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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4628
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend
certain provisions relating to verification of wages and issuance of duty
refund certificates to insular producers in the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 22, 1994
Mr. DE LUGO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States to extend certain provisions relating to verification
of wages and issuance of duty refund certificates to
insular producers in the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF VERIFICATION AND CERTIFI-
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CATE ISSUANCE PROVISIONS.
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Additional U.S. Note 5(h)(i) to Chapter 91 of the
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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
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amended by striking ‘‘and before January 1, 1995,’’ and
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inserting ‘‘and before January 1, 2007,’’.
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SEC. 2. CIVIL PENALTY FOR IMPORTING MERCHANDISE
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WITH A COUNTERFEIT MARK.
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Section 1526 of title 19, United States Code, is
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amended by adding a subsection (f) to read as follows:
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‘‘(f) Any person who directs, assists financially or
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otherwise, or is in any way concerned with the importation
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of merchandise seized pursuant to paragraph (e) shall be
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subject to a civil fine. For the first such seizure, the fine
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shall be equal to the value that the merchandise would
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have had if it were genuine. For the second seizure and
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thereafter, the fine shall be equal to twice the value that
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the merchandise would have had if it were genuine.’’.
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