S.Amdt. 6203

SA 6203. Mr. CASSIDY (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1271. LIST OF NON-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE ZONES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
identify and publish, on a publicly accessible internet
website, a list of non-United States free trade zones that
includes the identity, location, and administrators of each
such zone.
(b) Periodic Reviews.--The Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall
review the list of non-United State free trade zones required
by subsection (a) on a periodic basis, and not less
frequently than annually--
(1) to ensure the information included for each zone is
correct;
(2) to add new zones to the list; and
(3) to remove zones no longer in existence from the list.
(c) Non-united States Free Trade Zone Defined.--
(1) In general.--In this section, the term ``non-United
States free trade zone'' means a designated area within the
customs territory of a foreign country that is treated for
purposes of payment of duties or taxes as though the area
were located outside the customs territory of that country.
(2) Synonymous terms.--Synonymous terms commonly used to
refer to zones described in paragraph (1) include ``free
zones'', ``special economic zones'', ``export processing
zones'', ``free economic zones'', and ``freeports''.
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