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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2015

To reliquidate certain entries on which excessive countervailing duties were

paid, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 6, 1993

Mr. EWING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Ways and Means

A BILL

To reliquidate certain entries on which excessive

countervailing duties were paid, 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. AUTHORITY FOR RELIQUIDATION AND PAY4 MENT OF INTEREST.

5 Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of

6 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and

7 subject to section 2, upon proper request filed with the

8 appropriate customs officer within 180 days after the date

9 of the enactment of this Act—
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1 (1) any entry listed in section 3 that was not

2 reliquidated as of such date of enactment shall be

3 reliquidated so as to reduce the amount of counter4 vailing duty imposed on such entry to the amount

5 found by the Secretary of Commerce to be owed as

6 a result of final review under title VII of the Tariff

7 Act of 1930 and a refund of any excess countervail8 ing duty so found shall be made to the importer of

9 record; and

10 (2) interest on the amount of any excess coun11 tervailing duty found as a result of—

12 (A) any reliquidation under paragraph (1);

13 or

14 (B) a reliquidation of any entry listed

15 under section 3 that occurred before such date

16 of enactment;

17 shall be paid to the importer of record.

18 SEC. 2. ADMINISTRATION.

19 (a) REQUEST INFORMATION.—A request filed under

20 section 1 shall contain sufficient information to enable the

21 United States Customs Service—

22 (1) to locate the entry in question; or

23 (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be

24 located.
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1 (b) INTEREST.—Interest shall be paid under para2 graph (2) of section 1 on the excess countervailing duty

3 imposed on an entry form from the date of the liquidation

4 of the entry to the date of the reliquidation.

5 (c) TIME FOR MAKING REFUNDS AND PAYMENTS.—

6 (1) The refund of excess countervailing duties,

7 and the payment of interest thereon, resulting from

8 a reliquidation under section 1(1) shall be made

9 within 90 days after the date of the reliquidation.

10 (2) The payment of interest on reliquidations

11 described in section 1(2)(B) shall be made within 90

12 days after the date on which the request therefore

13 is filed under section 1.

14 SEC. 3. ENTRIES.

15 The entries referred to in section 1 are as follows:

Entry No. Date of Entry

832779703 ............................................................................ 05/06/83

832779716 ............................................................................ 05/06/83

832782677 ............................................................................ 05/31/83

832782680 ............................................................................ 05/31/83

832785852 ............................................................................ 06/23/83

832793174 ............................................................................ 08/11/83

832796074 ............................................................................ 08/29/83

841387694 ............................................................................ 06/20/84

841390432 ............................................................................ 07/11/84

841616064 ............................................................................ 08/15/84

842683627 ............................................................................ 02/03/84

842691732 ............................................................................ 03/30/84

842691745 ............................................................................ 03/30/84

842716484 ............................................................................ 08/27/84

842720098 ............................................................................ 09/20/84

855108089 ............................................................................ 10/10/84

855118613 ............................................................................ 11/26/84

856113838 ............................................................................ 11/01/84

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