71289d0a0c711a3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Acceptance of communications</header><text>The administering authority shall not accept any unsolicited oral or written communication from any person other than the interested party filing an inquiry request before the administering authority decides whether to initiate an inquiry, except for communications regarding the status of the consideration of the inquiry request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5e49501c3f72414ea2a35c1aac7c27ac"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Action with respect to inquiry request</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd6b6db7592f9425e9db03c85f1f9d3a6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), not later than 45 days after the filing of an inquiry request under paragraph (2)(A), the administering authority shall—</text> <clause id="id3200f276d4c742f3b0ee04ab4c599dc4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>initiate a circumvention inquiry;</text></clause>
<clause id="idba6587ccd5b7429b87f48bf0e7655f2b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>dismiss the inquiry request as inadequate and notify the requestor in writing of the reasons for the dismissal; or</text></clause> <clause id="id8b43eebf02714e849f0bf010c02c77e0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>notify all interested parties that the inquiry request will be addressed through a determination under section 781A as to whether a particular type of merchandise is within the class or kind of merchandise described in an existing finding of dumping or an antidumping or countervailing duty order.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7205881fbde646d9a0d4703191cb1645"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority may extend the deadline under subparagraph (A) by a period not to exceed 15 days if an interested party has placed information on the record in response to the request for a circumvention inquiry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idbb90831f42c74d528b78ea0dc61bb6db"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Determinations</header> <subparagraph id="ida206ec360465471992d9d6cf96d771a2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Preliminary determinations</header> <clause id="id811f811111154032bbd6b7b7d2591c18"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), not later than 150 days after the date on which the administering authority initiates a circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A), the administering authority shall make a preliminary determination, based on the information available to it at the time of the determination, of whether there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect that the merchandise subject to the inquiry is circumventing an existing finding of dumping or an antidumping or countervailing duty order.</text></clause>
<clause id="ide3a34132116147f8ae0ad1dfdc890610"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The administering authority may extend the deadline under clause (i) by a period not to exceed 60 days.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id139f475642b341f191d785bd1106bf15"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Final determinations</header> <clause id="iddbf30d27654142eda2b64e8431dfe550"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), not later than 150 days after issuing a preliminary determination under subparagraph (A) with respect to a circumvention inquiry, the administering authority shall make a final determination of whether the merchandise subject to the inquiry is circumventing an existing finding of dumping or an antidumping or countervailing duty order.</text></clause>
<clause id="id07cb723dc3424b779784c3f72d8eb4c2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>The administering authority may extend the deadline under clause (i) by a period not to exceed 65 days.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3177cbc0ecc24c1fa07d5849c2dfd8f6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other class or kind determinations</header><text>If an inquiry request under paragraph (2)(A) is addressed through a class or kind determination under section 781A, the administering authority shall make such determination not later than 335 days after the filing of the inquiry request.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idba17985e115349bdab8d0bd09b87aa86"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the administering authority from simultaneously initiating a circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) and issuing a preliminary determination under paragraph (4)(A).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id54bb40fadc4645ef83af600d3e3d403d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Suspension of liquidation and collection of deposits of entries subject to circumvention inquiry</header><text>Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id25d0e121c38a463285feefe522ebeb11"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Suspension of liquidation and collection of deposits of entries subject to circumvention inquiry</header>
<paragraph id="id03aa8cc2e28c4c168bcfd06d514b57fd"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initiation</header><text>If the administering authority initiates a circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) of subsection (f), for each unliquidated entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry that was already subject to the suspension of liquidation, the administering authority shall order—</text> <subparagraph id="id19fddd79ee014395a43925c6064dc435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the continued suspension of liquidation of such entry; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idfaa9facb173241e8bea70c1f2e1c0554"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the continued posting of a cash deposit, at the prevailing all-others or country-wide rate, for each such entry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id03ef2478eb12425f81ff2cb1cc585145"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Preliminary determination</header><text>If the administering authority issues a preliminary affirmative determination under paragraph (4)(A) of subsection (f) with respect to a circumvention inquiry initiated under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) of that subsection, the administering authority shall order—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7d8cc93f2830408a84a1198eb5de92f6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the continued suspension of liquidation for each unliquidated entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry that was already subject to the suspension of