II 109th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3231 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 25, 2006 Mr. Bingaman (for himself and Mr. Domenici) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To suspend temporarily the duty on certain structures, parts, and components for use in an isotopic separation facility.

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Certain structures, parts, and components for use in an isotopic separation facility

(a)

In general

Subject to the National Enrichment Facility in southern New Mexico obtaining a license to operate an isotopic separation facility from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty after December 31, 2006, the following articles, provided for in heading 8401.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, for the use in the construction of such enrichment facility: (1)Centrifuge medium frequency drive supply, including medium frequency centrifuge drive converters, distribution and protection systems (isotopic separation equipment). (2)Centrifuge supply and support systems, including centrifuge monitoring system, proprietary centrifuge protection system (isotopic separation equipment). (3)Centrifuge plant control system, including proprietary software and hardware integration for core plant control systems (isotopic separation equipment). (4)Cascade supply equipment (isotopic separation equipment) consisting of— (A)centrifuge components, including individual component parts for the centrifuges to be supplied for assembly at the National Enrichment Facility; (B)cascade header pipe-work modules (CHP), including approximately 2,000 modules specially designed to allow the correct distribution of the process gas into the cascade and made of a special grade aluminum; and (C)cascade valve frames, including approximately 50 manifold units to be the interface from the main process plant to the cascade and specially designed to enable optimum operation of the cascades. (5)Centrifuge process gas equipment (isotopic separation equipment) consisting of— (A)centrifuge process gas aluminum pipe work of special grade aluminum tubing; (B)centrifuge process gas valves, specially designed for optimum flow control of process gas; and (C)centrifuge process gas delivery pump sets. (b)

Reliquidation

If the liquidation of an entry of any article described in subsection (a) has become final before December 31, 2011, the entry shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be reliquidated on December 31, 2011, in accordance with the provisions of this section and the appropriate refund of duty made at the time of such reliquidation.