Foreign-Trade Zone Export Enhancement Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4793 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4793

  To clarify provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act and the Foreign Trade Zones Act with respect to the
appropriate tariff treatment of merchandise in a United States foreign-
                  trade zone, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 16, 2026

Mr. Scott of South Carolina (for himself and Mrs. Britt) introduced the
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL

  To clarify provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
Implementation Act and the Foreign Trade Zones Act with respect to the
appropriate tariff treatment of merchandise in a United States foreign-
                  trade zone, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign-Trade Zone Export
Enhancement Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to ensure that foreign-trade zones in
the United States continue--
            (1) to operate in support of United States competitiveness
        in manufacturing and distribution; and
            (2) to create and preserve jobs in the United States.

SEC. 3. RULES RELATED TO DUTIES IMPOSED ON FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE
              MERCHANDISE.

    (a) Amendments to Foreign Trade Zones Act.--Section 3 of the Act of
June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ``Foreign Trade Zones Act'') (19
U.S.C. 81c), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
    ``(f) Export From a Foreign-Trade Zone of Certain Merchandise
Manufactured or Changed in Condition.--Notwithstanding the seventh
proviso of subsection (a)--
            ``(1) each article subject to the procedures described in
        such proviso and classifiable under the heading 9801.00.95 of
        the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall enter
        free of duty in accordance with such heading; and
            ``(2) any article consisting of components subject to such
        procedures and classifiable under such heading shall enter free
        of duty with respect to such components.''.
    (b) Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Articles.--Subchapter I of
chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new
subheading:

``     9801.00.95      Merchandise that    Free         ...............  ...............                    ''.
                        is subject to
                        duty deferral
                        restrictions of
                        the free trade
                        agreement between
                        the United
                        States, Mexico,
                        and Canada (19
                        U.S.C. 4501, et
                        seq.; commonly
                        known as the
                        `USMCA') (or any
                        successor
                        agreement) that
                        is admitted into
                        a United States
                        foreign-trade
                        zone,
                        manufactured, or
                        changed in
                        condition
                        therein, and
                        subsequently
                        withdrawn for
                        direct
                        exportation to
                        the territory of
                        a Party to that
                        agreement........

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall issue such
regulations as are necessary to implement section 3.
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