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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2897 

To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of orange juice from 

Brazil, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 8, 2012 

Mr. MENENDEZ introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To provide for the reliquidation of certain entries of orange 

juice from Brazil, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. RELIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ORANGE JUICE 

4 ENTRIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 of 

6 the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other pro7 vision of law, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall, 

8 not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 

9 of this Act, liquidate or reliquidate the entries listed in 

10 subsection (c) in accordance with the final results of the 


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1 administrative reviews undertaken by the International 

2 Trade Administration of the Department of Commerce 

3 with respect to the antidumping duty order on certain or4 ange juice from Brazil (Case Number A–351–840) and 

5 covering the periods from August 24, 2005, through Feb6 ruary 28, 2007, and from March 1, 2007, through Feb7 ruary 29, 2008. 

8 (b) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any amounts 

9 owed by the United States pursuant to the liquidation or 

10 reliquidation of an entry under subsection (a) shall be paid 

11 by U.S. Customs and Border Protection not later than 90 

12 days after such liquidation or reliquidation with interest. 

13 (c) AFFECTED ENTRIES.—The entries referred to in 

14 subsection (a) are the following: 

Entry Number Date of Entry 

032–0354213–3 12/14/2006 

032–0358707–0 04/05/2007 

032–0362302–4 07/09/2007 

15 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION OF CERTAIN PAY16 MENTS MADE UNDER THE CONTINUED DUMP17 ING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law and except as provided in subsection (c), nei20 ther the Secretary of Homeland Security nor any other 

21 person may require repayment of, or attempt in any other 


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1 way to recoup, any payments described in subsection (b) 

2 in an attempt to offset any amount to be refunded pursu3 ant to section 1. 

4 (b) PAYMENTS DESCRIBED.—Payments described in 

5 this subsection are payments of antidumping duties made 

6 pursuant to the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 

7 Act of 2000 (section 754 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 

8 U.S.C. 1675c), repealed by subtitle F of title VII of the 

9 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 

10 Stat. 154)) that were assessed and paid on imports of 

11 goods covered by section 1 when the entries for those 

12 goods were originally liquidated. 

13 (c) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 

14 construed to prevent the Secretary of Homeland Security, 

15 or any other person, from requiring repayment of, or at16 tempting to otherwise recoup, any payments described in 

17 subsection (b) as a result of a finding of false statements 

18 or other misconduct by a recipient of such a payment. 

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