I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2661 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2011 Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 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.

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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.