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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1366
To correct the tariff rate inversion on certain iron and steel pipe and tube
products.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 16, 1993
Mr. REGULA (for himself, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LI-
PINSKI, Mr. RIDGE, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, and Mr. MINETA) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means
A BILL
To correct the tariff rate inversion on certain iron and steel
pipe and tube products.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pipe and Tube In-
verted Tariff Correction Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. NONALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.
(a) The superior article description for subheadings
7306.30.30 and 7306.30.50 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 3007) is amend-
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ed to read as follows: ‘‘Having a wall thickness of 1.65
mm or more, not galvanized:’’.
(b) Subheadings 7306.30.30 and 7306.30.50 are re-
designated as subheadings 7306.30.35 and 7306.30.55,
respectively.
(c) Subheadings 7306.10.10, 7306.20.60, 7306.30.55
(as redesignated by paragraph (b)), and 7306.90.10 are
each amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1.9%’’ in column 1 General
and inserting ‘‘4.9%’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘5.5%’’ in column 2 and insert-
ing ‘‘20%’’.
(d) Subheadings 7306.20.20 and 7306.60.10 are
each amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘0.5%’’ in column 1 General
and inserting ‘‘4.9%’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘1%’’ in column 2 and inserting
‘‘20%’’.
(e) Chapter 73 is amended by inserting in numerical
order the following new subheading having the same de-
gree of indentation as the superior text for subheadings
7306.30.35 and 7306.30.55 (as redesignated by para-
graph (b)):
‘‘
7306.30.60
Having a wall thickness of
1.65 mm or more, galva-
nized ...................................
6.5%
Free (C, E, IL)
1.1% (CA)
21.5%
’’.
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SEC. 3. ALLOY IRON AND STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.
(a) Subheadings 7306.50.50 and 7306.90.50 are each
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘4.9%’’ in column 1 General
and inserting ‘‘9.5%’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘10%’’ in column 2 and insert-
ing ‘‘28%’’.
SEC. 4. STAINLESS STEEL PIPES AND TUBES.
(a) Subheading 7306.40.10 is amended by striking
‘‘7.6%’’ in column 1 General and inserting ‘‘10.1%’’.
(b) Subheading 7306.40.50 is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘5%’’ in column 1 General and
inserting ‘‘10.1%’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘11%’’ in column 2 and insert-
ing ‘‘29%’’.
SEC. 5. NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY.
In the event that a claim for compensation under any
provision of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
or any other trade agreement to which the United States
is a party is made by any Contracting Party to that agree-
ment as a result of the amendments made by this section,
the United States Trade Representative is authorized to
negotiate such reasonable compensation as may be appro-
priate.
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SEC. 6. APPLICABILITY OF STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS
UNDER THE UNITED STATES-CANADA FREE-
TRADE AGREEMENT.
(a) Any staged reduction under the United States-
Canada Free-Trade Agreement of special rates of duty for
Canada set forth in subheading 7306.30.30 applies to the
corresponding special rate of duty set forth in subheading
7306.30.35.
(b) Any staged reduction under the United States-
Canada Free-Trade Agreement of special rates of duty for
Canada set forth in subheading 7306.30.50 applies to the
corresponding special rate of duty set forth in subheading
7306.30.55.
(c) Any staged reduction under the United States-
Canada Free-Trade Agreement of special rates of duty for
Canada set forth in subheading 7306.30.55 (as redesig-
nated by subsection (a)(2)) also applies to the correspond-
ing special rate of duty set forth in subheading
7306.30.60.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 8, the amendments
made by sections 2, 3 and 4, shall apply with respect to
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion, beginning on—
(a) the date on which the President enters into a mul-
tilateral trade agreement negotiated through the Uruguay
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Round under the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade; or
(b) January 1, 1994.
SEC. 8. WAIVER.
In the event that—
(a) negotiations on market access and tariffs in the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade provide for a
tariff rate elimination schedule on steel products that will
remove the tariff rate inversion on certain pipe and tube
products; and
(b) the President or the United States Trade Rep-
resentative certifies in writing to the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate that such schedule will
eliminate such tariff inversion;
the provisions of this section shall not take effect.
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