[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3452 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3452

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow the sale of certain gasoline, 
 alternative motor fuels, and motor oil at duty-free sales enterprises.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 1998

   Mr. Camp 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 to allow the sale of certain gasoline, 
 alternative motor fuels, and motor oil at duty-free sales enterprises.

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

SECTION 1. SALE OF CERTAIN GASOLINE, ALTERNATIVE MOTOR FUELS, AND MOTOR 
              OIL AT DUTY-FREE SALES ENTERPRISES UNDER THE TARIFF ACT 
              OF 1930.

    Section 555(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1555(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (9); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8)(A) Gasoline, alternative motor fuels (in an amount 
        not to exceed 120 liters per vehicle), and motor oil (in an 
        amount not to exceed 6 liters per vehicle), may be sold at a 
        duty-free sales enterprise, with all the benefits accruing to 
        such sales, without prior approval by the Customs Service.
            ``(B) The Customs Service may not prohibit the sale of such 
        merchandise unless the Secretary of the Treasury determines 
        that--
                    ``(i) there is a pattern of re-importation of the 
                merchandise without declaration; and
                    ``(ii) other means of preventing the re-importation 
                of the merchandise without declaration are not 
                available.''.
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