[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2822 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2822

 To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide authority for 
the temporary suspension of antidumping and countervailing duties under 
                       limited market conditions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide authority for 
the temporary suspension of antidumping and countervailing duties under 
                       limited market conditions.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Temporary Duty Suspension Act''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTIES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of subtitle C of title VII of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 2675 and following) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following new section:

``SEC. 754. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTIES.

    ``(a) Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--The administering authority may suspend 
        for a period of up to one year the imposition of antidumping 
        duties or countervailing duties in whole or in part with 
        respect to one or more particular products covered in an order 
        under this title or section 303, or in a finding under the 
        Antidumping Act, 1921, if the administering authority 
        determines that prevailing market conditions related to the 
        availability of the product in the United States make 
        imposition of such duties inappropriate.
            ``(2) Opportunity to comment.--A suspension may not be 
        ordered under paragraph (1) unless potentially affected parties 
        have had an opportunity to comment on the suspension.
            ``(3) Extension of suspension of duties.--A suspension 
        under paragraph (1) may be extended, after opportunity for 
        potentially affected parties to comment on the extension, for 
        additional periods of not more than one year each.
            ``(4) Reinstatement of duties.--Duties suspended under this 
        section may be reinstated at any time, after opportunity for 
        potentially affected parties to comment on the reinstatement, 
        if the administering authority determines that there is 
        insufficient basis for continuing the suspension.
    ``(b) Potentially Affected Party.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `potentially affected party' means, with respect to an order 
or finding described in subsection (a)(1)--
            ``(1) any person who filed a petition pursuant to which the 
        order or finding was issued;
            ``(2) any producer or consumer of the product in the United 
        States; and
            ``(2) a United States importer of the product or a 
        distributor of the product in the United States.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for title VII of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 753 the following new item:

``Sec. 754. Temporary suspension of duties.''.
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