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US SB691

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Todd Young

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Origin

Senate

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish special rules for "successive investigations" allowing the International Trade Commission to consider findings from recent or concurrent antidumping/countervailing duty cases when evaluating material injury from similar merchandise

  • Addresses cross-border subsidies by allowing countervailing duties on subsidies provided by third-country governments to multinational corporations, and permits cumulation of transnational subsidies with domestic subsidies in the subject country

  • Strengthens circumvention inquiry procedures with specific timelines (150 days for preliminary determinations, 150 days for final determinations), mandatory suspension of liquidation upon affirmative findings, and new certification requirements for importers

  • Creates authority to countervail currency undervaluation by requiring Commerce to examine whether government currency manipulation provides countervailable subsidies, with benefit calculated based on the difference between actual and non-undervalued exchange rates

  • Imposes new asset requirements on nonresident importers, requiring them to maintain U.S. assets sufficient to cover potential duties, with civil penalties up to $50,000 per violation for non-compliance

Legislative Description

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Foreign trade and international finance

Last Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Finance2/24/2025

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