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To provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. L

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introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To provide for congressional review of the imposition of duties and other trade measures by the executive branch, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Global Trade Account-

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ability Act of 2017’’.

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SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF UNILATERAL TRADE

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 ACTIONS.

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(a) I

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G

ENERAL

.—Chapter 5 of title I of the Trade

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 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.) is amended by add-

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ing at the end the following:

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‘‘SEC. 155. CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF UNILATERAL

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TRADE ACTIONS.

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‘‘(a) U

NILATERAL

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CTION

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EFINED

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‘‘(1) I

N GENERAL

.—In this section, the term

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‘unilateral trade action’ means any of the following

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actions taken with respect to the importation of an

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article pursuant to a provision of law specified in

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paragraph (2):

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‘‘(A) A prohibition on importation of the

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article.

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‘‘(B) The imposition of or an increase in a

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duty applicable to the article.

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‘‘(C) The imposition or tightening of a tar-

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iff-rate quota applicable to the article.

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‘‘(D) The imposition or tightening of a

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quantitative restriction on the importation of

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the article.

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‘‘(E) The suspension, withdrawal, or pre-

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 vention of the application of trade agreement

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concessions with respect to the article.

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‘‘(F) Any other restriction on importation

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of the article.

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‘‘(2) P

ROVISIONS OF LAW SPECIFIED

.—The

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provisions of law specified in this paragraph are the

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following:

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‘‘(A) Section 122.

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‘‘(B) Title III.

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‘‘(C) Sections 406, 421, and 422.

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‘‘(D) Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930

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(19 U.S.C. 1338).

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‘‘(E) Section 232 of the Trade Expansion

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 Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862).

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‘‘(F) Section 103(a) of the Bipartisan Con-

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gressional Trade Priorities and Accountability

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 Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4202(a)).

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‘‘(G) The Trading with the Enemy Act (50

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U.S.C. 4301 et seq.).

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‘‘(H) The International Emergency Eco-

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nomic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.).

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‘‘(I) Any provision of law enacted to imple-

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ment a trade agreement to which the United

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States is a party.

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‘‘(3) E

 XCEPTION FOR TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS

 

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TO HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE

.—A technical

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correction to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

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United States shall not be considered a unilateral

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trade action for purposes of this section.

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‘‘(b) C

ONGRESSIONAL

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PPROVAL

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EQUIRED

.—Ex-

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cept as provided by subsection (d), a unilateral trade ac-

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tion may not take effect unless—

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