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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 189

PUBLIC LAW 96-39—JULY 26, 1979 "(b) RATE.—The rate at which such interest is payable shall be 8 percent per annum, or, if higher, the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 on the date on which the rate or amount of the duty is finally determined.". SEC. 102. PENDING INVESTIGATIONS. (a) PENDING INVESTIGATIONS OF BOUNTIES OR GRANTS.—If, on

the

19 USC 1671 note.

effective date of the application of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to Ante, p. 150. imports from a country, there is an investigation in progress under section 303 of that Act as to whether a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed on imports from such country, then: (1) If the Secretary of the Treasury has not yet made a preliminary determination under section 303 of that Act as to 19 USC 1303. whether a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed, he shall terminate the investigation under section 303 and the matter previously under investigation shall be subject to this title as if the affirmative determination called for in section 702 of that Act Ante, p. 151. were made with respect to that matter on the effective date of the application of title VII of that Act to such country. (2) If the Secretary has made a preliminary determination under such section 303, but not a final determination, as to whether a bounty or grant is being paid or bestowed, he shall terminate the investigation under such section 303 and the matter previously under investigation shall be subject to the provisions of title VII of that Act as if the preliminary determination under section 303 were a preliminary determination under section 703 of that title made on the effective date of the application of that title to such country. (b) PENDING INVESTIGATIONS OF LESS-THAN-FAIR-VALUE SALES.—If,

on the effective date of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930, there is an investigation in progress under the Antidumping Act, 1921, as to 19 USC 160 note, whether imports from a country are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States or elsewhere at less than fair value, then: (1) If the Secretary has not yet made a preliminary determination under the Antidumping Act, 1921, as to the question of lessthan-fair-value sales, he shall terminate the investigation and the United States International Trade Commission shall terminate any investigation under section 201(c)(2) of the Antidumping Act, 1921, and the matter previously under investigation 19 USC 160. shall be subject to the provisions of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 as if the affirmative determination called for in section 732 were made with respect to such matter on the effective date of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930. (2) If the Secretary has made under the Antidumping Act, 1921, a preliminary determination, but not a final determination, that imports from such country are being or are likely to be sold in the United States or elsewhere at less than fair value, the investigation shall be terminated and the matter previously under investigation shall be subject to the provisions of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 as if the preliminary determination under the Antidumping Act, 1921, were a preliminary determination under section 733 of that title made on the effective date of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930. (c) PENDING INVESTIGATIONS OF INJURY.—If, on the effective date of the application of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to imports from a country, the United States International Trade Commission is conducting an investigation under section 303 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or section 201(a) of the Antidumping Act, 1921, as to whether an