[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2967 Introduced in House (IH)]
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2967
To provide duty-free treatment for certain foodstuffs originating in
NAFTA countries.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 25, 2001
Mrs. Thurman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To provide duty-free treatment for certain foodstuffs originating in
NAFTA countries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FOODSTUFFS ORIGINATING IN
NAFTA COUNTRIES.
(a) Amendments to U.S. Notes.--Subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by adding
after U.S. note 6 the following new note:
``7. Certain food preparations that are the product of Canada or Mexico
consisting of, or processed using, a material exported from the
United States.--The following provisions apply only to
subheading 9802.00.95:
``(a) Entry of any product described by subheading 9802.00.95:
``(i) shall not be subject to duty under the provisions
of subchapter IV of chapter 99; and
``(ii) if a tariff-rate quota provision would have
applied to such product but for subheading
9802.00.95, the quantity of the product entered
under that subheading shall not be counted
against the quantity specified as the in-quota
quantity for any such product.
``(b) The term `product of Canada or Mexico' means a good:
``(i) that is determined to be a product of Canada or
of Mexico under rules of origin promulgated by
the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Annex
311 of the North American Free Trade Agreement,
as implemented under the North American Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act; or
``(ii) that is processed, packaged, or otherwise
advanced in value or improved in condition in
Canada or Mexico (or both) and that is
determined to be a product of the United States
under such rules of origin.
``(c) The term `product of the United States' means a good or
material that is determined to be a product of the
United States under rules of origin promulgated by the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Annex 311 of the
North American Free Trade Agreement, as implemented
under the North American Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act.
``(d) The term `processed in Canada or Mexico (or both) using a
good or material that was exported from the United
States' includes, but is not limited to:
``(i) processing in Canada or Mexico using a good or
material that previously was imported into the
United States; and
``(ii) processing in Canada or Mexico using a good or
material that was processed in a country or
countries other than Canada or Mexico after
exportation from the United States, if such
processing did not effect a change in the
country of origin of the good as exported from
the United States.''.
(b) Duty-Free Treatment.--Subchapter II of chapter 98 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting
in numerical sequence the following new heading:
`` 9802.00.95 Any good of Free (see U.S. note
subheading 7 of this
2008.11, that is a subchapter) ''
product of Canada .
or Mexico and that
was processed in
Canada or Mexico
(or both) using a
good or material
exported from the
United States, if
the following
conditions are
met: (1) the good
as imported into
the United States
is an originating
good satisfying
the requirements
of General Note 12
of the tariff
schedule; and (2)
any good or
material of
heading 1202 or
2008 that was used
in the processing
in Canada or in
Mexico (or both)
of the good
imported into the
United States was
a product of the
United States and
was produced from
quota peanuts as
defined in section
358-1 of the
Agriculture
Adjustment Act of
1938 that are
products of the
United States.....
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
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