[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 18, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1212-S1213]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4463. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee 
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:


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       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. EXEMPTION OF ARTICLES OF FOOD FROM CERTAIN 
                   COUNTRIES FROM CERTAIN DUTIES.

       (a) In General.--A duty imposed pursuant to section 122 of 
     the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132) shall not apply with 
     respect to an article of food imported into the United States 
     from a country to which the United States has extended normal 
     trade relations.
       (b) Retroactive Application for Certain Liquidations and 
     Reliquidations.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff 
     Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, 
     in the case of an entry of an article of food exempt under 
     subsection (a) that was made before the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
     Protection shall liquidate or reliquidate the entry at the 
     rate of duty applicable to the article in the absence of any 
     duty imposed pursuant to section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 
     (19 U.S.C. 2132).
       (c) Prohibition on Imposition of Certain Duties.--On or 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
     may not impose any duty on an article of food imported into 
     the United States from a country to which the United States 
     has extended normal trade relations, unless such duty was 
     enacted pursuant to--
       (1) a joint resolution or an Act of Congress approving such 
     duty;
       (2) section 201 or 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
     2251 and 2411);
       (3) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 
     U.S.C. 1862); or
       (4) title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et 
     seq.).
       (d) Article of Food Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``article of food'' means--
       (1) food for use;
       (2) products chiefly used as food for animals or as 
     ingredients in such food;
       (3) agricultural commodities (as defined in section 102 of 
     the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5602));
       (4) articles used for packaging and containing articles 
     described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3); and
       (5) seeds, fertilizers, manures, and agro-chemicals.
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