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USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-2208| Senate 
| Updated: 6/24/2021
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (5)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)James Lankford (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Foreign-Trade Zone Modernization Act of 2021 or the USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021 This bill requires the International Trade Commission to investigate tariff policies related to foreign-trade zones (FTZs), which are designated sites at which special customs procedures may be used to allow for domestic activity involving foreign items prior to formal customs entry. The investigation must examine (1) differences in tariff treatment by the United States, Canada, and Mexico; (2) any effects of such differences on the cost-competitiveness of U.S.-manufactured products compared to products manufactured in Canada or Mexico; and (3) how FTZs in the United States could be better employed to redress and mitigate any inequities.
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Timeline
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • June 24, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 24, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Foreign Trade and International Finance

CanadaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightCustoms enforcementGovernment studies and investigationsLatin AmericaManufacturingMexicoTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations

USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021

USA117th CongressS-2208| Senate 
| Updated: 6/24/2021
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Foreign-Trade Zone Modernization Act of 2021 or the USMCA FTZ Modernization Act of 2021 This bill requires the International Trade Commission to investigate tariff policies related to foreign-trade zones (FTZs), which are designated sites at which special customs procedures may be used to allow for domestic activity involving foreign items prior to formal customs entry. The investigation must examine (1) differences in tariff treatment by the United States, Canada, and Mexico; (2) any effects of such differences on the cost-competitiveness of U.S.-manufactured products compared to products manufactured in Canada or Mexico; and (3) how FTZs in the United States could be better employed to redress and mitigate any inequities.
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Timeline
Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Jun 24, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • June 24, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • June 24, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
John Cornyn

John Cornyn

Republican Senator

Texas

Cosponsors (5)
Dianne Feinstein (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)James Lankford (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)

Finance Committee

Foreign Trade and International Finance

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
CanadaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsCongressional oversightCustoms enforcementGovernment studies and investigationsLatin AmericaManufacturingMexicoTariffsTrade agreements and negotiations