[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3376 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3376

 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of 
 steel and aluminum products retroactively approved for exclusion from 
              certain duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 30, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of 
 steel and aluminum products retroactively approved for exclusion from 
              certain duties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN STEEL AND ALUMINUM PRODUCTS 
              RETROACTIVELY ELIGIBLE FOR EXCLUSION FROM ADDITIONAL 
              DUTIES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection shall liquidate or reliquidate each entry of a 
covered product on which duties under section 232 of the Trade 
Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) were paid before the date of the 
enactment of this Act without an assessment of such duties.
    (b) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may be made under 
subsection (a) with respect to an entry of an article only if a request 
therefor is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, that 
contains sufficient information to enable U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection--
            (1) to identify and reconstruct the entry, if necessary; 
        and
            (2) to verify that the article is a covered product.
    (c) Refunds.--Any refunds owed by the United States pursuant to the 
liquidation or reliquidation of an entry under this section shall be 
paid, without interest, not later than 90 days after the date of the 
liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be).
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered product.--The term ``covered product'' means a 
        product that--
                    (A) is eligible for exclusion from additional 
                duties imposed by the President under section 232 of 
                the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) on 
                imports of--
                            (i) steel articles classifiable under 
                        heading 9903.80.01 of the Harmonized Tariff 
                        Schedule of the United States; or
                            (ii) aluminum articles classifiable under 
                        heading 9903.85.01 of such Schedule; and
                    (B) was granted such exclusion through an approval 
                for retroactive application issued by the Department of 
                Commerce during 2020 or 2021.
            (2) Enter; entry.--The terms ``enter'' and ``entry'' 
        include a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
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