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S. 4003 111th Congress Senate

Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010

Official title: A bill to authorize the International Trade Commission to develop and recommend legislation for temporarily suspending duties and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 2, 2010 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightInflation and pricesPublic participation and lobbying
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TariffsU.S. International Trade Commission
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It never became law before the 111th Congress (2009–2010) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action December 2, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010 - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC) to propose to Congress temporary duty suspensions or duty reductions under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS).

Prohibits the ITC from recommending any suspension or reduction in duty if: (1) an interested federal agency determines it is not in the U.S. interest and that determination is included in the agency public hearing record; (2) a domestic producer objects to the suspension or reduction, demonstrating that there is domestic production of the article concerned in commercially available quantities; (3) the loss in revenue to the United States from the duty suspension or reduction exceeds $500,000 annually (adjusted for inflation); or (4) the duty suspension or reduction is for more than three years.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4003: Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4003/
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"S. 4003: Duty Suspension Facilitation Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-4003/.
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