[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S16017]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Bunning):
  S. 2531. 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; to the Committee on 
Finance.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text 
of the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
placed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 2531

       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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