,,ii #aagth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bbjh ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,june #bd1 #bjba,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,carper1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mr4 ,coons1 and ,mr4 ,lankford7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,finance ,a ,,bill ,to require the ,united ,states ,international ,trade ,commission to investigate tariff policies relating to foreign-trade zones4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement ,foreign-,trade ,zone ,modernization ,act of #bjba or the ,,usmca ,,ftz ,modernization ,act of #bjba4 #b4 ,findings ,congress makes the following findings3 7#a7 ,expanding benefits to ,united ,states workers and businesses1 reshoring critical supply chains1 and creating ,united ,states based manufacturing requires analyzing tariff policies1 assessing any negative impacts that tariffs may have on ,united ,states businesses and workers1 and identifying the most effective policy options to correct those impacts and to revisit tariff treatment1 if needed1 particularly with respect to manufactured products exported from countries with which the ,united ,states has a free trade agreement in effect4 7#b7 ,the ,north ,american ,free ,trade ,agreement ,implementation ,act 7,public ,law #ajc-ahb2 #ajg ,stat4 #bjeg7 included a restriction1 in section #bjb7;a77#b77;,a7 of that ,act1 that prevented goods manufactured in foreign-trade zones from receiving preferential tariff treatment under the ,north ,american ,free ,trade ,agreement4 7#c7 ,title ,,vi of division ,o of the ,consolidated ,appropriations ,act1 #bjba 7,public ,law #aaf-bfj7 made a set of technical corrections to the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement ,implementation ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #deja et seq47 and included the same restriction described in paragraph 7#b74 7#d7 ,united ,states manufacturers operating in foreign-trade zones believe that that restriction removes parity with their counterparts in the equivalent of foreign-trade zones under ,mexico and ,canada's export-promotion programs1 which do not have a similar restriction in place4 7#e7 ,canadian and ,mexican manufacturers already enjoy advantages over ,united ,states manufacturers operating in the ,north ,american market as a result of-- 7,a7 ,mexico and ,canada's export-promotion programs and extensive networks of free trade agreements1 including with the ,european ,union and ,japan2 and 7,b7 not being subject to restrictions comparable to the unilateral restrictions on ,united ,states-based manufacturing in foreign-trade zones under the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement ,implementation ,act1 which were carried over from the ,north ,american ,free ,trade ,agreement ,implementation ,act4 7#f7 ,among other things1 the advantages described in paragraph 7#e7 may encourage the location of manufacturing in ,canada and ,mexico1 rather than the ,united ,states4 #c4 ,investigation of tariff policies relating to foreign-trade zones 7a7 ,in general ,the ,united ,states ,international ,trade ,commission shall conduct an investigation to examine-- 7#a7 policies1 particularly differences in tariff treatment by the ,united ,states and ,canada and ,mexico1 that create inequities between products manufactured in the ,united ,states in foreign-trade zones and products manufactured in the equivalent of such zones in ,canada and ,mexico under the ,,usmca 7as defined in section #c of the ,united ,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement ,implementation ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #dejb772 7#b7 any effects those policies have on the cost-competitiveness of products manufactured in the ,united ,states for both the domestic and export markets compared to products manufactured in ,canada or ,mexico under the ,,usmca1 including an analysis by sector and ,state2 and 7#c7 how the foreign-trade zones in the ,united ,states could be better employed to redress and mitigate those inequities4 7b7 ,exclusions from investigation ,the ,commission shall exclude from the investigation required by subsection 7a7 examination of duties imposed under-- 7#a7 chapter #a of title ,,ii the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bbea et seq472 7#b7 title ,,iii of that ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdaa et seq472 7#c7 section #bcb of the ,trade ,expansion ,act of #aifb 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #ahfb72 or 7#d7 any other trade remedy law of the ,united ,states4 7c7 ,assistance from other agencies ,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security and the ,secretary of ,commerce shall make available to the ,commission such information as is necessary for the ,commission to conduct the investigation required by subsection 7a74 7d7 ,report required ,not later than #ah months after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission shall submit to ,congress a report on the investigation required by subsection 7a74