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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Part B · Chapter 22 — Uruguay Round Trade Agreements

§ 3522. Liquidation or reliquidation and refund of duty paid on certain entries

Statutory text

(a)

Liquidation or reliquidation

Notwithstanding section 1514 of this title or any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall liquidate or reliquidate the entries listed or otherwise described in subsection (c) and refund any duty or excess duty that was paid, as provided in subsection (c).

(b)

Requests

Liquidation or reliquidation may be made under subsection (a) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days after the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, that contains sufficient information to enable the Customs Service—

(1)

to locate the entry; or

(2)

to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.

(c)

Entries

The entries referred to in subsection (a) are as follows:

(1)

Agglomerated stone tiles

Any goods—

(A)

for which the importer claimed or would have claimed entry under subheading 6810.19.12 of the HTS on or after , and before the effective date of a proclamation issued by the President under section 3513(a) of this title with respect to items under such subheading in order to carry out Schedule XX, or

(B)

entered on or after , and before , for which entry would have been claimed under subheading 6810.19.12 of the HTS on or after ,

shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if the wording of that subheading were “Of stone agglomerated with binders other than cement”, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any excess duties paid with respect to such entries.

(2)

Clomiphene citrate

(A)

Any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of goods described in heading 9902.29.95 of the HTS (relating to clomiphene citrate) which was made after , and before , and with respect to which there would have been no duty if the reference to subheading “2922.19.15” in such heading were a reference to subheading “2922.19.15 or any subheading of chapter 30” at the time of such entry or withdrawal, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as free of duty.

(B)

The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any duties paid with respect to entries described in subparagraph (A).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 103–465 title I § 113 · 108 Stat. 4809

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 3522

    (Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 113, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4826.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 113, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4826.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 113. LIQUIDATION OR RELIQUIDATION AND REFUND OF DUTY PAID ON CERTAIN ENTRIES. (a) Liquidation or Reliquidation— Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Treasury shall liquidate or reliquidate the entries listed or otherwise described in subsection (c) and refund any duty or excess duty that was paid, as provided in subsection (c). (b) Requests.— Liquidation or reliquidation may be made under subsection (a) with respect to an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the Customs Service, within 180 days after the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, that contains sufficient information to enable the Customs Service— (1) to locate the entry; or (2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located. (c) Entries.— The entries referred to in subsection (a) are as follows: (1) Agglomerated stone tiles.— Any goods— (A) for which the importer claimed or would have claimed entry under subheading 6810.19.12 of the HTS on or after October 1, 1990, and before the effective date of a proclamation issued by the President under section 103(a) of this Act with respect to items under such sub-heading in order to carry out Schedule XX, or (B) entered on or after January 1, 1989, and before October 1, 1990, for which entry would have been claimed under subheading 6810.19.12 of the HTS on or after October 1, 1990, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if the wording of that subheading were “Of stone agglomerated with binders other than cement”, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any excess duties paid with respect to such entries. (2) Clomiphene citrate.— (A) Any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of goods described in heading 9902.29.95 of the HTS (relating to clomiphene citrate) which was made after December 31, 1988, and before January 1, 1993, and with respect to which there would have been no duty if the reference to subheading “2922.19.15” in such heading were a reference to subheading “2922.19.15” or any subheading of chapter 30” at the time of such entry or withdrawal, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as free of duty. (B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any duties paid with respect to entries described in subparagraph (A).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (), see section 116(a) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 3521 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6. For establishment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Department of Homeland Security, treated as if included in Pub. L. 107–296 as of , see section 211 of Title 6, as amended generally by Pub. L. 114–125, and section 802(b) of Pub. L. 114–125, set out as a note under section 211 of Title 6.

Executive Documents

Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into Force

The Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World Trade Organization Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement, as referred to in section 3511(d) of this title, entered into force with respect to the United States on . See note set out under section 3511 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 113, , 108 Stat. 4826.)

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