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US S1856

US S1856
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act


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Introduced
06/07/2023
In Committee
06/07/2023
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025

Introduced Session

118th Congress

Bill Summary

A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws, and for other purposes.

AI Summary

This bill, the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws. Key provisions include: establishing special rules for determining material injury in successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations; addressing cross-border subsidies in countervailing duty investigations; modifying the definition of "ordinary course of trade" to specify that insufficient quantity of foreign-like products constitutes a situation outside the ordinary course of trade; modifying adjustments to export price and constructed export price with respect to duty drawback; modifying the determination of normal value to account for cost distortions in foreign countries; establishing special rules for calculating cost of production and constructed value to address distorted costs; and modifying requirements in circumvention inquiries. The bill also addresses currency undervaluation, duty evasion, and other general provisions.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (21)

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (on 06/07/2023)

Bill Topics

Foreign Trade
  • ‐ Exchange Rates and Foreign Currency
  • ‐ Tariff and Import Restrictions

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Document Type Source Location Created
State Bill Page https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1856/all-info 06/08/2023
BillText https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s1856/BILLS-118s1856is.pdf 07/06/2023
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