To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to increase the rate of duty on unmanned aircraft imported from the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill imposes introduces a tariff provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the United States has a national security interest in securing the supply chain for unmanned aircraft in the United States, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, tariff provision: 3. Duty increase for imports of unmanned aircraft from the People's Republic of China Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of, and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4. It relies on tariffs, compliance mandates, exemptions, and delegation of rulemaking. The main policy areas are Defense, Transportation, and Finance.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Imposes introduces a tariff provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the United States has a national security interest in securing the supply chain for unmanned aircraft in the United States...
- Expands a compliance mandate, exemption, tariff provision: 3. Duty increase for imports of unmanned aircraft from the People's Republic of China Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of...
- Requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.
- Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 5. Grant program to ensure first responders, farmers and ranchers, and critical infrastructure providers have secure unmanned aircraft systems There is...
- Defines introduces a definition change provision: 6. Definitions In this Act: The term air carrier has the meaning given that term in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code. The term covered foreign entity means...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill imposes introduces a tariff provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the United States has a national security interest in securing the supply chain for unmanned aircraft in the United States, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, tariff provision: 3. Duty increase for imports of unmanned aircraft from the People's Republic of China Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of, and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Transportation, Finance
Primary Purpose
The bill imposes introduces a tariff provision: 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— the United States has a national security interest in securing the supply chain for unmanned aircraft in the United States, expands a compliance mandate, exemption, tariff provision: 3. Duty increase for imports of unmanned aircraft from the People's Republic of China Subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of, and requires loosens a compliance mandate, exemption, delegation of rulemaking provision: 4.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Scott of Florida introduced the following bill; which was …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_agriculture"
- → Secretary of Agriculture
- "secretary_of_transportation"
- → Secretary of Transportation
- "secretary_of_homeland_security"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a foreign entity that is— on the Federal Government’s Consolidated Screening List
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