JOHN COUNSELOR WHITEHALL TELEPHONE! R.RAFTER 4-5094 LAW AT 8 Bridge Hireet, New August ne Arms Utah. Mr. Sork 4 @2l, rowning, Company, Browning; Your telegram inquiring about the possible effects on your company's importations of the Customs Simplification Bill (H.R. 6877), which was enacted on August has 8th just and been will become effective on September 7th, received. As enacted, that bill was paceey. the same as the Customs Simplification Bill CLR. 5106) which was enclosed in my letter to you of June 8th, ‘but it omitted the entire H.R. sion 5100 and also omitted two sections relating to converof currency and dutiability of American products which "value”™ section (Section 13. pages 22-33) of are exported for processing in a foreign country and imvoorted. Consequently, the Customs Simplification to on which your telegram refers the dutiable value of your of Congress However, in another the bill wid have company's closing (H.R. ks ne? 6584), no effect whatever importations. of the recent containing section of H.R. 5106, was passed by the House tives. That bill may be passed by the Senate early in 195l. If in my and opinion, importations when the result in of latter the automatic bill sess sion the "value" oF Representaand enacted becomes appraisement shotguns, later Act of law, it your company's superposed would, shotguns, etc. at their "United States value", as defined in that bill. Furthermore, unless “merchandise of the same classor kind" as is imported by your company were imported, for resale in the United States, by someone other than your company, that kind lent to from FN. of the tf imported than your by dutiable prices at value would, in which your company "merchandise of your company we company, that kind the same hus o: my opinion, be purchases class or kind" imported by someone pee able value equiva- its would, guns as is other in my