[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3831 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3831

  To increase duties imposed with respect to autos imported into the 
United States that originate in the People's Republic of China, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 28, 2024

  Mr. Hawley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase duties imposed with respect to autos imported into the 
United States that originate in the People's Republic of China, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting American Autoworkers from 
China Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Control.--The term ``control'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal 
        Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
        Act).
            (2) GATT 1947.--The term ``GATT 1947'' has the meaning 
        given that term in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
        Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).
            (3) HTS.--The term ``HTS'' means the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States.
            (4) Schedule of concessions.--The term ``Schedule of 
        Concessions'' has the meaning given the term ``Schedule XX'' in 
        section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).

SEC. 3. INCREASE OF DUTY ON AUTOS ORIGINATING IN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF 
              CHINA.

    (a) In General.--Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, heading 8703 of the HTS shall be applied and administered with 
respect to imports originating in the People's Republic of China--
            (1) in the column 1 general rate of duty column, by 
        substituting ``100%'' for the rate of duty otherwise 
        applicable; and
            (2) in the column 2 rate of duty column, by substituting 
        ``100%'' for the rate of duty otherwise applicable.
    (b) Modification of Schedule of Concessions to GATT 1994.--With due 
regard for the international obligations of the United States, 
particularly Article XXXVIII of the GATT 1947 requiring any suspension 
of trade agreement concessions to be made on a most-favored nation 
basis, the United States Trade Representative shall take the necessary 
steps to modify the Schedule of Concessions to accommodate the increase 
under subsection (a) in the rate of duty applicable to articles covered 
under heading 8703 of the HTS that originate in the People's Republic 
of China.
    (c) Rules of Origin.--For purposes of this section, an article 
covered under heading 8703 of the HTS originates in the People's 
Republic of China if the article is--
            (1) produced in the People's Republic of China;
            (2) produced by an entity organized under the laws of or 
        otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the People's Republic 
        of China, without regard to the country in which that entity is 
        located; or
            (3) produced by an entity over which control is exercised 
        by an entity organized under the laws of or otherwise subject 
        to the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, without 
        regard to the country in which either such entity is located.
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