[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2235 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2235

    To provide clarity and consistency in certain country-of-origin 
                               markings.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 24, 2002

  Mr. Breaux introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To provide clarity and consistency in certain country-of-origin 
                               markings.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF CERTAIN FITTINGS AND FLANGES.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Markings 
Harmonization Act of 2002''.
    (b) In General.--Section 304(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1304(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs:
    ``(3) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the ultimate 
purchaser of flanges or butt welding fittings made of carbon, alloy, or 
stainless steel shall be the person in the United States that subjects 
such fittings or flanges to--
            ``(A) at least one of the following processes:
                    ``(i) bevelling;
                    ``(ii) threading;
                    ``(iii) center or step boring; and
                    ``(iv) machining the gasket face; and
            ``(B) at least two of the following processes:
                    ``(i) heat treating;
                    ``(ii) recoining or resizing;
                    ``(iii) taper boring;
                    ``(iv) machining ends or surfaces other than a 
                gasket face;
                    ``(v) drilling bolt holes;
                    ``(vi) deburring or shot-blasting;
                    ``(vii) painting;
                    ``(viii) passivating; and
                    ``(ix) marking its name on the fittings or flanges.
    ``(4) The flanges and butt welding fittings subject to paragraph 
(3) shall be all articles provided for under subheadings 7307.21, 
7307.23, 7307.91, and 7307.93 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, as in effect on January 1, 2002, except for articles 
imported from Canada or Mexico that are subject to other marking 
requirements under the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act or regulations issued thereunder.''.
    (c) Articles From Canada and Mexico.--After consultations with the 
Governments of Canada and Mexico, the Secretary of the Treasury may 
issue regulations that extend the provisions of section 304(c)(3) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (as added by subsection (b) of this section) to 
the flanges and butt welding fittings that would be subject to such 
section 304(c)(3) but for other marking requirements under the North 
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act or regulations issued 
thereunder (as provided in section 304(c)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as added by subsection (b) of this section).
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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