An Act to provide for the duty-free entry of a 3.60 meter telescope and associated articles for the use of the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope project at Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
PL 93-630 (H.R.11796), enacted 01/03/1975

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PUBLIC LAW 93-630-JAN. 3, 1975 
[88 STAT. 
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gj,^. j[^2. The provisioiis of this Act shall not apply to shipments of 
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seed subject to the Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 1275, as amended; 7 
U.S.C. 1551 et seq.) and this Act shall not amend or repeal any of 
the provisions of said Act or of the Plant Quarantine Act of 
August 20, 1912 (37 Stat. 315, as amended; 7 U.S.C. 151-154, 156-
164a, 167), the Federal Plant Pest Act (71 Stat. 31; 7 U.S.C. 150aa-
150ji), or any other Federal laws. 
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gj,(, i^ 'pjjg provisions of this Act shall not invalidate the provi-
sions of the laws of any State or political subdivision thereof, or of 
any territory or district of the United States relating to noxious weeds, 
except that no such jurisdiction may permit any action that is pro-
hibited under this Act. 
Separability. 
gjjc 14_ If any provisiou of this Act or the application thereof to 
any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Act 
and the application of such provision to other persons and circum-
stances shall not be affected thereby. 
Approved January 3, 1975. 
Public Law 93-630 
January 3, 1975 
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To provide for the duty-free entry of a 3.60 meter telescope and associated 
articles for the use of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Project at Mauna 
Kea, Hawaii. 
Telescope and 
articles for the 
Be it enacted by tJie Senate and House of Refresentatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That (a) the Sec-
canadr.France- 
rctary of the Trcasury is authorized and directed to admit free of 
Hawaii Telescope duty Imported articlcs required by the Canada-France-Hawaii Tele-
^"oiuy-free entry, scopc Project to complctc the installation on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, of 
an optical telescope of 3.60 meters diameter, and the laboratories, 
equipment, and installations necessary for its operation, as provided 
for in a memorandum of understanding, signed at Ottawa on Octo-
ber 25, 1973, among the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 
of France, the National Research Council of Canada, and the Univer-
sity of liawaii. 
\h) The admission free of duty provided for in subsection (a) shall 
be accorded to any ai-ticle imported by or for the account of the 
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Project if such article is certified 
by the Executive Director or the Associate Executive Director of the 
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation as being required for 
the completion of the project in accordance with the memorandum of 
understanding referred to in subsection (a). 
SEC. 2. (a) The provisions of the first section of this Act shall apply 
with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption, on or before June 30,1980. 
(b) Upon appropriate request therefore filed by the Executive 
Director or the Associate Executive Director of the Canada-France-
Hawaii Telescope Corporation with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the one hundred and twentieth day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the entry or withdrawal of any article described 
in the first section of this Act which was made before the date of the 
enactment of this Act shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
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^i^ Qf ^j^g Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, be liqui-
dated or reliquidated in accordance with the provisions of such first 
section. 
Approved January 3, 1975.