[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1802 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1802

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported 
                          live bovine animals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 21, 2005

 Mr. Rehberg introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to the marking of imported 
                          live bovine animals.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF IMPORTED LIVE BOVINE ANIMALS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l) as 
        subsections (j), (k), (l), and (m), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(i) Marking of Live Bovine Animals.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--No exception may be made under 
        subsection (a)(3) with respect to live bovine animals, each of 
        which shall be marked so as to identify the country of origin 
        by means of branding or an equally permanent method of marking.
            ``(2) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `live 
        bovine animals' means animals provided for under any subheading 
        of heading 0102 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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