[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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                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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  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
                      
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                                           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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