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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1980

PUBLIC LAW 96-609—DEC. 28, 1980

94 STAT. 3555

Public Law 96-609 96th Congress An Act To provide for the temporary suspension of certain duties, to extend certain existing suspensions of duties, and for other purposes.

Dec. 28, 1980 [H.R. 5047]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Tariff Schedules, United States of America in Congress assembled, temporary duty TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO TARIFF SCHEDULES

suspensions.

SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF TARIFF SCHEDULES; DEFINITION OF ENTERED.

(a) Whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a schedule, item, or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a schedule, item, or other provision of the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C.1202). (b) For purposes of this title, the term "entered" means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption within the customs territory of the United States. SEC. 102. FOREIGN MATERIALS DETERMINATIONS RELATING TO TARIFF TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS OF INSULAR POSSESSIONS. 19 USC 1202. General headnote 3(a)(ii) is amended to read as follows: "(ii) In determining whether an article produced or manufactured in any such insular possession contains foreign materials to the value of more than 50 percent, no material shall be considered foreign which either— "(A) at the time such article is entered, or "(B) at the time such material is imported into the insular possession, may be imported into the customs territory from a foreign country, other than Cuba or the Philippine Republic, and entered free of duty; except that no article containing material to which (B) of tms subdivision applies shall be exempt from duty under subdivision (i) unless adequate documentation is supplied to show that the material has been incorporated into such article during the 18-month period after the date on which such material is imported into the insular possession.". SEC. 103. YARNS OF SILK. 19 USC 1202. (a) Subpart D of part 1 of schedule 3 is amended— (1) by amending item 308.40 by striking out "8.1% ad val." and "40% ad val." in rate columns numbered 1 and 2, respectively, and inserting in lieu thereof "Free", and by striking out "5% ad val." in the LDDC column; and (2) by amending item 308.50 by striking out "11.6% ad val." and "50% ad val." in rate columns numbered 1 and 2, respectively, and inserting in lieu thereof "Free", and by striking out "5% ad val." in the LDDC column.