Byrd Amendment Controversy
Overview of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act
The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA, also known as the Byrd Amendment) mandates the annual distribution of anti-dumping and countervailing duties for "qualifying expenditures" to "affected domestic producers" — that is, producers who were petitioners or interested parties supporting the petitions in the original trade remedy proceedings, and remain in operation. The provision, which was added in conference as part of the agriculture appropriation act for FY 2001, is implemented by the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. Final regulations were issued in September 2001. Congress made several findings in the legislation, including that the "continued…
