[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 155 (Friday, December 15, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2235-E2236]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                               H.R. 4868

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                            HON. BILL ARCHER

                                of texas

                          HON. PHILIP M. CRANE

                              of illinois

                         HON. CHARLES B. RANGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. ARCHER. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of myself, and my colleagues, Mr. 
Crane and Mr. Rangel, we would like to submit the following statement 
for the Record.

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  It has come to our attention that a clerical error occurred during 
the preparation of the final version of H.R. 4868, the Tariff 
Suspension and Trade Act of 2000. H.R. 4868 was enacted as Public Law 
106-476 in November of this year.
  The error occurred in Section 1425 of the bill. Section 1425 was 
intended to exempt certain entries of roller chain from additional 
dumping duties assessed by Commerce more than 2 years after 
importation. Unfortunately, as passed, a phrase was inadvertently 
omitted from Section 1425. We therefore wish to clarify for the record 
Congressional intent.
  Section 1425 was intended to direct the U.S. Customs Service to 
liquidate certain entries of roller chain ``as the rate of duty in 
effect at the time of entry.'' This phrase, ``at the rate of duty in 
effect at the time of entry,'' was contained in the original draft of 
Section 1425. That language was omitted in the final version of the 
bill due to a clerical error.
  In passing this provision, we believed that there would be no benefit 
to the government to collect these supplemental duties because the 
particular dumping case on these products has been ``sunset,'' or 
terminated by the government, for any future imports. It was our intent 
that the entries at issue in Section 1425 be reliquidated by Customs at 
the rates of duty in effect at the time of entry.

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