[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3943 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3943
To require a process for the exclusion of certain articles used in home
constructions from certain duties, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2026
Ms. Rosen (for herself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Kaine, Ms.
Alsobrooks, Mr. Heinrich, and Mr. Kim) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require a process for the exclusion of certain articles used in home
constructions from certain duties, 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 ``Housing Tariff Exclusion Act''.
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the United States is facing a severe housing
affordability crisis;
(2) the median price of a single-family home exceeds five
times the median household income, putting homeownership out of
reach for millions of hardworking people in the United States;
(3) one of the primary drivers of the housing affordability
crisis is a shortage of supply of homes;
(4) impartial analysis shows that the United States housing
supply is 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 units short of long-run
demand;
(5) overcoming the housing affordability crisis requires
significant investment in home construction in the United
States;
(6) a wide range of products are necessary in the
construction of a new home, ranging from lumber and cement to
electrical and plumbing fixtures to cabinetry and drywall;
(7) while many of those products are produced in the United
States, the United States lacks sufficient production capacity
for all relevant products to meet the urgent need for home
construction, while some essential products are not
manufactured in the United States at all;
(8) according to nonpartisan research, tariffs on key
building materials as of the date of the enactment of this Act
will add billions of dollars to the cost of home construction
in the United States over the coming years; and
(9) those added costs will reduce home construction and
make it more expensive for people to buy or rent homes in the
United States.
SEC. 3. PROCESS FOR EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES USED IN HOME
CONSTRUCTION FROM CERTAIN DUTIES.
(a) Establishment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Secretary of Commerce shall establish a process pursuant to which
United States entities and associations of such entities may request
the exclusion of covered articles from covered duties.
(b) Implementation.--In implementing the process established under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall exclude from the imposition of a
covered duty a covered article if--
(1) the covered article is a critical homebuilding product;
or
(2) the Secretary determines--
(A) the imposition of the duty on the article would
increase the cost of home construction in the United
States; and
(B) the exclusion of the article can likely be
administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
(c) Determination of Increased Home Construction Costs.--The
Secretary shall determine under subsection (b)(2)(A) that the
imposition of a covered duty on a covered article would increase the
cost of home construction in the United States if imposition of the
covered duty would cause an increase in the cost of the covered article
listed in Appendix 1 to chapter 17 of the Handbook of Methods of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
(d) Timely Adjudication.--In implementing the process established
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall adjudicate exclusion requests
not later than--
(1) for critical homebuilding products, 15 days after the
date on which the United States entity or association of
entities requests such exclusion; and
(2) for other covered articles, 60 days after the date on
which the United States entity or association of entities
requests such exclusion.
(e) Retroactive Application.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any entry of a covered article that would have been
subject to a lower rate of duty if the entry had been made
after the issuance of an exclusion of the article from the
imposition of a covered duty pursuant to the exclusion process
established under subsection (a) that was made--
(A) after the date of the enactment of this Act,
(B) after the imposition of the covered duty with
respect to that article, and
(C) before the issuance of the exclusion,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though the entry
occurred after the issuance of the exclusion.
(2) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may be made
under paragraph (1) with respect to an entry of a covered
article only if a request therefor is filed with U.S. Customs
and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the
issuance of an exclusion described in paragraph (1) with
respect to that article that contains sufficient information to
enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection--
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
located.
(3) Payments of amounts owed.--Any amounts owed by the
United States pursuant to the liquidation or reliquidation of
an entry of an article under paragraph (1) shall be paid,
without interest, not later than 90 days after the date of the
liquidation or reliquidation (as the case may be).
(f) Transparency.--Not later than 15 days after the adjudication of
any request for exclusion from the imposition of a covered duty
pursuant to the exclusion process established under subsection (a), the
Secretary shall publish the result of that adjudication on an internet
website in an accessible format.
