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<dc:title>118 HR 7864 IH: To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to treat certain merchandise as unused merchandise for drawback purposes.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-04-02</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 7864</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240402">April 2, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="V000134">Ms. Van Duyne</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="S001185">Ms. Sewell</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to treat certain merchandise as unused merchandise for drawback purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H6B0E18EB75D1442AAE0914D907E20307" style="OLC"><section id="HAE7DF07A8A27424FB261F99CA81FB70B" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Treatment of certain merchandise as unused for drawback purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313(j)(5) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1313">19 U.S.C. 1313(j)(5)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB316AA3C8A1A4FA4A698FBF57CB01E1D"><paragraph id="HEE7024613B3341D4A792E3358E7297F6" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFB181F2BF4AA4986A32A351D74047B90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(C), merchandise shall be considered as not having been used within the United States if the merchandise is—</text><clause indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H371E605605F14AE1857B1079C0FADF6A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">returned to inventory; </text></clause><clause indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03AF1923B14E45B7A4A8052D1DF9B528"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">commingled with merchandise that has not been used within the United States; and </text></clause><clause indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB450E56E2627463489F5CF2945F468BC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">treated in the normal course of business without distinction from unused merchandise.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph indent="up1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84B010AD2AFF4279BCC899BD8386AEEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Merchandise described in subparagraph (A) is not eligible for drawback under subsection (c)(1)(C)(ii).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></legis-body></bill> 

