Sec. 2. Sense of Congress
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It is the sense of Congress that— driven by the COVID–19 pandemic and other global factors, the volume of low-value imports into the United States that are eligible for an administrative exemption from duties under section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1321 ), known as the de minimis exemption, has accelerated in recent years; as the patterns of trade change, it is necessary to periodically review customs procedures to ensure that those procedures are sufficient to protect the revenue of the United States, provide for the interdiction of illicit goods, and otherwise facilitate legitimate trade and the appropriate use of customs resources; since the amendment to section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930 made by section 901 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–125 ; 130 Stat. 223), growth in the direct-to-consumer model of business has accelerated attempts to ship illicit drugs and other unauthorized products through low-value shipments and tariff-based remedies seeking to ensure a level playing field for United States workers have increased; and as such, the conditions of trade require Congress to reevaluate the purpose and intent of the powers delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury under section 321 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as so amended, to both protect the revenue of the United States and properly scrutinize shipments subject to an administrative exemption established under that section.
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