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American Business Tariff Relief Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2362| Senate 
| Updated: 7/31/2019
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
American Business Tariff Relief Act of 2019 This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to establish a process whereby U.S. businesses may request that articles newly subject to raised import duties be excluded from such duties. For an exclusion to be granted, the business seeking the exclusion must demonstrate the article's unavailability from any other source or that the duty would cause economic harm to a U.S. interest.
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Jul 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 31, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 31, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of CommerceEconomic performance and conditionsOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTariffs

American Business Tariff Relief Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2362| Senate 
| Updated: 7/31/2019
American Business Tariff Relief Act of 2019 This bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to establish a process whereby U.S. businesses may request that articles newly subject to raised import duties be excluded from such duties. For an exclusion to be granted, the business seeking the exclusion must demonstrate the article's unavailability from any other source or that the duty would cause economic harm to a U.S. interest.
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Timeline
Jul 31, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Jul 31, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • July 31, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • July 31, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse

Democratic Senator

Rhode Island

Finance Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of CommerceEconomic performance and conditionsOffice of the U.S. Trade RepresentativeTariffs