[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3165 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3165

  To amend the General Notes of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
  United States with respect to certain products imported from United 
                      States insular possessions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2007

Mr. Flake (for himself and Mr. Fortuno) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the General Notes of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
  United States with respect to certain products imported from United 
                      States insular possessions.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Insular Areas Trade Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TARIFF TREATMENT FOR INSULAR POSSESSIONS.

    (a) In General.--General Note 3(a)(iv)(A) of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by striking ``goods described in section 213(b) of the 
        Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act'' and inserting ``tuna, 
        prepared or preserved in any manner, in airtight containers''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``such possession, and all goods'' and 
        inserting ``such possession. Articles classified in Chapters 61 
        and 62 that are a product of an insular possession as provided 
        for in section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
        U.S.C. 3592) shall be exempt from duty provided the goods are 
        imported directly from any such possession. In addition, for 
        articles classified in Chapter 61 and 62 considered a product 
        of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the total 
        amount of articles eligible under this note shall be limited to 
        104 million square meters equivalent per calendar year. All 
        goods''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on 
or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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