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during the two and one-half-year period beginning on the thirtieth day following the date of the enactment of this subtitle. [(2) OTHER ARTICLES.-Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) and section 166, the President, if he deems such action to be in the interest of the United States, may proclaim further changes to the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States to implement any provision of section 162, 163, or 164 with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, during any period beginning on or after the thirtieth day following the date of the enactment of this subtitle and ending not later than two and one-half years after such beginning date.

[(3) TIME PROVISIONS CEASE TO HAVE EFFECT.-If any temporary duty-free treatment accorded under paragraph (1) or (2) has not yet expired, such treatment shall cease to be effective on and after the date proclaimed by the President pursuant to subsection (a).]

INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED

IMPORTATION OF COFFEE UNDER INTERNATIONAL COFFEE AGREEMENT 1976; PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AND DUTIES

SEC. 2. On and after the entry into force of the International Coffee Agreement, 1983, and before October 1, [1986] 1989, the President is authorized, in order to carry out and enforce the provisions of that agreement

(1) to regulate the entry of coffee for consumption, or withdrawal of coffee from warehouse for consumption, or any other form of entry or withdrawal of coffee such as for transportation or exportation, including whenever quotas are in effect pursuant to the agreement, (A) the limitation of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, of coffee imported from countries which are not members of the International Coffee Organization, and (B) the prohibition of entry of any shipment from any member of the International Coffee Organization of coffee which is not accompanied either by a valid certificate of origin, a valid certificate of reexport, a valid certificate of reshipment, or a valid certificate of transit, issued by a qualified agency in such form as required under the agreement;

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(e) SHIPMENTS OF RUM TO THE UNITED States.—

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(3) RUM DEFINED.-For purposes of this subsection, the term "rum" means any article classified under [item 169.13 or 169.14 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] subheading 2208.40.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202).

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(1) TRANSFER OF CERTAIN TAXES TO ACCOUNT.-There is hereby appropriated to the Sport Fish Restoration Account amounts equivalent to the following amounts received in the Treasury on or after October 1, 1984

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(B) the import duties imposed on fishing tackle under [subpart B of part 5 of schedule 7 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] heading 9507 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) and on yachts and pleasure craft under [subpart D of part 6 of schedule 6 of such Schedules] chapter 89 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

MEAT IMPORT ACT OF 1979

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SEC. 2. (a) This section may be cited as the "Meat Import Act of 1979".

(b) For purposes of this section

(1) The term "entered" means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in the customs territory of the United States.

(2) The term "meat articles" means the articles provided for in the [Tariff Schedules of the United States] Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States under (19 U.S.C. 1202)—

(A) [item 106.10] subheadings 0201.10.00, 0201.20.60, 0201.30.60, 0202.10.00, 0202.20.60 and 0202.30.60 (relating to fresh, chilled, or frozen [cattle] bovine meat);

(B) [items 106.22 and 106.25] subheadings 0204.50.00, 0204.21.00, 0204.22.40, 0204.23.40, 0204.41.00, 0204.42.40, and 0204.43.40 (relating to fresh, chilled, or frozen meat of goats and sheep (except lambs)); and

[(C) items 107.55 and 107.62 (relating to prepared and preserved beef and veal (except sausage)), if the articles

are prepared, whether fresh, chilled, or frozen, but not otherwise preserved.]

(C) subheadings 0201.20.40, 0201.30.40, 0202.20.40, and 0202.30.40 (relating to processed meat of beef or veal other than high quality beef cuts).

(c) The aggregate quantity of meat articles which may be entered in any calendar year after 1979 may not exceed 1,204,600,000 pounds; except that this aggregate quantity shall be

(2) adjusted further under subsection (d).

For purposes of paragraph (1), the estimated annual domestic commercial production of meat articles for any calendar year does not include the carcass weight of live cattle specified in items [100.40, 100.43, 100.45, 100.53, and 100.55 of such Schedules] subheadings 0102.90.20 and 0102.90.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States] entered during such year.

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(f)(1) If the aggregate quantity estimated before any calendar quarter by the Secretary under subsection (e)(2) is 110 percent or more of the aggregate quantity estimated by him under subsection (e)(1), and if there is no limitation in effect under this section for such calendar year with respect to meat articles, the President shall by proclamation limit the total quantity of meat articles which may be entered during such calendar year to the aggregate quantity estimated for such calendar year by the Secretary under subsection (e)(1); except that no limitation imposed under this paragraph for any calendar year may be less than 1,250,000,000 pounds. The President shall include in the articles subject to any limit proclaimed under this paragraph any article of meat provided for in item [107.61 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] subheadings 0201.20, 0201.30.20, 0202.20.20, and 0202.30.20 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to the highquality of beef specially processed into fancy cuts).

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(9) For the processing of any merchandise (other than an article that is—

(A) provided for under any item in [schedule 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States except item 806.30 or 807.001, chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, except subheading 9802.00.60 or 9802.00.80,

(B) a product of an insular possession of the United States, or

(C) a product of any country listed in [General Headnote 3(e) (vi) or (vii)] general note 3(c)(v) of such [Schedules] Schedule.

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(8)(A) The fee charged under subsection (a) (9) or (10) of this section with respect to the processing of merchandise shall

(iii) in the case of merchandise classified under [item 806.30] subparagraph 9802.00.60 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States, be applied to the value of the foreign repairs or alterations to the merchandise; and

(iv) in the case of merchandise classified under [item 807.00] subparagraph 9802.00.80 of such Schedules, be applied to the full value of the merchandise, less the cost or value of the component United States product.

With respect to merchandise that is classified under item [806.30 or 807.00] subparagraph 9802.00.60 or 9802.00.80 of such Schedules and is duty-free, the Secretary may collect the fee charged on the processing of the merchandise under subsection (a) (9) or (10) of this section on the basis of aggregate data derived from financial and manufacturing reports used by the importer in the normal course of business, rather than on the basis of entry-by-entry accounting.

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(c) DEFINITIONS.-FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION

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(3) The term "customs territory of the United States" has the meaning given to such term by [headnote 2 of the General Headnotes and Rules of Interpretation of the Tariff Schedules of the United States] general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.

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SEC. 423. ETHYL ALCOHOL AND MIXTURES THEREOF FOR FUEL USE.

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(1) Subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall not apply to ethyl alcohol that is imported into the United States during calendar years 1987 [and 1988], 1988, and 1989 and produced in

(A) an azeotropic distillation facility located in [an insular possession of the United States or] a beneficiary country, if that facility was established before, and in operation on, [January 1, 1986, or] July 1, 1987,

(B) an azeotropic distillation facility—

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(ii) substantially all of the equipment and components of which were, on or before Janaury 1, 1986

(II) ready for shipment to, and installation in, a beneficiary country, or an insular possession of the United States, and

(iii) which

(I) has on the date of enactment of this Act, or (II) will have at the time such facility is placed in service (based on estimates made before the date of enactment of this Act),

a stated capacity to produce not more than 42,000,000 gallons of such product per year [.], or

(C) a distillation facility operated by a corporation which, before the date of enactment of the Omnibus Trade Act of 1987

(i) has completed engineering and design of a fullscale fermentation facility in the United States Virgin Islands, and

(ii) has obtained authorization from authorities of the United States Virgin Islands to operate a full-scale fermentation facility.

(2) The exception provided under paragraph (1) shall cease to apply during each of calendar years 1987 and 1988 to ethyl alcohol produced in a facility described in subparagraph (A) [or (B)], (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) after 20,000,000 gallons of ethyl alcohol produced in that facility are entered into the United States during that year.

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