[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4294 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4294

 To provide for the liquidation or reliquidation of certain entries of 
                    certain manufacturing equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2002

  Mr. DeMint 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 certain entries of 
                    certain manufacturing equipment.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY RELIQUIDATION FOR CERTAIN MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding sections 514 and 520 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514 and 1520) or any other provision of law, 
not later than 90 days after the receipt of the request described in 
subsection (b), any article --
            (1) that was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption--
                    (A) on or after May 11, 1997; and
                    (B) before October 21, 1998; and
            (2) with respect to which heading 9902.84.79, 9902.84.91, 
        or 9902.84.85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States would have applied if such article had been entered, or 
        withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on December 31, 2001,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if heading 9902.84.79, 
9902.84.91, or 9902.84.85, whichever is applicable, applied to such 
entry or withdrawal, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any 
excess duty paid with respect to such entry.
    (b) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made under 
subsection (a) 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--
            (1) to locate the entry; or
            (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.
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