[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3762 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3762

 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of a customs entry of 
                        nuclear fuel assemblies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 30, 1998

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of a customs entry 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.

    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 enactment of this Act, the 
customs entry described in section 2 shall be liquidated or 
reliquidated as if, at the time such entry was made, the following 
additional U.S. note to chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States was in effect:
            ``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 under subheading 
                8109.90.00.''.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION.

    Section 1 shall apply to the following entry, and the Secretary of 
the Treasury shall refund the amount by which the duty previously 
posted or paid on such entry exceeds the amount of duty that would have 
been paid on such entry if the provisions of section 1 were in effect 
on the date of such entry:

      

                         Entry Number:                           Entry Date:
                         839-4030989-7.........................  November 25, 1996.
                                                                        

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