Sec. 432. Annual report on prevention of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders
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Not later than February 28 of each year, beginning in 2016, the Commissioner, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the efforts being taken to prevent and investigate evasion. Each report required under subsection
(a)shall include— for the calendar year preceding the submission of the report— a summary of the efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion; the number of allegations of evasion received and the number of allegations of evasion resulting in any administrative, civil, or criminal actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any other agency; a summary of the completed administrative inquiries of evasion, including the number and nature of the inquiries initiated, conducted, or completed, as well as their resolution; with respect to inquiries that lead to issuance of a penalty notice, the penalty amounts; the amounts of antidumping and countervailing duties collected as a result of any actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any other agency; a description of the allocation of personnel and other resources of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prevent, identify, and investigate evasion, including any assessments conducted regarding the allocation of such personnel and resources; and a description of training conducted to increase expertise and effectiveness in the prevention, identification, and investigation of evasion; and a description of U.S. Customs and Border Protection processes and procedures to prevent and identify evasion, including— the specific guidelines, policies, and practices used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to ensure that allegations of evasion are promptly evaluated and acted upon in a timely manner; an evaluation of the efficacy of such existing guidelines, policies, and practices; identification of any changes since the last report that have materially improved or reduced the effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion; a description of the development and implementation of policies for the application of single entry and continuous bonds for entries of covered merchandise to sufficiently protect the collection of antidumping and countervailing duties commensurate with the level of risk on noncollection; the processes and procedures for increased cooperation and information sharing with the Department of Commerce, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any other relevant Federal agencies to prevent and identify evasion; and identification of any recommended policy changes of other Federal agencies or legislative changes to improve the effectiveness of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to prevent and identify evasion.