HR 3690 · 100th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
Harmonized Tariff Schedule Implementation Act
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Provisions of Measure Incorporated Into H.R.4848.(1988-08-23)
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Harmonized Tariff Schedule Implementation Act - Expresses congressional approval for the accession by the United States to the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System. Requires the President to submit a copy of each legal instrument embodying the Convention to the Congress on the date it becomes available. Provides that neither the entry into force with respect to the United States of the Convention nor the enactment of this Act may be construed as creating any private right of action. Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to prevent the authority to terminate trade agreements from applying to the Convention. Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to rename Title I as the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and to require the President to proclaim the modifications to such tariff schedule needed to implement staged rate reductions authorized by the Congress in the Trade Act of 1974, the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985, and the applicable provisions of statutes enacted, executive actions taken, and final decisions rendered after August 31, 1987, and before the effective date of such tariff schedule. Provides that t…
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