liquidation;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc3a1feeef4d84390b70451fad054e012"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the suspension of liquidation for each unliquidated entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry not yet suspended that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the circumvention inquiry;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idcaba3c2aac144297bda7b9f66f52feea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the suspension of liquidation for each entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry not yet suspended that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the circumvention inquiry if the administering authority determines, under the circumstances, that suspension under this subparagraph is warranted; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id93d76fe64d894fe78999d526b815f0ad"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the posting, or continued posting, of a cash deposit in an amount equal to the antidumping duty or countervailing duty applicable for each entry of merchandise described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idaa4e59d466bb46df8152f29fb08d6da4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Final determination</header><text>If the administering authority issues a final affirmative determination under paragraph (4)(B) of subjection (f) with respect to a circumvention inquiry initiated under paragraph (1) or (3)(A) of that subsection, the administering authority shall order—</text> <subparagraph id="id0a79a1f07d9f4bc8a8c5ce071b3d94e0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the continued suspension of liquidation for each unliquidated entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry that was already subject to the suspension of liquidation;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id38280ecf3b934cc2a9f50a7477676e53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the suspension of liquidation of each entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the circumvention inquiry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5ce55d28212847ffa219ba55ea89d4c4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the suspension of liquidation of each entry of merchandise subject to the circumvention inquiry that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption before the date of publication of the notice of initiation of circumvention inquiry if the administering authority determines, under the circumstances, that suspension under this subparagraph is warranted; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4580399dc7f94d9ca3570671479ef90d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the posting, or continued posting, of a cash deposit in an amount equal to the antidumping duty or countervailing duty applicable for each entry of merchandise described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id45f4d6cee2ad410999c9d0719d9e6f63"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the administering authority from applying the requirements under this subsection in a class or kind determination under section 781A.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idf197ac1ef957459b9f3c4d62920ffac5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Application of circumvention determination</header>
<paragraph id="id4d16649ce7e243f3b67333a3ebc289b8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The administering authority shall consider the appropriate remedy to address circumvention and prevent evasion of an order or finding pursuant to an affirmative determination under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (f)(4).</text></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfeb3d6249c864bad83c623e64d8d24ae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Remedies considered</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Remedies considered under paragraph (1) may include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="id61d581c1b2dd42798a503b278d301eb9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The application of the determination described in paragraph (1) on a producer-specific, exporter-specific, or importer-specific basis, or some combination thereof, and, as the administering authority determines appropriate, the implementation of a certification requirement under section 785.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id86eb02eee6c44f488a98637b25c2a100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The application of the determination described in paragraph (1) on a countrywide basis to all merchandise from a particular country, regardless of producer, exporter, or importer of that merchandise, and, as the administering authority determines appropriate, the implementation of a certification requirement under section 785.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf9cc4c8508a246deb14c95a6410a2ad7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exemption for merchandise under certification</header><text>If a certification requirement under section 785 is implemented under this subsection and the importer or other party to which the requirement is applied complies with that requirement, antidumping and countervailing duties under this title may not be applied to the merchandise under certification.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id40b964ed565047d1983a049d396f1666"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication in the Federal Register</header><text>Section 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677f">19 U.S.C. 1677f(i)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idb8f02390103a47da94b1a0af8a98eef8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Circumvention inquiries</header><text>Whenever the administering authority makes a determination under section 781 whether to initiate a circumvention inquiry or makes a preliminary or final determination under subsection (f)(4) of that section, the administering authority shall publish the facts and conclusions supporting that determination and shall publish notice of that determination in the Federal Register.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="id3bfbdda23cbb4136826a49683451ba92"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adding verification responses in circumvention inquiries</header><text>Section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677m">19 U.S.C. 1677m(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida0a871a15bfc4d2386555d8a46c6466b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb06778a177e94331afd7208a714fd081"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbdfd81686b7b4e1c8ca2076487319045"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7461c1e12f804df0845608237edb7083"> <paragraph id="id01b8bebf93a94eeea9c7aacf90f7afec"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a final determination in a circumvention inquiry conducted pursuant to section 781 if good cause for verification is shown.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idc0e965d0b4194302bc1f6275df9004e3"><enum>302.</enum><header>Requirement of provision by importer of certification by importer or other party</header>
