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H.R. 5127 106th Congress House

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,…

Official title: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.

Introduced: September 7, 2000 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance American SamoaClocks and watchesCommerceFederal-territorial relations
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Government Operations and PoliticsGuamImportsJewelry tradeLabor and EmploymentTariffTariff preferencesVirgin IslandsWages
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 7, 2000
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 Latest action September 7, 2000

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to revise clock and watch provisions to require the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior, jointly, for each calendar quarter beginning after January 1, 2001, and before January 1, 2015, to: (1) verify for the preceding calendar quarter both the wages paid by each producer to permanent residents of the insular possessions (including the value of any fringe benefits) and the total quantity and value of watches produced there and imported into the U.S. customs territory; and (2) issue to each producer a certificate for the applicable amount.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, at the election of the certificate holder, to pay to the holder the face value of the certificate, less the value of any duty refund claimed by the holder under the certificate, plus a discount of not more than two percent of the face value of the certificate as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5127: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5127/
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"H.R. 5127: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the production incentive certificate program for watch and jewelry producers in the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5127/.
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H.R. 5127, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-5127/.
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