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 PUBLIC LAW 103-182—DEC. 8, 1993 107 STAT. 2203 Customs Service considers such verification necessary for the appraisement of such merchandise. Any entry or other information transmitted by means of an authorized electronic data interchange system shall be admissible in anv and all administrative and judicial proceedings as evidence of such entry or information.". (b) AMENDMENT TO SECTION 771. —Section 771 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(23) ENTRY.—The term 'entry* includes, in appropriate circimistances as determined by the administering authority, a reconciliation entry created under a reconciliation process, defined in section 401(s), that is initiated by an importer. The liability of an importer under an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding for entries of merchandise subject to the proceemng will attach to the corresponding reconciliation entry or entries. Suspension of liquidation of the reconciliation entry or entries, for the purpose of enforcing this title, is equivalent to the suspension of liquidation of the corresponding individual entries; but the suspension of liquidation of the reconciliation entry or entries for such purpose does not preclude liquidation for any other purpose.". SEC. 638. APPRAISEMENT AND OTHER PROCEDURES. Section 500 (19 U.S.C. 1500) is amended— (1) by striking out The appropriate customs officer" and inserting The Customs Service; (2) by striking out "appraise" in subsection (a) and inserting "fix the final appraisement oF; (3) by striking out "ascertain the" in subsection (b) and inserting "fix the fmal"; (4) by amending subsection (c)— (A) by inserting "final" after "fix the", and (B) by inserting ", taxes, and fees" after "duties" wherever it appears; andf (5) by amending subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: "(d) liquidate the entry and reconciliation, if any, of such merchandise; and "(e) give or transmit, pursuant to an electronic data inter- Regulations. change system, notice of such liquidation to the importer, his consignee, or agent in such form and manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.". SEC 639. VOLUNTARY REUQUTOATIONS. Section 501 (19 U.S.C. 1501) is amended— (1) by striking out "the appropriate customs officer on his own initiative";and inserting the Customs Service"; (2) by inserting "or transmitted" after "given" wherever it appears; and (3) by amending the section heading to read as follows: 'SEC. 501. VOLUNTARY REUQUIDATIONS BY THE CUSTOMS SERVICE.". SEC. 640. APPRAISEMENT REGULATIONS. Section 502 (19 U.S.C. 1502) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a)— (A) by inserting "(including regulations establishing procedures for the issuance of binding rulings prior to the entry of the merchandise concerned)" after "law'\
 * (h) ADMISSIBILITY OF DATA ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMITTED. —

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