<subsection id="idf71799cb27a749e0b10b7474c0219e6d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.</external-xref>), as amended by section 103(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f0e6301d5af408aa58b0f4d4120316a"> <section id="id38c36062e9ad4da3bda74eb260864886"><enum>785.</enum><header>Requirement for certification by importer or other party</header> <subsection id="idea7c4df06e934c689bd19376e1e65ef7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header> <paragraph id="id3e6765f319a14d7eaca46e1b7b34f120"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For imports of merchandise into the customs territory of the United States, the administering authority may require an importer or other party—</text>
<subparagraph id="id78038a1ad61f4ae8bf28f7dee023b4d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide a certification described in paragraph (2) at the time of entry or with the entry summary;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idcb48af9eb77b4470a10dd9c88cca3009"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to maintain that certification; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idead6a601cac643ee8b26047b43e860cb"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to otherwise demonstrate compliance with the requirements for that certification.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf837cedbb0a5401a9e6b8dc656814571"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification described</header><text>A certification described in this paragraph is a certification by the importer of the merchandise or other party, as required by the administering authority, including a certification that—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb36f910e2d7b46bbb9a0a4e8e30e38f5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the merchandise is not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding under this title; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0e89e88a805f40259f1e87f04a4a22b1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the inputs used in production, transformation, or processing of the merchandise are not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty under this title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id47fad22eec1349a6a37e4149b8ef931f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Available upon request</header><text>A certification required by the administering authority under paragraph (1), if not already provided, shall be made available upon request to the administering authority or the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (in this section referred to as the <quote>Commissioner</quote>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idcd3dfa37a4884f07ab7d6010d9e8e799"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority To suspend liquidation, collect cash deposits and assess duties</header> <paragraph id="idc69cf43e9a9b4b108560511c085c1e29"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the administering authority requires an importer or other party to provide a certification described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) for merchandise imported into the customs territory of the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) of that subsection, and the importer or other party does not provide that certification or that certification contains any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement or representation or any material omission, the administering authority shall instruct the Commissioner—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9cd19b6301d64fe999ea2620b0ee704c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to suspend liquidation of the entry;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id46ff47c0031241029f9158595db0c7b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to require that the importer or other party post a cash deposit in an amount equal to the antidumping duty or countervailing duty applicable to the merchandise; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id23a3ac1c59c94203b8bb1001737ef573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to assess the appropriate rate of duty upon liquidation or reliquidation of the entry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idbbb11d3e99e741398aa65d50d9883102"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assessment rate</header><text>If no rate of duty for an entry is available at the time of assessment under paragraph (1)(C), the administering authority shall identify the applicable cash deposit rate to be applied to the entry, with the applicable duty rate to be provided as soon as the duty rate becomes available.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9e153c7950044cf7a34bfb2eca7177d4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text>If the administering authority requires an importer or other party to provide a certification described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a) for merchandise imported into the customs territory of the United States pursuant to paragraph (1) of that subsection, and the importer or other party does not provide that certification or that certification contains any false, misleading, or fraudulent statement or representation or any material omission, the importer of the merchandise may be subject to a penalty pursuant to section 592 of this Act, section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, or any other applicable provision of law.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idda0aa05e7e3e4e46b4416e16ef67c609"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by section 103(b), is further amended by inserting after the item relating to section 784 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section" idref="id38c36062e9ad4da3bda74eb260864886">Sec. 785. Requirement for certification by importer or other party.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="idfca4b371e0f64b68863fd1c6b685468d"><enum>303.</enum><header>Clarification of authority for Department of Commerce regarding merchandise covered by antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings</header>
