H.R.8351 - Formula Act was cosponsored by Adrian Smith, Suzan Delbene, Daniel Kildee, Tom Rice, Danny Davis, Carol Miller, Gwen Moore, Brad Wenstrup, Lloyd Smucker, David Kustoff, Gregory Murphy, Jimmy Panetta, Terri Sewell, John Larson, Judy Chu, Jason Smith, Mike Thompson, Linda Sánchez, Mike Kelly, Bradley Schneider, Donald Beyer, Brian Higgins, Chris Stewart, Dwight Evans, Ron Estes, Vern Buchanan, David Schweikert, Nikema Williams, Robert Menendez, Charles Schumer, Mitch McConnell, Jeanne Shaheen, Ron Johnson, Ben Cardin, Christopher Coons, Thomas Tillis, Tammy Baldwin, Timothy Kaine, Angus King, Lisa Murkowski, Christopher Murphy, Rob Portman, Jacklyn Rosen, Richard Shelby, John Thune, Adrian Smith, Suzan Delbene, Daniel Kildee, Tom Rice, Danny Davis, Carol Miller, Gwen Moore, Brad Wenstrup, Lloyd Smucker, David Kustoff, Gregory Murphy, Jimmy Panetta, Terri Sewell, John Larson, Judy Chu, Jason Smith, Mike Thompson, Linda Sánchez, Mike Kelly, Bradley Schneider, Donald Beyer, Brian Higgins, Chris Stewart, Dwight Evans, Ron Estes, Vern Buchanan, David Schweikert and Nikema Williams.
It was referred to the Ways and Means committee.
This bill provides through December 31, 2022, duty-free treatment to infant formula.
During this time period, articles of infant formula shall not be subject to (1) any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed under subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule; or (2) any other import quotas, tariff-rate quotas, additional duties, or any other duties, fees, exactions, or charges that otherwise would apply to such articles.
Importers shall provide the applicable and anticipated tariff classifications for articles of infant formula on applicable customs entry documents.
117th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products, and for other purposes.
July 13, 2022
Mr. Blumenauer (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Rice of South Carolina, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Wenstrup, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Kustoff, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Panetta, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Chu, Mr. Smith of Missouri, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily rates of duty on imports of certain infant formula products, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Formula Act”.
SEC. 2. Temporary Duty Suspensions for Infant Formula.
(a) In general.—Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) is amended by inserting the following new subheadings in numerical sequence:
| “ | Infant formula, put up for retail sale: | |||||
| 9903.19.19 | Provided for in subheading 1901.10.16, 1901.10.26, 1901.10.36 or 1901.10.44 | Free | No change | No change | ||
| 9903.19.20 | Provided for in subheading 1901.10.29 or 1901.10.49 | Free | No change | No change | ||
| Infant formula: | ||||||
| 9903.19.21 | Provided for in subheading 2106.90.97 | Free | No change | No change | ||
| 9903.19.22 | Provided for in subheading 2106.90.99 | Free | No change | No change | ”. |
(b) Effective date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after the date of enactment of this Act and before the close of December 31, 2022.
(c) Waiver of other duties or safeguards.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period described in subsection (b), articles of infant formula that are classifiable under any subheading added by the amendments made by subsection (a) shall not be subject to—
(1) any additional safeguard duties that may be imposed under subchapter IV of chapter 99 of the HTS; or
(2) any other import quotas, tariff-rate quotas, additional duties, or any other duties, fees, exactions, or charges that otherwise would apply to such articles.
(d) Entry requirements.—In seeking to enter articles of infant formula duty-free under this Act, importers shall provide the applicable tariff classification for such articles under chapter 19 or chapter 21 along with the anticipated tariff classification under subchapter III of chapter 99 (as added by subsection (a)) on applicable customs entry documents.
You can read the bill here.
