S.Amdt. 6724

SA 6724. Mr. WARNOCK submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 6711 submitted by Mrs. Britt (for Ms. Graham (for
herself and Mr. Blumenthal)) and intended to be proposed to the bill
H.R. 5334, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early
childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 113, insert after subsection (f) the following:
(g) Process for Imposition of Duties.--
(1) Establishment of committee.--Before imposing any duties
under this section, the United States Trade Representative
shall establish a committee, modeled off the Section 301
Committee established under section 2002.3 of title 15, Code
of Federal Regulations, to conduct investigations under
paragraph (2)(B).
(2) Consultations and investigations.--Before the
imposition of a duty under subsection (a) or (e) with respect
to goods imported from a country, or the modification or
adjustment of the rate of such a duty under subsection (b)--
(A) the Trade Representative shall consult with the
government of the country; and
(B) the committee established under paragraph (1) shall
conduct an investigation into whether the country meets the
criteria for the imposition of such a duty.
(3) Elements of investigations.--In conducting an
investigation under paragraph (2)(B) with respect to a
country, the committee established under paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) hold a public hearing; and
(B) determine and publish a list of the key goods imported
into the United States from the country that includes an
assessment, for each such good, of whether--
(i) the good can be obtained from other sources without
paying duties; and
(ii) industries and consumers in the United States are
likely to experience shortages of or price increases for the
good.

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