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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6716. Mr. WELCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6711 submitted by Mrs. Britt (for Ms. Graham (for herself and Mr. Blumenthal)) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5334, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood educators to take the educator expense deduction,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
Strike section 113 of the amendment and insert the
following:
SEC. 113. DUTIES ON COUNTRIES THAT PURCHASE RUSSIAN-ORIGIN
CRUDE OIL OR NATURAL GAS.
(a) In General.—Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, increase the rate
of duty for all goods imported into the United States from a
country described in subsection (c) (and only from a country
described in subsection (c)) to a rate of up to 100 percent
ad valorem.
(b) Modification to Rate of Duty.—At any time after the
initial imposition of duties under subsection (a) or (e), the
United States Trade Representative shall modify or adjust any
rate of duty imposed under subsection (a) or (e) to a rate
greater than zero and up to 100 percent ad valorem upon
submitting a written determination to the appropriate
congressional committees that a country described in
subsection (c) has taken significant steps—
(1) to increase the importation, sale, supply, transfer, or
purchase of crude oil or natural gas that originated in the
Russian Federation; or
(2) to decrease or cease engaging in the importation, sale,
supply, transfer, or purchase of such crude oil or natural
gas.
(c) Country Described.—A country described in this
subsection is a foreign country that—
(1) knowingly made new purchases of crude oil or natural
gas that originated in the Russian Federation on a date that
is on or after 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act; and
(2) was among the 5 largest importers, by total volume, of
crude oil or natural gas that originated in the Russian
Federation during the most recent 12-month period preceding
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(d) Exception.—A duty shall not be imposed under this
section with respect to goods imported from a country
described in subsection (c) for the importation by that
country of natural gas that originated in the Russian
Federation if—
(1) that country's total imports of natural gas that
originated in the Russian Federation during the 12-month
period described in subsection (c)(2) were less than 15
percent of the total annual exports of natural gas from the
Russian Federation during that period; and
(2) that country has taken significant steps to reduce its
imports of natural gas that originated in the Russian
Federation.
(e) Subsequent Determinations.—Not later than 180 days
after the initial imposition of duties under subsection (a),
and every 180 days thereafter, the United States Trade
Representative, in consultation with the Secretary of State
and the Secretary of Energy, shall—
(1) determine, based on the most recent 12-month period
preceding the determination, the countries that are—
(A) the 5 largest importers of crude oil, by total volume,
originating in the Russian Federation; and
(B) the 5 largest importers of natural gas, by total
volume, originating in the Russian Federation; and
(2) impose duties pursuant to subsection (a) with respect
to goods imported from those countries.
(f) Duty Rate in Addition to Other Duties, Fees, Taxes,
Exactions, or Charges.—A rate of duty imposed under this
section with respect to a good imported from a country
described in subsection (c) shall be in addition to any other
duty, fee, tax, exaction, or charge applicable with respect
to the good, including any duty imposed under title VII of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), section 122,
201, or 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2132, 2251,
and 2411), or section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962
(19 U.S.C. 1862).
(g) Methodology, Documentation, and Reports.—
(1) Reports required.—Not later than 10 days before
imposing a duty under subsection (a) or (e), or modifying or
adjusting the rate of such a duty under subsection (b), the
President or the United States Trade Representative shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a written
justification for the duty that—
(A) provides a substantive rationale for the determination
of the rate of duty imposed under subsection (a) or (e) or
the modification or adjustment made pursuant to subsection
(b), as the case may be; and
(B) details the methodology used to determine that the
country subject to the duty is a country described in
subsection (c).
(2) Determinations of imports of crude oil and natural
gas.—For the purposes of determining whether a country is an
importer of crude oil or natural gas described in subsection
(c)(1)—
(A) crude oil is the substance described in Harmonized
System code 2709; and
(B) natural gas is the substance described in Harmonized
System code 2711.
(h) Rule of Construction.—Notwithstanding section 115,
nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the
imposition of duties with respect to goods imported from any
country not expressly described in subsection (c) or the
Russian Federation.
(i) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term
“appropriate congressional committees” means—
(A) the Committee on Finance, the Committee on Foreign
Relations, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Financial Services of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Natural gas.—Except as provided by subsection (g)(2),
the term “natural gas” means natural gas, whether unmixed
or any mixture of natural and artificial gas, including
liquefied natural gas.