[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1896 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1896

    To suspend until January 1, 1998, the duty on certain composite 
                   diagnostic or laboratory reagents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To suspend until January 1, 1998, the duty on certain composite 
                   diagnostic or laboratory reagents.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN COMPOSITE DIAGNOSTIC OR LABORATORY REAGENTS.

    Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new heading:

      

       ``  9902.38.22  Composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents, comprising                     No change        No change        On or before 12/   
                        strips of plastics each incorporating on one side a pad                                                       31/97           ''
                        of fibrous or porous material impregnated with chemical                                                                       . 
                        reagents for blood chemistry analysis and having, either                                                                        
                        on the reverse side or on an accompanying separate strip                                                                        
                        of plastics, a magnetic bar code containing machine-                                                                            
                        readable instructions designating the desired chemical                                                                          
                        analysis and calibrating the instrument performing such                                                                         
                        analysis (provided for in subheading 3822.00.50)........  Free                                                                  

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies 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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