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HR 1594 - 101

Customs and Trade Act of 1990

Became Public Law No: 101-382.

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Summary

48 Conference report filed in House May 28, 2002

Customs and Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: Trade Agency Authorizations, Customs User Fees, and Other Provisions - Subtitle A: Trade Agency Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1991 and 1992 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Prohibits the use of any appropriated sums for the making of any special study, investigation, or report that is requested by a Federal agency, unless such agency reimburses the Commission for the cost. Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the U.S. Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air interdiction program. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Amends the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations to the Office of the USTR for FY 1991 and 1992 to pay the U.S. share of expenses for binational panels and extraordinary challenge committees convened pursuant to such Agreement. Subtitle B: Customs User Fees - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect a customs user fee for: (1) the processing of merchandise that is formally entered or released during any fiscal year (not to exceed $400 or be less than $21); and (2) the processing of merchandise that is informally entered or released (except at a centralized hub facility, an express consignment carrier facility, or a small airport) either manually or automatically, or prepared or not prepared by customs personnel. Prohibits such fees from being charged with respect to the arrival of a railroad car (currently, a railroad car that is part of a train) which originates and terminates in the same country and meets other specified conditions. Prohibits such fees from being charged for specified imported articles. Applies such fee, in the case of U.S. agricultural products processed and packed in a foreign trade zone, only to the value of material used to make the container for such merchandise, if such merchandise is subject to entry and the container is of a kind normally used for packing such merchandise. Prohibits such fees from being charged for Israeli products if an exemption is implemented under this Act. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse directly from such fees each appropriation for amounts paid out for inspectional overtime and all preclearance services to users not required to pay fees, and for salaries for customs inspection personnel and equipment that enhance services for fee payers. Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees. Extends the authority to charge such fees through 1991. Limits to a specified amount the fee charged for each day's importations to the same importer from the same exporter of merchandise imported under a certain temporary monthly entry program. Exempts Israeli products from such fees as of the date on which the USTR publishes in the Federal Register a determination that Israel has provided reciprocal concessions. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to develop and implement: (1) accounting systems that determine and report the allocations made of Customs Service personnel and other resources among the operational functions of the Service, such as passenger processing, merchandise processing, and drug enforcement; and (2) specified surveys, estimates, and calculations concerning customs user fees. Requires the Comptroller General to submit to specified congressional committees a report concerning customs user fees collected on merchandise that is entered by mail. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Customs Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Customs Forfeiture Fund available for equitable sharing payments to other Federal agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, and foreign countries. Limits any such payments to no more than the value of the property seized or forfeited at the time of disposition. Requires deposit of all forfeited currency in such Fund. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to transmit to the Congress a report for the previous fiscal year containing: (1) a complete set of audited financial statements; and (2) an analysis of income and expenses for cases closed showing the revenue received or lost by property category. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the maximum value of property subject to administrative seizure and forfeiture. Requires the appropriate customs officer to publish, for at least three successive weeks, notice of the seizure of monetary instruments and the intention to forfeit and sell them. Requires the Commissioner to report to the Congress on the total dollar value of uncontested seizures of monetary instruments valued over $100,000 which have not been deposited into the Fund within 120 days of seizure. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to specified congressional committees a report containing estimates of the: (1) number of violations of the U.S. trade, customs, and illegal drug control laws during the fiscal year; and (2) incidence of such violations among the U.S. ports of entry and customs regions. Requires the Commissioner to prepare a list of those laws for which the Customs Service has enforcement responsibility. Requires the Commissioner to develop a nationally uniform enforcement strategy for dealing with such violations. Makes confidential the contents of such reports. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) assess the advisability of expanding the use of preclearance operations by the United States Customs Service at foreign airports; and (2) evaluate various means by which persons whose merchandise is damaged during customs examinations may seek compensation from the Service. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to keep accurate statistics on such damage to merchandise. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make Czechoslovakia and East Germany eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences. Subjects to Congressional disapproval by joint (currently, simple) resolution any presidential recommendations for extended waiver authority with respect to the granting of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to nonmarket economy countries. Requires the approval of the Congress by joint resolution (currently, concurrent) before bilateral commercial agreements and presidential proclamations granting nondiscriminatory treatment can take effect. Makes similar changes with respect to the approval of certain presidential reports. Sets forth procedures relating to conference reports in the Senate. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to require the initial members of the Competitiveness Policy Council to be appointed by enactment of this Act. Prohibits a Council member from serving as an agent for a foreign principal. Requires the Council to submit its annual report to the President on March 1. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise provisions relating to the review by a binational panel of certain determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings involving the United States and Canada. Authorizes the administering authority or the International Trade Commission (ITC) under specified circumstances in a binational review panel proceeding, to restrict to authorized persons access to certain privileged information under a protective order. Makes various changes to the term "authorized persons." Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly receive proprietary information which is under a protective order. Amends the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 to authorize the U.S. Secretariat to use only for such purposes any funds provided by the Canadian Secretariat, whenever a binational panel review is requested, to serve a copy of such request on all persons who would otherwise be entitled under Canadian law to commence procedures for judicial review of a final antidumping or countervailing duty determination made by a Canadian investigating authority. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to declare that the shipment to Canada of certain articles on or after a certain date under the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, shall not constitute an exportation unless it is a drawback (refund) eligible good. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require correspondence, private letters of reprimand, settlement agreements and other documents and files relating to violations or possible violations of administrative protective orders issued by the ITC in connection with such investigations to be treated as information specifically exempted from disclosure by statute. Makes "customer names" nondisclosable before an investigation is suspended or terminated, or unless an administrative protective order is issued. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the period of time that the Secretary of Labor must prepare for the Congress a report on supplemental wage allowance demonstration projects under the worker adjustment assistance program. Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce and the ITC to take specified actions to implement certain commission recommendations. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the U.S. Customs Service in monitoring and seizing drug paraphernalia. Requires the President to impose economic sanctions against Burma if specified conditions are not met. Sets forth provisions relating to whether temporary 1990 census services constitute "Federal service". Authorizes the President to grant nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to East German products. Title II: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery - Subtitle A: Short Title and Findings - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990 - Subtitle B: Amendments to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and Related Provisions - Part 1: Amendments to Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to repeal the termination date for duty-free treatment of beneficiary countries (thus making duty-free treatment permanent). Authorizes the President to reduce the duty rate on handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather wearing apparel that are the product of a beneficiary country and were not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible articles under the Generalized System of Preferences. Prohibits the President from designating any country as a beneficiary country if it has not taken steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to its workers. Requires the President, on or before October 1, 1993, and the close of each three-year period thereafter, to submit to the Congress a report regarding the operation of this Act. Grants duty-free treatment to products of Puerto Rico if: (1) the article is imported directly from a beneficiary country; (2) such article was advanced in value or improved in condition in a beneficiary country; and (3) any materials added to such article in a beneficiary country are a product of a beneficiary country or the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that efforts should be taken to improve the ability of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and Belize to benefit from the Act. Part 2: Amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Other Provisions Affecting CBI Beneficiary Countries - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to articles (not over $600 in value) acquired in a beneficiary country. Increases from $800 to $1200 the personal exemption from customs duties of articles acquired in the U.S. insular possessions and from other countries. Prohibits any article (except a textile article, apparel article, or petroleum or petroleum product) from being treated as a foreign article, or subject to duty, if: (1) it is assembled in whole of U.S. components or processed in whole or ingredients (other than water) that are a product of the United States in a beneficiary country; and (2) neither the U.S. components or ingredients, after exportation from the United States, nor the article itself, before importation into the United States, enters the foreign commerce of any foreign country other than a beneficiary country. Requires the ITC to investigate whether revised rules of origin for products of beneficiary countries are appropriate. Requires the ITC to submit to the President and the Congress a report containing the results of such investigation, including any recommendations. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the ITC, when making determinations as to material injury with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty cases, to assess cumulatively the volume and effect of imports from a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with respect to imports of like products from other beneficiary countries. Amends the Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation Act to extend, indefinitely, the duty-free treatment of ethyl alcohol produced by an insular possession or a beneficiary country. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations providing for the duty-free treatment of articles that are wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of beneficiary countries. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (relating to investment in Caribbean Basin countries) to require Puerto Rico to ensure that a specified amount of qualified Caribbean Basin country investments are made each year. Subtitle C: Scholarship Assistance and Tourism Promotion - Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish a scholarship assistance program to provide scholarships to enable socially and economically disadvantaged students from eligible countries in the Caribbean and Central America to study in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that increased tourism should be developed in the Caribbean Basin region as a central part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete the tourism development study of the Caribbean Basin begun in 1986. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to implement a pilot preclearance program during FY 1991 and 1992 to assess the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Prohibits the commencement of such operations unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization submit to the Congress a report regarding such program. Subtitle D: Miscellaneous Provisions - Authorizes the President to designate Nicaragua as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act of 1974. Expresses the sense of the Congress that in order to facilitate trade and economic development of beneficiary countries, the Secretary of Agriculture should coordinate with the Agency for International Development the development of programs to improve the agricultural trade between such countries and the United States by improving their transportation and cargo handling infrastructure. Urges the President to review the merits of extending trade benefits to the Andean region countries. Title III: Tariff Provisions - Subtitle A: Temporary Suspensions and Reductions in Duties - Part 1: New Duty Suspensions and Temporary Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) castor oil and its fractions; (2) specified chemicals; (3) certain dyes; (4) certain modeling pastes used in dentistry; (5) theatrical, ballet, and operatic scenery properties and sets; (6) wicker products; (7) certain plastic web sheeting; (8) certain protective sports apparel; (9) certain in-line roller skate boots; (10) self-folding telescopic shaft, collapsible umbrellas; (11) certain glass bulbs; (12) certain glass fibers; (13) aluminum luggage frames; (14) molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors; (15) impact line printers which use band drive mechanisms and can achieve printing speeds of at least 1,300 lines per minute; (16) certain machines for use in the manufacture of wheels for bicycles, and on certain bicycle parts; (17) certain parts of generators for use on aircraft; (18) certain magnetic video tape recordings; (19) certain infant nursery monitors and intercoms; (20) certain self-contained fluid filled submarine cable; (21) certain piston engines; (22) certain furniture and seats; (23) certain Christmas ornaments; (24) certain three-dimensional cameras; and (25) certain wood veneers. Provides a duty, through December 31, 1992, or upon a specified time that the President may modify the duty rate, equal to the column one duty rate under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on certain jams, pastes and purees, and fruit jellies. Suspends, through September 30, 1991, the duty on specified chemicals. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) a specified chemical; (2) certain gripping narrow fabrics; (3) certain drinking glasses; (4) graded semiprecious stones (except rock crystal); (5) certain paper products; (6) time-recorders that are battery or AC powered with opto-electronic display only; (7) frozen carrots; and (8) karate pants and belts. Suspends, through a specified date, the duty on certain motor vehicle parts. Grants: (1) duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1990, to the personal effects and equipment of alien participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1990 Goodwill Games in Washington State; and (2) duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1993, to the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1993 World University Games in Buffalo, New York. Part 2: Existing Temporary Duty Supsension - Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on: (1) specified chemicals; (2) crude feathers and down; (3) fresh cantaloupes; (4) hot red peppers and salt; (5) certain bicycle parts; (6) certain wools; (7) certain narrow weaving machines; (8) certain wool carding and spinning machinery; (9) certain knitting machines designed for sweater strip or garment length knitting; (10) certain lace braiding machines; (11) machines designed for heat-set, stretch texturing of continuous man-made fibers; (12) knitting needles; (13) needlecraft display models, primarily hand stitched, of completed mass-produced kits; (14) graphite; (15) photographic color couplers and coupler intermediates; and (16) stuffed dolls and doll skins. Extends, through October 31, 1996, the existing suspension of duty on certain knitwear fabricated in Guam. Grants, through December 31, 1992, duty-free treatment to corned beef in airtight containers. Provides a duty on spunlaced or bonded fiber disposable surgical gowns and drapes of manmade fibers through December 31, 1992, except Canadian goods through December 31, 1998. Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on: (1) certain toy jewelry valued not over five cents; (2) certain parts and accessories of indirect process electrostatic copying machines; (3) certain hosiery knitting machines; (4) certain jacquard cards; (5) certain glass-ceramics kitchenware; (6) umbrella frames and parts; (7) terfenadone; and (8) toys representing animals or nonhuman creatures. Terminates the existing suspension of duty on c-amines. Subtitle B: Other Tariff and Miscellaneous Provisions - Part 1: Tariff Classification and Other Technical Amendments - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exempt molasses containing more than six percent non-sugar solids. Makes changes with respect to the tariff treatment of certain: (1) woven fabrics of carded wool or carded fine animal hair; (2) woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair; and (3) gauzes. Provides, for purposes of the tariff treatment of certain leather handbags, that any articles of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics (whether compact or cellular) shall be regarded as having an outer surface of textile material or of plastic sheeting, depending upon whether and to the extent the textile constituent or the plastic constituent comprises the exterior surface of the article. Grants duty-free treatment to ice and field hockey gloves. Provides a duty on other gloves, mittens, and mitts, specially designed for use in sports. Grants duty-free treatment to chipper knife steel. Sets a duty on cantilever brakes for bicycles. Changes wheel size specifications with respect to 26-inch bicycles. Excludes from import restrictions certain blended syrups if imported by a foreign trade zone user, to the extent that the annual quantity imported into the customs territory does not contain an amount of sugar of nondomestic origin greater than that authorized by the Foreign Trade Zones Board for processing by such user during FY 1985. Declares that metal articles manufactured in the United States and exported and returned to the United States shall be subject, notwithstanding a specified exemption to duties, to all other duties and restrictions imposed under the Tariff Act of 1930 or the Trade Act of 1974. Provides a duty on certain brooms that are wholly or in part made of broom corn. States that the duty provided on artificial flowers made of man-made fibers applies generally to artificial flowers, to foliage and fruit, and parts and products when made of man-made fibers. Part 2. Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to delay until December 31, 1992 (currently, January 1, 1991) the exemption from customs laws of bicycle component parts that are not re-exported from the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to grant duty-free treatment to bi-level rail passenger cars that are: (1) entered into the United States after March 14, 1988, and before January 1, 1989, and classified under the Tariff Schedules of the United States; and (2) designed for, and for the use of, the Florida Department of Transportation. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries made under the Tariff Act of 1930. Provides that certain digital processing units for automated data processing machines that are imported into the United States after January 16, 1986, and before July 2, 1987, shall be liquidated as duty free upon proper request filed with the appropriate customs officer. Declares that a certain protest relating to the entry of specified articles shall be deemed to have been filed with the appropriate customs officer. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require a drawback (refund) to be paid on the export of articles which are manufactured in the United States with the use of imported crude petroleum products and are stored in common storage with articles of the same kind and quality, provided that specified requirements are met. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty on agglomerate marble tiles. Reduces the duty rate on certain components of ionization smoke detectors to the same rate applied to ionization smoke detectors as a whole. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to admit duty-free a Phillips Medical Systems 4 tesla nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for the use of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Provides for a refund of the duty paid on such spectrometer if liquidation has become final. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that duties imposed under such Act shall not apply to: (1) the cost of equipment or expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barges documented under U.S. law and used as cargo containters; or (2) the cost of spare repair parts for installation on such vessels in the United States or in a foreign country, but only if the appropriate duty is paid upon first entry of each such spare part purchased in, or imported from, a foreign country. Authorizes the manufacture of any article from denatured distilled spirits (currently, domestic denatured distilled spirits) which have been withdrawn free of tax from a distilled spirits plant in a foreign trade zone. Authorizes the use of any such spirits in the manufacture of medicines, medicinal preparations, food products, flavors, or flavoring extracts, which are unfit for beverage purposes, in such zone. Declares such products to be eligible for drawback (refund) of duties. Increases, through December 31, 1992, the duty on ethyl tertiary butyl ether. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit transportation through the United States of lottery materials produced in Canada. Prohibits the transportation of such materials in the personal baggage of a traveler. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain forgings entries made at Port of Portland, Oregon, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Reliquidates as duty-free, upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer, a certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain methanol entries made at New York, New York, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Grants duty-free treatment to and provides for a refund of duties on frozen green beans or off the cob whole kernel sweet corn that is imported into the United States after December 31, 1989, and before May 1, 1990, and that is a product of a foreign country which receives nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) trade treatment. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain photographic and motion picture film, magnetic video tape, and specified visual aids entries under the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries made after September 30, 1990, and before April 1, 1991, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Provides for the reliquidation (refund), upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer after September 30, 1990, and before April 1, 1991, of corned beef in airtight containers entered after December 31, 1989, and before October 1, 1990. Provides for staged rate reductions for certain woven fabrics and gauze. Title IV: Exports of Unprocessed Timber - Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 - Prohibits persons: (1) acquiring unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian from exporting such timber unless it is surplus to the needs of U.S. timber manufacturing facilities; and (2) from purchasing from a Federal agency unprocessed timber from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian for substitution for exported unprocessed timber from private lands, with specified exceptions. Directs the Secretary to issue an order prohibiting the export of unprocessed timber from public lands in specified amounts. Requires the Secretary, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, to report to the Congress on the effects of the reallocation of public lands timber resources to the domestic timber processing sector. Authorizes the President to suspend such prohibition if it is determined to be inconsistent with any treaty or trade agreement to which the United States is a party. Sets forth reporting requirements for purchasers and transferors of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian. Requires the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to report to the Congress on the disposition of unprocessed timber harvested from Federal lands west of the 100th meridian, and any recommendations concerning indirect substitution of such timber for exported timber harvested from private lands. Sets forth civil and administrative penalties for violations of this Act. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Secretary of Commerce, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior, to study for export from the United States, for a two-year period, of unprocessed hardwood timber harvested from Federal or public lands east of the 100th meridian. Requires such Secretaries to submit a report to specified congressional committees.