<subsection id="id055bca9f0cc4495fbc349ce0c3c63fc9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle D of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 781 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C0C09F050F243D993C9A3305B409762"> <section id="id139672f6868742869adbc98a32695ef5"><enum>781A.</enum><header>Determinations of merchandise covered under antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding</header> <subsection id="idb10fffd6f6b1471484c1faf7492a55d0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To determine whether merchandise imported into the United States is covered by an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding under this title, the administering authority may use any reasonable method and is not bound by the determinations of any other Federal agency, including tariff classification and country of origin marking rulings issued by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb6babe5ac42943e29e5420843a0dcff4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Class or kind of merchandise</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this title, determinations regarding whether merchandise is the same class or kind may be made under this section or under section 781 in accordance with the criteria set forth in this section or in section 781, as the case may be.</text></subsection> <subsection id="idc82813f2ad904aff9a7f51f79ce5a908"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Origin of merchandise</header><text>To determine the origin of merchandise for purposes of an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding under this title, the administering authority may apply any reasonable method and may consider relevant factors, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ide48b78e8fba140e9a8f55b1460ce3424"><enum>(1)</enum><text>whether the processed downstream product is a different class or kind of merchandise than the upstream product;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1938dbf74cce49b29304f5f09694a75a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the physical characteristics of the merchandise;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0740cb95175648e08b777e22ac5ea18f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the intended end use of the downstream product;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idf553858c3c29417b9568be37d95ce136"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the cost of production and the value added of further processing in a third country or countries;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id54ed1b7fb6604d24af98cfbb6c80972b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the nature and sophistication of processing in a third country or countries;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9c003f31ce1b4e4894a2817c5007b136"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the level of investment in a third country or countries; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idfd77d1beca4a4c4aa751bd432ce9b8a9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>any other factors that the administering authority considers appropriate, including whether an essential characteristic of the merchandise, or an essential component thereof, is substantially transformed in the country of exportation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idb50cf23d0ec047b7abb5cb64a46e252b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 781 the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 781A. Determinations of merchandise covered under antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id2fabdd8762a9428f9f47daa5c2724e9a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reviewable determinations</header><text>Section 516A(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1516a">19 U.S.C. 1516a(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42744b5daf3444b28ad456995cf680f7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (i)(I), by striking <quote>(iv),</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c997232468e48da9a22d9ebed458659"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf8291bafd864a50a8bc55ec388ab4b9"> <clause id="id27b28a14419443478513ffed3e62b688"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date of publication in the Federal Register of notice of a determination described in clause (iv) of subparagraph (B) or, if no such notice is published, the date on which the administering authority conveys a copy of such determination to an interested party who is a party to the proceeding,</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idc8481d4bfb8b4256ad1d396adb2c9e4e"><enum>304.</enum><header>Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers</header>
<subsection id="id331a42299d3f4cee823788a076fd29d8"><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:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48020bf96d964f568eb09099626c18de"> <section id="id0a969828e9554851844ecbf8a53237e3"><enum>484c.</enum><header>Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers</header> <subsection id="id74a2341f935149f99e2ac5c9d0dfca25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id5e84850f487b495ba8bfbccba8148f25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Importer; nonresident importer</header><text>The terms <term>importer</term> and <term>nonresident importer</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 641(i).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idd3ddf1e0dea64c19b45264d6351ff3ce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resident importer</header><text>The term <term>resident importer</term> means any importer other than a nonresident importer.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id239c1ded6145496bbefe4148cf3e4177"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for nonresident importers</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall—</text> <paragraph id="idc61964b24ba94aeab66356163ab111d3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>require a nonresident importer that imports merchandise into the United States to maintain assets in the United States sufficient to pay all duties that may potentially be applied to the merchandise; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0171fa5ed4f44072827054b348d89519"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require a bond with respect to the merchandise in an amount sufficient to ensure full liability on the part of a nonresident importer and the surety of the importer based on the amount of assets the Commissioner determines to be sufficient under subsection (c).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id05b5044f5ff8404f8897288c8ab5c303"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Determination of amount of assets required To Be maintained</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b)(1), the Commissioner shall calculate the amount of assets sufficient to pay all duties that may potentially be applied to merchandise imported by a nonresident importer based on an amount that exceeds the amount, calculated using the fair market value of the merchandise, of all duties, fees, interest, taxes, or other charges, and all deposits for duties, fees, interest, taxes, or other charges, that would apply with respect to the merchandise if the merchandise were subject to the highest rate of duty applicable to such merchandise imported from any country.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="idf8ad304aec3e4a958a718fdcc351aa6d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Maintenance of assets in the United States</header>
