[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2222 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2222

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 30, 2006

  Mr. DeMint 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 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. CERTAIN MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT ENTERED ON OR AFTER MAY 11, 
              1997, AND BEFORE OCTOBER 21, 1998.

    (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            (1) that was entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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 May 11, 1997; and
                    (B) before October 21, 1998; and
            (2) with respect to which heading 9902.84.79 (as in effect 
        on December 31, 2001), 9902.84.85, 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        applied if such article had been entered, or withdrawn from 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 9902.84.79 (as in 
effect on December 31, 2001), 9902.84.85, 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection of the 
Department of Homeland Security, not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient information to 
enable the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection--
            (1) to locate the entry; or
            (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.
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