,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dgic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #af1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,scott of ,south ,carolina    
7for himself and ,mrs4 ,britt7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
clarify provisions of the ,united       
,states-,mexico-,canada ,agreement      
,implementation ,act and the ,foreign   
,trade ,zones ,act with respect to the  
appropriate tariff treatment of         
merchandise in a ,united ,states        
foreign-trade zone1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,foreign-,trade     
,zone ,export ,enhancement ,act of      
#bjbf4  #b4 ,purpose ,the purpose of    
this ,act is to ensure that             
foreign-trade zones in the ,united      
,states continue-- 7#a7 to operate in   
support of ,united ,states              
competitiveness in manufacturing and    
distribution2 and  7#b7 to create and   

preserve jobs in the ,united ,states4   
#c4 ,rules related to duties imposed on 
foreign-trade zone merchandise  7a7     
,amendments to ,foreign ,trade ,zones   
,act ,section #c of the ,act of ,june   
#ah1 #aicd 7commonly known as the       
,foreign ,trade ,zones ,act7 7#ai       
,u4,s4,c4 #ha;c71 is amended by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3
  7f7 ,export from a foreign-,trade zone
 of certain merchandise manufactured or 
changed in condition ,notwithstanding   
the seventh proviso of subsection 7a7-- 
7#a7 each article subject to the        
procedures described in such proviso and
 classifiable under the heading         
#ihja4jj4ie of the ,harmonized ,tariff  
,schedule of the ,united ,states shall  
enter free of duty in accordance with   
such heading2 and  7#b7 any article     
consisting of components subject to such
 procedures and classifiable under such 
heading shall enter free of duty with   
respect to such components4  4  7b7     
,duty-,free treatment for certain       

articles ,subchapter ,i of chapter #ih  
of the ,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of 
the ,united ,states is amended by       
inserting in numerical sequence the     
following new subheading3               
#ihja4jj4ie,merchandise that is subject 
to duty deferral restrictions of the    
free trade agreement between the ,united
 ,states1 ,mexico1 and ,canada 7#ai     
,u4,s4,c4 #deja1 et seq42 commonly known
 as the ,,usmca7 7or any successor      
agreement7 that is admitted into a      
,united ,states foreign-trade zone1     
manufactured1 or changed in condition   
therein1 and subsequently withdrawn for 
direct exportation to the territory of a
 ,party to that agreement,free 4  #d4   
,implementation and enforcement ,not    
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the         
,commissioner of ,u4,s4 ,customs and    
,border ,protection shall issue such    
regulations as are necessary to         
implement section #c4