<paragraph id="id63bccd356a2845ae86ad786d77764870"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b)(1), a nonresident importer of merchandise meets the requirement to maintain assets in the United States if the importer has clear title, at all times between the entry of the merchandise and the liquidation of the entry, to assets described in paragraph (2) with a value equal to the amount determined under subsection (c).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9a7306cf5d9f4921829b4fedc3128b1c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assets described</header><text>An asset described in this paragraph is—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4d633fdf8d9c483387b463c0a0c8fed3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an asset held by a United States financial institution;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9a05e713a4b64cde856a8267fcde8210"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an interest in an entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc2f7a6e5179f429a9cc5817a9a98d11c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an interest in real or personal property located in the United States or any territory or possession of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id4c13d05b5e4447c4a1f541f06d9099a6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The requirements of this section shall not apply with respect to a nonresident importer—</text>
<paragraph id="idcefac4f711c5425ea0127954edef9991"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that 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 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>); or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id95a571532d4643f6ab7296d979c08f26"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the Commissioner is satisfied, based on certified information supplied by the importer and any other relevant evidence, that the Commissioner has the same or equivalent ability to collect all duties that may potentially be applied to merchandise imported by the importer as the Commissioner would have if the importer were a resident importer.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idf83c4d1bc59546868f658219920509af"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Commissioner shall prescribe procedures for assuring that nonresident importers maintain the assets required by subsection (b).</text></subsection> <subsection id="id6dc52ca2c8334d6a8711589370aa37af"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Penalties</header> <paragraph id="idd6914e9ec69740bf8cd8431b0311d4af"><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="id31efbeab76374019ae8de4a4167b1afb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><text>Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id0299e4575c784240acb6558381b6819e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise described in such paragraph with a domestic value that is equal to or greater than $50,000, be liable for a civil penalty of $50,000 for each such violation; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6ba2838a3990407ca687a3cbd4de276e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of merchandise described in such paragraph with a domestic value that is less than $50,000, be liable for a civil penalty equal to 50 percent of the amount of such domestic value for each such violation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb4a2243d5cd344d6bb32bcf12e082ad2"><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 provision of the customs and trade laws of the United States (as defined in section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/4301">19 U.S.C. 4301</external-xref>)) shall be subject to any applicable civil or criminal penalty, including seizure and forfeiture, that may be imposed under that provision or title 18, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="idef2ebdbae268434d83940014ad448ecf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 484b the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F295E41263E48A883EDE1AC60C98E1A"> <toc> <toc-entry level="section" idref="id0a969828e9554851844ecbf8a53237e3">Sec. 484c. Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="idce3f01ff57da43feba9e21156c2c0244"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date and application</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31f486f3fa4549ce8865c520bf37950c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 484c of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide20fc959e55d412e97bbe856ecb82970"><enum>(A)</enum><text>takes effect on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc98d620db7c94f8b8da5571996875ab2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>applies with respect to merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 180 days after such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id654f59077bb84529a042c2dedf12c108"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadline for procedures</header><text>The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall ensure the procedures required under subsection (f) of section 484c of the Tariff Act of 1930, as added by subsection (a), are prescribed and in effect not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Countering currency undervaluation</header> <section id="idfb3c2515fd3b4c21b70ddde2428b6bd9"><enum>401.</enum><header>Investigation or review of currency undervaluation under countervailing duty law</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 702(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1671a">19 U.S.C. 1671a(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id26a521e9fbe848659ed1cb335a9f30d5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Currency undervaluation</header><text>For purposes of a countervailing duty investigation under this subtitle in which the determinations under clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) are affirmative and the petition includes an allegation of currency undervaluation by the government of a country or any public entity within the territory of a country that meets the requirements of clause (i) of that paragraph, or for purposes of a review under subtitle C with respect to a countervailing duty order involving such an allegation, the administering authority shall examine in its investigation or review whether currency undervaluation by the government of a country or any public entity within the territory of a country is providing, directly or indirectly, a countervailable subsidy.