PRIA Logo™
HR1548119th CongressWALLET

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Sponsored By: Representative Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]

Introduced

Summary

Strengthen U.S. trade enforcement against subsidized and dumped imports. This bill would speed investigations, broaden treatment of cross-border and upstream subsidies, and impose new importer certification, asset, and penalty rules.

Personalized for You

How does this bill affect your finances?

Personalize government policy and PRIA will tell you what this bill means for your household, plus every other piece of legislation we track. PRIA reads each provision against your financial profile to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.

Free to download

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 6 mixed.

New importer certifications and bonds

If enacted, importers could be required to certify at entry that the goods and their inputs are not part of an AD/CVD case. Missing or false statements would trigger suspended liquidation, cash deposits equal to the duty, and possible civil or criminal penalties. Nonresident importers would need U.S.‑based assets that exceed potential duties at the highest rate and a bond sized to those assets. Exceptions would apply for validated Tier 2 or Tier 3 C‑TPAT importers or where Customs can collect as well. Procedures would be issued within 90 days; the asset/bond rule would apply to entries 180 days after enactment, with penalties of $50,000 per violation if domestic value is at least $50,000, or 50% of the value if less.

Broader evasion rules and tighter protests

If enacted, evasion rules would also cover safeguard actions, and agencies could request information from people reasonably suspected of evasion. Confidential business‑information protections would apply in evasion cases, with some deadlines set to 14 or 30 days, and these protections would take effect 180 days after enactment. Importers would not be able to use the normal protest process to challenge liquidation or reliquidation decisions made under an evasion determination and its review.

Commerce decides product coverage

If enacted, Commerce could decide if imports are covered by an AD/CVD case using any reasonable method. Commerce would not have to follow Customs’ tariff or origin rulings. It could weigh physical traits, intended use, value added in third countries, investment and processing, and whether key parts were substantially transformed. These rules would apply to new investigations, reviews, and circumvention inquiries started after enactment.

Faster timelines for trade cases

If enacted, follow-up antidumping and subsidy cases would move faster. For countervailing duties, a preliminary decision would be due in 85 days and the final 75 days after that; deadlines could be extended only if the petitioner asks. For antidumping, the preliminary decision would be due in 140 days and the final 75 days later, with the same extension rule. The Trade Commission would have to consider results from a recent or concurrent case (within 2 years) and could not deny injury just because prior relief improved industry health. Circumvention inquiries would have a 45‑day start decision (one 15‑day extension), a preliminary decision in 150 days (extend up to 60), a final 150 days later (extend up to 65), and class‑or‑kind calls done in 335 days; Customs would keep suspensions and require cash deposits for affected entries.

New dumping cost and value methods

If enacted, Commerce could revalue major inputs bought from certain unaffiliated suppliers, like nonmarket‑economy firms or governments, when a constructed cost is higher than the recorded cost. If a particular market situation makes costs unreliable, Commerce could use another method and would apply a “reasonably” standard in one test. Duty‑drawback increases would be capped at the per‑unit duties in the weighted average cost of production. These section 204 changes would also apply retroactively to AD reviews and investigations started on or after June 29, 2015, and to related Customs actions and court cases with no final judgment.

Broader subsidy rules, including currency

If enacted, investigators could treat some subsidies from a third country as if the subject country provided them when that government helped make the subsidy happen, and add those subsidies together. Upstream rules would reach multinational firms that buy inputs from cross‑owned suppliers in a third country with an affirmative subsidy finding, when there is a competitive benefit. Commerce would also examine whether currency undervaluation by a government provides a subsidy, using methods it finds appropriate and considering government actions.

Rules also apply to USMCA trade

If enacted, these trade‑law changes would also apply to goods from Canada and Mexico under the USMCA implementation law.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]

    IL • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]

    AR • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]

    MN • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3]

    KY • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Aderholt, Robert B. [R-AL-4]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 3/18/2025

  • Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]

    ME • D

    Sponsored 3/27/2025

  • Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]

    MN • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 4/21/2025

  • Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2025

  • Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 5/15/2025

  • Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 6/4/2025

  • Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2025

  • Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 6/4/2025

  • Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 6/9/2025

  • Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 6/24/2025

  • Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7]

    GA • R

    Sponsored 6/26/2025

  • Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 6/30/2025

  • Rep. Taylor, David J. [R-OH-2]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 7/10/2025

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 7/25/2025

  • Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Strong, Dale W. [R-AL-5]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Carter, Troy A. [D-LA-2]

    LA • D

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]

    MI • R

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 8/12/2025

  • Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 8/29/2025

  • Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/18/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

  • Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 10/6/2025

  • Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]

    LA • R

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 10/8/2025

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 10/22/2026

  • Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 10/28/2025

  • Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

  • Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/2/2025

  • Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 12/2/2025

  • Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 12/4/2025

  • Rep. Riley, Josh [D-NY-19]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/18/2025

  • Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 2/11/2026

  • Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 2/13/2026

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 2/24/2026

  • Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/5/2026

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 3/9/2026

  • Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

  • Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 3/17/2026

  • Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]

    CT • D

    Sponsored 4/2/2026

  • Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 4/28/2026

  • Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 5/13/2026

  • Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 6/2/2026

  • Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 6/4/2026

  • Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 6/8/2026

  • Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8]

    IN • R

    Sponsored 6/10/2026

  • Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 9/1/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

View on Congress.gov
Back to Legislation