[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2320 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2320

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2002

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

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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 
              ENTERED ON OR AFTER OCTOBER 21, 1998, AND BEFORE JULY 10, 
              1999.

    (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            (1) that was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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 October 21, 1998; and
                    (B) before July 10, 1999; and
            (2) with respect to which heading 9902.84.81, 9902.84.83. 
        9902.84.85, 99902.84.87, 9902.84.89, or 9902.84.91 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        applied if such article had been entered, or withdrawn from 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 9902.84.81, 
9902.84.83, 9902.84.85, 9902.84.87, 9902.84.89, or 9902.84.91, 
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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