[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2634 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2634

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam generators and certain 
           reactor vessel heads for use in nuclear reactors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 2003

  Mr. English (for himself and Mr. Hayworth) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain steam generators and certain 
           reactor vessel heads for use in nuclear reactors.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN STEAM GENERATORS, AND CERTAIN REACTOR VESSEL HEADS, 
              USED IN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.

    (a) Certain Steam Generators.--Heading 9902.84.02 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking ``12/31/
2006'' and inserting ``12/31/2012''.
    (b) Certain Reactor Vessel Heads.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by 
inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading:
      

``    9902.84.03    Reactor vessel    Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     heads for                                                               31/2012          ''
                     nuclear                                                                                   .
                     reactors
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     8401.40.00)....

    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (b) shall 
        apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after January 1, 2003.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, and 
        subject to paragraph (4), the entry of any article--
                    (A) that was made on or after January 1, 2003; and
                    (B) to which duty-free treatment would have applied 
                if the amendment made by subsection (b) had been in 
                effect on the date of such entry,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such duty-free 
        treatment applied, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        refund any duty paid with respect to such entry.
            (3) Entry.--As used in this subsection, the term ``entry'' 
        includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
            (4) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to an entry only if a request 
        therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, that contains 
        sufficient information to enable the Customs Service--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
                located.
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