AD/CVD Evasion Investigation Procedures (HR6446)

Current understanding

HR6446 is a House bill that proposes modifications to the procedures used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Commerce to investigate claims of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders, building on the existing Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) framework. The bill was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means; substantive changes to importer notification, evidentiary standards, or timelines are not yet detailed in this record. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2026-09-02 — Heightened Import Disclosures for Supply Chain Visibility: cross-connection with cbp-import-supply-chain-visibility: Proposed CBP disclosure requirements would feed evidence useful for AD/CVD evasion investigations. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-01-21 — Stopping Adversarial Tariff Evasion Act: cross-connection with stopping-adversarial-tariff-evasion-act: Complementary approaches to closing tariff-evasion pathways — SATEA does so via origin attribution for Section 301/203/232, while HR6446 tightens AD/CVD circumvention inquiry procedures. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-05-23 — ANTE Act: cross-connection with ante-act-nonmarket-tariff-evasion: Both address tariff-evasion investigatory procedures — ANTE targets Section 301 third-country evasion via nonmarket-economy-linked entities, while HR6446 governs AD/CVD evasion investigations. (novelty: 3)
• 2025-02-24 — Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act: cross-connection with leveling-the-playing-field-2-act: Both bills tighten AD/CVD enforcement — LPF 2.0 codifies circumvention inquiries while HR6446 addresses evasion investigation procedures. (novelty: 3)

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