An Act relating to the dutiable status of aluminum hydroxide and oxide, calcined bauxite, and bauxite ore
PL 92-151 (H.R.4590), enacted 11/05/1971

85 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW92-151-NOV. 5, 1971 
417 
Public Law 92-151 
AN ACT 
To amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with resi>ect to the dutiable 
status of certain articles. 
November 5, 1971 
[H. R. 4590] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Tariff 
Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) are amended as 
follows: 
(1) Item 417.12 (relating to aluminum hydroxide and oxide 
(alumina)) is amended by striking out "0.15(i per lb." and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "Free". 
(2) Item 521.17 (relating to bauxite, calcined) is amended by 
striking out "11^ per ton" and inserting in lieu thereof "Free", 
(3) Item 601.06 (relating to bauxite ore) is amended by striking 
out "100 per ton" and inserting in lieu thereof "Free". 
(4) Effective July 16,1971, items 907.15 (relating to aluminum 
oxide (alumina) when imported for use in producing aluminum), 
909.30 (relating to bauxite, calcined), and 911.05 (relating to 
bauxite ore^ are repealed. 
(b) The rates of duty for* items 417.12, 521.17, and 601.06 in rate 
column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, as 
amended by subsection (a), shall (1) be treated as not having the 
status of statutory provision enacted by the Congress, but as having 
been proclaimed by the President as being required or appropriate 
to carrying out foreign trade agreements to which the United States 
is a party, and (2) supersede the staged rates of duty provided for 
such items in Annex I I I to Proclamation 3822, dated December 16, 
1967 (32 Fed. Reg., No. 244, part II, p. 19037). 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption after July 15,1971. 
SEC. 2. (a) Item 405.04 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States 
is amended by striking out such item and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
Tariff Sched-
ules, amendment. 
77A Stat. 180; 
8 2 Stat. 153 2. 
Repeals. 
77A Stat. 432; 
82 Stat. 1210. 
82 Stat. 1490. 
Effective date. 
82 Stat. 1473. 
405.04 
405.05 
Trinitrotoluene: 
Valued not over 15 cents per pound. 
Valued over 15 cents per pound 
1.7^ per lb.+11% 
ad val. 
Free 
7^ per lb.+45% 
ad val. 
70 per lb.+ 45% 
ad val. 
The rate of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff Schedules of 
the United States for item 405.05 (as added by this subsection) shall be 
treated as not having the status of statutory provisions enacted by the 
Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the President as being 
required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade agreements to which 
the United States is a party. 
(b) The rate of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Tariff 
Schedules of the Li^nited States for item 405.04 (as amended by subsec-
tion (a)) shall be treated as not having the status of statutory provi-
sions enacted by the Congress, but as having been proclaimed by the 
President as being required or appropriate to carry out foreign trade 
agreements to which the LTnited States is a party. 
(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
or after January 1,1972. 
Effective date. 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-152-NOV. 5, 1971 
[85 STAT. 
77A Stat. 270; 
82 Stat. 1478, 
1488. 
19 u s e 1202. 
82 Stat. 1557. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 3. (a) Schedule 6, part 2, subpart B of the Tariff Schedules 
of the United States is amended— 
(1) by renumbering item 608.90 as 608.89; and 
(2) by striking out items 608.91 and 608.92 and inserting in lieu 
thereof the following: 
608.90 
608.91 
608.92 
Imported for use in the manufacture of maple ! 
evaporators _ 
Other: 
Valued not over 10 cents per pound 
Valued over 10 cents per pound 
Free 
8% adval. 
0.8f per lb. 
1^ per lb. 
1^ per lb. 
If: per lb. 
(b) The rates of duty in rate column numbered 1 of the Taritt' 
Schedules of the United States for items 608.89, 608.90, 608.91, and 
608.92 (as amended by subsection (a)) shall be treated as not having 
the status of statutory provisions enacted by the Congress, but as hav-
ing been proclaimed by the President as being required or appropriate 
to carry out foreign trade agreements to which the United States is 
a party. Such rates shall not supersede the staged rates of duties pro-
vided for such items in Annex I I I to Proclamation 3822, dated 
December 16,1967, and the reference to item 608.90 in such Annex shall 
be treated as referring to item 608.89. 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consump-
tion on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved November 5, 1971. 
November 5, 1971 
[ H . R . 10458] 
Public Law 92-152 
AN ACT 
To broaden and expand the powers of the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate 
with Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, 
British Honduras, Panama, Colombia, and Canada to prevent or retard com-
municable diseases of animals, where the Secretary deems such action neces-
sary to protect the livestock, poultry, and related industries of the United 
States. 
U.S.-We stern 
Hemisphere coun-
tries. 
Cooperative 
animal disease 
control. 
Be it enacted Ijy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the first section 
of the Act of February 28,1947, as amended (61 Stat. 7; 80 Stat. 330; 
21 U.S.C. 114b), is amended to read as follow^s: 
"The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate wdth the 
Governments of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Hon-
duras, Nicaragua, British Honduras, Panama, Colombia, and Canada 
in carrying out operations or measures to eradicate, suppress, or con-
trol, or to prevent or retard, any communicable disease of animals, 
including but not limited to foot-and-mouth disease, rinderpest, or 
screw-worm in such countries where he deems such action necessary 
to protect the livestock, poultry, and related industries of the United 
States. In performing the operations or measures authorized in this 
Act, the Governments of such countries shall be responsible for the 
authority necessary to carry out such operations or measures on all 
lands and properties therein and for such other facilities and means 
as in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture are necessary. The 
measure and character of cooperation carried out under this Act on the 
part of the United States and on the part of the Governments of such