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="idf96629a28519455ba8c74f165aacb5a0"><enum>402.</enum><header>Determination of benefit with respect to currency undervaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 771(5)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(5)(E)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idd8c148713b7147e28e59deb7a465c58d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a comma;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idb6fd8824747a4862b7cc83f7eb8c659f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and</quote>;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0b456edbf7634c80a78b54d3852f9c5e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63df1798c2e14313ba167be1d056c05d"> <clause id="id8c02227845f14eab9bf264ba23d48b76"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in the case of an exchange of an undervalued currency under a unified exchange rate, if there is a difference between the amount of currency received in exchange for United States dollars and the amount of currency that the recipient would have received absent an undervalued currency.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3c60541be1f74b7299432e3791dba20f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the flush text following clause (v), as added by paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: <quote>For purposes of clause (v), a determination of the existence and amount of a benefit from the exchange of an undervalued currency shall take into account a comparison of the exchange rates derived from a methodology determined by the administering authority to be appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances to the relevant actual exchange rates, and whether there is government action on the exchange rate that contributes to an undervaluation of the currency.</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Preventing duty evasion</header> <section id="ida2942c4b54a94f138ef93011533b417d"><enum>501.</enum><header>Limitation on protest against decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders</header> <subsection id="id8da0cc059fbe443b889f456f2eaddae4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of limitation</header><text>Section 514(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1514">19 U.S.C. 1514(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id2de5038f9c8c4476ae0467f4ca249088"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>title, determinations</quote> and inserting <quote>title, or with respect to determinations made under section 517 of this title which are reviewable under section 517(g), determinations</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id3282ec0a00684ebab8448d376af75787"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>a determination listed in section 516A of this title</quote> the following: <quote>or a determination listed in section 517 of this title, as the case may be,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7ff72ce775ea4b79a2110d028535218e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction on investigation of claims of evasion</header><text>Section 517(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1517">19 U.S.C. 1517(h)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that any decision as to the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of covered merchandise in accordance with a determination under subsection (c) and review under subsection (f), if applicable, shall not be subject to a protest of such decision filed in accordance with section 514</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="idb029f8f7311c48ce9a7d497a54e19ddc"><enum>502.</enum><header>Procedures for investigating claims of evasion of safeguard actions</header> <subsection id="idb7524b6c076e4127b8dcdef5fb0c2578"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tariff Act of 1930</header><text>Section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1517">19 U.S.C. 1517</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9d8504ae40a24f64a53adec6e9930b7f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">and safeguard actions</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">orders</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idcc16fff25e894c75b68fbb4cdec2664a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb3eb66a5ad6b4c7c888f7a8672a7d5ec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="id97bc133498294eb58e025b0dc850931d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="id702d081d431649a99867c30955c7063c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idd632804352a44fd7989d41038b89da18"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id320097bd9d7d4d3480aaf7530eeb2e20"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id76a72a0692624899a48e3357b89c6b63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after <quote>applicable antidumping or countervailing duties</quote> the following: <quote>or any applicable safeguard action</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5b8a4f62e37f4f44a92dfd38d9c69dbd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by inserting after <quote>covered merchandise</quote> each place it appears the following: <quote>under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3)</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="idab288cbd6bc244569c131efa38f5ecc9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ideee938c8c80047c2a282ea61ab06093d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="id36a48b81cce8453aac2cc49b36f0897f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting after <quote>(C)</quote> the following: <quote>if the determination relates to covered merchandise under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3),</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id86117587df984ded9413251a12c75fc4" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>of this paragraph</quote> after <quote>subparagraphs (A) and (B)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1da4dfd58914439aafba95ebdafe13a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="id3331c625fd434228aabef77c7dec1f11"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>(D)</quote> the following: <quote>if the determination relates to covered merchandise under subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(3),</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="idbade985fc2be4fc383be5d4c77e4179f" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of this paragraph</quote> after <quote>subparagraphs (A) and (B)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7cc877b5ba9941658463cac6491a4ef9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of <enum-in-header>2015</enum-in-header></header><text>The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id8d8b13bdfc294f24a98ad8ae8e95fad7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 402 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/4361">19 U.S.C. 4361</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf74d49add6e94762b43ba377c8f8d7ba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="id2c5f2226e19d4e25b616af4495d40c52"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></clause>
