[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1756 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1756

To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to make certain products 
  eligible for drawback and to simplify and clarify certain drawback 
                              provisions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2001

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to make certain products 
  eligible for drawback and to simplify and clarify certain drawback 
                              provisions.

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

SECTION 1. UNUSED MERCHANDISE DRAWBACK.

    (a) In General.--Section 313(j) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 131(3j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``because of its'' and 
        inserting ``upon entry or'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``because of its'' and 
        inserting ``upon entry or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) No prior notification of intent to export is required 
        to be provided to the Customs Service for any exports under 
        this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply to any 
drawback claim filed on or after that date and to any drawback entry 
filed before that date if the liquidation of the entry is not final on 
that date.
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