40 House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment May 28, 2002

Customs and Trade Act of 1990 - Title I: Trade Agency Authorizations, Customs User Fees, and Other Customs Provisions - Subtitle A: Trade Agency Authorizations for Fiscal Years 1991 and 1992 - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Prohibits the use of any appropriated sums for the making of any special study, investigation, or report that is requested by a Federal agency, unless such agency reimburses the Commission for the cost. Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air interdiction program. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Subtitle B: Customs User Fees - Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect a customs user fee not exceeding $575 for the processing of merchandise that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during FY 1990. Requires fees charged for Canadian goods to be in accordance with the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement. Prohibits such fees from being charged for Israeli products if an exemption is implemented under this Act. Declares that expenses incurred in conducting commercial operations do not include costs incurred in: (1) air passenger processing; (2) export control; and (3) international affairs. Sets forth certain costs that may not be funded with money contained in the Customs User Fee Account. Declares that the user fees shall be treated and enforced as if they are customs duties. Exempts Israeli products from user fees as of the date on which the United States Trade Representative publishes in the Federal Register a determination that Israel has provided reciprocal concessions. Requires the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees on the costs incurred by the U.S. Customs Service in conducting commercial operations and appropriate fees charged to the beneficiaries of such services. Extends the customs user fee program through September 30, 1991. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous Customs Provisions - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to make the Customs Forfeiture Fund available for equitable sharing payments to other Federal agencies, State and local law enforcement agencies, and foreign countries. Limits any such payments to no more than the value of the property seized or forfeited at the time of disposition. Requires deposit of all forfeited currency in such Fund. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to transmit to the Congress a report for the previous fiscal year containing: (1) a complete set of audited financial statements; and (2) an analysis of income and expenses for cases closed showing the revenue received or lost by property category. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992. Increases from $100,000 to $500,000 the maximum value of property subject to administrative seizure and forfeiture. Requires the appropriate customs officer to publish, for at least three successive weeks, notice of the seizure of monetary instruments and the intention to forfeit and sell them. Requires the Commissioner to report to the Congress on the total dollar value of uncontested seizures of monetary instruments valued over $100,000 which have not been deposited into the Fund within 120 days of seizure. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to specified congressional committees a report containing estimates of the: (1) number of violations of the U.S. trade, customs, and illegal drug control laws during the fiscal year; and (2) incidence of such violations among the U.S. ports of entry and customs regions. Requires the Commissioner to prepare a list of those laws for which the Customs Service has enforcement responsibility. Requires the Commissioner to develop a nationally uniform enforcement strategy for dealing with such violations. Makes confidential the contents of such reports. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) assess the advisability of expanding the use of preclearance operations by the United States Customs Service at foreign airports; and (2) evaluate various means by which persons whose merchandise is damaged during customs examinations may seek compensation from the Service. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to keep accurate statistics on such damage to merchandise. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make Czechoslovakia and East Germany eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences. Extends the period of time that the Secretary of Labor must prepare for the Congress a report on supplemental wage allowance demonstration projects under the worker adjustment assistance program. Subjects to congressional disapproval by joint (currently, simple) resolution any presidential recommendations for extended waiver authority with respect to the granting of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to nonmarket economy countries. Requires the approval of the Congress by joint resolution (currently, concurrent) before bilateral commercial agreements and presidential proclamations granting nondiscriminatory treatment can take effect. Makes similar changes with respect to the approval of certain presidential reports. Title II: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery - Subtitle A: Short Title and Findings - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989 - Subtitle B: Amendments to the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and Related Provisions - Part 1: Amendments to Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to repeal the termination date for duty-free treatment of beneficiary countries (thus making duty-free treatment permanent). Declares that the rate of duty on any handbag, luggage, flat good, work glove, or leather wearing apparel that is a product of a beneficiary country and was not designated on August 5, 1983, as an eligible article under the generalized system of preferences shall be equal to 50 percent of the general column one rate of duty under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Prohibits the President from designating any country as a beneficiary country if it has not taken steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to its workers. Requires the President, on or before October 1, 1992, and at the close of each three-year period thereafter, to submit to the Congress a report regarding the operation of this Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that efforts should be taken to improve the ability of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and Belize to benefit from the Act. Part 2: Amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule and Other Provisions Affecting CBI Beneficiary Countries - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the allocation of quotas on sugars imported from beneficiary countries. Prohibits the USTR, in allocating any limitation on such imports, from: (1) reducing the percentage allocation made to the Philippines; (2) making an allocation to the Republic of South Africa; and (3) allowing the aggregate of the amounts of the base quota allocations to Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries for any quota year beginning after December 31, 1988, to be less than 371,449 metric tons, raw value. Requires any allocation for any quota of imported sugar from specified foreign countries for any year to be reallocated on a pro-rata basis among the CBI countries receiving allocations for that year if such allocation is suspended or terminated due to a threat to U.S. national security or foreign policy. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements with foreign governments for the purpose of granting compensation if the United States takes specified action inconsistent with its international obligations (including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). Grants duty-free treatment to articles (not over $600 in value) acquired in a beneficiary country. Increases from $800 to $1200 the personal exemption from customs duties of articles acquired in the U.S. insular possessions and from other countries. Prohibits any article (except a textile or apparel article) from being treated as a foreign article, or subject to duty, if: (1) it is assembled in whole of U.S. components or processed in whole of ingredients (other than water) that are a product of the United States in a beneficiary country; and (2) neither the U.S. components or ingredients, after exportation from the United States, nor the article itself, before importation into the United States, enters the foreign commerce of any foreign country other than a beneficiary country. Declares that the President may proclaim new rules for determining whether articles originate in beneficiary countries. Requires the President to consult with specified congressional committees and beneficiary countries before proclaiming such rules. