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Mike Kelly (R-PA)

To modify the procedures for investigating claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

H.R. 6446 · House bill Foreign Trade and International Finance

A Republican bill with 5 Democratic cosponsors · See all 8 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill proposes changes to the procedures for investigating claims of evasion regarding antidumping and countervailing duty orders. It would allow the Commissioner to self-initiate investigations if they have information suggesting merchandise has entered the U.S. through evasion. Additionally, it would change the rules for judicial review for those found to have engaged in such evasion. Under this change, a person could only seek judicial review after all liquidated duties, charges, or exactions are paid.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this give people more protection from unfair business practices?

    The bill increases oversight of merchandise evasion to ensure trade laws are properly enforced.

  • Scored +3

    Does this make trade with other countries easier?

    The bill strengthens the enforcement of antidumping and countervailing duty orders to ensure fair trade.

  • Scored +2

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill enhances the Commissioner's ability to investigate the evasion of duty orders at the border.

The opposite

  • Scored -4

    Does this protect the right to fair treatment by the courts?

    The bill imposes a financial prerequisite of paying all duties before a person can seek judicial review.

  • Scored -2

    Would business owners be better off under this?

    The bill creates a financial barrier to legal recourse by requiring the payment of all duties before seeking judicial review.