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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Whitney and Mr. Key offer (with thanks to LOC)
A BILL
For the laying of duties on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States.
Begun and held at the City of New-York on Monday, the second of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
There is hereby created in Title V of the United States Code a new Chapter, Chapter 2, to be entitled "Taxes," which shall read as follows.
Chapter 2. Taxes.
Section 6. Importation Tax.
(a) There shall be imposed a tax of 7.5% ad valorum on the importation from a foreign place of any goods, items, or wares not otherwise taxed in this Section, except that medical goods will not be taxed.
(b) There shall be imposed a tax of 15% ad valorum on the importation of gunpowder, firearms, alcohol of any kind, and manufactured goods not otherwise specified.
(c) There shall be imposed a tax of 40% ad valorum on the importation of salt, leather and textiles, tobacco, dyes, clothing ready made, shoes and slippers, and dried and pickled fish.
(d) There shall be imposed a tax of $10 on the importation of each and every slave imported into the United States, and the Marshal of each District may additionally impose any reasonable fee to address costs arising from this importation.
(e) If any good, ware, or merchandise is imported into the United States from a foreign place, then exported from the United States to a foreign place within 12 months, the Department of Treasury shall refund the above-laid tariffs, but the Department of Treasury shall keep the equivalent of a tariff 1 percent ad valorum for each good, ware, or merchandise, to cover the costs of such reimbursement.
(f) The President may suspend or reduce the tariff established here upon any good for a period not exceeding three months, provided that the President certifies that there is an urgent national security need or urgent economic need, and the President may not use this power consecutively to effectively suspend or reduce a tariff for a period exceeding three months.
Section 7. Shipping Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed on each vessel that enters the United States, a duty of:
1. 5 cents per ton if the vessel is a United States Merchant Ship;
2. 25 cents per ton if the vessel was built in the United States but is not owned by a United States citizen; or
3. 50 cents per ton if the vessel was built in a foreign place and is not owned by a United States citizen.
(b) No ship or vessel built within the United States that is engaged in coastal trade or fishery shall pay the duty laid out in subsection (a) more than once a year.
Section 6. Importation Tax.
(a) There shall be imposed a tax of 7.5% ad valorum on the importation from a foreign place of any goods, items, or wares not otherwise taxed in this Section.
(b) There shall be imposed a tax of 15% ad valorum on the importation of gunpowder, firearms, alcohol of any kind, and manufactured goods not otherwise specified.
(c) There shall be imposed a tax of 40% ad valorum on the importation of salt, leather and textiles, slaves, indentured servants, tobacco, dyes, clothing ready made, shoes and slippers, and dried and pickled fish.
(d) There shall be no tax upon the importation from a foreign place of medical supplies.
(e) If any good, ware, or merchandise is imported into the United States from a foreign place, then exported from the United States to a foreign place within 12 months, the Department of Treasury shall refund the above-laid tariffs, but the Department of Treasury shall keep the equivalent of a tariff 1 percent ad valorum for each good, ware, or merchandise, to cover the costs of such reimbursement.
(f) The President may suspend or reduce the tariff established here upon any good for a period not exceeding three months, provided that the President certifies that there is an urgent national security need or urgent economic need, and the President may not use this power consecutively to effectively suspend or reduce a tariff for a period exceeding three months.
Section 7. Shipping Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed on each vessel that enters the United States, a duty of:
1. 5 cents per ton if the vessel is a United States Merchant Ship;
2. 25 cents per ton if the vessel was built in the United States but is not owned by a United States citizen; or
3. 50 cents per ton if the vessel was built in a foreign place and is not owned by a United States citizen.
(b) No ship or vessel built within the United States that is engaged in coastal trade or fishery shall pay the duty laid out in subsection (a) more than once a year.
Mr. Whitney and Mr. Key offer (with thanks to LOC)
A BILL
For the laying of duties on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States.
Begun and held at the City of New-York on Monday, the second of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
There is hereby created in Title V of the United States Code a new Chapter, Chapter 2, to be entitled "Taxes," which shall read as follows.
Chapter 2. Taxes.
Section 6. Importation Tax.
(a) There shall be imposed a tax of 7.5% ad valorum on the importation from a foreign place of any goods, items, or wares not otherwise taxed in this Section, except that medical goods will not be taxed.
(b) There shall be imposed a tax of 15% ad valorum on the importation of gunpowder, firearms, alcohol of any kind, and manufactured goods not otherwise specified.
(c) There shall be imposed a tax of 40% ad valorum on the importation of salt, leather and textiles, tobacco, dyes, clothing ready made, shoes and slippers, and dried and pickled fish.
(d) There shall be imposed a tax of $10 on the importation of each and every slave imported into the United States, and the Marshal of each District may additionally impose any reasonable fee to address costs arising from this importation.
(e) If any good, ware, or merchandise is imported into the United States from a foreign place, then exported from the United States to a foreign place within 12 months, the Department of Treasury shall refund the above-laid tariffs, but the Department of Treasury shall keep the equivalent of a tariff 1 percent ad valorum for each good, ware, or merchandise, to cover the costs of such reimbursement.
(f) The President may suspend or reduce the tariff established here upon any good for a period not exceeding three months, provided that the President certifies that there is an urgent national security need or urgent economic need, and the President may not use this power consecutively to effectively suspend or reduce a tariff for a period exceeding three months.
Section 7. Shipping Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed on each vessel that enters the United States, a duty of:
1. 5 cents per ton if the vessel is a United States Merchant Ship;
2. 25 cents per ton if the vessel was built in the United States but is not owned by a United States citizen; or
3. 50 cents per ton if the vessel was built in a foreign place and is not owned by a United States citizen.
(b) No ship or vessel built within the United States that is engaged in coastal trade or fishery shall pay the duty laid out in subsection (a) more than once a year.
Section 6. Importation Tax.
(a) There shall be imposed a tax of 7.5% ad valorum on the importation from a foreign place of any goods, items, or wares not otherwise taxed in this Section.
(b) There shall be imposed a tax of 15% ad valorum on the importation of gunpowder, firearms, alcohol of any kind, and manufactured goods not otherwise specified.
(c) There shall be imposed a tax of 40% ad valorum on the importation of salt, leather and textiles, slaves, indentured servants, tobacco, dyes, clothing ready made, shoes and slippers, and dried and pickled fish.
(d) There shall be no tax upon the importation from a foreign place of medical supplies.
(e) If any good, ware, or merchandise is imported into the United States from a foreign place, then exported from the United States to a foreign place within 12 months, the Department of Treasury shall refund the above-laid tariffs, but the Department of Treasury shall keep the equivalent of a tariff 1 percent ad valorum for each good, ware, or merchandise, to cover the costs of such reimbursement.
(f) The President may suspend or reduce the tariff established here upon any good for a period not exceeding three months, provided that the President certifies that there is an urgent national security need or urgent economic need, and the President may not use this power consecutively to effectively suspend or reduce a tariff for a period exceeding three months.
Section 7. Shipping Tax.
(a) There is hereby imposed on each vessel that enters the United States, a duty of:
1. 5 cents per ton if the vessel is a United States Merchant Ship;
2. 25 cents per ton if the vessel was built in the United States but is not owned by a United States citizen; or
3. 50 cents per ton if the vessel was built in a foreign place and is not owned by a United States citizen.
(b) No ship or vessel built within the United States that is engaged in coastal trade or fishery shall pay the duty laid out in subsection (a) more than once a year.