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the International Trade Commission, when making determinations as to material injury with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty cases, to assess cumulatively the volume and effect of imports from a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with respect to imports of like products from other beneficiary countries. Amends the Tax Reform Act of 1986 to treat certain ethyl alcohols produced in an insular possession or beneficiary country as indigenous products of such possession or country if certain requirements are met. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations providing for the duty-free treatment of articles that are wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of beneficiary countries. Subtitle C: Scholarship Assistance and Tourism Promotion - Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to establish a scholarship assistance program to provide scholarships to enable students from eligible countries in the Caribbean and Central America to study in the United States. Expresses the sense of the Congress that increased tourism should be developed in the Caribbean Basin region as a central part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative program. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to complete the tourism development study of the Caribbean Basin begun in 1986. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to implement a pilot preclearance program during FY 1990 and 1991 to assess the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Prohibits the commencement of such operations unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization make a specified joint certification. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to submit to the Congress a report regarding such program. Title III: Tariff Provisions - Subtitle A: Temporary Suspensions and Reductions in Duties - Part 1: New Duty Suspensions and Temporary Reductions - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) castor oil and its fractions; (2) specified chemicals; (3) certain dyes; (4) certain modeling pastes used in dentistry; (5) chlorinated synthetic rubber; (6) wicker products; (7) certain plastic web sheeting; (8) certain protective sports apparel; (9) certain garments designed for handicapped persons who are not ambulatory; (10) certain in-line roller skate boots; (11) self-folding telescopic shaft, collapsible umbrellas; (12) certain glass bulbs; (13) certain glass fibers; (14) aluminum luggage frames; (15) molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors; (16) impact line printers which use band drive mechanisms and which are capable of printing speeds of at least 1,300 lines per minute; (17) certain machines for use in the manufacture of wheels for bicycles, and on certain bicycle parts; (18) certain parts of generators for use on aircraft; (19) certain magnetic video tape recordings; (20) certain infant nursery monitors and intercoms; (21) certain machined electronic connector contact parts; (22) certain piston engines to be installed in vehicles designed for traveling in snow, golf carts, non-amphibious all-terrain vehicles, and burden carriers; (23) certain furniture and seats; (24) certain Christmas ornaments; (25) certain three-dimensional cameras; and (26) theatrical, ballet, and operatic scenery properties; and sets. Provides a duty, through December 31, 1992, or upon a specified time that the President may modify the duty rate, equal to the column one duty rate under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on certain jams, pastes and purees, and fruit jellies. Suspends, through September 30, 1990, the duty on specified chemicals. Suspends, through December 31, 1990, the duty on certain dyes. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) certain gripping narrow fabrics; (2) graded semiprecious stones (except rock crystal); (3) zinc printing type; and (4) time-recorders that are battery or AC powered with opto-electronic display only. Suspends, through a specified date, the duty on certain motor vehicle parts. Part 2: Existing Temporary Duty Suspensions - Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on: (1) specified chemicals; (2) crude feathers and down; (3) fresh cantaloupes; (4) hot red peppers and salt; (5) certain bicycle parts; (6) certain wools; (7) disposable surgical gowns and drapes; (8) certain narrow weaving machines; (9) certain wool carding and spinning machinery; (10) certain knitting machines designed for sweater strip or garment length knitting; (11) certain lace braiding machines; and (12) stuffed dolls and doll skins. Extends, through October 31, 1996, the existing suspension of duty on certain knitwear fabricated in Guam. Grants, through December 31, 1992, duty-free treatment to corned beef in airtight containers. Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on: (1) certain toy jewelry valued not over five cents; (2) certain parts and accessories of indirect process electrostatic copying machines; and (3) toys representing animals or nonhuman creatures. Terminates the existing suspension of duty on c-amines. Subtitle B: Other Tariff and Miscellaneous Provisions - Part 1: Tariff Classification and Other Technical amendments - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to exempt molasses containing more than six percent non-sugar solids. Makes changes with respect to the tariff treatment of certain: (1) woven fabrics of carded wool or carded fine animal hair; (2) woven fabrics of combed wool or of combed fine animal hair; and (3) gauzes. Provides, for purposes of the tariff treatment of certain leather handbags, that any articles of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics (whether compact or cellular) shall be regarded as having an outer surface of textile material or of plastic sheeting, depending upon whether and to the extent the textile constituent or the plastic constituent comprises the exterior surface of the article. Amends specified subheadings of the Schedule to provide tariff treatment for gloves principally designed for sports use, including ski and snowmobile gloves, mittens and mitts. Grants duty-free treatment to chipper knife steel. Sets a duty on cantilever brakes for bicycles. Changes wheel size specifications with respect to 26-inch bicycles. Excludes from import restrictions certain blended syrups if imported by a foreign trade zone user, to the extent that the annual quantity imported into the customs territory does not contain an amount of sugar of nondomestic origin greater than that authorized by the Foreign Trade Zones Board for processing by such user during FY 1985. Part 2: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to delay until December 31, 1992 (currently, January 1, 1991) the exemption from customs laws of bicycle component parts that are not re-exported from the United States. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to grant duty-free treatment to bi-level rail passenger cars that are: (1) entered into the United States after March 14, 1988, and before January 1, 1989, and classified under the Tariff Schedules of the United States; and (2) designed for, and for the use of, the Florida Department of Transportation. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries made under the Tariff Act of 1930. Provides that certain digital processing units for automated data processing machines that are imported into the United States after January 16, 1986, and before July 2, 1987, and are unliquidated as of December 31, 1987, shall be liquidated as duty free upon proper request filed with the appropriate customs officer. Declares that a certain protest relating to the entry of specified articles shall be deemed to have been filed with the appropriate customs officer. Provides for staged rate reductions for certain woven fabrics and gauze.

