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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3231 

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain structures, parts, and components 

for use in an isotopic separation facility. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 25, 2006 

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain structures, parts, 

and components for use in an isotopic separation facility. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. CERTAIN STRUCTURES, PARTS, AND COMPO4 NENTS FOR USE IN AN ISOTOPIC SEPARA5 TION FACILITY. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the National Enrich7 ment Facility in southern New Mexico obtaining a license 

8 to operate an isotopic separation facility from the Nuclear 

9 Regulatory Commission, the Secretary of the Treasury is 

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1 ber 31, 2006, the following articles, provided for in head2 ing 8401.20.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

3 United States, for the use in the construction of such en4 richment facility: 

5 (1) Centrifuge medium frequency drive supply, 

6 including medium frequency centrifuge drive con7 verters, distribution and protection systems (isotopic 

8 separation equipment). 

9 (2) Centrifuge supply and support systems, in10 cluding centrifuge monitoring system, proprietary 

11 centrifuge protection system (isotopic separation 

12 equipment). 

13 (3) Centrifuge plant control system, including 

14 proprietary software and hardware integration for 

15 core plant control systems (isotopic separation 

16 equipment). 

17 (4) Cascade supply equipment (isotopic separa18 tion equipment) consisting of— 

19 (A) centrifuge components, including indi20 vidual component parts for the centrifuges to be 

21 supplied for assembly at the National Enrich22 ment Facility; 

23 (B) cascade header pipe-work modules 

24 (CHP), including approximately 2,000 modules 

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1 tion of the process gas into the cascade and 

2 made of a special grade aluminum; and 

3 (C) cascade valve frames, including ap4 proximately 50 manifold units to be the inter5 face from the main process plant to the cascade 

6 and specially designed to enable optimum oper7 ation of the cascades. 

8 (5) Centrifuge process gas equipment (isotopic 

9 separation equipment) consisting of— 

10 (A) centrifuge process gas aluminum pipe 

11 work of special grade aluminum tubing; 

12 (B) centrifuge process gas valves, specially 

13 designed for optimum flow control of process 

14 gas; and 

15 (C) centrifuge process gas delivery pump 

16 sets. 

17 (b) RELIQUIDATION.—If the liquidation of an entry 

18 of any article described in subsection (a) has become final 

19 before December 31, 2011, the entry shall, notwith20 standing any other provision of law, be reliquidated on De21 cember 31, 2011, in accordance with the provisions of this 

22 section and the appropriate refund of duty made at the 

23 time of such reliquidation. 

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