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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1928 

To allow the entry of certain United States-origin defense articles into bonded 

warehouses and foreign-trade zones. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2005 

Mr. LATOURETTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on International Relations 

A BILL 

To allow the entry of certain United States-origin defense 

articles into bonded warehouses and foreign-trade zones. 

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

3 SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW ENTRY OF CERTAIN 

4 UNITED STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES 

5 INTO BONDED WAREHOUSES AND FOREIGN6 TRADE ZONES. 

7 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro8 vision of law, no department, agency, or instrumentality 

9 of the United States may deny a request from an applicant 

10 described in subsection (b) for entry of United States-ori-
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1 gin defense articles into a bonded warehouse or foreign2 trade zone if the defense articles— 

3 (1) are being imported by the applicant from a 

4 country or area that is not a country or area speci5 fied in section 447.52(a) of title 27, Code of Federal 

6 Regulations; 

7 (2) are subject to the approval of the Depart8 ment of State for retransfer and a request for such 

9 retransfer has been submitted by the applicant to 

10 the Department of State; and 

11 (3) are being imported by the applicant for— 

12 (A) subsequent official end use by the 

13 United States or any department or agency 

14 thereof or a State or any department, agency, 

15 or political subdivision thereof; or 

16 (B) subsequent export as approved by the 

17 Department of State. 

18 (b) APPLICANT DESCRIBED.—An applicant referred 

19 to in subsection (a) is a person who is— 

20 (1) engaged in the business, in the United 

21 States, of importing articles enumerated on the 

22 United States Munitions Import List and is reg23 istered as such under subpart D of part 447 of title 

24 27, Code of Federal Regulations; or 
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1 (2) engaged in the business, in the United 

2 States, of importing firearms, destructive devices, or 

3 both, and is licensed as such under subpart D of 

4 part 478 of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) BONDED WAREHOUSE.—The term ‘‘bonded 

7 warehouse’’ means a building, part of a building, or 

8 other inclosure that is designated by the Secretary 

9 of the Treasury pursuant to section 555 of the Tar10 iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1555) as a bonded ware11 house for the storage of imported merchandise en12 tered for warehousing or for other purposes as speci13 fied in section 555 of such Act. 

14 (2) FOREIGN-TRADE ZONE.—The term ‘‘for15 eign-trade zone’’ means a foreign-trade zone as pro16 vided in the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly re17 ferred to as the ‘‘Foreign Trade Zones Act’’; 19 

18 U.S.C. 81a et seq.). 

19 (3) UNITED STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTI20 CLES.—The term ‘‘United States-origin defense arti21 cles’’ means items that— 

22 (A) are listed under Category I, II, or III 

23 of the United States Munitions Import List 

24 under section 447.21 of title 27, Code of Fed25 eral Regulations; 
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1 (B) contain United States manufactured 

2 parts or components, foreign manufactured 

3 parts or components that were manufactured 

4 with United States technical data or assistance, 

5 or both; and 

6 (C) were furnished to the United States 

7 military or to a foreign government under a for8 eign assistance or foreign military sales pro9 gram of the United States. 

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