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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

102 STAT. 1155

(3) The President shall review all changes recommended by President of U.S. the Commission under paragraph (2)(B) and shall, as soon as practicable, proclaim such of those changes, if any, which he decides are necessary or appropriate to conform such Schedule to the final judicial decisions. Any such change shall be effective with respect to— (A) entries made on or after the date of such proclamation; and (B) entries made on or after the effective date of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule if, notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514), application for liquidation or reliquidation thereof is made by the importer to the customs officer concerned within 180 days after the effective date of such proclamation. (4) ff any protest or petition referred to in paragraph (I)(A) is not sustained in whole or in part by a final judicial decision, the entries subject to that petition or protest and made before the effective date of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule shall be liquidated or reliquidated, as appropriate, in accordance with the final judicial decision under the old Schedules. SEC. 1212. REFERENCE TO THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE.

19 USC 3012.

Any reference in any law to the "Tariff Schedules of the United States", "the Tariff Schedules", "such Schedules", and any other general reference that clearly refers to the old Schedules shall be treated as a reference to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule. SEC. 1213. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

(a) TRADE ACT OF 1974.—Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2483) is amended by striking out "including modification," and inserting "including removal, modification,". (b) TARIFF CLASSIFICATION ACT OF 1962.—Section 201 of the Tariff aassification Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 72,74) is repealed. 19 USC prec. (c) TARIFF ACT OF 1930.—Section 315(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 1202 note. (19 U.S.C. 1315(d)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "This subsection shall not apply with respect to increases in rates of duty resulting from the enactment of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to replace the Tariff Schedules of the United States.". SEC. 1214. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) CODIFIED TITLES.—

(1) Section 374(a)(3) of title 10 of the United States Code is amended by striking out "general headnote 2 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States" and inserting "general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States". (2) Section 301 of title 13 of the United States Code is amended— (A) by striking out "Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated and general statistical headnote 1 thereof," in subsection (b) and inserting "Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes and general statistical note 1 thereof,"; (B) by striking out "item in the Tariff Schedules of the United States Annotated" in subsection (e) and inserting "heading or subheading in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule