,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecci  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,august #f1    
#bjbf,ms4 ,alsobrooks 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,coons1 ,mr4 ,kim1  
,ms4 ,blunt ,rochester1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 and
 ,mr4 ,hickenlooper7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to limit the duties that may
 be imposed with respect to school      
supplies and educational materials1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,back-to-,school ,supplies              
,affordability ,act4  #b4 ,sense of     
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that arbitrary and chaotic tariffs      
increase the cost of school supplies for
 students1 families1 teachers1 schools1 
and local governments4  #c4 ,limitation 
on imposition of duties on school       
supplies and educational material  7a7  
,in general ,beginning on the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 no duty     

described in subsection 7b7 applies with
 respect to any item described in       
subsection 7c74  7b7 ,duty described ,a 
duty is described in this subsection if 
the duty imposed on an article exceeds  
the duty in effect for the article on   
,january #ai1 #bjbe1 except if the duty 
was-- 7#a7 imposed pursuant to title    
,,vii of the ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai 
,u4,s4,c4 #afga et seq472 or  7#b7      
proclaimed pursuant to section #bja of  
the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 
#bbea74  7c7 ,items described ,an item  
is described in this subsection if--    
7#a7 the item is an item used in an     
elementary or secondary school          
classroom1 as designated through        
regulations issued by the ,secretary of 
,commerce1 in coordination with the     
,secretary of ,education1 unless there  
is enacted into law a joint resolution  
of disapproval under subsection 7e7 with
 respect to the item2 or  7#b7 the item 
is classified under any of the following
 headings1 subheadings1 and statistical 

reporting numbers of the ,harmonized    
,tariff ,schedule of the ,united        
,states3 7,a7 #cibf4aj 7,office or      
school supplies74  7,b7 #dbjb4ib        
7,backpack and lunchboxes74  7,c7       
#dhbj4aj4bj 7,diaries1 notebooks and    
address books1 bound1 memorandum pads1  
letter pads1 and similar articles74     
7,d7 #dijc 7,children's picture1        
drawing1 or coloring books74  7,e7 #diaj
 7,calendars74  7,f7 #hdga4fj4bj        
7,keyboards74  7,g7 #ifjc4bi4hjaj       
7,hairbrushes74  7,h7 #ifjf 7,pencils1  
crayons1 pencil leads1 pastels1 drawing 
charcoals1 writing or drawing chalks and
 tailors' chalks74  7,i7 #ifjh 7,ball   
point pens1 felt tipped and other porous
 tipped pens and markers1 fountain pens1
 pencil-holders and similar holders1    
parts of the foregoing articles74  7d7  
,report to ,congress ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 and every #ahj  
days thereafter1 the ,secretary of      
,commerce shall submit to the ,committee

 on ,finance of the ,senate and the     
,committee on ,ways and ,means of the   
,house of ,representatives a report that
 includes-- 7#a7 a list of the items    
exempt from the application of duties   
pursuant to this ,act2 and  7#b7 a list 
of the items designated1 during the     
period covered by the report1 by the    
,secretary pursuant to subsection       
7c77#a74  7e7 ,joint resolution of      
disapproval  7#a7 ,joint resolution of  
disapproval defined ,in this section1   
the term joint resolution of disapproval
 means a joint resolution the sole      
matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,that ,congress    
disapproves the designation of  as a    
school supply eligible for exemption    
from duties under section #c of the     
,back-to-,school ,supplies              
,affordability ,act1 notice of which was
 submitted to ,congress on 41 with the  
first blank space being filled with the 
name of the item and the second blank   
space being filled with the date the    

report that contained the designation of
 the item was submitted to ,congress4   
7#b7  ,expedited procedures  ,the       
provisions of subsections 7b7 through   
7f7 of section #aeb of the ,trade ,act  
of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #baib7 apply to 
a joint resolution of disapproval to the
 same extent that such subsections apply
 to joint resolutions under such section
 #aeb4  7#c7  ,rules of the senate and  
the house of representatives  ,this     
subsection is enacted by ,congress--    
7,a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate and the ,house of  
,representatives1 respectively1 and as  
such is deemed a part of the rules of   
each ,house1 respectively1 but          
applicable only with respect to the     
procedure to be followed in that ,house 
in the case of a joint resolution of    
disapproval1 and supersedes other rules 
only to the extent that it is           
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7,b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of either ,house to

 change the rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of that ,house7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    
same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of that ,house4