[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2531 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2531

 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the antidumping duties and 
   countervailing duties relating to the production of low-enriched 
                    uranium, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 19, 2007

 Mr. McConnell (for himself and Mr. Bunning) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise the antidumping duties and 
   countervailing duties relating to the production of low-enriched 
                    uranium, 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. PRODUCTION OF LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM.

    (a) Antidumping Duty.--Section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1673) is amended in the last sentence--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' after ``includes''; and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``, and (b) any contract or transaction for the 
        production of low-enriched uranium''.
    (b) Countervailing Duty.--Section 771 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 1677) 
is amended in paragraph (5) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Purchase of goods.--For purposes of 
                subparagraphs (D)(iv) and (E)(iv) of this paragraph 
                (5), the phrases `purchasing goods' and `goods are 
                purchased' include a contract or transaction involving 
                payment for the production of low-enriched uranium.''.
    (c) Application to Pending Proceedings.--The amendments made by 
this section apply in all pending or resumed antidumping and 
countervailing duty proceedings, including investigations, and in all 
appeals that have not become final and conclusive as of the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (d) Application to NAFTA Countries.--Pursuant to Article 1902 of 
the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North 
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3438), the 
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to goods from 
NAFTA countries.
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