Generator Tariff Elimination Act

Generator Tariff Elimination Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to certain steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities. Provides a duty for certain other steam or vapor generating boilers. Provides for the liquidation or reliquidation (refund) of duty on such boilers used in nuclear facilities that are entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during a specified period of time.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 834 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 834

    To provide duty-free treatment for certain steam or other vapor 
             generating boilers used in nuclear facilities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 2001

 Mr. Murkowski (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Kyl) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide duty-free treatment for 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Generator Tariff Elimination Act''.

SEC. 2. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN BOILERS USED IN NUCLEAR 
              FACILITIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by striking subheading 8402.11.00 and 
inserting the following new subheadings, with the article description 
for subheading 8402.11 having the same degree of indentation as the 
article description for subheading 8402.12.00:

      

``       8402.11            Watertube boilers  ...................  ...................  ...................
                             with a steam
                             production
                             exceeding 45 t
                             per hour........
         8402.11.10          For use in        Free                                      45%
                              nuclear
                              reactors.......
         8402.11.20          Other...........  5.2%                 Free (A, CA, E, IL,  45%
                                                                     J, MX)                                   ''

    (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 subheading 8402.11.10 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 subheading 
        8402.11.10 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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