(g) Reporting to Congress.--Not less frequently than quarterly, the
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a
report on all requests for exclusion from the imposition of a covered
duty pursuant to the exclusion process established under subsection (a)
adjudicated in the prior quarter, including an explanation of any
decision not to grant a request for exclusion.
(h) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered article.--The term ``covered article'' means
any product used in the construction or furnishing of a single-
family home or multi-family residential building and includes
any material or input used in the manufacture of any such
product.
(2) Covered duty.--The term ``covered duty'' means any duty
on an article in excess of the rate of duty in effect for that
article on January 19, 2025, but does not include--
(A) an antidumping or countervailing duty imposed
under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671 et seq.); or
(B) a duty proclaimed pursuant to section 201 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251).
(3) Critical homebuilding product.--The term ``critical
homebuilding product'' means any covered article classified
under any heading or subheading of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States listed in the following table:
Heading or subheading of Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
4407.13.00.00
3918.10.10.20
2523.29.00.00
6810.99.00.20
3925.90.00.00
4410.12.00.10
3918.10.10.40
4410.12.00.20
6907.21.90.51
6810.99.00.80
3925.30.10.00
6910.10.00.20
6802.91.05.00
3918.10.10.30
7007.19.00.00
4407.12.00.20
4409.10.40.10
4412.33.32.25
4418.29.80.60
6802.91.15.00
4418.99.91.95
7008.00.00.00
6802.99.00.50
4412.33.06.40
7009.92.50.95
6810.99.00.40
3922.10.00.00
4409.10.40.90
3925.20.00.10
4407.19.00.68
6807.90.00.10
4407.11.00.53
6910.10.00.10
4411.14.90.10
6802.93.00.25
6809.11.00.10
9406.90.01.90
6807.10.00.00
4407.11.00.01
4418.89.00.00
4418.75.70.00
3925.20.00.20
4418.29.80.30
6806.90.00.90
3214.10.00.20
4418.83.00.00
2523.21.00.00
9406.10.00.00
7019.80.10.90
4407.19.00.69
3918.10.20.00
3214.10.00.10
4421.99.94.00
6802.93.00.90
6907.22.90.51
4408.10.01.25
3922.20.00.00
6909.11.20.00
4016.91.00.00
4411.14.20.00
4418.21.80.60
4410.11.00.20
4411.14.10.00
6910.90.00.00
6811.82.00.00
6910.10.00.30
7007.29.00.00
4407.19.00.57
2520.10.00.00
4412.39.40.31
4412.49.00.00
4412.33.32.75
6802.99.00.90
6907.23.90.51
3925.30.50.00
4418.99.91.05
4412.33.06.70
6802.92.00.00
4418.19.00.00
6910.10.00.15
4412.92.52.05
6907.21.10.51
7006.00.40.10
6802.10.00.00
6910.10.00.50
6802.91.25.00
4412.39.40.69
4412.39.40.62
4407.19.00.67
4410.11.00.10
4407.12.00.59
4411.12.90.90
4407.19.00.01
4411.14.90.90
