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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW ENTRY OF CERTAIN 
UNITED STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES 
INTO BONDED WAREHOUSES AND FOREIGN- 
TRADE ZONES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, no department, agency, or instrumentality 
of the United States may deny a request from an applicant 
described in subsection (b) for entry of United States-ori-
gin defense articles into a bonded warehouse or foreign- 
trade zone if the defense articles— 
(1) are being imported by the applicant from a 
country or area that is not a country or area speci-
fied in section 447.52(a) of title 27, Code of Federal 
Regulations; 
(2) are subject to the approval of the Depart-
ment of State for retransfer and a request for such 
retransfer has been submitted by the applicant to 
the Department of State; and 
(3) are being imported by the applicant for— 
(A) subsequent official end use by the 
United States or any department or agency 
thereof or a State or any department, agency, 
or political subdivision thereof; or 
(B) subsequent export as approved by the 
Department of State. 
(b) APPLICANT DESCRIBED.—An applicant referred 
to in subsection (a) is a person who is— 
(1) engaged in the business, in the United 
States, of importing articles enumerated on the 
United States Munitions Import List and is reg-
istered as such under subpart D of part 447 of title 
27, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2) engaged in the business, in the United 
States, of importing firearms, destructive devices, or 
both, and is licensed as such under subpart D of 
part 478 of title 27, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BONDED WAREHOUSE.—The term ‘‘bonded 
warehouse’’ means a building, part of a building, or 
other inclosure that is designated by the Secretary 
of the Treasury pursuant to section 555 of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1555) as a bonded ware-
house for the storage of imported merchandise en-
tered for warehousing or for other purposes as speci-
fied in section 555 of such Act. 
(2) FOREIGN-TRADE
ZONE.—The term ‘‘for-
eign-trade zone’’ means a foreign-trade zone as pro-
vided in the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Foreign Trade Zones Act’’; 19 
U.S.C. 81a et seq.). 
(3) UNITED
STATES-ORIGIN
DEFENSE
ARTI-
CLES.—The term ‘‘United States-origin defense arti-
cles’’ means items that— 
(A) are listed under Category I, II, or III 
of the United States Munitions Import List 
under section 447.21 of title 27, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations;
(B) contain United States manufactured 
parts or components, foreign manufactured 
parts or components that were manufactured 
with United States technical data or assistance, 
or both; and 
(C) were furnished to the United States 
military or to a foreign government under a for-
eign assistance or foreign military sales pro-
gram of the United States. 
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