[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2832 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2832

    To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 2, 2011

     Mr. Camp (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Brady of Texas, and Mr. 
                McDermott) introduced the following bill

                           September 6, 2011

              Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To extend the Generalized System of Preferences, 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. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES.

    (a) Extension.--Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2465) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2010'' and inserting ``July 
31, 2013''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply to articles entered on or after the 15th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application for certain liquidations and 
        reliquidations.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
                Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other 
                provision of law and subject to subparagraph (B), any 
                entry of an article to which duty-free treatment or 
                other preferential treatment under title V of the Trade 
                Act of 1974 would have applied if the entry had been 
                made on December 31, 2010, that was made--
                            (i) after December 31, 2010, and
                            (ii) before the 15th day after the date of 
                        the enactment of this Act,
                shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
                entry occurred on the 15th day after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may 
                be made under subparagraph (A) with respect to an entry 
                only if a request therefor is filed with U.S. Customs 
                and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act that contains 
                sufficient information to enable U.S. Customs and 
                Border Protection--
                            (i) to locate the entry; or
                            (ii) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot 
                        be located.
                    (C) Payment of amounts owed.--Any amounts owed by 
                the United States pursuant to the liquidation or 
                reliquidation of an entry of an article under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be paid, without interest, not 
                later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or 
                reliquidation (as the case may be).
            (3) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the terms 
        ``enter'' and ``entry'' include a withdrawal from warehouse for 
        consumption.

SEC. 2. MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES.

    For the period beginning on October 1, 2011, and ending on June 30, 
2014, section 13031(a)(9) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(9)) shall be applied and 
administered--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by substituting ``0.3464'' for 
        ``0.21''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by substituting ``0.3464'' for 
        ``0.21''.
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