[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1370 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1370

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to change 
                 the rate of duty for certain bicycles.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 1993

Ms. Slaughter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to change 
                 the rate of duty for certain bicycles.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERTAIN LIGHTWEIGHT BICYCLES.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 87 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by redesignating subheading 8712.00.40 as 
subheading 8712.00.45, and by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new subheadings, with superior text, with the superior text 
having the same degree of indentation as the article description for 
such subheading 8712.00.45:

      

``                  Bicycles having front wheels                                                                
                     exceeding 55 cm in diameter but not                                                        
                     exceeding 63.5 cm in diameter and                                                          
                     rear wheels exceeding 63.5 cm in                                                           
                     diameter, if weighing less than 16.3                                                       
                     kg complete without accessories and                                                        
                     designed for use with tires having a                                                       
                     cross-sectional diameter not                                                               
                     exceeding 4.13 cm:                                                                         
    8712.00.41       Valued at $200 or greater...........  5.5%             Free (E, IL)     30%                
                                                                             2.7% (CA)                          
    8712.00.42       Valued at less than $200............  15%              Free (E, IL)     30%                
                                                                             7.5% (CA)                        ''

    (b) Staged Rate Reduction.--Any staged reduction of a special rate 
of duty set forth in subheading 8712.00.25 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States that was proclaimed by the President 
before the date of the enactment of this Act and that would otherwise 
take effect after the date of the enactment of this Act shall also 
apply to the corresponding special rate of duty set forth in subheading 
8712.00.41 (as added by subsection (a)).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendment made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reliquidation.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon a request 
filed with the appropriate customs officer before the date that is 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, any entry of an 
article described in subheading 8712.00.41 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (as added by this Act) that was made--
            (1) after December 31, 1988; and
            (2) on or before the date that is 15 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry occurred on 
the day after the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.

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