[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1711 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1711

  Relating to customs fees charged with respect to certain commercial 
             truck arrivals in Whatcom County, Washington.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  Relating to customs fees charged with respect to certain commercial 
             truck arrivals in Whatcom County, Washington.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION FROM FEE.

    Section 13031(b)(2) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) No fee may be charged under subsection (a)(2) for the arrival 
of a commercial truck in any port of entry in Whatcom County, 
Washington, in the course of a round-trip journey between Point 
Roberts, Washington, and any other place in the State of Washington 
if--
            ``(i) Point Roberts, Washington, is either the place from 
        which the journey originates or the return trip starts; and
            ``(ii) no stops are made for commercial purposes during 
        each Canadian segment of the journey.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 apply with respect to arrivals 
that are made in the course of journeys described in section 1 and that 
occur on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

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