S.Amdt. 5576

SA 5576. Mr. TOOMEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1276. PROCESS FOR EXCLUSIONS FROM DUTIES UNDER SECTION 301 OF THE TRADE ACT OF 1974.

Section 305 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2415) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(c) Process of Issuing Exclusions From Duties.--

“(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Trade Representative shall establish and maintain a process for--

“(A) issuing exclusions from duties imposed under section 301 for articles subject to such duties; and

“(B) renewing such exclusions in a timely manner.

“(2) Product-wide application.--An exclusion issued or renewed under paragraph (1) with respect to an article shall apply without regard to the importer of the article.”.