COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 8149 A BILL TO PROVIDE CUSTOMS PROCEDURAL REFORM, AND AND H.R. 8222 A BILL TO APPLY DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER CERTAIN JULY 19, 20, 21, AND 22, 1977 Serial 95-31 Printed for the use of the Committee on Ways and Means 94-545 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AL ULLMAN, Oregon, Chairman JAMES A. BURKE, Massachusetts SAM M. GIBBONS, Florida JOE D. WAGGONNER, JR., Louisiana OTIS G. PIKE, New York J. J. PICKLE, Texas CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York WILLIAM R. COTTER, Connecticut FORTNEY H. (PETE) STARK, California ANDY JACOBS, JR., Indiana MARTHA KEYS, Kansas JOSEPH L. FISHER, Virginia HAROLD FORD, Tennessee KEN HOLLAND, South Carolina RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, Missouri BARBER B. CONABLE, JR., New York GUY VANDER JAGT, Michigan KF27 W348 19777 CONTENTS Press release of Thursday, June 30, 1977, announcing hearings on customs administration, section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, and on general headnote 3(a) of the Tariff Schedules of the United States__ U.S. International Trade Commission memorandum on H.R. 8149_ 579 Department of the Treasury, Hon. Bette B. Anderson, Under Secretary.. Hon. Robert E. Chasen, Commissioner of Customs; G. R. Dickerson, Deputy Commissioner; Thaddeus Rojek, Acting Chief Counsel; Leonard Lehman, Assistant Commissioner (Regulations and Rul- ings); and Richard Abbey, Acting Deputy Chief Counsel _ _ G. R. Dickerson, Deputy Commissioner; Leonard Lehman, Assistant Bureau of the Census, Shirley Kallek, Associate Director for Economic Fields, and Emanuel A. Lipscomb, Chief, Foreign Trade Division----- Department of the Interior, Hon. James Joseph, Under Secretary, and Ruth Van Cleve, Director, Office of Territorial Affairs---- Administrative Conference of the United States, Peter M. Gerhart, Air Transport Association, Leo Seybold and James R. Gorson.. American Importers Association, Joseph S. Kaplan. (See Joint Industry American Watch Association, Lewis A. Rivlin, Larry Heller, and William Ammex-Champlain Co., Nicholas H. Zumas and James J. Murray_ Babb, Bernard J., Freeman, Meade, Wasserman & Schneider....... Barnes, Robert F., Hidalgo, Tex....... Bauer, Lawrence F., JFK Airport Customs Brokers Association, Inc. 527 303 254 303 289 496 Chamber of Commerce of the United States, David J. Elliott. (See Joint 193 Commission on Federal Paperwork, Hon. Frank Horton..- Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association of Charleston, S.C., Inc., Thomas C. James, Gilbert Lee Sandler, and Thomas G. Travis... Dawson, Gen. Donald, Virgin Islands Gift and Fashion Shops Committee. de Lugo, Hon. Ron, Resident Commissioner in Congress from the Virgin Donohue, John P., Philadelphia Freight Brokers, Forwarders & Customs 472 199 409 |