[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2885 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2885

 To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to clarify certain 
                            rules of origin.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to clarify certain 
                            rules of origin.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN RUM.

    Section 213(a) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2703(a)) is amended by inserting the following new paragraph 
after paragraph (5):
    ``(6) Rum, provided for in subheading 2208.40 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States, which meets the requirements of 
paragraph (1)(B) shall be treated as originating in the territory of 
the United States for the purposes of the United States-Canada Free-
Trade Agreement when used in the production or processing of articles 
in Canada.''.

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