An Act to provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on certain alumina
PL 84-725 (H.R.10269), enacted 07/16/1956

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PUBLIC LAW 724-JULY 16, 1956 
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Copper s c r ^ . 
65 Stat. 44. 
O r e s of g o l d , 
silver, etc. 
46 Stat. 680. 
B o o k 
bindings 
and covers. 
68 Stat. 914. 
19 u s e 
1 20 1, 
par. 1631. 
Distilled spirits. 
64 Stat, 8, 7. 
26 u s e 5011. 
lead scrap, scrap battery lead or plates, zinc scrap, or zinc alloy scrap, 
or to any form of tungsten scrap, tungsten carbide scrap, or tungsten 
alloy scrap; or to articles of lead, lead alloy, antimonial lead, zinc, or 
zinc alloy, or to articles of tungsten, tungsten carbide, or tungsten 
alloy, imported for remanufacture by melting. 
SEC. 2, The amendment made by the first section of this Act shall 
not be construed to affect in any way the application of Public Law 38, 
Eighty-second Congress, to copper scrap. 
SEC. 8. Paragraph 1734 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (U. S. 
Code, title 19, sec. 1201, par. 1734), is hereby amended to read aS 
follows: 
"PAR. 1734. Ores of gold, silver, or nickel; nickel-containing mate-
rial in powder, slurry, or any other form, derived from ore by chemical, 
physical, or any other means, and requiring further processing for the 
recovery therefrom of nickel or other metals; nickel matte; nickel 
oxide; ores of the platinum m.etals; sweepings of gold and silver." 
SEC. 4. Subsection (b) of section 2 (relating to the free importation 
of book bindings or covers) of the Act of August 28, 1954 (Public 
Law 694, Eighty-third Congress), is amended by striking out "Sep-
tember 1,1956" and inserting in lieu thereof "September 1, 1958". 
SEC. 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4 of the Act of 
February 21, 1950 (64 Stat. 6), the provisions of section 2901 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1939 as amended by such Act shall be appli-
cable to distilled spirits which were lost by theft from customs bonded 
warehouse after January 1, 1945, and with respect to which taxes 
have not been assessed under a liquidation which has become final on 
or before the date of enactment of this Act, if a conviction on account 
of such theft has been obtained in a court of competent jurisdiction. 
Approved July 16, 1956. 
July 16, 1956 
Public Law 724 
CHAPTER 625 
AN ACT 
[H. R. 8228] 
ijiQ suspend for two years the duty on crude bauxite and on calcined bauxite. 
Bauxite. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled, That effective with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption during the two-year period beginning July 16,1956, no duty 
shall be imposed upon bauxite, crude, not refined or otherwise ad-
vanced in condition in any manner, or upon calcined bauxite. 
Approved July 16, 1956. 
July 16, 1956 
[H. R. 
Public Law 725 
CHAPTER 626 
AN ACT 
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To provide for the temporary suspension of the duty on certain alumina. 
Alumina. 
46 Stat. 590. 
19 u s e 1654. 
Effective date. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That no duty shall 
be levied, collected, or payable under the Tariff' 4^ct of 1930, as 
amended, with respect to alumina, when imported for use in producing 
aluminum, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall prescribe. 
SEC. 2 This Act shall be effective as to alumina entered, or with-
drawn from warehouse, for consumption during the two-year period 
beginning on the day following the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved July 16, 1966.