7003.19.00.00
3925.10.00.00
6907.23.90.11
7006.00.40.50
3918.90.10.00
3922.90.00.00
4407.11.00.52
6801.00.00.00
4412.39.40.11
2517.10.00.55
7016.10.00.00
4412.31.48.66
4412.39.50.50
6907.21.90.11
4418.99.91.40
3925.20.00.91
4409.10.90.40
4407.14.00.00
2517.10.00.20
4418.50.00.10
4411.13.20.00
3824.50.00.50
4409.29.41.00
2523.30.00.00
6806.10.00.90
7009.91.50.95
4409.10.05.00
4407.29.02.20
4418.50.00.50
4412.31.45.00
2523.90.00.00
4418.50.00.30
4411.12.10.00
6907.40.90.51
6802.21.50.00
3214.90.50.00
3926.90.25.00
4814.90.02.00
4418.99.91.50
7009.92.10.90
6802.93.00.35
6810.11.00.70
4412.33.32.85
4407.29.02.96
2523.10.00.00
4407.11.00.47
6902.10.50.00
4407.19.00.64
6810.91.00.00
4814.20.00.00
4418.81.00.00
6810.19.50.00
4407.19.00.92
4407.19.00.93
6802.99.00.70
4411.13.90.90
4411.92.40.00
6902.20.10.10
4418.75.40.00
2522.10.00.00
6902.20.10.20
6902.10.10.00
4409.29.26.60
4412.33.57.00
3918.10.50.00
4411.13.10.00
4412.92.31.60
6809.90.00.00
2517.10.00.15
4412.39.40.39
4412.39.50.10
4409.29.91.00
4411.92.10.00
6802.93.00.10
4407.11.00.02
7004.90.10.00
6802.23.00.00
4409.10.45.00
6907.30.90.11
4403.23.01.12
4403.24.01.35
2518.10.00.00
6806.10.00.20
4418.29.40.00
4412.92.52.15
4412.39.40.32
7009.92.10.10
4412.39.50.30
4407.97.00.79
4407.92.00.00
4407.99.02.95
6907.30.20.00
6806.20.00.00
4409.29.51.00
4407.93.00.10
4412.31.48.60
6904.10.00.40
6907.22.90.11
4418.99.91.20
4407.27.00.00
4412.42.00.00
5904.10.00.00
4413.00.00.00
4408.90.01.37
4409.10.50.00
4418.79.01.00
6902.20.50.20
4409.22.90.90
4418.40.00.00
2517.41.00.00
7009.92.50.10
4407.12.00.19
6803.00.50.00
7009.92.50.91
6910.10.00.05
7016.90.10.50
4407.11.00.46
4410.11.00.60
4408.39.02.91
4408.90.01.97
4412.52.31.05
7005.29.25.00
2516.11.00.00
7016.90.50.00
4418.11.00.00
4409.10.10.80
4418.21.80.30
6809.11.00.80
4407.19.00.56
2522.20.00.00
4407.11.00.45
4409.29.06.55
4411.14.30.00
4403.11.00.20
6802.21.10.00
4412.99.97.00
4407.19.00.02
6904.90.00.00
6907.30.90.51
4411.94.00.60
6907.21.40.00
6802.93.00.60
4504.10.30.00
4418.99.10.00
4411.12.30.00
4407.11.00.43
4403.25.01.12
6806.10.00.40
2520.20.00.00
6802.29.90.00
6803.00.10.00
4407.19.00.76
4412.33.06.65
4407.91.00.63
4407.29.02.16
4410.11.00.30
2521.00.00.00
2505.90.00.00
6904.10.00.20
6808.00.00.00
4408.90.01.81
2505.10.10.00
4407.19.00.77
6907.40.90.11
4403.25.01.40
4407.12.00.01
4408.10.01.45
6902.90.10.20
3214.10.00.90
7004.90.05.00
4409.10.10.60
4409.10.10.20
7005.10.80.00
6810.19.14.00
2517.49.00.00
4407.19.00.74
6907.30.30.00
6802.29.10.00
4412.31.48.69
4412.92.07.00
6806.10.00.10
4408.90.01.21
4408.90.01.51
4407.19.00.55
4418.82.00.00
4407.96.00.13
4407.21.00.00
4412.31.92.00
4418.30.01.00
3214.90.10.00
4412.34.32.25
7009.91.50.10
4409.22.25.00
6810.19.12.00
