[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3691]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 672. Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1290. LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS ON AUTHORITY OF 
                   PRESIDENT TO MODIFY CERTAIN DUTY RATES AND 
                   IMPOSE CERTAIN DUTIES OR OTHER IMPORT 
                   RESTRICTIONS.

       (a) Limitation on Authority of President to Modify Duty 
     Rates for National Security Reasons.--
       (1) Authority to modify duty rates for national security 
     reasons.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     except as provided in paragraph (3), the President may 
     proclaim a new or additional national security duty on an 
     article imported into the United States only if--
       (A) the President, not later than 30 calendar days after 
     making the national security determination that is the basis 
     for the new or additional duty, submits to the International 
     Trade Commission the duty proposal, including--
       (i) a description of each article for which the President 
     recommends a new or additional duty;
       (ii) the proposed new or additional duty rate; and
       (iii) the proposed duration of that rate;
       (B) the President, not later than 15 calendar days after 
     submitting the duty proposal under subparagraph (A), submits 
     to Congress a request for authorization to modify duty rates 
     in accordance with that duty proposal, including--
       (i) a report by the Secretary of Defense explaining why the 
     proposal is in the interest of national security; and
       (ii) a report by the International Trade Commission 
     assessing the likely impact of the proposal on the economy of 
     the United States as a whole and specific industry sectors;
       (C) the President consults with the Committee on Finance 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Armed 
     Services of the House of Representatives regarding the duty 
     proposal under subparagraph (A), including--
       (i) the short-term and long-term goals of the proposal;
       (ii) an action plan to achieve those goals; and
       (iii) plans to consult with officials of countries impacted 
     by the proposal to resolve any issues relating to the 
     proposal; and
       (D) a joint resolution of approval under paragraph (2) is 
     enacted.
       (2) Joint resolution of approval.--
       (A) Joint resolution of approval defined.--In this 
     paragraph, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means a 
     joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause 
     of which is as follows: ``That Congress authorizes the 
     President to proclaim duty rates as set forth in the request 
     of the President on ___________