[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5136 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5136

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to permit 
foreign jewelry manufacturers who purchase precious metals produced in 
 the United States for use in the manufacture of jewelry abroad to pay 
 import duties on the value of the imported jewelry articles less the 
 value of all United States origin precious metals incorporated in the 
                                article.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 23, 2008

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to permit 
foreign jewelry manufacturers who purchase precious metals produced in 
 the United States for use in the manufacture of jewelry abroad to pay 
 import duties on the value of the imported jewelry articles less the 
 value of all United States origin precious metals incorporated in the 
                                article.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ARTICLES OF JEWELRY AND PARTS THEREOF, OF PRECIOUS 
              METALS PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 98 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:


``       9802.00.70       Articles of jewelry  A duty upon the      As provided for the  A duty upon the      ''
                           and parts thereof,   value of the         imported article     full value of the    .
                           of precious metal    imported article,                         imported article,
                           (as defined in       less the cost or                          less the cost or
                           note 4(a) to         value of such                             value of such
                           Chapter 71), if      products of the                           products of the
                           fabricated in        United States (see                        United States (see
                           whole or in part     U.S. note 4 of                            U.S. note 4 of
                           with precious        this subchapter)                          this subchapter)..
                           metal that is a
                           product of the
                           United States.....

    (b) U.S. Note 4.--U.S. Note 4 to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading to read as follows:
    ``4. Articles Assembled Abroad With Components Produced in the 
United States or Fabricated Abroad With Precious Metals Produced in the 
United States.--'';
            (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (a), by striking 
        ``headings 9802.00.80 and 9802.00.90'' and inserting ``headings 
        9802.00.70 through 9802.00.90''; and
            (3) in paragraph (a), by inserting ``or fabricated'' after 
        ``assembled''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
articles 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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