[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2426 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2426

  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of door 
                                hinges.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of door 
                                hinges.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF DOOR HINGES.

    Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as 
        subsections (g), (h), (i), and (j), respectively, and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Marking of Certain Door Hinges.--
            ``(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no exception may 
        be made under subsection (a)(3) of this section with respect to 
        door hinges and parts thereof (except metal forgings and 
        castings imported for further processing into finished hinges 
        and door hinges designed for motor vehicles), each of which 
        shall be marked on the exposed surface of the hinge when viewed 
        after fixture with the English name of the country of origin by 
        means of die stamping, cast-in-mold lettering, etching, or 
        engraving.
            ``(2) If, because of the nature of the article, it is 
        technically or commercially infeasible to mark it by 1 of the 4 
        methods specified in paragraph (1), the article may be marked 
        by an equally permanent method of marking such as paint 
        stenciling or, in the case of door hinges of less than 3 inches 
        in length, by marking on the smallest unit of packaging 
        utilized.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 apply to goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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