[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2661 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2661

To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement to report the 
 arrival at any port or place within the United States of a vessel of 
 Canada if the vessel does not anchor or dock at any harbor within the 
                customs territory of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 26, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to waive the requirement to report the 
 arrival at any port or place within the United States of a vessel of 
 Canada if the vessel does not anchor or dock at any harbor within the 
                customs territory of the United States.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO REPORT ARRIVAL OF VESSELS OF CANADA 
              THAT DO NOT ANCHOR OR DOCK AT ANY HARBOR WITHIN THE 
              CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 433(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1433(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2)(A) The requirement to report under paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to the arrival at any port or place within the 
United States of a vessel of Canada if the vessel does not anchor or 
dock at any harbor within the customs territory of the United States.
    ``(B) In this paragraph--
            ``(i) the term `customs territory of the United States' has 
        the meaning given the term in General Note 2 to the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States; and
            ``(ii) the term `vessel of Canada' means any vessel 
        documented under the laws of the Canada.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to arrival at any port or place within the United States of vessels of 
Canada described in paragraph (2) of section 433(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (as added by subsection (a)) on or after the date on which the 
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security certify to 
Congress that the Government of Canada has enacted a law that provides 
equivalent treatment to vessels of the United States arriving at any 
port or place within Canada.
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