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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1846

To permit duty free treatment for certain articles provided by the Max

Planck Institute for Radioastronomy and the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory to the Steward Observatory.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 6, 1996

Mr. KYL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to

the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To permit duty free treatment for certain articles provided

by the Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy and

the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory to the Steward

Observatory.

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

3 SECTION 1. ARTICLES PROVIDED TO STEWARD OBSERV4 ATORY.

5 (a) ARTICLES PROVIDED BY MAX PLANCK INSTI6 TUTE.—

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 240

8 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 (98 Stat. 2994)
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1 is amended by striking ‘‘and before November 1,

2 1993’’.

3 (2) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

4 (A) Section 240(a)(1)(A) of such Act is

5 amended by striking ‘‘headnote 6(a) of part 4

6 of schedule 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the

7 United States (19 U.S.C. 1202)’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘U.S. note 6(a) of subchapter X of chapter 98

9 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the Unit10 ed States (19 U.S.C. 3007)’’.

11 (B) Section 240(e) of such Act is amended

12 by striking ‘‘headnote 1 of part 4 of schedule

13 8 (19 U.S.C. 1202)’’ and inserting ‘‘U.S. note

14 1 of subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Har15 monized Tariff Schedule of the United States’’.

16 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made

18 by this subsection shall apply with respect to

19 articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse

20 for consumption, on or after the date that is 15

21 days after the date of the enactment of this

22 Act.

23 (B) RELIQUIDATION.—Notwithstanding

24 section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19

25 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law,
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1 upon a request filed with the Customs Service

2 on or before the 90th day after the date of the

3 enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal

4 from warehouse for consumption, of an arti5 cle—

6 (i) that was made after October 31,

7 1993, and before the 15th day after the

8 date of the enactment of this Act, and

9 (ii) with respect to which there would

10 have been no duty, if the amendments

11 made by this subsection applied to such

12 entry,

13 shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though

14 such entry or withdrawal occurred on the 15th

15 day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

16 (b) TELESCOPE COMPONENTS, PARTS, AND EQUIP17 MENT PROVIDED BY ARCETRI ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERV18 ATORY AND MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Treas20 ury is authorized and directed to admit free of duty

21 on and after the date that is 15 days after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act, the large binocular tel23 escope components, parts, and equipment provided

24 by the Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory and the
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1 Max Planck Institute for use by the Steward Ob2 servatory of the University of Arizona.

3 (2) RELIQUIDATION.—If the liquidation of the

4 entry of the article described in paragraph (1) has

5 become final before the date that is 15 days after

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the entry

7 shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, be

8 reliquidated on such date of enactment, in accord9 ance with the provisions of this subsection and the

10 appropriate refund of duty made at the time of such

11 reliquidation.

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