Sec. 7. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 7 DEFINITIONS In this Act: ####

(1)Appropriate congressional committees The term “**appropriate congressional committees**” means the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate. ####

(2)Commission The term “**Commission**” means the United States International Trade Commission. ####

(3)Commission disclosure form The term “**Commission disclosure form**” means, with respect to a petition for a duty suspension or reduction, a document submitted by a petitioner to the Commission that contains the following: #####

(A)The contact information for any known importers of the article to which the proposed duty suspension or reduction would apply. #####

(B)A certification by the petitioner that the proposed duty suspension or reduction is available to any person importing the article to which the proposed duty suspension or reduction would apply. #####

(C)A certification that the petitioner is a likely beneficiary of the proposed duty suspension or reduction. ####

(4)Domestic producer The term “**domestic producer**” means a person that demonstrates production, or imminent production, in the United States of an article that is identical to, or like or directly competitive with, an article to which a petition for a duty suspension or reduction would apply. ####

(5)Domestic production The term “**domestic production**” means the production of an article that is identical to, or like or directly competitive with, an article to which a petition for a duty suspension or reduction would apply, for which a domestic producer has demonstrated production, or imminent production, in the United States. ####

(6)Duty suspension or reduction The term “**duty suspension or reduction**” refers to an amendment to subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for a period not to exceed 3 years that— #####

(A)extends an existing temporary duty suspension or reduction on an article under that subchapter; or #####

(B)provides for a new temporary duty suspension or reduction on an article under that subchapter. ####

(7)Likely beneficiary The term “**likely beneficiary**” means an individual or entity likely to utilize, or benefit directly from the utilization of, an article that is the subject of a petition for a duty suspension or reduction. ####

(8)Member of congress The term “**Member of Congress**” means a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress. ####

(9)Miscellaneous tariff bill The term “**miscellaneous tariff bill**” means a bill of either House of Congress that contains only duty suspensions and reductions and related technical corrections that— #####

(A)are included in the final report of the Commission submitted to the appropriate congressional committees under section 3(b)(3)(E), except for— ######

(i)petitions for duty suspensions or reductions that the Commission has determined do not contain the information required under section 3(b)(2); ######

(ii)petitions for duty suspensions and reductions with respect to which the Commission has determined the petitioner is not a likely beneficiary; and ######

(iii)petitions for duty suspensions and reductions that the Commission does not recommend for inclusion in the miscellaneous tariff bill; #####

(B)are not excluded under section 3(b)(3)(F); and #####

(C)otherwise meet the applicable requirements of this Act.