To provide for duty free treatment for certain United States Government property returned to the United States.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide duty-free treatment for certain federal property returned to the United States.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5821 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5821

To provide for duty free treatment for certain United States Government 
                property returned to the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2012

Mr. McDermott introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for duty free treatment for certain United States Government 
                property returned to the United States.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
              PROPERTY RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 98 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:


``      9801.00.11       United States       Free         ...............  ...............  ...............  ''.
                          Government
                          property,
                          returned to the
                          United States
                          without having
                          been advanced in
                          value or improved
                          in condition by
                          any means while
                          abroad, entered
                          by the United
                          States Government
                          or a contractor
                          to the United
                          States
                          Government, and
                          certified by the
                          importer as
                          United States
                          Government
                          property.........

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
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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