To continue Executive Order 14220 in effect indefinitely.
This bill would make permanent, by statute, Executive Order 14220, which addresses national security concerns related to imports of copper. It also preserves any actions or regulations that federal agencies have taken under that executive order. In effect, the current copper-import security measures would no longer expire or be left to future administration decisions; they would continue indefinitely unless Congress later acts to modify or repeal them. The measure does not create new policies beyond codifying the existing order and its implementing actions. It keeps in place the current regulatory framework governing copper imports for national security reasons, thereby maintaining ongoing oversight, licensing, restrictions, or other regulatory actions already established under EO 14220.
Key Points
- 1Codifies the indefinite continuation of Executive Order 14220 and its underlying purpose to address national security threats from copper imports.
- 2Ensures all agency actions and regulations taken pursuant to EO 14220 remain in effect.
- 3Removes any automatic sunset for the copper-import security measures and places them under statutory permanence.
- 4Maintains the current regulatory framework without creating new policies; changes would require separate legislative action.
- 5The bill is a straightforward continuation, not a expansion or revision, of the existing order's provisions.