[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1119 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1119

To correct the tariff rate inversion on certain iron and steel pipe and 
                             tube products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To correct the tariff rate inversion on certain iron and steel pipe and 
                             tube products.

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

SECTION 1. NONALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    (a) The superior article description for subheadings 7306.30.30 and 
7306.30.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 
U.S.C. 3007; hereinafter referred to as the ``HTS'') is amended to read 
as follows: ``Having a wall thickness of 1.65 mm or more, not 
galvanized:''.
    (b) Subheadings 7306.10.10, 7306.20.60, 7306.30.50, and 7306.90.10 
of the HTS are each amended--
            (1) by striking out the ``1.9%'' in column 1 General and 
        inserting ``4.9%''; and
            (2) by striking out the ``5.5%'' in column 2 and inserting 
        ``20%''.
    (c) Subheadings 7306.20.20 and 7306.60.10 of the HTS are each 
amended--
            (1) by striking out the ``0.5%'' in column 1 General and 
        inserting ``4.9%''; and
            (2) by striking ``1%'' in column 2 and inserting ``20%''.
    (d) Chapter 73 of the HTS is amended by inserting in numerical 
order the following new subheading having the same degree of 
indentation as the superior article description for subheadings 
7306.30.30 and 7306.30.50:

      

       ``  7306.30.60  Having a wall thickness of 1.65mm                    Free (C, E, IL)  21.5%              
                        or more, galvanized..............  6.5%              1.3% (CA)                        ''

SEC. 2. ALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    (a) Subheadings 7306.50.50 and 7306.90.50 of the HTS are each 
amended--
            (1) by striking out ``4.9%'' in column 1 General and 
        inserting ``9.5%''; and
            (2) by striking out ``10%'' in column 2 and inserting 
        ``28%''.

SEC. 3. STAINLESS STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    (a) Subheading 7306.40.10 of the HTS is amended by striking out 
``7.6%'' in column 1 General and inserting ``10.1%''.
    (b) Subheading 7306.40.50 of the HTS is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``5%'' in column 1 General and 
        inserting ``10.1%''; and
            (2) by striking out ``11%'' in column 2 and inserting 
        ``29%''.

SEC. 4. NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY.

    In the event that a claim for compensation under any provision of 
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or any other trade agreement 
to which the United States is a party is made by any Contracting Party 
to that agreement as a result of the amendments made by this Act, the 
United States Trade Representative is authorized to negotiate such 
reasonable compensation as may be appropriate.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.

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