Formula 3.0 Act

II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1782 To provide for the entry of infant formula and infant formula base powder free of duty and free of quantitative limitation. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 31 (legislative day, MAY 30), 2023 Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. DAINES) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To provide for the entry of infant formula and infant formula base powder free of duty and free of quantitative limitation. 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 ‘‘Formula 3.0 Act’’. 4 SEC. 2. DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF INFANT FORMULA; TERMI- 5 NATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTA ON INFANT 6 FORMULA. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 19 of the Harmonized 8 Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended as fol- 9 lows: 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1782.IS S1782 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 2 •S 1782 IS (1) By striking Additional U.S. Note 2. 1 (2) By inserting after Additional U.S. Note 3 2 the following: 3 ‘‘4. For purposes of subheading 1901.90.57, the term 4 ‘infant formula base powder’ means a dry mixture of pro- 5 tein, fat, and carbohydrates that requires only the addition 6 of vitamins and minerals in order to meet the definition 7 of the term ‘infant formula’ in section 201(z) of the Fed- 8 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(z)) 9 and that is— 10 ‘‘(a) imported by a party that— 11 ‘‘(1) has been determined by the Food and 12 Drug Administration to be authorized to law- 13 fully market infant formula in the United 14 States; or 15 ‘‘(2) has received a letter of enforcement 16 discretion for the Food and Drug Administra- 17 tion relating to the marketing of its infant for- 18 mula in the United States; and 19 ‘‘(b) intended to be used in manufacturing in- 20 fant formula in the United States.’’. 21 (3) By striking subheadings 1901.10.11 and 22 1901.10.16 and the superior text to such sub- 23 headings and inserting the following, with the article 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1782.IS S1782 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 3 •S 1782 IS description having the same degree of indentation as 1 the article description for subheading 1901.10.62: 2 ‘‘ 1901.10.12 Infant formula containing oligosaccharides ............................... Free $1.217/ kg+ 17.5% ’’. (4) By striking subheadings 1901.10.26 and 3 1901.10.29 and inserting the following, with the ar- 4 ticle description for subheading 1901.10.23 having 5 the same degree of indentation as the article descrip- 6 tion for subheading 1901.10.21: 7 ‘‘ 1901.10.23 Infant formula ............................. Free $1.217/kg + 17.5% 1901.10.24 Other ........................................... $1.035/kg + 14.9% $1.217/kg + 17.5% Other: 1901.10.25 Infant formula ............................. Free 35% 1901.10.28 Other ........................................... 14.9% 35% ’’. (5) By striking subheadings 1901.10.33 and 8 1901.10.36 and the superior text to such sub- 9 headings and inserting the following, with the article 10 description having the same degree of indentation as 11 the article description for subheading 1901.10.62: 12 ‘‘ 1901.10.34 Infant formula containing oligosaccharides ............................... Free $1.217/ kg+ 17.5% ’’. (6) By redesignating subheadings 1901.90.60 13 and 1901.90.61 as subheadings 1901.90.55 and 14 1901.90.56, respectively. 15 (7) By striking subheading 1901.90.62 and in- 16 serting the following, with the article description 17 having the same degree of indentation as the article 18 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1782.IS S1782 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB 4 •S 1782 IS description for subheading 1901.10.56, as redesig- 1 nated by paragraph (6): 2 ‘‘ 1901.90.57 Infant formula base powder, as de- fined in additional U.S. note 4 to this chapter ..................................... Free $1.127/kg + 16% 1901.90.58 Other ............................................... $1.035/kg +13.6% Free (BH, CL, JO, KR, MA, OM, PE, SG) 20.7¢/kg + 2.7% (P, PA) See 9822.04.25 (AU) See 9823.08.01- 9823.08.38 (S+) See 9915.04.30, 9915.04.50, 9915.04.74 (P+) See 9918.04.60- 9918.04.80 (CO) $1.127/kg + 16% ’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Additional U.S. 3 Note 10 to chapter 4 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 4 of the United States is amended by striking ‘‘1901.90.61’’ 5 and inserting ‘‘1901.90.56’’. 6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 7 this section apply with respect to articles entered, or with- 8 drawn for warehouse for consumption, on or after the date 9 that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 10 Act. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:44 Jun 16, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1782.IS S1782 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with $$_JOB