[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1928 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1928

  To allow the entry of certain United States-origin defense articles 
            into bonded warehouses and foreign-trade zones.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2005

Mr. LaTourette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To allow the entry of certain United States-origin defense articles 
            into bonded warehouses and foreign-trade zones.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW ENTRY OF CERTAIN UNITED STATES-ORIGIN 
              DEFENSE ARTICLES INTO BONDED WAREHOUSES AND FOREIGN-TRADE 
              ZONES.

    (a) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States may deny a 
request from an applicant described in subsection (b) for entry of 
United States-origin defense articles into a bonded warehouse or 
foreign-trade zone if the defense articles--
            (1) are being imported by the applicant from a country or 
        area that is not a country or area specified in section 
        447.52(a) of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations;
            (2) are subject to the approval of the Department of State 
        for retransfer and a request for such retransfer has been 
        submitted by the applicant to the Department of State; and
            (3) are being imported by the applicant for--
                    (A) subsequent official end use by the United 
                States or any department or agency thereof or a State 
                or any department, agency, or political subdivision 
                thereof; or
                    (B) subsequent export as approved by the Department 
                of State.
    (b) Applicant Described.--An applicant referred to in subsection 
(a) is a person who is--
            (1) engaged in the business, in the United States, of 
        importing articles enumerated on the United States Munitions 
        Import List and is registered as such under subpart D of part 
        447 of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations; or
            (2) engaged in the business, in the United States, of 
        importing firearms, destructive devices, or both, and is 
        licensed as such under subpart D of part 478 of title 27, Code 
        of Federal Regulations.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Bonded warehouse.--The term ``bonded warehouse'' means 
        a building, part of a building, or other inclosure that is 
        designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
        555 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1555) as a bonded 
        warehouse for the storage of imported merchandise entered for 
        warehousing or for other purposes as specified in section 555 
        of such Act.
            (2) Foreign-trade zone.--The term ``foreign-trade zone'' 
        means a foreign-trade zone as provided in the Act of June 18, 
        1934 (commonly referred to as the ``Foreign Trade Zones Act''; 
        19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.).
            (3) United states-origin defense articles.--The term 
        ``United States-origin defense articles'' means items that--
                    (A) are listed under Category I, II, or III of the 
                United States Munitions Import List under section 
                447.21 of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations;
                    (B) contain United States manufactured parts or 
                components, foreign manufactured parts or components 
                that were manufactured with United States technical 
                data or assistance, or both; and
                    (C) were furnished to the United States military or 
                to a foreign government under a foreign assistance or 
                foreign military sales program of the United States.
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