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Section 232 Public Transparency Act
To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require a deadline for publication of information contained in reports on findings of investigations relating to imports that impair national security, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to establish a deadline for publishing information from national security investigations into imports. Under Section 232 of that law, the Secretary of Commerce can investigate whether certain imports harm U.S. national security and submit reports to the President recommending trade actions. The bill requires the Secretary to publish any non-classified, non-proprietary portions of these investigation reports in the Federal Register within 270 days of the investigation's start or when the report is submitted to the President, whichever comes first. The publication requirement applies only to information that does not contain classified government information or proprietary business information. This change aims to increase public transparency regarding the findings and reasoning behind Section 232 national security import investigations.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI)
1 cosponsor
Actions (2)
- May 19, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- May 19, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 19, 2026
Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to require a deadline for publication of information contained in reports on findings of investigations relating to imports that impair national security, 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 “Section 232 Public Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN REPORTS ON INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO IMPORTS THAT IMPAIR NATIONAL SECURITY.
Subparagraph (B) of section 232(b)(3) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862(b)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
“(B) Not later than 270 days after the date on which an investigation is initiated under paragraph (1), or not later than the date on which the report is submitted to the President under subparagraph (A) with respect to that investigation, whichever is earlier, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register any portion of that report that does not contain classified information or proprietary information.”. <all>
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