United States S 4497: Stop PPE Taxes Act of 2020
Status: Introduced in Senate (as of 2020-08-06)
State: United States · Session: 116 · Bill: S 4497
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health, Emergency medical services and trauma care, Health technology, devices, supplies, Infectious and parasitic diseases, Sanctions, Tariffs, Trade restrictions
Sponsors: Pat Toomey, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, James Lankford, John Cornyn, Margaret Wood Hassan
Bill Text
II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4497 To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat the COVID–19 pandemic. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 6, 2020 Mr. TOOMEY (for himself and Ms. HASSAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To temporarily suspend duties on imports of articles needed to combat the COVID–19 pandemic. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop PPE Taxes Act 4 of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTIES ON ARTICLES 6 NEEDED TO COMBAT THE COVID–19 PAN-7 DEMIC. 8 (a) IN GENERAL.—An article described in subsection 9 (b) entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:15 Aug 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4497.IS S4497pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4497 IS tion, during the period specified in subsection (c) shall 1 enter the United States free of duty, including free of any 2 duty that may be imposed as a penalty or otherwise im-3 posed in addition to other duties, including any duty im-4 posed pursuant to— 5 (1) section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 6 U.S.C. 2411); 7 (2) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 8 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862); or 9 (3) the International Emergency Economic 10 Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.). 11 (b) ARTICLES DESCRIBED.—An article is described 12 in this subsection if the article is classified under any of 13 the following statistical reporting numbers of the Har-14 monized Tariff Schedule of the United States or is identi-15 fied by the United States International Trade Commis-16 sion, after the date of the enactment of this Act, as an 17 article related to the response to the coronavirus disease 18 2019 (commonly referred to as ‘‘COVID–19’’) pandemic: 19 2207.10.6090 ................. 3824.99.9295 ................ 7613.00.0000 2208.90.8000 ................. 3824.99.9297 ................ 8419.20.0010 2804.40.0000 ................. 3923.21.0095 ................ 8419.20.0020 2847.00.0000 ................. 3923.29.0000 ................ 8421.39.8040 3002.13.0000 ................. 3926.20.1010 ................ 8705.90.0000 3002.14.0000 ................. 3926.20.1020 ................ 8713.10.0000 3002.15.0000 ................. 3926.20.9010 ................ 8713.90.0030 3002.19.0000 ................. 3926.20.9050 ................ 8713.90.0060 3002.20.0000 ................. 3926.90.9910 ................ 9004.90.0000 3003.10.0000 ................. 3926.90.9990 ................ 9018.11.3000 3003.20.0000 ................. 3926.90.9996 ................ 9018.11.6000 3003.60.0000 ................. 4015.11.0110 ................ 9018.11.9000 3003.90.0100 ................. 4015.11.0150 ................ 9018.12.0000 3004.10.1020 ................. 4015.19.0510 ................ 9018.19.4000 3004.10.1045 ................. 4015.19.0550 ................ 9018.19.5500 3004.10.5045 ................. 4015.19.1010 ................ 9018.19.7500 3004.10.5060 ................. 4015.90.0010 ................ 9018.31.0040 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:15 Aug 26, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4497.IS S4497pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4497 IS 3004.20.0020 ................. 4015.90.0050 ................ 9018.31.0080 3004.20.0030 ................. 4818.50.0000 ................ 9018.31.0090 3004.20.0060 ................. 4818.90.0000 ................ 9018.32.0000 3004.49.0060 ................. 6116.10.6500 ................ 9018.39.0020 3004.60.0000 ................. 6210.10.2000 ................ 9018.39.0040 3004.90.1000 ................. 6210.10.5000 ................ 9018.39.0050 3004.90.9210 ................. 6210.10.9010 ................ 9018.90.3000 3004.90.9285 ................. 6210.10.9040 ................ 9018.90.7580 3004.90.9290 ................. 6210.50.3500 ................ 9018.90.8000 3005.10.5000 ................. 6210.50.7500 ................ 9019.20.0000 3005.90.5090 ................. 6216.00.5420 ................ 9020.00.6000 3006.70.0000 ................. 6307.90.6090 ................ 9020.00.9000 3401.11.5000 ................. 6307.90.6800 ................ 9022.12.0000 3401.19.0000 ................. 6307.90.7200 ................ 9025.19.8040 3401.20.0000 ................. 6307.90.8910 ................ 9025.19.8080 3808.94.1000 ................. 6307.90.9889 ................ 9026.80.4000 3808.94.5000 ................. 6505.00.0100 ................ 9027.80.2500 3821.00.0000 ................. 6505.00.8015 ................ 9027.80.4530 3822.00.1090 ................. 6505.00.9089 ................ 9028.20.0000 3822.00.5090 ................. 7311.00.0090 ................ 9402.90.0010 3822.00.6000 ................. 7324.90.0000 ................ 9402.90.0020 (c) PERIOD SPECIFIED.—The period specified in this 1 subsection is the period— 2 (1)
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