Volume 68
Public Law 83–689
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to insure that crude silicon carbide imported into the United States will continue to be exempt from duty, and with respect to the duties applicable to certain prepared fish.
Approved August 28, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to insure that crude silicon carbide imported into the United States will continue to be exempt from duty, and with respect to the duties applicable to certain prepared fish.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That paragraph 1672 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, is amended by inserting “crude silicon carbide,” after “corundum ore,”.
Sec. 2.
Paragraph 720 of title I of the Tariff Act of 1930
(U. S. C., 1952 edition, title 19, sec. 1001, par. 720), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following subparagraph:
“(d) Fish sticks and similar products of any size or shape, fillets,
Fish sticks.
or other portions of fish, if breaded, coated with batter, or similarly prepared, but not packed in oil or in oil and other substances, whether in bulk or in containers of any size or kind, and whether or not described or provided for elsewhere in this Act, if uncooked, 20 per centum ad valorem; cooked in any degree, 30 per centum ad valorem.”
The foregoing amendment shall enter into effect as soon as
Effectivity.
practicable on a date to be specified by the President in a notice to the Secretary of the Treasury following such negotiations as may be necessary to effect a modification or a termination of the international obligations of the United States with which the amendment would be in conflict.
Approved August 28, 1954.