[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1712 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1712

   To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with 
                 respect to imports of civil aircraft.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 1995

 Mr. Collins of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Kingston) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with 
                 respect to imports of civil aircraft.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That General Note 6 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended to read 
as follows:
``6. Articles Eligible for Duty-Free Treatment Pursuant to the 
        Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft.
        ``(a) Whenever a product is entered under a provision for which 
                the rate of duty `Free (C)' appears in the `Special' 
                subcolumn, the importer--
                ``(i) shall maintain such supporting documentation as 
                        the Secretary of the Treasury may require; and
                ``(ii) shall be deemed to certify that the imported 
                        article is a civil aircraft, or has been 
                        imported for use in civil aircraft and will be 
                        so used.
        The importer may amend the entry or file a written statement to 
                claim a free rate of duty under this note at any time 
                before the liquidation of the entry becomes final.
        ``(b) For purposes of the tariff schedule, the term `civil 
                aircraft' means--
                ``(i) any aircraft--
                        ``(A) that is manufactured or operated pursuant 
                                to any certificate issued by the 
                                Administrator of the FAA under section 
                                44704 of title 49, United States Code, 
                                or pursuant to the approval of the 
                                airworthiness authority in the country 
                                of exportation, if such approval is 
                                recognized by the FAA as an acceptable 
                                substitute for such an FAA certificate, 
                                or
                        ``(B) for which an application for such a 
                                certificate has been submitted to, and 
                                accepted by, the Administrator of the 
                                FAA, and
                ``(ii) any aircraft not described in clause (i), other 
                        than aircraft purchased for use by the 
                        Department of Defense or the United States 
                        Coast Guard.''.
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