S.Amdt. 4690

SA 4690. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee
on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN DUTIES FOR IMPORTS FROM
MEMBERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION.

(a) In General.--Any duty imposed under section 122 or 301
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132 and 2411) on or
after February 20, 2026, shall not apply to any article
imported from a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
(b) Refunds.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law,
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall,
not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, refund, with interest, to each importer of an
article described in subsection (a) all duties described in
that subsection and paid with respect to the article.
(2) Reliquidation authority.--In the case of an entry of an
article described in subsection (a) that was liquidated
before the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Commissioner shall reliquidate the entry at the rate of duty
applicable to the article in the absence of any duty
described in subsection (a) in order to pay a refund required
under that subsection.
(c) Termination.--The exemption under subsection (a)
terminates on the date that is 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(d) Entry Defined.--In this section, the term ``entry''
includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
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