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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 2900
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prevent the circumvention of antidumping
and countervailing duties by nonmarket economy countries, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
Ms. BALDWIN (for herself, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CASSIDY, and Ms. STABENOW)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prevent the circumven-
tion of antidumping and countervailing duties by non-
market economy countries, 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 ‘‘Play by the Rules Act
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of 2019’’.
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SEC.
2.
PREVENTION
OF
CIRCUMVENTION
OF
ANTI-
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DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES BY
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NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES.
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Section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
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1677j) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(3) TREATMENT
OF
MERCHANDISE
FROM
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NONMARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES.—
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‘‘(A) EXCLUSION OF APPLICATION OF EX-
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CEPTION.—With respect to merchandise from
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nonmarket economy countries, the exception in
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paragraph (2) shall not apply.
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‘‘(B) INCLUSION OF MERCHANDISE OUT-
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SIDE OF SCOPE.—With respect to merchandise
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from nonmarket economy countries, the admin-
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istering authority may consider any such mer-
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chandise that is altered in form or appearance
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in minor respects (including raw agricultural
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products that have undergone minor processing)
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as being subject to paragraph (1) notwith-
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standing that such merchandise was not in-
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cluded in the scope of the investigation, order,
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or finding described in such paragraph.’’;
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(2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as
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subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and
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(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
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lowing:
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‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MERCHANDISE FROM
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NONMARKET
ECONOMY
COUNTRIES.—If the admin-
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istering authority finds that imports into the United
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States of merchandise from a nonmarket economy country
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have increased and imports of the merchandise are inter-
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changeable in the market with imports of merchandise
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subject to an antidumping duty order issued under section
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736, a finding issued under the Antidumping Act, 1921,
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or a countervailing duty order issued under section 706
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or section 303, the administering authority may include
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within the scope of such order or finding the merchandise
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imported from the nonmarket economy country at any
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time such order or finding is in effect.’’.
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