H.R. 8351 — Introduced in House

I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8351 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 13, 2022Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Chu, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Formula Act. 2. Temporary Duty Suspensions for Infant Formula (a) In general Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is amended by inserting the following new subheadings in numerical sequence: Infant formula, put up for retail sale: 9903.19.19Provided for in subheading 1901.10.16, 1901.10.26, 1901.10.36 or 1901.10.44 FreeNo changeNo change9903.19.20 Provided for in subheading 1901.10.29 or 1901.10.49 FreeNo changeNo changeInfant formula:9903.19.21Provided for in subheading 2106.90.97 FreeNo changeNo change9903.19.22Provided for in subheading 2106.90.99 FreeNo changeNo change . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and before the close of December 31, 2022. (c) Waiver of other duties or safeguards Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period described in subsection (b), articles of infant formula that are classifiable under any subheading added by the amendments made by subsection (a) shall not be subject to— (1) any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed under subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the HTS; or (2) any other import quotas, tariff-rate quotas, additional duties, or any other duties, fees, exactions, or charges that otherwise would apply to such articles. (d) Entry requirements In seeking to enter articles of infant formula duty-free under this Act, importers shall provide the applicable tariff classification for such articles under chapter 19 or chapter 21 along with the anticipated tariff classification under subchapter III of chapter 99 (as added by subsection (a)) on applicable customs entry documents.