McConnell Moves to Conference on Customs Reauthorization
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., launched the legislative process on June 23 to give approval for a conference on Customs Reauthorization with the House, McConnell said on the Senate floor. The conference isn't likely to tackle differences on trade…
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remedy antidumping legislation after McConnell tacked the Senate's Leveling the Playing Field Act onto the trade preference package. The two sides are still poised, however, to try to reconcile differences over the PROTECT and ENFORCE Act, two provisions that deal with CBP investigations into duty evasion claims. Senate Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, ranking member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., vowed in mid-May to send President Barack Obama a compromise Customs Reauthorization bill by the end of June (see 1505200025). McConnell's move toward conference, which involves filing cloture, prepares a cloture vote on the customs conference following passage of the preference package in the coming days, said Senate Democratic leadership on June 23. The Senate's HR-644 (here) and the House measure (here) share a range of similarities, such as a de minimis increase to $800.