32 1 at the rate of duty, value, quantity and amount of duties. 2 entered by the importer, his consignee, or agent, except 3 where liquidation continues to be suspended pursuant to 4 statute or court order. When such a suspension of liquida5 tion is removed, the entry shall be liquidated within 90 days 6 thereform." 7 (b) The amendment made by this section applies to the 8 entry or withdrawal of merchandise for consumption on or 9 after 180 days after the enactment of this Act. 10 TITLE III-CUSTOMS SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS 11 12 AUTHORIZATION SEC. 301. (a) For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 13 1979, and each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to 14 be appropriated to the Department of the Treasury for the 15 United States Customs Service only such sums as are author16 ized by subsection (b) or as may hereafter be authorized by 17 law. 18 (b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 19 Department of the Treasury for the fiscal years beginning 20 on October 1, 1979, and October 1, 1980, such sums as may 21 be necessary for the United States Customs Service to carry 22 out its functions. 23 24 TITLE IV-SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS 25 tion thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, 33 1 the remainder of the provisions of these Acts, and the applica 2 tion of such provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall 3 not be affected thereby. 95TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 8222 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 12, 1977 Mr. DE LUGO (for himself, Mr. UDALL, Mr. PHILLIP BURTON, Mr. SEBELIUS, Mr. KREBS, Mr. LAGOMARSINO, Mr. SANTINI, Mr. ECKHARDT, Mr. BYRON, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. RISENHOOVER, Mr. WEAVER, Mr. LUJAN, Mr. MEEDS, Mr. TSONGAS, Mr. RUNNELS, Mr. HUCKABY, and Mr. WON PAT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To apply duty-free treatment under certain circumstances to articles produced in the insular possessions of the United States, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That headnote 3 (a) of the Tariff Schedules of the United. 4 States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended 5 6 7 8 (1) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) of such headnote as clauses (iii) and (iv), respectively; (2) by amending clause (i) of such headnote to read as follows: 2 "(i) Except as provided for in subdivision (a) (ii) of this headnote; headnote 6 of schedule 7, part (2), subpart E; and headnote 4 of sched ule 7, part 7, subpart A; articles imported from insular possessions of the United States which are outside the customs territory of the United States are subject to the rates of duty set forth in column numbered 1 of the schedules."; (3) by inserting immediately after clause (i) of such headnote the following new clause: “(ii) (A) Any article which is the growth or product of any insular possession referred to in subdivision (a) (i) of the headnote, or manufactured or produced in any such possession from materials the growth, product, or manufacture of any such possession or of the customs territory of the United States, or of both, coming to the customs territory of the United States directly from any such possession shall "(I) if such article is other than a watch or watch movement, and contains foreign materials to the value of more than 50 percent but not more than 70 percent of its total value, be exempt from duty if entered at any time during any calendar year before there is entered during 3 such year a quantity of such articles having an appraised value in excess of an amount which bears the same ratio to $25,000,000 as the gross national product of the United States for the immediately preceding calendar year (as determined by the Department of Commerce) bears to the gross national product of the United States for calendar year 1974; "(II) if such article is other than a watch or watch movement, and contains foreign materials to a value of not more than 50 percent of its total value, be exempt from duty; and "(III) if such article is a watch or watch movement, and contains foreign materials to a value of not more than 70 percent of its total value, be exempt from duty. "(B) All articles previously imported into the customs territory of the United States with pay ment of all applicable duties and taxes imposed upon or by reason of importation which were shipped from the United States, without remission, refund, or drawback of such duties or taxes, directly to the possession from which they are being returned by direct shipment, are exempt from duty."; and |