Pink Tariffs Study Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7927 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7927

 To require a study on the manner and extent to which the tariff rates 
assessed by the United States on imports are regressive or demonstrate 
                 a gender bias, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2024

Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Beyer, Ms. 
   Kuster, and Mr. Kilmer) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a study on the manner and extent to which the tariff rates 
assessed by the United States on imports are regressive or demonstrate 
                 a gender bias, 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 ``Pink Tariffs Study Act''.

SEC. 2. STUDY REQUIRED.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Commissioner of 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and in consultation with the United 
States International Trade Commission and the United States Trade 
Representative, shall submit to Congress the results of a study of the 
manner and extent to which the rates of tariffs and the revenues 
collected from tariffs assessed by the United States on articles 
imported into the customs territory of the United States--
            (1) are regressive with respect to the degree to which the 
        burden of such tariffs fall on consumers (such as tariffs that 
        are higher on mass-market consumer goods as compared to 
        analogous luxury goods), including an analysis of the manner 
        and extent to which importation of the applicable goods is 
        foregone to avoid the burden of the tariff;
            (2) demonstrate a bias with respect to the gender of 
        consumer most likely to import such article (such as tariffs 
        that are higher on clothing classifiable as women's clothing as 
        compared to men's clothing);
            (3) a disaggregation of the effects described in paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) with respect to consumers based on gender and 
        household type (single-parent families, double-parent families, 
        other) and income level; and
            (4) such other matters relating to the manner and extent to 
        which the burden of tariffs assessed by the United States on 
        imports falls unequally among certain categories of consumers 
        or households in the United States as the Secretary may 
        determine relevant.
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