[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3303 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3303

  To suspend temporarily the deposit requirements and assessments of 
countervailing duties and antidumping duties on imports of CHQ wire rod 
     covered by certain countervailing and antidumping duty orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 14, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend temporarily the deposit requirements and assessments of 
countervailing duties and antidumping duties on imports of CHQ wire rod 
     covered by certain countervailing and antidumping duty orders.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN COUNTERVAILING AND ANTIDUMPING DUTIES.

    (a) Suspension.--
            (1) In general.--No countervailing duty and no antidumping 
        duty deposit shall be required upon entry of the products 
        described in paragraph (2), and no countervailing duty and no 
        antidumping duty shall be assessed on such products, 
        notwithstanding any order of the Department of Commerce or the 
        Bureau of Customs and Border Protection in the following cases: 
        C-351-833 (Brazil); A-351-832 (Brazil); A-122-840 (Canada); A-
        560-815 (Indonesia); A-201-830 (Mexico); A-841-805 (Moldova); 
        A-274-804 (Trinidad & Tobago); and A-823-812 (Ukraine).
            (2) Products.--The products referred to in paragraph (1) 
        are steel wire rod suitable for cold heading, forging, and 
        thread rolling, and meeting ASTM F2882 for use in making 
        certain fasteners (``Cold Heading Quality'' or ``CHQ'' wire 
        rod), provided for in subheadings 7213.91.30 and 7227.90.60 of 
        the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Subsection (a) applies to any entry, or 
        withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, that is made during 
        the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
        and ending on December 31, 2007.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, the 
        entry of any article--
                    (A) that was made before the date of the enactment 
                of this Act and is unliquidated as of such date of 
                enactment, and
                    (B) for which no countervailing duty or antidumping 
                duty deposit or assessment would have been made had 
                subsection (a) been in effect on the date of such 
                entry,
        shall be liquidated without assessment of any countervailing 
        duty or antidumping duty, and the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall refund any countervailing duty or antidumping duty 
        deposit paid, with interest provided by law, with respect to 
        such entry.
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