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(a) In general Except as provided by subsection (b) or (c), the amendments made by this Act apply to countervailing duty investigations initiated under subtitle A of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), antidumping duty investigations initiated under subtitle B of title VII of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.), reviews initiated under subtitle C of title VII of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.), and circumvention inquiries requested under section 781 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1677j), on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) Applicability (1) In general Except as provided in subsection (c), the amendments made by this Act apply to— (A) investigations or reviews under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) pending on the date of the enactment of this Act if the date on which the fully extended preliminary determination is scheduled is not earlier than 45 days after such date of enactment; (B) circumvention inquiries initiated under section 781 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1677j) before and pending on such date of enactment; and (C) circumvention inquiries requested under section 781 of such Act but not initiated before such date of enactment. (2) Deadlines for circumvention inquiries (A) Determinations In this case of a circumvention inquiry described in paragraph (1)(B), subsection (f)(4) of section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677j), as amended by section 301(a), shall be applied and administered— (i) in subparagraph (A)(i), by substituting the date of the enactment of the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act for the date on which the administering authority initiates a circumvention inquiry under paragraph (1) or (3)(A); and (ii) in subparagraph (C), by substituting the date of the enactment of the Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act for the filing of the inquiry request. (B) Actions with respect to inquiry requests In the case of a circumvention inquiry described in paragraph (1)(C), the administering authority (as defined in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(1))) shall, not later than 20 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, take an action described in subsection (f)(3) of section 781 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677j), as amended by section 301(a), with respect to the inquiry. (c) Retroactive application of provision on determination of normal value To account for distortions of costs that occur in foreign countries The amendments made by section 204 apply to— (1) antidumping duty investigations initiated under subtitle B of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.) on or after June 29, 2015; (2) reviews initiated under subtitle C of title VII of such Act (19 U.S.C. 1675 et seq.) on or after June 29, 2015; (3) actions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection resulting from an investigation specified in paragraph (1) or a review specified in paragraph (2); and (4) civil actions, criminal proceedings, and other proceedings before a Federal court relating to proceedings specified in paragraph (1) or (2) or actions specified to in paragraph (3) in which final judgment has not been entered on or before the date of the enactment of this Act.