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Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Reform Act

H.R. 8398 Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE-3) In committee
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  1. Introduced May 14
  2. Committee May 14
  3. Passed House Next
  4. Passed Senate Not yet
  5. To President Not yet
  6. Law Not yet
Where it stands
In committee, May 14, 2024Next: House vote
679d ago Dec 17, 2024: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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Summary

This bill temporarily modifies certain import duty rates on a wide range of products by amending the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. It also reauthorizes the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016.

Title I, Temporary duty suspensions and reductions: This title makes temporary changes to import duties on many specific products. Subtitle A creates new duty suspensions or reductions for items such as shelled pine nuts, licorice extract, refined carrageenan, Irish dairy chocolate crumb, pepperoncini in vinegar, coconut water in PET bottles, various chemicals and industrial materials (e.g., 9,11-octadecadienoic acid, liquid galacto-oligosaccharides, tungsten concentrate, neodymium metal, praseodymium metal, heavy rare earth metals, scandium crystals, hexafluorotitanic acid, silica gel cat litter, sulfuryl dichloride, tin oxide, potassium fluoride, lithium hexafluorophosphate, ferric chloride, cupric chloride dihydrate, manganese chloride, reducing agents, potassium tetraborate, ammonium thiocyanate, trichlorosilane, 1,3-dichloropropene, hexafluoroisobutylene, perfluoroalkyl sulfonate, D-mannitol, phenyl isopropanol, hydroxytyrosol, antioxidants, glycol ethers, glycidyl ethers, and many others). Each new heading sets a reduced or zero duty rate, effective until December 31, 2025. Subtitle B extends certain existing duty suspensions and reductions and makes other modifications, including updating article descriptions to the 2022 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Subtitle C sets the effective date and adds eligibility requirements.

Title II, Reauthorization of American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016: This title reauthorizes the American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016.

Summary of the bill text as introduced in House (May 14, 2024), generated by SecBot from the official bill text; the Library of Congress summary is not yet published.

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