Protecting American Industry and Labor from International Trade Crimes Act of 2024

Section 6 (Authorization of appropriations) was deleted entirely. It had authorized $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2025, required at least 80 percent to go to the Criminal Division for trade crime prosecution (salaries, training, partnerships, enforcement), allowed remaining funds for other DOJ components, and made amounts available until expended.

Obligations previously assigned to 'the Department of Justice' in sections 3(b) and 4(a) were reassigned to 'the Attorney General,' making the individual official rather than the agency the named responsible party.

The deadline for establishing the task force was tightened from 'within 120 days, after availability of appropriations' to 'not later than 120 days after the date on which appropriations are made available to carry out this Act,' making the trigger more precise.

Legal citations were reformatted throughout section 4 from short-form (e.g., '18 U.S.C. 541') to long-form (e.g., 'section 541 of title 18, United States Code'), and two statutes were given their full act names: the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The definition in section 2 was simplified from a multi-part structure to a single paragraph, 'and/or' was changed to 'or,' and 'each as amended' was removed from the list of referenced statutes.