[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4641 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4641

 To restore the previous tariff treatment accorded to hand-cast string-
                          drawn fishing nets.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1994

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To restore the previous tariff treatment accorded to hand-cast string-
                          drawn fishing nets.

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

SECTION 1. HAND-CAST STRING-DRAWN FISHING NETS.

    Chapter 56 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended--
            (1) by striking the subheading 5608.11.10; and
            (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description having the same 
        indentation as the article description in subheading 
        5608.11.00:
  
      

``  5608.12.00     Made up hand-cast string-drawn fishing                   1.7% (IL), 6.8%  82%                
                    nets...................................  5%              (CA), 14.1%                      ''
                                                                             (MX)                              .

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) In General.--The amendment made by section 1 applies with 
respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Retroactive Provision.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law to the contrary, upon 
a request filed with the appropriate customs officer before the 60th 
day after the date of the enactment of this Act, any entry or 
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of goods to which the 
amendment made by section 1 applies and that was made--
            (1) after December 31, 1988, and
            (2) before the 15th day after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act;
and with respect to which there would have been a lower duty if the 
amendment made by section 1 had applied to such entry or withdrawal, 
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal 
had occurred on such 15th day.

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