<clause id="idf36dfcfe5b164fd78d96fdbba7ddbea0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause id="id53770bec987c4d5d926ce8f3cf436cb1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id0067a79605e8469c8d8c2aeb45aa35c5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an action taken under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8642f014f51743faba7e749863de83ca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting after <quote>applicable antidumping or countervailing duties</quote> the following: <quote>or any applicable safeguard action</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2f1dcde51f2e4c80af422158cf582412"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and 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>)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1dd4fe1fefbd4eed8faf51577fa1fa29"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 412 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/4372">19 U.S.C. 4372</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7d149cbba6184a238f5206f3ae54b783"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text> <clause id="id289fd5957b7f4714afe29860ecdb73dd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), respectively; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id458a4c3704834d23aa7a3f4af0dd104a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated by clause (i), the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7953dcd2432a43578449dd86852803bb"> <subparagraph id="idd4a2e58af91a46bfb27c507be89b5b64"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person reasonably suspected of entering covered merchandise into the customs territory of the United States through evasion;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5f2329156b0f4a4b83de5ea42fc18d28"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <clause id="idd096fd22047f4458bd7911eb07f9f217"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="idc842fa26aeb44ab7993eb04ff4887d1e"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively; and</text></subclause> <subclause id="id65da5bf02ebc4dea80895ddffd189ad0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting before clause (ii), as redesignated by subclause (I), the following:</text>
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<clause id="id571120c980ae422480a02586a17d16bf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a person from whom information was requested pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A);</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause> <clause id="id3643d64d2d50447e8ad3405872cb1f52"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>clause (ii) or (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (i), (iii), or (iv)</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idc63d3a9d7fd34c71a97cfec6194bd5ef"><enum>503.</enum><header>Application of provisions relating to certain proprietary information</header>
<subsection id="ide8c8c4fc927b42a591dc2df8b83f0bd7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1517">19 U.S.C. 1517</external-xref>), as amended by section 502(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd49ea83434934bb49bb2bcdcdd2fb671"> <subsection id="id642a99694aa64e549a9ee529329a7a85"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Application of provisions relating to certain proprietary information</header> <paragraph id="id7e4edbb3ef864e12ba9795946227c09f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 777, relating to information submitted in connection with proceedings under title VII, shall apply with respect to information submitted in connection with proceedings under this section to the same extent and in the same manner as those subsections may apply to information submitted in connection with proceedings under title VII.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idda343167fca6495188b5b5f9318a69f8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 777 shall be applied and administered as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="id8655d7a0601f44f8a4cad7978d349394"><enum>(A)</enum><text>By substituting <quote>the Commissioner</quote> for each of the following terms each place those terms appear:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide324d8ad885849b5ad1af1ef03da9085"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>the administering authority or the Commission</quote>.</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf5a34132597c4efeae4d3bdc306172f2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>the administering authority and the Commission</quote>.</text></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d6b4f9cbb8c4a8bb065ea20ceea3db0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>the administering authority</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id241fa88af1a34e4e8096c2fb6e62720d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Paragraphs (1)(A) and (3) of such subsection (b) shall not apply.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc4b21b0b096943e58bb88a69fdcbacc7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The second and third sentences of such subsection (c)(1)(A) shall not apply.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id21c1c7274a3543a88c146a57d046cfc0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In such subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="id8ce9d31da85d44ff8f5a654e2807eda7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subclause id="id5f9085702f28400a897d7b9fbf0c8bb4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by substituting <quote>determine to be appropriate</quote> for <quote>determine to be appropriate, including disbarment from practice before the agency</quote>; and</text></subclause>
<subclause id="id2b1f3ab494484e2ab28346583c577315"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <item id="id94b23bdba1df4f57af7d92477571d07a"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in clause (i), by substituting <quote>14 days</quote> for <quote>14 days (7 days if the submission pertains to a proceeding under section 703(a) or 733(a))</quote>; and</text></item>
