[Federal Register: May 21, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 98)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Request for Information Concerning Draft Miscellaneous Tariff
Legislation
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The United States International Trade Commission is seeking
non-confidential general information from interested parties, including
proponents, on approximately 400 pending bills proposing duty
suspensions or other tariff modifications on imported goods, from among
the total number of such bills already introduced (over 600). The
Commission
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regularly provides this information to the Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Finance of the
Senate, based on longstanding requests from the two Committees. These
bills are under consideration for possible enactment later this year;
many of them are covered by a recent press release issued by the
Subcommittee on Trade of the Committee on Ways and Means (see http://
waysandmeans.house.gov/trade/107cong/tr-9.htm). Because of the large
number of bills introduced in recent weeks and the likely scheduling of
Congressional proceedings for this summer, the normal Commission
process for collecting and compiling this information is being
suspended for the remainder of the 107th Congress, based on
communications with the staffs of the two Committees. This notice is
intended to advise interested parties of the introduction of these
bills and to supplement the Commission's efforts to contact interested
parties and collect the information needed by the two Committees.
EFFECTIVE DATE: To be useful to the Congress in its consideration,
information is sought as soon as possible but not later than July 15,
2002.
ADDRESSES: A single copy of the information being supplied pursuant to
this notice can be sent by facsimile transmission to the Office of
Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements, 202-205-2616.
Information or questions on bills concerning chemicals, pharmaceuticals
or related goods can be sent by electronic mail to David Beck,
Nomenclature Analyst, at dbeck@usitc.gov or mailed to the Office
of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements, United States International
Trade Commission, Room 404-M, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436.
Information or questions on other bills can be sent by electronic mail
to Janis L. Summers, Esq., at jsummers@usitc.gov or mailed to
Room 404-J at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Beck, Nomenclature Analyst
(202-205-2603); Janis L. Summers, Esq.
(202-205-2605); or Eugene A. Rosengarden, Director, Office
of Tariff Affairs and Trade Agreements (202-205-2592).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As indicated above, due to the volume of
pending legislation and the likely scheduling of Congressional
proceedings, the normal Commission process for collecting and compiling
general information on miscellaneous tariff bills is being suspended
for the remainder of the 107th Congress, based on communications with
the staffs of the two Congressional Committees. To expedite the
collection of the information needed by the Committees, the Commission
is posting a list of bills for which general information is being
sought, indicating the subject of each bill, on its Internet site,
www.usitc.gov (under "New and Notable"), and will be
updating this list as additional bills are introduced. A link enabling
users to obtain these bills over the Internet will be supplied as well.
Persons without access to the Internet can contact the Office of Tariff
Affairs and Trade Agreements (202-205-2592) to obtain
copies of the list of bills under review or copies of individual bills.
Information supplied to the Commission will be compiled for use by the
Congress in its consideration of these bills; aggregate information on
each bill will be made available to the Congress and to government
agencies requested by Congress to evaluate each bill. While Commission
analysts will be communicating directly with individual firms, it is
requested that firms and other interested parties, particularly firms
that may produce goods covered by pending bills in the United States,
supply particular general information to ensure its availability to the
Committees in a timely manner. Information need not be supplied on all
of the above items but can be supplied to the Commission as it is
available. Persons desiring to register support for or objections to
particular bills should contact the relevant Congressional Committees
directly so that such views are available to the Members as quickly as
possible.
Accordingly, non-confidential information of the following general
types is being sought for each bill, as appropriate to the bill's
subject matter, and information may be supplied on any or all of these
topics:
(1) Chemical name of the product, if the proposed tariff provision
contains only a trade or proprietary name; the Chemical Abstracts
Service registry number, if missing from or incorrect in a bill dealing
with a chemical product; and the Colour Index name, for chemical dyes
and pigments;
(2) Suggested changes in product description or in Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States classification, and basis
therefor;
(3) Estimated annual dutiable import levels (aggregate and for your
firm) for each product covered by the bill for 2002 and each year of
the bill's effective period or, if the proposal is for a permanent
tariff change, through 2006;
(4) Current, past, or future domestic production of each product
covered by the bill by your firm and by other firms; if none, any
efforts by your firm to locate a domestic producer or reasons
prohibiting domestic production (such as patent coverage);
(5) Estimated annual revenue loss (dutiable imports times
applicable duty rate) for each product covered by the bill for 2002 and
each year of the bill's effective period or, if the proposal is for a
permanent tariff change, through 2006;
(6) Other recommended technical changes and information relevant to
consideration of the bill.
Issued: May 16, 2002.
By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12705 Filed 5-20-02; 8:45 am]
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