[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2121 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2121

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2002

  Mr. Breaux (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 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. 1313(j)) 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 
drawback claims filed on or after such date and to drawback entries 
filed before that date if the liquidation of the entry is not final on 
such date.
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