,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhjf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,marchant 7for himself and ,mr4 ,kind7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the       
,tariff ,act of #aicj to provide that   
importation of certain containers       
containing de minimis residual matter   
shall be excepted from the ,customs laws
 of the ,united ,states4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,residue ,entries and ,streamlining     
,trade ,act4  #b4 ,importation of       
certain containers containing de minimis
 residual matter to be excepted from the
 ,customs laws of the ,united ,states   
7a7 ,in general ,section #cbb7;a7 of the
 ,tariff ,act of #aicj 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4   
#acbb7;a77 is amended--  7#a7 by        
striking 7a7 and inserting 7a77#a72     
7#b7 by inserting after other           
instruments of international traffic the
 following3 1 including instruments of  

international traffic containing de     
minimis residual matter2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following3  7#b7  
,in this subsection1 the term de minimis
 residual matter means material         
remaining in an instrument of           
international traffic after its contents
 have been unloaded to the maximum      
extent practicable and before the       
instrument of international traffic is  
either refilled or cleaned4  4  7b7     
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 take effect on the date  
of the enactment of this ,act and apply 
with respect to the importation of      
instruments of international traffic    
containing de minimis residual matter on
 or after such date of enactment4