To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2005, the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities. Provides for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of duty on such items that are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during a specified period of time.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3875 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3875

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other vapor 
             generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2000

   Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Tanner, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Lewis of 
Georgia, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, and Mrs. Thurman) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam or other vapor 
             generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN STEAM OR OTHER VAPOR 
              GENERATING BOILERS USED IN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new subheading:

      

``    9902.84.02    Watertube         Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     boilers with a                                                          31/2005          ''
                     steam                                                                                     .
                     production
                     exceeding 45 t
                     per hour, for
                     use in nuclear
                     facilities
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     8402.11.00)....

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
        warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Application to liquidations or reliquidations.--
        Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any 
        other provision of law and subject to paragraph (3), any 
        article described in heading 9902.84.02 of the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States (as added by subsection 
        (a)) that was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption--
                    (A) on or after January 1, 2000, and
                    (B) before the date that is 15 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such heading 
        9902.84.02 applied to such entry or withdrawal, and the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any excess duty paid 
        with respect to such entry.
            (3) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to any entry only if a request 
        therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains 
        sufficient information to enable the Customs Service--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
                located.
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