[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4981]
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SA 5576. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1276. PROCESS FOR EXCLUSIONS FROM DUTIES UNDER SECTION
301 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974.
Section 305 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2415) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Process of Issuing Exclusions From Duties.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this subsection, the Trade Representative
shall establish and maintain a process for--
``(A) issuing exclusions from duties imposed under section
301 for articles subject to such duties; and
``(B) renewing such exclusions in a timely manner.
``(2) Product-wide application.--An exclusion issued or
renewed under paragraph (1) with respect to an article shall
apply without regard to the importer of the article.''.
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