[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 125 (Thursday, July 30, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4396-S4397]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6724. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 6711 submitted by Mrs. Britt (for Ms. Graham (for 
herself and Mr. Blumenthal)) and intended to be proposed to the bill 
H.R. 5334, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early 
childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 113, insert after subsection (f) the following:
       (g) Process for Imposition of Duties.--
       (1) Establishment of committee.--Before imposing any duties 
     under this section, the United States Trade Representative 
     shall establish a committee, modeled off the Section 301 
     Committee established under section 2002.3 of title 15, Code 
     of Federal Regulations, to conduct investigations under 
     paragraph (2)(B).
       (2) Consultations and investigations.--Before the 
     imposition of a duty under subsection (a) or (e) with respect 
     to goods imported from a country, or the modification or 
     adjustment of the rate of such a duty under subsection (b)--
       (A) the Trade Representative shall consult with the 
     government of the country; and
       (B) the committee established under paragraph (1) shall 
     conduct an investigation into whether the country meets the 
     criteria for the imposition of such a duty.
       (3) Elements of investigations.--In conducting an 
     investigation under paragraph (2)(B) with respect to a 
     country, the committee established under paragraph (1) 
     shall--
       (A) hold a public hearing; and
       (B) determine and publish a list of the key goods imported 
     into the United States from the country that includes an 
     assessment, for each such good, of whether--
       (i) the good can be obtained from other sources without 
     paying duties; and
       (ii) industries and consumers in the United States are 
     likely to experience shortages of or price increases for the 
     good.

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