S.Amdt. 714

SA 714. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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 X, add the following:

SEC. ___. EXCEPTION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF MANIFEST
INFORMATION FOR THE SHIPMENT OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS
OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCES AND FEDERAL
EMPLOYEES.

Section 431(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1431(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon and ``or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) the shipment consists of used household goods and
personal effects, including personally owned vehicles, which
are items that are for residential or professional use, are
not for commercial resale, and are owned by a private
individual who is--
``(i) an employee, as that term is defined in section 2105
of title 5, United States Code, who is shipping the goods and
effects as part of a transfer of the employee from one
official station to another for permanent duty or the spouse
or dependent, as that term is defined in section 8901 of such
title, of such employee; or
``(ii) a member of a uniformed service, as that term is
defined in section 101 of title 37, United States Code, who
is shipping the goods and effects as part of a permanent
change of station or a dependent, as that term is defined in
section 401 of such title, of such member.''.
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