,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eefd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ag  
7legislative day1 ,december #af71       
#bjbd,mr4 ,scott of ,florida introduced 
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to increase the   
rate of duty on garlic originating from 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stop ,eating ,waste ,and ,guarantee
 ,excellence for ,garlic ,assurance and 
,regulatory ,legislation to ,inhibit    
,chinese ,imports ,tariff ,act of #bjbd 
or the ,,sewage ,,garlic ,imports       
,tariff ,act of #bjbd4  #b4 ,sense of   
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that imports of garlic originating from 
the ,people's ,republic of ,china1      
whether fresh or preserved1 should be   
prohibited4  #c4 ,duty increase on      
garlic from the ,people's ,republic of  
,china  7a7 ,in general ,an article     
described in subsection 7b7 shall be    

subject to a rate of duty of #ajj per   
kilogram4  7b7 ,articles described ,an  
article described in this subsection is 
any of the following originating from   
the ,people's ,republic of ,china3 7#a7 
,fresh or chilled garlic classified     
under subheading #jgjc4bj4jj of the     
,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of the    
,united ,states 7in this subsection     
referred to as the ,,hts74  7#b7 ,frozen
 garlic classified under statistical    
reporting number #jgaj4hj4igee of the   
,,hts4  7#c7 ,dried or dehydrated garlic
 classified under subheading #jgab4ij4dj
 of the ,,hts4  7#d7 ,garlic1 prepared  
or preserved otherwise than by vinegar  
or acetic acid1 classified under        
subheading #bjjd4ij4he or #bjje4ii4ig of
 the ,,hts4  7#e7 ,essential oil of     
garlic classified under statistical     
reporting number #ccja4bi4eaae of the   
,,hts4  7c7 ,applicability ,subsection  
7a7 applies to articles entered1 or     
withdrawn from warehouse for            
consumption1 on or after the date that  

is #ae days after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act4  #d4            
,availability of amounts for grant      
program for domestic growers of garlic  
7a7 ,establishment ,there is established
 in the ,treasury of the ,united ,states
 a trust fund1 consisting of-- 7#a7     
amounts transferred to the trust fund   
under subsection 7b72 and  7#b7 any     
amounts that may be credited to the     
trust fund under subsection 7c74  7b7   
,transfer of amounts  7#a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of the ,treasury shall  
transfer to the trust fund established  
under subsection 7a71 from the general  
fund of the ,treasury1 for fiscal year  
#bjbe and each fiscal year thereafter1  
an amount equivalent to the amount      
received into the general fund during   
that fiscal year and attributable to    
duties imposed under section #c4  7#b7  
,frequency of transfers ,the ,secretary 
shall transfer amounts required by      
paragraph 7#a7 to be transferred to the 
trust fund established under subsection 

7a7 not less frequently than quarterly4 
7c7 ,investment of amounts  7#a7        
,investment of amounts ,the ,secretary  
shall invest such portion of the trust  
fund established under subsection 7a7 as
 is not required to meet current        
withdrawals in interest-bearing         
obligations of the ,united ,states or in
 obligations guaranteed as to both      
principal and interest by the ,united   
,states4  7#b7 ,interest and proceeds   
,the interest on1 and the proceeds from 
the sale or redemption of1 any          
obligations held in the trust fund      
established under subsection 7a7 shall  
be credited to and form a part of the   
trust fund4  7d7 ,availability of funds 
for specialty crop block grants  7#a7   
,in general ,amounts in the trust fund  
established under subsection 7a7 shall  
be available1 without further           
appropriation1 to the ,secretary of     
,agriculture to make grants to ,states  
under the specialty crop block grant    
program established under section #aja  

of the ,specialty ,crops                
,competitiveness ,act of #bjjd 7,public 
,law #ajh-dfe2 #g ,u4,s4,c4 #afba note71
 to be used by ,state departments of    
agriculture to support domestic         
producers of garlic4  7#b7              
,determination ,notwithstanding         
subsections 7b7 and 7c7 of section #aja 
of the ,specialty ,crops                
,competitiveness ,act of #bjjd 7,public 
,law #ajh-dfe2 #g ,u4,s4,c4 #afba note71
 the ,secretary of ,agriculture shall   
determine the recipients and amounts of 
grants under paragraph 7#a7 in such     
manner as the ,secretary of ,agriculture
 determines to be appropriate to support
 domestic producers of garlic4  7#c7    
,effect ,nothing in this subsection     
shall affect the amount of a grant made 
to any ,state under section #aja of the 
,specialty ,crops ,competitiveness ,act 
of #bjjd 7,public ,law #ajh-dfe2 #g     
,u4,s4,c4 #afba note7 using funds made  
available under subsection 7l7 of that  
section1 as determined under subsections

 7b7 and 7c7 of that section4