On the recordOctober 7, 2002
Mr. Speaker, the so-called Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act is something that is done virtually every Congress, frankly because there are a lot of technical corrections that need to be made in the area of tariffs and duties. Oftentimes, decisions that are made that in fact were in error need to be corrected, a misunderstanding has taken place, a company can more efficiently produce goods if there are decisions and changes made, and that normally is the function of the miscellaneous trade bill. To that end, there tend to be requirements to be eligible to be placed on this bill, and that is certain dollar limits, so that significant and expensive items would not be moved under this heading and, probably most importantly, that any measure that is placed in this package is noncontroversial.
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