46 U.S.C. § 60503 — Reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties
submitted 20 years ago by Pub. L. 109-304 to r/title-46-SHIPPING · 109 words · no verdicts yet
The President can suspend discriminating duties on a foreign country's ships. This happens only after that country proves it dropped its own duties on U.S. ships. The suspension starts retroactively and ends when the other country stops giving the U.S. the same break.
(a) General Authority. If a foreign government gives the President satisfactory proof that it has suspended, even partly, its discriminating duties — the extra duties described in section 60502 — on a class of vessels owned by U.S. citizens, or on goods carried in those vessels, the President may respond. The President may proclaim a matching suspension of discriminating duties for the same class of vessels owned by citizens of that country, and for goods those vessels carry.
(b) Effective and Expiration Dates. The suspension takes effect retroactively, starting from the date the President received the foreign government's proof. It expires automatically once that foreign government stops granting its own reciprocal suspension.
On receiving satisfactory proof from the government of a foreign country that it has suspended, in any part, the imposition of discriminating duties for any class of vessels owned by citizens of the United States or goods imported in those vessels, the President may proclaim a reciprocal suspension of discriminating duties for the same class of vessels owned by citizens of that country or goods imported in those vessels.
A suspension under this section takes effect retroactively from the date the President received the proof from the foreign government, and expires when that government stops granting the reciprocal suspension.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 9(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1680.)
- 2006Enacted · Pub. L. 109-304 · 120 Stat. 1680
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