Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 6.djvu/257

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PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4825 3603.00.90 0.3% 3604.10.00 12.5% 3606.90.30 56.7% 3706.10.30 7% 3807.00.00 0.2% 3823.90.33 26.3% 3904.61.00 34.1% 3916.90.10 40.6% 3920.51.50 48.2% 3920.59.80 5L7% 3926.90.65 8.4% 5201.00.18 36.9<i/kg 5201.00.28 36.9«!/kg, 5201.00.38 36.9(«/kg 5201.00.80 36.9it/ks 5202.99.30 9.2c!/kg 5203.00.30 36.9c!/kg (e) AUTHORITY TO CONSOUDATE SUBHEADINGS AND MODIFY COLUMN 2 RATES OF DUTY FOR TARIFF SIMPLIFICATION PURPOSES. — (1) IN GENERAL. — ^ ^ ^^enever the HTS column 1 general rates of duty for 2 or more 8-digit subheadings are at the same level and such subheadings are subordinate to a provision required by the Int<}mational Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, the President may proclaim, subject to the consultation and layover requirements of section 115, that the goods described in such siibheadings be provided for in a single 8-digit subheading of the HTS, and that— (A) the HTS column 1 general rate of duty for such single subheading be the column 1 general rate of duty common to all such subheadings, and (B) the HTS column 2 rate of duty for such single subheading be the highest column 2 rate of duty for such subheadings that is in effect on the day before the effective date of such proclamation. (2) SAME LEVEL OF DUTY.— The provisions of this subsection apply to subheadings described in paragraph (1) that have the same column 1 general rate of duty— (A) on the date of the enactment of this Act, or (B) after such date of enactment as a result of a staged reduction in such column 1 rates of duty. SEC. 112. IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHEDULE XX PROVISIONS ON SHIP REPAIRS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 484E0b) of the Customs and Trade Act of 1990 (19 U.S.C. 1466 note; 104 Stat 710) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (1); (2) b)^ striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting **, and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) any entry made pursuant to section 466(h)(1) or (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1466(h)(1) or (2)), on or after the date of the entry into force of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States.". (b) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN SPARE PARTS. —Section 466(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1466(h)) is amended— (1) by striking "or^ at the end of paragraph (1); 79-194 0—95—9: QL 3 Part 6