<item id="id51a7468d79d14a5e9caeb70109591afd"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in the text following clause (ii)(II), by substituting <quote>30 days</quote> for <quote>30 days (10 days if the submission pertains to a proceeding under section 703(a) or 733(a))</quote>; and</text></item></subclause></clause> <clause id="idc0be12dfcc834632a16ebf4d429e474a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by substituting <quote>United States Court of International Trade</quote> for <quote>United States Customs Court</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="id011426e748d84938b0aa335649af751a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to implement subsection (i) of section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1517">19 U.S.C. 1517</external-xref>), as added by subsection (a).</text></subsection> <subsection id="id7b871a33aff7401e9976beaa2aa4b6bc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>General provisions</header>
<section id="id0488bdcdfea94139a790573ccfb2cf91"><enum>601.</enum><header>Application to Canada and Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Pursuant to section 418 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/4588">19 U.S.C. 4588</external-xref>), the amendments made by this Act apply with respect to goods from Canada and Mexico.</text></section> <section id="id89400efa962a443b905a6c88328b56e7"><enum>602.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="id9990679265ad447ca69cb541c58b251f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided by subsection (b) or (c), the amendments made by this Act apply to countervailing duty investigations initiated 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>), antidumping duty investigations initiated under subtitle B of title VII of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673">19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.</external-xref>), reviews initiated under subtitle C of title VII of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1675">19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.</external-xref>), and circumvention inquiries requested under section 781 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677j">19 U.S.C. 1677j</external-xref>), on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="id8a7c930ae8f845fea520b26197da237a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph id="id42f4ebb9288448fe950058e6e190572e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), the amendments made by this Act apply to—</text> <subparagraph id="idcd22ce9601b44648b1d2835e3d1bda4e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>investigations or reviews 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>) pending on the date of the enactment of this Act if the date on which the fully extended preliminary determination is scheduled is not earlier than 45 days after such date of enactment;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idd793abf27b4c4cb7abd4c234012f4318"><enum>(B)</enum><text>circumvention inquiries initiated under section 781 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677j">19 U.S.C. 1677j</external-xref>) before and pending on such date of enactment; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1c543700ea67441fa039e60052f79b76"><enum>(C)</enum><text>circumvention inquiries requested under section 781 of such Act but not initiated before such date of enactment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id34b298940a084b8fb1aaa3c552874e1e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadlines for circumvention inquiries</header>
<subparagraph id="id683b633ec93444f69d7a9381deeea09e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Determinations</header><text>In this case of a circumvention inquiry described in paragraph (1)(B), subsection (f)(4) of section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677j">19 U.S.C. 1677j</external-xref>), as amended by section 301(a), shall be applied and administered—</text> <clause id="id4e8ee0065f43497299c3d2488d9d974c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by substituting <quote>the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act</short-title></quote> for <quote>the date on which the administering authority initiates a circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A)</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="id768b5fb0c1c4447084b16abe50905aa4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by substituting <quote>the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act</short-title></quote> for <quote>the filing of the inquiry request</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id073fad125c724dfdbd1ea67c0144842d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Actions with respect to inquiry requests</header><text>In the case of a circumvention inquiry described in paragraph (1)(C), 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>)) shall, not later than 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, take an action described in subsection (f)(3) of section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677j">19 U.S.C. 1677j</external-xref>), as amended by section 301(a), with respect to the inquiry.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6e2d9099b8c047bb89f864c82ffa2d83" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retroactive application of provision on determination of normal value to account for distortions of costs that occur in foreign countries</header><text>The amendments made by section 204 apply to—</text> <paragraph id="idea75d2fa4306409aa4776ce7057cb46b" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>antidumping duty investigations initiated 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>) on or after June 29, 2015;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3af40dda75f848e4b9d98802db99a29c" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>reviews initiated under subtitle C of title VII of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1675">19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.</external-xref>) on or after June 29, 2015;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7a8ac8e77b0f401880580bd6e38e2760" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection resulting from an investigation specified in paragraph (1) or a review specified in paragraph (2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7917c0b2d4e64aba83e739ccfa0dd716" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>civil actions, criminal proceedings, and other proceedings before a Federal court relating to proceedings specified in paragraph (1) or (2) or actions specified to in paragraph (3) in which final judgment has not been entered on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>