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July 7, 1988 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD - SENATE S 9061 -chiving and processing, is located in my home State of South Dakota. This center has been archiving and distributing land remote sensing data since 1973. Public Law 98-365 called for the establishment of a National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive at the EROS Data Center. One March 16 of this year, the U.S. Geographical Survey and NASA entered an agreement to use that facility for processing, distributing, and archiving land remote sensing data acquired by NASA's research and development and experimental activities, including the Earth Observation System [EOS] component of the Space Station Polar Platform projected to be operational by the mid-1990's. The EROS Data Center continues to process and archive data collected from the Landsat satellites, which will be of great importance as a historical data base for all future global change research. Mr. President, I close by reemphasizing my support for a national commitment to global change research. We must understand what we are doing to our future and our children's future. By Mr. GLENN: S. 2615. A bill to continue until January 1, 1991, the existing suspension of duty on m-Aminophenol; to the Committee on Finance. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DUTY SUSPENSION •Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, I am introducing this legislation to suspend temporarily the duty on meta-aminophenol [MAP] from January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1990. This legislation is noncontroversial and should be acceptable to the Senate as part of the miscellaneous tariff bill. At present, MAP is classified as an intermediate chemical (T.S.U.S. 404.9200) and is subject to the duty of 5.8 percent ad valorem. It is used in the production of certain dyes and pigments, which are, in turn, used to produce crayons, paper, and pigment formulas. Additionally, it is used in the production of para-aminosalicylic acid, a medicine to combat tuberculosis. There is no commercial production of MAP in the United States. As a result, domestic users are forced to rely on foreign sources to meet their needs. Domestic users had been able to minimize this problem by purchasing the chemical duty-free under item 906.32 of the appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) However, this exemption expired on December 31, 1987. Domestic users are not forced to import MAP with a considerable duty attached. This has resulted in higher production costs, which has raised the cost of finished products for American consumers. The foreign manufacturers of final end products can purchase MAP duty-free and are therefore able to use their intermediate chemical price advantage to penetrate the U.S. markets and to increase their share of world markets. Furthermore, a duty on MAP places and unnecessary cost burden on the end user of the final product-without any commensurate benefit to U.S. industry. There is no domestic producer of MAP, nor will there be one in the foreseeable future. Since most of the finished products are sold here in the United States, it is the American consumers who will bear the brunt of the consequences. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the RECORD. There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: S.2615 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America is Congress assembled, That item 906.32 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by striking out "12/31/87" and inserting "12/31/19".- Sec. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act applies with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption after December 31, 1987. • By Mr. GLENN: S.2616 A bill to continue until January 1, 1991, the existing suspension of duty on trichlorosalicylic acid; to the Committee on Finance. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN DUTY SUSPENSION • Mr. GLENN. Mr. President, I am introducing this legislation to suspend temporarily the duty on trichlorosalicylic acid [TCSA] from January 1, 1987, to December 31, 1990. This legislation is noncontroversial and should be acceptable to the Senate as part of the miscellaneous tariff bill. At present, TCSA is classified as an "intermediate chemical" (T.S.U.S. 404.4600) and is subject to the relatively high duty of $0.17 per pound plus 17.9 percent ad valorem. It is a critical raw material in the oxalate component of the chemiluminescent system for chemical light products. TCSA is principally used in the production of chemical light "sticks" which have a variety of uses, including use by the military and the Coast Guard. American Cyanamid Co. is the sole producers of these chemical light components, and its patents will expire over the next 6 years. There is no commercial production of TCSA in the United States. While several attempts were made to produce it in the late 1970's, domestic production proved not to be economically viable. The result has been that domestic users of TCSA have had to rely on British sources to meet their needs. American Cyanamid has been able to minimize this problem by purchasing the chemical duty free under item 906.30 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202). However, this provision expired on December 31, 1987. The domestic user is now forced to import TCSA with a considerable duty attached. This has resulted in higher production costs, which have raised the prices for American customers of the finished products. Furthermore, a duty on TCSA would place an unnecessary burden on the end user of the light "stick" without any corresponding benefit to the U.S. industry. There is no domestic producer; nor will there be one in the foreseeable future. Since most of these finished products are sold here in the United States, it is the American consumer who will bear the brunt of the consequences. I urge my colleagues to support this legislation. I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the RECORD. There bring no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, as follows: S.2616 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That item 906.30 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by striking out "12/31/87" and inserting "12/31/90". Sec.2 The amendment made by the first section of this Act applies with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouses for consumption, after December 31, 1987. • By Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself and Mr. DOMENICI): S.2617. A bill to revise the boundary of the Aztec Ruins National Monument in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. AZTEC RUINS NATIONAL MONUMENT EXPANSION • Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I rise today on behalf of myself and Senator DOMENICI to introduce legislation to expand the Aztec Ruins National Monument. This bill would incorporate lands critical to the preservation of the existing monument and add significant archeological resources located on adjacent private lands. The monument is threatened by activities on adjacent lands. Irrigation activities have increased ground water levels within the monument to the point that the ruins are being damaged by saturated soils. Seasonal flooding of the administration and visitor center basement also occurs. This bill would allow purchase of these lands to prevent further damage. In addition, protection of adjacent archeological resources would be improved. The Aztec Ruins National Monument currently consists of 27.14 acres located in San Juan County, NM. on the northern boundary of the community of the Aztec. These ruins have been listed in the National Register of Historical Places and the World Heritage List. The monument preserves the remains of a massive terraced pueblo, a