6905.10.00.00
4412.39.10.00
4409.29.06.65
7009.91.10.90
4412.31.52.70
6902.90.50.20
4407.93.00.20
4412.31.61.00
6902.20.50.10
4408.90.01.45
4407.96.00.19
6909.11.40.00
4412.34.32.75
4418.91.91.05
6802.99.00.30
4407.29.02.06
3918.90.50.00
4412.39.40.19
4418.21.40.00
4408.90.01.71
4404.10.00.80
6809.19.00.00
4418.91.91.50
4412.31.06.60
4408.90.01.10
6806.10.00.60
7016.90.10.10
4409.22.40.00
7004.20.10.00
4407.23.01.00
6907.21.30.00
4407.19.00.65
4412.31.52.25
4403.26.01.40
2518.20.00.00
4407.25.00.00
2505.10.50.00
4418.91.91.95
2517.20.00.00
4412.52.51.00
6811.89.90.00
4411.92.30.00
6907.40.10.51
6802.91.20.00
7005.21.10.10
4412.91.51.15
6903.90.00.10
7003.12.00.00
4412.91.51.05
4412.31.06.40
4409.22.50.90
4409.29.61.00
4412.92.31.20
6806.90.00.10
4412.10.90.00
4412.31.48.80
4408.90.01.61
4802.40.00.00
2515.12.10.00
4412.39.40.61
4412.91.06.00
6907.22.10.51
4408.90.01.31
4409.10.60.00
4412.34.57.00
4407.96.00.11
7019.80.10.20
4407.19.00.54
4412.39.40.12
4418.99.91.10
4407.29.02.60
4412.41.00.00
6907.23.10.51
4412.31.48.50
2515.20.00.00
4408.90.01.87
4407.19.00.75
4418.92.00.00
4412.31.52.60
4412.33.26.25
4411.94.00.80
4410.19.00.60
6907.23.40.00
4409.29.26.30
2516.20.20.00
4403.25.01.55
4403.99.01.60
4412.99.81.00
4411.13.30.00
4411.14.60.00
7009.91.10.10
6907.21.10.11
4407.91.00.22
6907.21.10.05
4412.10.05.00
4421.99.20.00
4412.59.95.00
4412.59.95.00
6907.30.10.05
4421.91.94.00
6907.22.40.00
4407.11.00.42
7004.20.20.10
6802.93.00.20
7006.00.20.00
6802.91.30.00
4407.99.02.61
4408.90.01.15
6901.00.00.00
7005.21.10.30
4412.31.52.68
6907.40.10.11
4412.51.31.05
4407.22.00.91
6806.90.00.20
4418.73.60.00
4412.91.10.40
2516.90.00.60
7005.30.00.00
4407.22.00.06
6907.30.10.51
4409.22.05.15
6907.21.20.00
6907.40.40.00
4406.92.00.00
4412.33.06.20
4412.51.10.50
4411.93.90.90
4412.92.11.30
4421.99.15.00
6807.90.00.50
4407.99.02.63
4407.28.00.00
4410.90.00.00
4412.52.10.30
4412.99.58.00
4403.11.00.40
4412.33.26.30
2516.12.00.60
4409.10.10.40
6907.22.20.00
4408.90.01.76
4421.99.10.00
4412.92.11.40
4403.21.01.65
4411.12.20.00
4403.49.02.00
7009.91.50.91
4409.22.50.40
4412.51.51.00
4410.19.00.20
4403.99.01.50
4409.29.11.00
4412.31.48.75
3918.10.31.50
3918.10.40.10
4409.29.66.00
6907.22.10.11
2514.00.00.00
3816.00.10.00
4418.73.10.00
6905.90.00.50
4409.10.20.00
4408.39.02.10
4409.10.90.20
4412.92.31.70
3918.10.40.50
4412.34.32.65
4411.93.10.00
7005.21.20.00
7003.30.00.00
4412.31.06.20
4409.22.05.45
4409.22.05.20
6907.30.40.00
4412.31.26.20
2516.90.00.30
6811.89.10.00
4409.22.05.60
6907.40.20.00
4404.10.00.90
4412.99.91.00
7004.90.40.00
4403.22.01.30
6906.00.00.00
7006.00.10.00
4412.52.10.50
4412.31.52.66
4408.90.01.56
6907.22.10.05
6907.40.30.00
4407.97.00.72
4412.92.42.00
7004.90.25.50
4404.20.00.90
