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 100 STAT. 2924

PUBLIC LAW 99-514—OCT. 22, 1986 (1) Section 128(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2138) is amended by striking out "587.70" in paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu thereof "687.70". (2)(A) Item 687.70 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by striking out "4.2% ad val." and inserting in lieu thereof "Free". (B) The amendment made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act. (C) Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, upon proper request filed with the customs officer concerned on or before the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the entry of any article described in item 687.70 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States which was made on or after March 1, 1985, and before the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry had been made on the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1888. AMENDMENTS TO THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930.

The Tariff Act of 1930 is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (c) of section 304 (19 U.S.C. 1304(c)) is amended— (A) by striking out "No" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(2) If, because of the nature of an article, it is technically or commercially infeasible to mark it by one of the four methods specified in paragraph (1), the article may be marked by an equally permanent method of marking such as paint stenciling or, in the case of small diameter pipe, tube, and fittings, by tagging the containers or bundles.". (2) Subsection (j) of section 313 (19 U.S.C. 13130')) is amended— (A) by redesignating the paragraphs (3) and (4) inserted by section 202(1)(B) of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and (B) by amending the paragraph redesignated as paragraph (4) by section 202(1)(A) of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984 to read as follows: "(4) The performing of incidental operations (including, but not limited to, testing, cleaning, repacking, and inspecting) on— "(A) the imported merchandise itself in cases to which paragraph (1) applies, or "(B) the merchandise of the same kind and quality in cases to which paragraph (2) applies, that does not amount to manufacture or production for drawback purposes under the preceding provisions of this section shall not be treated as a use of that merchandise for purposes of applying paragraph (I)(B) or (2)(C).". (3) Section 339(c)(2)(A) (19 U.S.C. 1339) is amended by striking out "relief and inserting in lieu thereof "injury". (4) Section 514(a) (19 U.S.C. 1514(a)) is amended by striking out "as defined in section 771(9)(C), (D), (E), and (F) of this Act.

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