S.Amdt. 2443

SA 2443. Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. Warren) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 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 appropriate place in subtitle H of title X, insert
the following:

SEC. 10___. MODIFICATION OF RULES OF ORIGIN FOR
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS.

(a) Trade Agreements.--Section 308(4)(B) of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``instrumentality, or'' and
inserting ``instrumentality,'';
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting ``, other than an active
pharmaceutical ingredient,'' after ``part of materials''; and
(3) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``, or
(iii) in the case of an article which consists of an active
pharmaceutical ingredient, the pharmaceutical ingredient is
wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of that country or
instrumentality.''.
(b) Federal Acquisition Regulation.--Not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
President shall prescribe regulations to update sections
52.225-5 and 25.003 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations
(or successor regulations) to be consistent with rules of
origin determinations for active pharmaceutical ingredients
made under section 308(4)(B) of the Trade Agreements Act of
1979 (19 U.S.C. 2518(4)(B)), as amended by subsection (a).
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