2516.12.00.30
6904.10.00.10
6907.23.10.11
4407.95.00.00
2516.20.10.00
6904.10.00.10
6907.23.10.11
4407.95.00.00
2516.20.10.00
4409.22.05.90
4411.93.20.00
6907.23.30.00
6902.90.10.10
4412.52.31.75
4411.94.00.40
4407.12.00.58
4412.39.30.00
3824.50.00.10
4403.95.01.30
4408.90.01.05
6907.30.10.11
4403.99.01.95
4412.34.32.85
4407.19.00.66
4411.13.90.10
4411.92.20.00
4403.11.00.50
4407.12.00.18
4408.31.01.00
4412.91.31.50
4409.29.26.50
4411.94.00.20
5904.90.90.00
6902.90.50.10
6907.23.20.00
6907.22.30.00
4418.73.20.00
4409.91.00.40
2515.12.20.00
4411.12.60.00
4404.10.00.40
4407.29.02.40
5904.90.10.00
4411.12.90.10
2515.11.00.00
7005.10.40.00
7003.20.00.00
7004.90.50.00
4404.20.00.80
4403.24.01.12
4409.22.10.00
4408.90.01.66
2522.30.00.00
4407.94.00.00
4403.21.01.12
4412.91.31.60
4418.73.70.00
4407.19.00.83
4418.74.10.00
4412.51.31.61
4418.74.20.00
4403.91.00.20
4411.93.90.10
4411.13.60.00
4410.19.00.10
4403.23.01.42
3918.10.32.50
4503.90.40.00
3918.90.20.00
4412.31.42.00
4601.29.80.00
4407.12.00.02
6907.23.10.05
4412.91.41.00
4418.74.90.00
4407.12.00.17
4407.11.00.48
4403.99.01.70
4409.10.65.00
4403.26.01.52
4418.73.90.00
4407.29.02.85
4403.23.01.65
4403.99.01.75
4403.97.00.67
3918.10.31.10
3918.90.30.00
4418.73.40.00
4412.99.61.00
4403.98.00.95
7004.20.20.20
4403.23.01.35
4410.19.00.30
4504.10.40.00
4411.93.30.00
6812.99.20.00
6810.11.00.10
4403.21.01.16
4403.25.01.50
4403.26.01.57
4407.99.02.42
4412.31.52.62
4409.22.05.35
4421.91.20.00
7004.90.30.10
4403.11.00.60
2517.30.00.00
4412.31.26.10
4412.59.90.00
6905.90.00.10
4403.21.01.15
4412.33.32.65
4403.21.01.30
4412.91.31.70
4403.96.01.30
4403.99.01.28
4403.12.00.50
4418.91.91.40
4412.52.41.00
4418.91.91.20
6907.40.10.05
4403.96.01.27
4403.24.01.15
4412.31.52.75
4411.93.60.00
4421.91.10.00
4412.33.32.55
4409.21.05.00
4403.97.00.65
4403.42.00.00
6811.81.00.00
7004.90.30.20
4412.52.31.21
4412.51.10.30
4403.26.01.64
4403.22.01.12
4403.25.01.65
4412.51.31.75
4407.19.00.82
4403.25.01.57
4601.21.80.00
4409.22.65.00
7004.90.25.20
4412.51.41.00
4412.39.40.52
4409.22.60.00
4409.21.90.00
4412.52.31.61
4412.92.11.20
4403.25.01.64
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(4) Entry.--The term ``entry'' includes a withdrawal from
warehouse for consumption.
(5) United states entity.--The term ``United States
entity'' means an entity organized under the laws of the United
States or any jurisdiction within the United States.
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Housing Tariff Exclusion Act
#3943 | S Congress #119
Policy Area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects:
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (2/26/2026)
Bill Text Source: Congress.gov
Summary and Impacts
Original Text