“A bill to limit the duties that may be imposed with respect to school supplies and educational materials, and for other purposes.”
No CRS summary available for this bill.
This section prohibits duties exceeding those in effect on January 19, 2025, on items used in elementary or secondary school classrooms or classified under specified Harmonized Tariff Schedule headings, including office supplies (3926.10), backpacks and lunchboxes (4202.92), notebooks and pads (4820.10.20), children’s books (4903), calendars (4910), keyboards (8471.60.20), hairbrushes (9603.29.8010), pencils and crayons (9606), and pens (9608), with exceptions for duties under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 or section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974. It requires the Secretary of Commerce to report exempt and designated items to Congress every 180 days.