HR 2430 · 100th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
A bill to provide an administrative procedure for certain noncontroversial suspensions of tariffs.
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EnactedLatest: Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.(1987-05-21)
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Authorizes a person who uses an article in the production of a product in the United States, or distributes an article which is used in the production of a product in the United States, to file with the International Trade Commission (ITC) a petition requesting the President to suspend duties imposed on such article. Authorizes a person who produces in the United States any article for which duties are suspended, any other article like, or directly competitive with, such article, or any article which is directly competitive with a product that is produced in the United States by means of a process which uses such article as a significant raw material or component, to file with the ITC a petition requesting the President to reinstate such duties. Requires such petitions to contain sufficient information to enable the ITC to determine whether an investigation into the suspension or reinstatement of duties is justified. Requires the ITC, within 15 days after a petition is filed with the ITC, to determine whether such information is sufficient to justify such an investigation. Requires the ITC, if there is an affirmative determination, to: (1) transmit a copy of the petition to the Uni…
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