“In this Act:“(1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
“(2) Commission.—The term ‘Commission’ means the United States International Trade Commission.
“(3) Commission disclosure form.—The term ‘Commission disclosure form’ means, with respect to a petition for a duty suspension or reduction, a document submitted by a petitioner to the Commission that contains the following:“(A) The contact information for any known importers of the article to which the proposed duty suspension or reduction would apply.
“(B) A certification by the petitioner that the proposed duty suspension or reduction is available to any person importing the article to which the proposed duty suspension or reduction would apply.
“(C) A certification that the petitioner is a likely beneficiary of the proposed duty suspension or reduction.
“(4) Domestic producer.—The term ‘domestic producer’ means a person that demonstrates production, or imminent production, in the United States of an article that is identical to, or like or directly competitive with, an article to which a petition for a duty suspension or reduction would apply.
“(5) Domestic production.—The term ‘domestic production’ means the production of an article that is identical to, or like or directly competitive with, an article to which a petition for a duty suspension or reduction would apply, for which a domestic producer has demonstrated production, or imminent production, in the United States.
“(6) Duty suspension or reduction.—The term ‘duty suspension or reduction’ refers to an amendment to subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States for a period not to exceed 3 years that—“(A) extends an existing temporary duty suspension or reduction on an article under that subchapter; or
“(B) provides for a new temporary duty suspension or reduction on an article under that subchapter.
“(7) Likely beneficiary.—The term ‘likely beneficiary’ means an individual or entity likely to utilize, or benefit directly from the utilization of, an article that is the subject of a petition for a duty suspension or reduction.
“(8) Member of congress.—The term ‘Member of Congress’ means a Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress.
“(9) Miscellaneous tariff bill.—The term ‘miscellaneous tariff bill’ means a bill of either House of Congress that contains only duty suspensions and reductions and related technical corrections that—“(A) are included in the final report of the Commission submitted to the appropriate congressional committees under section 3(b)(3)(E), except for—“(i) petitions for duty suspensions or reductions that the Commission has determined do not contain the information required under section 3(b)(2);
“(ii) petitions for duty suspensions and reductions with respect to which the Commission has determined the petitioner is not a likely beneficiary; and
“(iii) petitions for duty suspensions and reductions that the Commission does not recommend for inclusion in the miscellaneous tariff bill;
“(B) are not excluded under section 3(b)(3)(F); and
“(C) otherwise meet the applicable requirements of this Act.”
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