35 Passed Senate amended May 28, 2002

Title I: Tariff Provisions - Subtitle A: Amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States - Declares that an amendment or repeal in this subtitle shall be considered made to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Part 1: Permanent Changes in Tariff Treatment - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to ice hockey and field hockey gloves. Provides a duty on other sport gloves. Grants duty-free treatment to chipper knife steel. Changes wheel size specifications with respect to 26-inch bicycles. Exempts from the Schedule molasses containing more than six percent non-sugar solids. Treats as duty-free any tobacco grown in the United States and processed in a Caribbean Basin country. Makes articles of metal manufactured in the United States and exported for further processing outside of the United States and then returned subject to all duties and other restrictions imposed pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 or the Trade Act of 1974. Provides a duty on certain brooms that are wholly or in part made of broom corn. States that the duty provided on artificial flowers made of man-made fibers applies generally to artificial flowers, to foliage and fruit, parts and products when made of man-made fibers. Revises the definition of "water resistant" with respect to the classification of water resistant garments. Part 2: Temporary Changes in Tariff Treatment - Subpart A: Existing Provisions - Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on fresh cantaloupes. Extends, through December 31, 1992, the existing suspension of duty on: (1) specified chemicals; (2) bicycle tires, inner tubes, and rim strips; (3) certain wools; (4) certain knitwear fabricated in Guam; (5) certain kitchenware; (6) cable or inner wire for caliper brakes; (7) bicycle chains; (8) machines designed for heat-set, stretch texturing of continuous man-made fibers; (9) circular knitting machines and parts and knitting needles; (10) caliper brakes; (11) frames for hand-held umbrellas; (12) generator lighting sets for bicycles; (13) needlecraft display models, primarily hand stitched, of completed mass-produced kits; (14) certain narrow weaving machines; (15) certain wool carding and spinning machinery; (16) certain lace braiding machines; (17) certain aromatic color couplers and coupler intermediates; and (18) certain hosiery knitting machines (including single cylinder coarse gauge) and parts. Suspends, through December 31, 1992, the duty on certain parts and accessories and ancillary machines of indirect process electrostatic copying machines. Extends, through December 31, 1992, the suspension of duty on certain toy jewelry valued not over five cents. Extends, through December 31, 1992, the suspension of duty on jacquard cards. Suspends, through December 31, 1992, the duty on certain cards used as or in making jacquard cards. Repeals the suspension of duty on C-amines. Grants duty-free treatment of corned beef contained in airtight containers through December 31, 1992. Grants duty-free treatment to certain menthol feedstocks (not containing more than 30 percent by weight of certain stereoisomer) through December 31, 1992. Provides a duty on spunlaced surgical gowns and drapes through December 31, 1992, (except goods originating in Canada, which shall be through December 31, 1998). Subpart B: New Provisions - Suspends, through December 31, 1992, the duty on: (1) specified chemicals; (2) certain glass bulbs; (3) molten-salt-cooled acrylic acid reactors; (4) certain plastic web sheeting; (5) certain magnetic video tape recordings; (6) certain Christmas ornaments; (7) frozen carrots; (8) impact line printers which use band drive mechanisms and which are capable of printing speeds of at least 1,300 lines per minute; (9) castor oil and its fractions; (10) certain machines for use in the manufacture of wheels for bicycles, and on certain bicycle parts; (11) certain furniture and seats; (12) wicker products; (13) certain modeling pastes used in dentistry; (14) self-folding telescopic shaft, collapsible umbrellas; (15) certain in-line roller skate boots; (16) certain wood veneer; (17) certain parts of generators for use on aircraft; (18) certain infant nursery monitors and intercoms; (19) certain fiberglass fibers; (20) certain three-dimensional cameras; (21) certain piston engines to be installed in vehicles designed for traveling in snow, golf carts, non-amphibious all-terrain vehicles, and burden carriers; (22) theatrical, ballet, and operatic scenery, properties, and sets; (23) certain paper products; and (24) certain dyes. Suspends, through December 31, 1990, the duty on specified chemicals. Suspends, through June 30, 1992, the duty on ceftazidime tertiary butyl ester. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on time-recorders that are battery or AC powered with opto-electronic display only. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on gripping narrow fabrics of manmade fibers. Suspends, through December 31, 1990, the duty on trifluoromethylaniline. Suspends, through September 30, 1991, the duty on specified chemicals. Provides, through December 31, 1992, that the duty on protective ice and field hockey pants and articles shall be equal to the duty that would have applied to such articles under the Tariff Schedules of the United States on the day before the effective date of this Schedule. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate. Grants duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1990, to the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1990 Goodwill Games. Grants duty-free treatment, through September 30, 1993, to the personal effects and equipment of participants, their families, and officials involved in the 1993 World University Games. Reduces, through December 31, 1992, the duty on karate pants and belts. Suspends, through December 31, 1991, the duty on certain self-contained fluid filled submarine cable. Part 3: Effective Dates - Sets forth effective dates. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries made after September 30, 1990, and before April 1, 1991, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain forgings entries made at Port of Portland, Oregon, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to grant duty-free treatment of bi-level rail passenger cars that are: (1) entered into the United States after March 14, 1988, and before January 1, 1989, and classified under the Tariff Schedules of the United States; and (2) designed for, and for the use of, the Florida Department of Transportation. Reliquidates as duty-free, upon request filed with the appropriate customs officer, a certain extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter. Amends the Foreign Trade Zones Act to extend until December 31, 1992 (currently January 1, 1991) the exclusion of bicycle component parts from the exemption from customs laws provided by such Act. Provides that certain digital processing units for automated data processing machines that would not be subject to temporary duties under certain items of the Tariff Schedules of the United States and that are imported into the United States between January 16, 1986, and July 2, 1987, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as duty-free upon proper request filed with the appropriate customs officer. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to admit duty-free a Phillips Medical Systems 4 tesla nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer for the use of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Provides for a refund of the duty paid on such spectrometer if liquidation has become final. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to declare that duties imposed under such Act shall not apply to: (1) the cost of equipment or expense of repairs made in a foreign country with respect to LASH (Lighter Aboard Ship) barges documented under U.S. law and used as cargo containers; or (2) the cost of spare repair parts for installation on such vessels in the United States or in a foreign country, but only if the appropriate duty is paid upon first entry of each such spare part purchased in, or imported from, a foreign country. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain methanol entries made at New York, New York, under the Tariff Act of 1930. Grants duty-free treatment and provides for a refund of duties on frozen green beans or off the cob whole kernel sweet corn that is imported into the United States after December 31, 1989, and before May 1, 1990, and that is a product of a foreign country which receives nondiscriminatory (most-favored-nation) trade treatment. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain photographic and motion picture film, magnetic video tape, and specified visual aids entries under the Tariff Schedules of the United States. Authorizes the manufacture of any article from denatured distilled spirits (currently, domestic denatured distilled spirits) which have been withdrawn free of tax from a distilled spirits plant in a foreign trade zone. Authorizes the use of any such spirits in the manufacture of medicines, medicinal preparation, food products, flavors, or flavoring extracts, which are unfit for beverage purposes, in such zone. Declares such products to be eligible for a drawback (refund) of duties. Provides for the reliquidation (refund) of certain entries and antidumping duties made under the Tariff Act of 1930. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require a drawback (refund) to be paid on the export of articles which are manufactured in the United States with the use of imported crude petroleum products and are stored in common storage with articles of the same kind and quality, provided that specified requirements are met. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a duty on agglomerate marble tiles. Increases, through December 31, 1992, the duty on ethyl tertiary butyl ether. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to permit transportation through the United States of lottery materials produced in Canada. Prohibits the transportation of such materials in the personal baggage of a traveler. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1992, the duty on metal oxide varistors. Reduces the duty rate on certain components of ionization smoke detectors to the same rate applied to ionization smoke detectors as a whole. Title II: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery - Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1990 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to repeal the termination date for duty-free treatment of beneficiary countries. Prohibits the President from designating any country as a beneficiary country if it has not taken steps to afford internationally recognized worker rights to its workers. Requires the President, on or before October 1, 1993, and the close of each three-year period thereafter, to submit to the Congress a report regarding the operation of this Act. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to articles (not over $600 in value) acquired in a beneficiary country. Increases from $800 to $1200 the personal exemption from customs duties of articles acquired in the U.S. insular possessions and from other countries. Prohibits any article (except a textile or apparel article) from being treated as a foreign article, or subject to duty, if certain U.S. components and exclusive sale requirements are met. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations providing for the duty-free treatment of articles that are wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of beneficiary countries. