[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2158

    To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
 eliminate the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers 
                      used in nuclear facilities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

Mr. Murkowski (for himself, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Grams) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
 eliminate the duty on certain steam or other vapor generating boilers 
                      used in nuclear facilities.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN STEAM OR OTHER VAPOR 
              GENERATING BOILERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by striking subheading 8402.11.00 and 
inserting the following new subheadings and superior text thereto, with 
such text having the same degree of indentation as the article 
description for subheading 8402.12.00:

      

``       8402.11          Watertube boilers
                           with a steam
                           production
                           exceeding 45 t per
                           hour..............
``       8402.11.10       For use in nuclear   Free                                      45%
                           facilities........
``       8402.11.20       Other..............  5.2%                 Free (A, CA, E, IL,  45%
                                                                     J, MX)
 
 
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Staged Rate Reductions.--Any staged rate reduction that was 
proclaimed by the President before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, to take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
of a rate of duty set forth in subheading 8402.11.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply to the corresponding 
rate of duty in subheading 8402.11.20 of such Schedule (as added by 
subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
        warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law and 
        subject to paragraph (3), any article described in subheading 
        8402.11.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States (as added by subsection (a)) that was entered, or 
        withdrawn from warehouse for consumption--
                    (A) on or after January 1, 2000, and
                    (B) before the date that is 15 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such subheading 
        8402.11.10 applied to such entry or withdrawal, and the 
        Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any excess duty paid 
        with respect to such entry.
            (3) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to any entry only if a request 
        therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days 
        after the date of enactment of this Act, that contains 
        sufficient information to enable the Customs Service--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
                located.
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