[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3255 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3255

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to correct 
 the tariff treatment of certain iron and steel pipe and tube products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 1996

 Mr. Quillen 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 to correct 
 the tariff treatment of certain iron and steel pipe and tube products.

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

SECTION 1. NONALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    Chapter 73 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended--
            (1) in the superior text for subheadings 7306.30.30 and 
        7306.30.50 to read as follows: ``Having a wall thickness of 
        1.65 mm or more, not galvanized:'';
            (2) in each of the subheadings 7306.10.10, 7306.20.60, 
        7306.30.50, and 7306.90.10--
                    (A) in column 1 general rate of duty, by striking 
                ``1.5%'' and inserting ``4.9%''; and
                    (B) in column 2 rate of duty, by striking ``5.5%'' 
                and inserting ``20%'';
            (3) in each of the subheadings 7306.20.20 and 7306.60.10--
                    (A) in column 1 general rate of duty, by striking 
                ``0.4%'' and inserting ``4.9%''; and
                    (B) in column 2 rate of duty, by striking ``1%'' 
                and inserting ``20%''; and
            (4) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        superior text and subheading, with the article description 
        having the same indentation as the article description for 
        subheadings 7306.30.30 and 7306.30.50:

      

          ``    7306.30.60        Having a wall                                                                 
                                   thickness of                                                                 
                                   1.65mm or more,                                                              
                                   galvanized......  6.5%               Free (C, E, IL)                         
                                                                         1.3% (CA)         21.5%                
                                                                                                              ''

SEC. 2. ALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    Each of the subheadings 7306.50.50 and 7306.90.50 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States are amended--
            (1) in column 1 general rate of duty, by striking ``3.9%'' 
        and inserting ``9.5%''; and
            (2) in column 2 rate of duty, by striking ``10%'' and 
        inserting ``28%''.

SEC. 3. STAINLESS STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.

    Chapter 73 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended--
            (1) in column 1 general rate of duty of subheading 
        7306.40.10, by striking ``6.1%'' and inserting ``10.1%''; and
            (2) in subheading 7306.40.50--
                    (A) in column 1 general rate of duty, by striking 
                ``4%'' and inserting ``10.1%''; and
                    (B) in column 2 rate of duty, by striking ``11%'' 
                and inserting ``29%''.

SEC. 4. NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY.

    In the event that a claim for compensation under any provision of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2(7) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(7))) or any other trade agreement 
to which the United States is a party is made by any contracting party 
to that agreement as a result of the amendments made by this Act, the 
United States Trade Representative is authorized to negotiate such 
reasonable compensation as may be appropriate.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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