---
title: "Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act"
identifier: "118-S-1856"
congress: 118
bill_number: 1856
bill_type: "S"
version_code: "is"
version_type: "Introduced in Senate"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/118/bills/s/1856"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1856"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-04T00:31:50.560Z"
---
## SEC. 1 Short title; table of contents.

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# TITLE I — Successive investigations

## SEC. 101 Establishment of special rules for determination of material injury in the case of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.

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## SEC. 102 Initiation of successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.

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## SEC. 103 Issuance of determinations with respect to successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations.

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# TITLE II — Responding to market distortions

## SEC. 201 Addressing cross-border subsidies in countervailing duty investigations.

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## SEC. 202 Modification of definition of ordinary course of trade to specify that an insufficient quantity of foreign like products constitutes a situation outside the ordinary course of trade.

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## SEC. 203 Modification of adjustments to export price and constructed export price with respect to duty drawback.

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## SEC. 204 Modification of determination of normal value to account for distortions of costs that occur in foreign countries.

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## SEC. 205 Special rules for calculation of cost of production and constructed value to address distorted costs.

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# TITLE III — Preventing circumvention

## SEC. 301 Modification of requirements in circumvention inquiries.

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## SEC. 302 Requirement of provision by importer of certification by importer or other party.

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## SEC. 303 Clarification of authority for Department of Commerce regarding merchandise covered by antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings.

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## SEC. 304 Asset requirements applicable to nonresident importers.

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# TITLE IV — Countering currency undervaluation

## SEC. 401 Investigation or review of currency undervaluation under countervailing duty law.

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## SEC. 402 Determination of benefit with respect to currency undervaluation.

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# TITLE V — Preventing duty evasion

## SEC. 501 Limitation on protest against decisions of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders.

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## SEC. 502 Procedures for investigating claims of evasion of safeguard actions.

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## SEC. 503 Application of provisions relating to certain proprietary information.

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# TITLE VI — General provisions

## SEC. 601 Application to Canada and Mexico.

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## SEC. 602 Effective date.

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