# 119-s-691: Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

119-s-691, Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-691
- Congress: 119
- Title: Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-24
- Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-30

## Summary

**This bill would expand U.S. trade-remedy tools for** **countering cross-border subsidies and evasion**. It changes how antidumping and countervailing duty cases, circumvention inquiries, and importer oversight are analyzed and enforced.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-07-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA), 2026-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN), 2026-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New importer certifications and bonds: cost, medium. This bill would let Commerce require importers to certify at entry that goods and inputs are not in AD or CVD cases. It would require nonresident importers to keep U.S. assets and a bond large enough to cover duties if applied at the highest rate. Exceptions may apply for validated CTPAT Tier 2 or…
- Tighter evasion, circumvention, and CBP rules: cost, medium. This bill would speed and tighten how Commerce and CBP handle circumvention and evasion. Commerce would have to act on a circumvention inquiry within 45 days (one short extension possible), issue a preliminary within 150 days, and a final within 150 days after the preliminary (with limited extensio…
- Broader subsidy and price rules: mixed, medium. This bill would let Commerce treat more government or cross-border actions as countervailable subsidies and use different ways to set normal value when foreign market distortions exist. It would let Commerce include currency undervaluation as a possible subsidy and adopt a method to measure any ben…
- Faster follow-on AD and CVD cases: mixed, medium. This bill would let Commerce open faster follow-on antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations when the same or similar goods face recent or concurrent cases. For CVD follow-ons, a preliminary decision would be due within 85 days of start and a final decision within 75 days after…
- Which cases the rules would affect: mixed, medium. This bill would generally apply its changes to AD/CVD investigations, reviews, and circumvention inquiries started on or after enactment. Pending cases would be covered in limited ways if their fully extended preliminary decision falls not earlier than 45 days after enactment. Some circumvention in…

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- 119-sres-723: A resolution honoring the life of Dirk Arthur Kempthorne, former United States Senator for the State of Idaho.
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## Sources
- [119-s-691 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/691)

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- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
- [119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-739)
- [119-sres-723: A resolution honoring the life of Dirk Arthur Kempthorne, former United States…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-723)
- [119-sres-585: A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of Ben Nighthorse Camp…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-585)
- [119-sres-255: A resolution honoring the life, achievements, and legacy of former United State…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-255)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-691 (as of 2026-07-30).