[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2339 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2339

      Relating to the tariff treatment of nuclear fuel assemblies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 31, 1997

     Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself and Mrs. Kennelly of 
 Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      Relating to the tariff treatment of nuclear fuel assemblies.

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

SECTION 1. NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES.

    (a) In General.--The Additional U.S. Notes to chapter 84 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 3007) are 
amended by adding at the end the following new note:
        ``3. Subheading 8401.30.00 applies only to fuel rods which are 
                collected into bundles to form fuel assemblies. 
                Enriched uranium compound shipped abroad and converted 
                into sintered, enriched uranium dioxide pellets and 
                then inserted into zirconium alloy tubing which is 
                sealed by the means of plugs which are welded into 
                either end are to be classified as follows:
                ``(a) The uranium pellets are to be classified under 
                        subheading 2844.20.00 as uranium oxide.
                ``(b) The zirconium tubing is to be classified as an 
                        article of base metal in subheading 
                        8109.90.00.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 or any other provision of law, upon proper request filed with the 
Customs Service before the 90th day after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, any entry of eligible goods--
            (1) that was made after January 15, 1996, and before the 
        15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
            (2) with respect to which there would have been a lesser 
        duty if the amendment made by section 1(a) applied to such 
        entry,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such amendment applied to 
such entry.
    (b) Eligible Goods.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``eligible goods'' means goods classified under subheadings 2844.20.00 
and 8109.90.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, 
pursuant to Additional U.S. Note 3 to chapter 84 of such Schedule, as 
added by section 1(a) of this Act.
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