[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1106 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1106

 To extend the additional duty on ethanol, to require an investigation 
         into certain ethanol imports, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2007

   Mr. Thune introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To extend the additional duty on ethanol, to require an investigation 
         into certain ethanol imports, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Ethanol Tariff Extension and 
Caribbean Basin Initiative Investigation Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL DUTY ON ETHANOL.

    (a) In General.--Subheading 9901.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by striking ``1/1/2009'' in 
the effective period column and inserting ``1/1/2011''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF ETHANOL FROM CERTAIN CARIBBEAN BASIN 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall conduct a 
study into the source and quantity of ethanol, classifiable under 
subheading 9901.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, that is imported into the United States from any country that 
is designated as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).
    (b) Contents of Study.--The study required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following:
            (1) An identification of all countries that are not 
        beneficiary countries designated under the Caribbean Basin 
        Economic Recovery Act that produce ethanol that is imported 
        duty-free into the United States through a country that is a 
        beneficiary country under such Act.
            (2) A determination of the quantity of ethanol on a 
        country-by-country basis that is imported duty-free into the 
        United States through a country that is a beneficiary country 
        under such Act.
            (3) Projections of the potential production capacity of all 
        of the countries designated as beneficiary countries under such 
        Act to dehydrate and export ethanol that originates in 
        countries that are not beneficiary countries designated under 
        such Act. The projections shall be made without regard to any 
        import quotas relating to such beneficiary countries.
            (4) A determination of the impact on the domestic and 
        international marketplace of duty-free treatment for ethanol 
        imported from countries designated as beneficiary countries 
        under such Act with and without the current import quotas.
            (5) A determination of the economic impact on countries 
        designated as beneficiary countries under such Act if ethanol 
        were not provided duty-free treatment and whether a stable 
        political and economic climate would exist in the Caribbean 
        region if duty-free treatment were not provided for ethanol.
    (c) Report.--Not later than 30 days after the Secretary concludes 
the study described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall report to 
Congress on the results of that study, including the Secretary's 
conclusions regarding--
            (1) the quantity of ethanol being passed through countries 
        that are designated as beneficiary countries under the 
        Caribbean Economic Recovery Act;
            (2) where that ethanol originates;
            (3) what the potential production capacity is for countries 
        in the Caribbean region to act as a conduit for foreign ethanol 
        if the current quota system is eliminated;
            (4) what the economic impact on the domestic ethanol 
        industry would be if the quota were eliminated; and
            (5) whether the current duty-free treatment contributes to 
        the political and economic stability of the Caribbean Basin 
        region.
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