[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1577 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1577

  To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude oil and 
derivatives thereof consumed in refining operations are not subject to 
    duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 31, 1993

 Mr. Ortiz (for himself and Mr. Abercrombie) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Foreign Trade Zones Act to clarify that crude oil and 
derivatives thereof consumed in refining operations are not subject to 
    duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FUEL NOT SUBJECT TO DUTY.

    (a) In General.--Section 3(d) of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly 
known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81c(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``In regard'' and inserting ``(1) 
        Calculation of Relative Values.--In regard''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Fuel Consumed in Refining Operations.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, crude oil and derivatives thereof admitted into 
a foreign trade zone and consumed in the refining process are not 
subject to duty.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to articles admitted into a foreign trade zone after 
the date which is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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