[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1869 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1869

 Relating to the tariff treatment of paintings imported for the use of 
  any public library, any other public institution, or any nonprofit 
   institution established for educational, scientific, literary, or 
   philosophical purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 1993

Mrs. Kennelly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 Relating to the tariff treatment of paintings imported for the use of 
  any public library, any other public institution, or any nonprofit 
   institution established for educational, scientific, literary, or 
   philosophical purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts.

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

SECTION 1. PAINTINGS IMPORTED FOR USE BY CERTAIN PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT 
              INSTITUTIONS.

    Subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new subheading, with the article description having the same 
degree of indentation as the article description in subheading 
9810.00.40:

      

       ``  9810.00.42     Paintings................................  Free                        Free         ''

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall apply with respect to goods 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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