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to implement a pilot preclearance program during FY 1991 and 1992 to assess the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Prohibits the commencement of such operations unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization make a specified joint certification. Requires the Commissioner to submit to the Congress a report regarding such program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that efforts should be taken to improve the ability of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and Belize to benefit from the Act. Expresses the sense of the Congress that increased tourism should be developed in the Caribbean Basin region as a central part of the Caribbean Basin Initiative program. Expresses the sense of the Congress that in order to facilitate trade and economic development of beneficiary countries, the Secretary of Agriculture should coordinate with the Agency for International Development the development of programs to improve the agricultural trade between such countries and the United States by improving their transportation and cargo handling infrastructure. Urges the President to review the merits of extending trade benefits to the Andean region countries. Amends the Act to grant duty-free treatment to products produced in Puerto Rico provided specified requirements have been met. Authorizes the President to designate Nicaragua as a beneficiary developing country under the Generalized System of Preferences of the Trade Act of 1974. Title III: Authorization of Appropriations for Trade Agencies - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). Amends the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 to authorize appropriations to the Office of the USTR for FY 1991 and 1992 to pay the U.S. share of expenses for binational panels and extraordinary challenge committees convened pursuant to such Agreement. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Prohibits the use of any appropriated sums for the making of any special study, investigation, or report that is requested by a Federal agency, unless such agency reimburses the Commission for the cost. Amends the Customs Procedural Reform and Simplification Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for FY 1991 and 1992 to the United States Customs Service for: (1) noncommercial and commercial operations; and (2) the air interdiction program. Title IV: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to subject to Congressional disapproval by joint (currently, simple) resolution any presidential recommendations for extended waiver authority with respect to the granting of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to nonmarket economy countries. Requires the approval of the Congress by joint (currently, concurrent) resolution before bilateral commercial agreements and presidential proclamations granting nondiscriminatory treatment can take effect. Makes similar changes with respect to the approval of certain presidential reports. Amends the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to collect a customs user fee not exceeding specified amounts for the processing of merchandise that is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption. Requires such fee, in the case of U.S. agricultural products processed and packed in a foreign trade zone, to be applied only to the value of material used to make the container for such merchandise, if such merchandise is subject to entry and the container is of a kind normally used for packing such merchandise. Prohibits such fees from being charged to specified imported articles. Declares that for user fee purposes, expenses incurred in conducting commercial operations do not include costs incurred in: (1) air passenger processing; (2) export control; and (3) international affairs. Prohibits funds from being expended from the Customs User Fee Account for costs incurred in providing any service which is exempt from customs user fees. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to reimburse directly from such fees each appropriation for amounts paid out for inspectional overtime and all preclearance services to users not required to pay fees, and for salaries for customs inspection personnel and equipment that enhance services for fee payers. Requires an annual report to specified congressional committees. Extends the authority to charge such fees through specified dates. Limits to a specified amount the fee charged for each day's importations to the same importer from the same exporter of merchandise imported under a certain temporary monthly entry program. Prohibits such fees from being charged with respect to the arrival of a railroad car (currently, a railroad car that is part of a train) which originates and terminates in the same country and meets other specified conditions. Requires the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission to take specified actions to implement certain Commission recommendations. Requires the Commissioner of Customs to report to specified congressional committees on the effectiveness of the U.S. Customs Service in monitoring and seizing drug paraphernalia. Prohibits the importation of Burmese products into the United States. Requires the provisions of this section to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Denies beneficiary country status under the Generalized System of Preferences to countries determined by the Secretary of State to support terrorism. Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to require the initial members of the Competitiveness Policy Council to be appointed by June 1, 1990. Prohibits a Council member from serving as an agent for a foreign principal. Requires the Council to submit its annual report to the President on March 1. Authorizes appropriations or FY 1991 and 1992. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the proceeds from the forfeiture of any bond posted during a countervailing duty investigation to be deposited into the Treasury. Permits the International Trade Commission (ITC) to delay issuing an exclusion or cease and desist order until the completion of all, of a portion of, such investigation if it determines such delay is appropriate. Requires the ITC to issue, upon request, such exclusion or cease and desist order, or both, to the person who is the subject of such investigation if such person fails to meet the requirements for participation in the investigation. Requires correspondence, private letters of reprimand, settlement agreements and other documents and files relating to violations or possible violations of administrative protective orders issued by the ITC in connection with such investigations to be treated as information specifically exempted from disclosure by statute. Makes "customer names" nondisclosable. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to declare that the shipment to Canada of certain articles on or after a certain date under the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, shall not constitute an exportation unless it is a drawback (refund) eligible good. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to revise provisions relating to the review by a binational panel of certain determinations in countervailing duty and antidumping duty proceedings involving the United States and Canada. Authorizes the administering authority or the ITC, under specified circumstances in a binational review panel proceeding, to restrict to authorized persons access to certain privileged information under a protective order. Makes various changes to the term "authorized persons." Makes it unlawful for any person to knowingly receive proprietary information which is under a protective order. Amends the U.S.-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 to authorize the U.S. Secretariat to use only for such purposes any funds provided by the Canadian Secretariat to pay Canada's share of expenses of binational panels. Requires the U.S. Secretariat, whenever a binational panel review is requested, to serve a copy of such request on all persons who would otherwise be entitled under Canadian law to commence procedures for judicial review of a final antidumping or countervailing duty determination made by a Canadian investigating authority. Title V: Administrative Procedures for Noncontroversial Tariff Suspensions - Permits persons who use an article in the production of a product in the United States, or import an article into the United States, or who distribute such an article to file with the International Trade Commission a petition requesting the President to issue a proclamation suspending all duties imposed on such article by the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Permits domestic producers of articles for which duties are suspended, or of like or directly competitive articles, to petition the President to reinstate such duties. Directs the Commission, upon petition with sufficient justifying information, to investigate the suspension or reinstatement of duties. Sets forth determinations to be made through such an investigation, including determinations as to: (1) whether domestic producers of affected articles object to a suspension of duties on such articles; and (2) the aggregate amount of Federal revenue derived from such duties. Requires the Commission to: (1) provide an opportunity for any person to submit written and oral statements on the subject; and (2) submit reports on its investigation for publication in the Federal Register, to the petitioner, and to the President within specified time periods. Declares that Commission determinations shall not be reviewable in any court. Authorizes the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on suspending duties, to suspend all duties on an article if he determines that: (1) no person has a valid objection to such a suspension; and (2) the aggregate values of such imports and Federal revenue derived therefrom do not exceed specified amounts. Prohibits the President from suspending column two duty rates imposed by the Schedule on any article. Requires the President, if he does not suspend all duties on an article, to publish a written explanation of that decision. Limits the length of such a suspension of duties to three years. Requires the President, within 30 days after the Commission submits a report on the reinstatement of duties on an article for which duties had been suspended, to: (1) reinstate such duties if he determines that a person has a valid objection to such suspension; and (2) publish any negative determination. Makes the President's decisions on reinstating duties final and not subject to review in any court. Permits the President to establish schedules for filing petitions and for other actions under this Act. Title VI: Federal Timber Export Restrictions - Federal Timber Export Restriction Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Federal Lands - Prohibits any person who acquires unprocessed timber from Federal lands from exporting such timber from the United States. Requires such persons to file quarterly reports on their disposal of such timber. Subtitle B: Sanctions; Definitions; Effective Dates - Sets forth civil penalties for violations under this Act. Title VII: State Lands - Requires the Secretary of Commerce to prohibit or restrict the exportation from the United States of unprocessed timber harvested from State lands provided the Governor of such State certifies that the State supports such prohibition or restriction based on: (1) a State enacted statute; (2) a statewide voter initiative; or (3) an existing State statute.

