A bill to increase the duty on imported copper by an amount which offsets the cost incurred by copper producers in the United States in meeting domestic environmental requirements.
Copper Environmental Equalization Act - Title I: Amendments to the Tariff Schedules of the United States - Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to impose additional customs duties on copper.
Title II: Adjustments to Copper Equalization Duty - Directs the President to adjust the customs duties on copper by an amount equal to the excess of the United States environmental production costs over foreign environmental production costs if such article exceeds ten cents per pound.
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe a procedure for proposal of such adjustments. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine such production costs.
Title III: Amendment to the Trade Act of 1974 - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to make certain copper imports ineligible for the Generalized System of Preferences.
Title IV: Effective Date - Declares this Act effective upon enactment.
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
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