,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bicg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg 
7legislative day1 ,september #bb71      
#bjbc,mr4 ,brown 7for himself and ,mr4  
,tuberville7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to increase the rate of duty         
applicable to certain ferrosilicon      
produced in the ,russian ,federation or 
the ,republic of ,belarus and to require
 a domestic production assessment before
 increasing rates of duty applicable to 
products of the ,russian ,federation and
 the ,republic of ,belarus under the    
,suspending ,normal ,trade ,relations   
with ,russia and ,belarus ,act1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,increasing    
,american ,ferrosilicon ,production     
,act4  #b4 ,increase in rate of duty for
 certain ferrosilicon imported from the 
,russian ,federation and the ,republic  
of ,belarus  7a7 ,in general ,pursuant  

to the authority provided by section    
#c7;b7 of the ,suspending ,normal ,trade
 ,relations with ,russia and ,belarus   
,act 7,public ,law #aag-aaj2 #ai        
,u4,s4,c4 #bdcd note71 the ,president   
shall proclaim an increase in the rate  
of duty applicable to ferrosilicon      
described in subsection 7b7 to #ce      
percent ad valorem4  7b7 ,ferrosilicon  
described ,ferrosilicon described in    
this subsection is ferrosilicon-- 7#a7  
classified under subheading #gbjb4ba4ej 
of the ,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of 
the ,united ,states2 and  7#b7 produced 
in the ,russian ,federation or the      
,republic of ,belarus4  #c4             
,modification of authority to proclaim  
increased rates of duty for products of 
the ,russian ,federation and the        
,republic of ,belarus  7a7 ,requirement 
for domestic production assessment      
,section #c7;b7 of the ,suspending      
,normal ,trade ,relations with ,russia  
and ,belarus ,act 7,public ,law         
#aag-aaj2 #ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdcd note7 is  

amended-- 7#a7 by redesignating         
paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c7 as paragraphs  
7#c7 and 7#d71 respectively2 and  7#b7  
by inserting after paragraph 7#a7 the   
following3  7#b7 ,domestic production   
assessment  7,a7 ,comment period ,not   
later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of the ,increasing        
,american ,ferrosilicon ,production     
,act1 the ,united ,states ,trade        
,representative shall publish in the    
,federal ,register a notice providing   
for a comment period1 which shall remain
 open until the date specified in       
paragraph 7#d71 for the submission of   
comments regarding-- 7i7 which products 
of the ,russian ,federation or the      
,republic of ,belarus are also produced 
in the ,united ,states2 and  7ii7 for   
each such product-- 7,i7 the ability of 
,united ,states producers to increase   
production to meet demand in the ,united
 ,states for the product1 accounting for
 any projected decreases in imports of  
the product from the ,russian           

,federation or the ,republic of ,belarus
 that would result from increased rates 
of duty proclaimed under paragraph 7#a7 
with respect to such imports2 and       
7,,ii7 data supporting information      
submitted under subclause 7,i74  7,b7   
,notification to congress ,if1 based on 
an assessment of comments submitted     
under subparagraph 7,a71 the ,trade     
,representative determines that ,united 
,states producers have the ability to   
increase production to meet ,united     
,states demand for a product described  
in clause 7i7 of that subparagraph1 the 
,trade ,representative shall-- 7i7      
notify ,congress2  7ii7 indicate whether
 the ,president will proclaim an        
increase in the rate of duty applicable 
to imports of the product from the      
,russian ,federation or the ,republic of
 ,belarus under paragraph 7#a72 and     
7iii7 if the ,president will not        
proclaim such an increase1 explain the  
reasoning for the decision not to       
proclaim such an increase4  4  7b7      

,extension of authority ,paragraph 7#d7 
of section #c7;b7 of the ,suspending    
,normal ,trade ,relations with ,russia  
and ,belarus ,act 7,public ,law         
#aag-aaj2 #ai ,u4,s4,c4 #bdcd note71 as 
redesignated by subsection 7a77#b71 is  
further amended by striking #bjbd and   
inserting #bjbe4