[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 112 (Saturday, June 28, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S4012]
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  SA 2574. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2360 proposed by Mr. Thune (for Mr. Graham) to the bill 
H.R. 1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. 
Res. 14; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN FOOD ITEMS FROM DUTIES IMPOSED 
                   PURSUANT TO NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION.

       (a) In General.--Duties imposed pursuant to the national 
     emergency declared in Executive Order 14257 (90 Fed. Reg. 
     15041; relating to regulating imports with a reciprocal 
     tariff to rectify trade practices that contribute to large 
     and persistent annual United States goods trade deficits) 
     shall not apply with respect to a food item if the duties are 
     estimated to result in an increase in the final sale price of 
     the food item that exceeds the increase that would occur 
     under a projected annual inflation rate of 2 percent.
       (b) Food Item Defined.--In this section, the term ``food 
     item'' means an item included in the ``foods, feeds, and 
     beverages'' principle end-use commodity category referred to 
     in the International Trade Application Programming Interface 
     of the Bureau of the Census.
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