S.Amdt. 672

SA 672. Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Kaine) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 XII, add the following:

SEC. 1290. LIMITATIONS AND CONDITIONS ON AUTHORITY OF
PRESIDENT TO MODIFY CERTAIN DUTY RATES AND
IMPOSE CERTAIN DUTIES OR OTHER IMPORT
RESTRICTIONS.

(a) Limitation on Authority of President to Modify Duty
Rates for National Security Reasons.--
(1) Authority to modify duty rates for national security
reasons.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
except as provided in paragraph (3), the President may
proclaim a new or additional national security duty on an
article imported into the United States only if--
(A) the President, not later than 30 calendar days after
making the national security determination that is the basis
for the new or additional duty, submits to the International
Trade Commission the duty proposal, including--
(i) a description of each article for which the President
recommends a new or additional duty;
(ii) the proposed new or additional duty rate; and
(iii) the proposed duration of that rate;
(B) the President, not later than 15 calendar days after
submitting the duty proposal under subparagraph (A), submits
to Congress a request for authorization to modify duty rates
in accordance with that duty proposal, including--
(i) a report by the Secretary of Defense explaining why the
proposal is in the interest of national security; and
(ii) a report by the International Trade Commission
assessing the likely impact of the proposal on the economy of
the United States as a whole and specific industry sectors;
(C) the President consults with the Committee on Finance
and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives regarding the duty
proposal under subparagraph (A), including--
(i) the short-term and long-term goals of the proposal;
(ii) an action plan to achieve those goals; and
(iii) plans to consult with officials of countries impacted
by the proposal to resolve any issues relating to the
proposal; and
(D) a joint resolution of approval under paragraph (2) is
enacted.
(2) Joint resolution of approval.--
(A) Joint resolution of approval defined.--In this
paragraph, the term ``joint resolution of approval'' means a
joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause
of which is as follows: ``That Congress authorizes the
President to proclaim duty rates as set forth in the request
of the President on ___________