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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 644 (EAS) — 114 HR 644 EAS: Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definitions. TITLE I—Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Sec. 101. Improving partnership programs. Sec. 102. Report on effectiveness of trade enforcement activities. Sec. 103. Priorities and performance standards for customs modernization, trade facilitation, and trade enforcement functions and programs.
Sec. 104. Educational seminars to improve efforts to classify and appraise imported articles, to improve trade enforcement efforts, and to otherwise facilitate legitimate international trade. Sec. 105. Joint strategic plan. Sec. 106. Automated Commercial Environment. Sec. 107. International Trade Data System. Sec. 108. Consultations with respect to mutual recognition arrangements. Sec. 109. Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee. Sec. 110. Centers of Excellence and Expertise.
Sec. 111. Commercial Targeting Division and National Targeting and Analysis Groups. Sec. 112. Report on oversight of revenue protection and enforcement measures. Sec. 113. Report on security and revenue measures with respect to merchandise transported in bond. Sec. 114. Importer of record program. Sec. 115. Establishment of new importer program. TITLE II—Import health and safety Sec. 201. Interagency import safety working group. Sec. 202. Joint import safety rapid response plan.
Sec. 203. Training. TITLE III—Import-related protection of intellectual property rights Sec. 301. Definition of intellectual property rights. Sec. 302. Exchange of information related to trade enforcement. Sec. 303. Seizure of circumvention devices. Sec. 304. Enforcement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of works for which copyright registration is pending. Sec. 305. National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. Sec. 306. Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Sec. 307. Personnel dedicated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 308. Training with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights. Sec. 309. International cooperation and information sharing. Sec. 310. Report on intellectual property rights enforcement. Sec. 311. Information for travelers regarding violations of intellectual property rights. TITLE IV—Evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Procedures for investigating claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
Sec. 403. Annual report on prevention and investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders. TITLE V—Amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty laws Sec. 501. Consequences of failure to cooperate with a request for information in a proceeding. Sec. 502. Definition of material injury. Sec. 503. Particular market situation. Sec. 504. Distortion of prices or costs. Sec. 505. Reduction in burden on Department of Commerce by reducing the number of voluntary respondents.
Sec. 506. Application to Canada and Mexico. TITLE VI—Additional trade enforcement and intellectual property rights protection Subtitle A—Trade enforcement Sec. 601. Trade enforcement priorities. Sec. 602. Exercise of WTO authorization to suspend concessions or other obligations under trade agreements. Sec. 603. Trade monitoring. Sec. 604. Establishment of Interagency Trade Enforcement Center. Sec. 605. Establishment of Chief Manufacturing Negotiator. Sec. 606. Enforcement under title III of the Trade Act of 1974 with respect to certain acts, policies, and practices relating to the environment.
Sec. 607. Trade Enforcement Trust Fund. Sec. 608. Honey transshipment. Sec. 609. Inclusion of interest in certain distributions of antidumping duties and countervailing duties. Sec. 610. Illicitly imported, exported, or trafficked cultural property, archaeological or ethnological materials, and fish, wildlife, and plants. Subtitle B—Intellectual property rights protection Sec. 611. Establishment of Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator. Sec. 612. Measures relating to countries that deny adequate protection for intellectual property rights.
TITLE VII—Currency manipulation Subtitle A—Investigation of currency undervaluation Sec. 701. Short title. Sec. 702. Investigation or review of currency undervaluation under countervailing duty law. Sec. 703. Benefit calculation methodology with respect to currency undervaluation. Sec. 704. Modification of definition of specificity with respect to export subsidy. Sec. 705. Application to Canada and Mexico. Sec. 706. Effective date. Subtitle B—Engagement on Currency Exchange Rate and Economic Policies Sec. 711.
Enhancement of engagement on currency exchange rate and economic policies with certain major trading partners of the United States. Sec. 712. Advisory Committee on International Exchange Rate Policy. TITLE VIII—Process for consideration of temporary duty suspensions and reductions Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Sense of Congress on the need for a miscellaneous tariff bill. Sec. 803. Process for consideration of duty suspensions and reductions. Sec. 804. Report on effects of duty suspensions and reductions on United States economy.
Sec. 805. Judicial review precluded. Sec. 806. Definitions. TITLE IX—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 901. De minimis value. Sec. 902. Consultation on trade and customs revenue functions. Sec. 903. Penalties for customs brokers. Sec. 904. Amendments to chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Sec. 905. Exemption from duty of residue of bulk cargo contained in instruments of international traffic previously exported from the United States. Sec. 906. Drawback and refunds.
Sec. 907. Inclusion of certain information in submission of nomination for appointment as Deputy United States Trade Representative. Sec. 908. Biennial reports regarding competitiveness issues facing the United States economy and competitive conditions for certain key United States industries. Sec. 909. Report on certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection agreements. Sec. 910. Charter flights. Sec. 911. Amendment to Tariff Act of 1930 to require country of origin marking of certain castings.
Sec. 912. Elimination of consumptive demand exception to prohibition on importation of goods made with convict labor, forced labor, or indentured labor; report. Sec. 913. Improved collection and use of labor market information. Sec. 914. Statements of policy with respect to Israel. TITLE X—Offsets Sec. 1001. Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes. Sec. 1002. Customs user fees.
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