[House Document 116-117]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-117
NATIONAL EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND DEADLINES FOR
CERTAIN ESTIMATED PAYMENTS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A NOTIFICATION DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY TO CONSIDER
TAKING APPROPRIATE ACTION TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND DEADLINES FOR IMPORTERS
SUFFERING SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF COVID-19, PURSUANT
TO 50 U.S.C. 1631; PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 301; (90 STAT. 1257); AND 19
U.S.C. 1318(a)
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April 22, 2020.--Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
99-011 WASHINGTON : 2020
The White House,
Washington, April 22, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: In Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020
(Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), I exercised my
authority to declare that the outbreak of coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) in the United States constitutes a national
emergency. To provide additional authority to the Secretary of
the Treasury (Secretary) to respond to this national emergency,
and in accordance with section 301 of the National Emergencies
Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), I have issued an Executive Order invoking
section 1318(a) of title 19, United States Code, to allow the
Secretary to exercise the authority under that section to
extend during the continuance of such emergency the time
prescribed therein for the performance of any act. The
Executive Order directs the Secretary to consider taking
appropriate action under that section to temporarily extend
deadlines, for importers suffering significant financial
hardship because of COVID-19, for the estimated payments
described therein, other than those assessed pursuant to
sections 1671, 1673, 1862, 2251, and 2411 of title 19, United
States Code.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump.
Executive Order
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National Emergency Authority To Temporarily Extend Deadlines for
Estimated Payments
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.), and in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of March 13,
2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a
national emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new)
coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation's
healthcare systems, I hereby order as follows:
Section 1. Emergency Authority. (a) To provide additional
authority to the Secretary of the Treasury (Secretary) to
respond to the national emergency declared by Proclamation
9994, the authority at section 1318(a) of title 19, United
States Code, to extend during the continuance of such emergency
the time prescribed therein for the performance of any act is
invoked and made available, according to its terms, to the
Secretary.
(b) The Secretary shall consider taking appropriate action
under section 1318(a) of title 19, United States Code, to
temporarily extend deadlines, for importers suffering
significant financial hardship because of COVID-19, for the
estimated payments described therein, other than those assessed
pursuant to sections 1671, 1673, 1862, 2251, and 2411 of title
19, United States Code.
(c) The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of
Homeland Security or his designee before exercising, as invoked
and made available under this order, any of the authority set
forth in section 1318(a) of title 19, United States Code.
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall
be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) The authority granted by law to an executive
department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or in equity by any party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, April 18, 2020.
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