36 Passed House amended May 28, 2002

Extends, for a three-year period not ending sooner than July 4, 1992, nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to products from the Peoples' Republic of Hungary. Conditions such treatment on there being in effect a commercial agreement between the United States and Hungary meeting certain requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

17 Reported to House with amendment(s) May 28, 2002

Extends, for a five-year period not ending sooner than July 4, 1994, nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to products from the Peoples' Republic of Hungary. Conditions such treatment on there being in effect a commercial agreement between the United States and Hungary meeting certain requirements of the Trade Act of 1974.

00 Introduced in House May 28, 2002

Extends, for a five-year period, nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to products from Hungary.

Sponsors

Timeline

Aug 20, 1990

Signed by President.

Aug 20, 1990

Signed by President.

Aug 20, 1990

Became Public Law No: 101-382.

Aug 20, 1990

Became Public Law No: 101-382.

Aug 9, 1990

Measure Signed in Senate.

Aug 9, 1990

Presented to President.

Aug 9, 1990

Presented to President.

Aug 4, 1990

Rule H. Res. 447 passed House.

Aug 4, 1990

Mr. Rostenkowski brought up conference report H.Rept. 101-650 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 447.

Aug 4, 1990

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 447, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.

Aug 4, 1990

The previous question was ordered without objection.

Aug 4, 1990

Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.

Aug 4, 1990

Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Aug 4, 1990

On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by voice vote.

Aug 1, 1990

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Aug 1, 1990

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 447 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 1594. It shall be in order to consider the conference report and all points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read when called up.

Jul 31, 1990

Conference papers: Senate report and managers' statement held at the desk in Senate.

Jul 31, 1990

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Jul 31, 1990

Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.

Jul 30, 1990

Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Jul 30, 1990

Conferees agreed to file conference report.

Jul 30, 1990

Mr. Rostenkowski asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on July 30 to file a conference report on H.R. 1594. Agreed to without objection.

Jul 30, 1990

Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 101-650 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.

Jul 30, 1990

Conference report H. Rept. 101-650 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.

Jun 19, 1990

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

Jun 19, 1990

Conference held.

May 17, 1990

Conference committee actions: Conference held.

May 17, 1990

Conference held.

May 15, 1990

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

May 14, 1990

Message on House action received in Senate and held at desk: House amendment to Senate amendment and House requests a conference.

May 14, 1990

Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

May 14, 1990

Senate disagreed to the House amendment to the Senate amendment by Voice Vote.

May 14, 1990

Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Bentsen; Moynihan; Baucus; Packwood; Dole.

May 9, 1990

Mr. Rostenkowski asked unanimous consent that the House agree to the Senate amendment to the text with amendment and agree to the Senate amendment to the title.

May 9, 1990

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion to agree to the Senate amendment to the text with amendment and agree to the Senate amendment to the title Agreed to without objection.

May 9, 1990

On motion to agree to the Senate amendment to the text with amendment and agree to the Senate amendment to the title Agreed to without objection.

May 9, 1990

Mr. Rostenkowski asked unanimous consent that the House insist on its amendment to the Senate amendment to the text and ask for a conference.

May 9, 1990

On motion to insist on its amendment to the Senate amendment to the text and ask for a conference Agreed to without objection.

May 9, 1990

The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Ways and Means for consideration of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Jenkins, Downey, Pease, Russo, Guarini, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane, and Frenzel.

May 9, 1990

The chair appointed additional conferees solely for consideration of Title II of the House amendment to the Senate amendment, and for Title II of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Pickle and Schulze.

May 9, 1990

The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Agriculture for consideration of Titles VI and VII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: de la Garza, Volkmer, Brown (CA), Olin, Stallings, Morrison (WA), Robert Smith (OR), and Herger.

May 9, 1990

The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs for consideration of Titles VI and VII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Udall, Vento, Williams, DeFazio, McDermott, Young (AK), Craig, and Denny Smith (OR).

May 9, 1990

The chair appointed conferees - from the Committee on Foreign Affairs for consideration of Titles VI and VII of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Fascell, Wolpe, Gejdenson, Kostmayer, Feighan, Broomfield, Roth, and Miller (WA).

May 9, 1990

By unanimous consent, the Speaker reserved the authority to make additional appointments of conferees.

May 9, 1990

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Apr 30, 1990

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Apr 24, 1990

Considered by Senate.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1510 proposed by Senator Armstrong.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1510 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1511 proposed by Senator Packwood to Amendment SP 1492.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1511 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 81-17. Record Vote No: 59.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1492 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1505 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1506 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1507 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1513 proposed by Senator Sanford.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1514 proposed by Senator Pryor.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1513 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 68-30. Record Vote No: 60.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1514 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1472 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1473 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1474 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1478 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1479 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1480 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1472 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1473 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1474 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1478 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1479 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1480 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1477 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1477 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1475 proposed by Senator Chafee.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1475 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1515 proposed by Senator Graham.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1516 proposed by Senator Packwood.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1516 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1517 proposed by Senator Bentsen.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1517 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1518 proposed by Senator Bentsen.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1518 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1519 proposed by Senator Bradley.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1519 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Motion to table SP 1515 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 63-33. Record Vote No: 61.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1520 proposed by Senator DeConcini.

Apr 24, 1990

Motion to table SP 1520 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 62-31. Record Vote No: 62.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1521 proposed by Senator Sanford.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1521 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1522 proposed by Senator Wilson.

Apr 24, 1990

Amendment SP 1522 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

The committee substitute agreed to by Voice Vote.

Apr 24, 1990

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-0. Record Vote No: 63.

Apr 24, 1990

Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 92-0. Record Vote No: 63.

Apr 23, 1990

Considered by Senate.

Apr 23, 1990

Amendment SP 1502 proposed by Senator Moynihan.

Apr 23, 1990

Amendment SP 1502 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 23, 1990

Amendment SP 1503 proposed by Senator Moynihan.

Apr 23, 1990

Amendment SP 1503 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.

Apr 23, 1990

Amendment SP 1504 proposed by Senator Bingaman.

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