Import Tax Relief Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 27, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Import Tax Relief Act of 2019
This bill requires the President to establish a process by which certain articles imported from China may be excluded from duties.
Specifically, the bill requires the creation of a process whereby U.S. entities may request that articles imported from China be excluded from duties imposed under the Trade Act of 1974. Such an exclusion must be based on a determination that the article can easily be excluded by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and that (1) the article is not commercially available outside of China or produced at a cost-competitive price, (2) a duty on the article would increase consumer prices for everyday items consumed by low- or middle-income families in the United States, or (3) the article does not directly benefit from nonmarket-based policies of China.
Further, this exclusion applies retroactively to recently imported articles that would have been subject to a lower rate under this bill.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to Jul 8, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Feb 27, 2019 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Mar 12, 2019 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | May 7, 2019 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jun 28, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Doug Jones | Jul 8, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S1783 | James Lankford R-OK | Mar 12, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 3
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 3
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45529 | Trump Administration Tariff Actions: Frequently Asked Questions Archived | Report | Dec 15, 2020 |
| R46604 | Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974: Origin, Evolution, and Use Archived | Report | Dec 14, 2020 |
| R45898 | U.S.-China Relations Archived | Report | Sep 3, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1452 | Import Tax Relief Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Feb 28, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require the establishment of a process for excluding articles imported from the People's Republic of China from certain duties imposed under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Import Tax Relief Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Asia
- China
- Consumer affairs
- Customs enforcement
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Government studies and investigations
- Inflation and prices
- Intellectual property
- Tariffs
- Technology transfer and commercialization
- Trade agreements and negotiations
- U.S. and foreign investments
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
