HR 5423 · 106th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to prevent circumvention of the sugar tariff-rate quotas.

Introduced 2000-10-06· Sponsored by Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]· House

Bill Progress

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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.(2000-10-16)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, with respect to sugars, syrups, and molasses (excluding cane or beet sugar) that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during any fiscal year under certain quantitative import restrictions (tariff-rate quotas), to establish a duty on such articles and other articles if they are subsequently used for the commercial extraction or production of sugar for human consumption, or such articles are used in any manner that circumvent any quota imposed under the Schedule.…

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10 Democrats10 Republicans