[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2322 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2322

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
    that certain footwear assembled in CBI beneficiary countries is 
                   excluded from duty-free treatment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 27, 1993

  Ms. Snowe 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 clarify 
    that certain footwear assembled in CBI beneficiary countries is 
                   excluded from duty-free treatment.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF FOOTWEAR AND LEATHER-RELATED PRODUCTS.

    U.S. Note 2 to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (b), by inserting ``footwear, leather-
        related products,'' after ``apparel article,'';
            (2) by striking the flush sentence following subparagraph 
        (ii); and
            (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(c) As used in this note--
            ``(i) the term `beneficiary country' means a country listed 
        in general note 3(c)(v)(A); and
            ``(ii) the term `leather-related products' means articles 
        of handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, and leather 
        wearing apparel described in section 213(h)(1) of the Caribbean 
        Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(h)(1)).''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by section 1 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respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 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.
    (b) Retroactive Application to Termination of Previous 
Suspension.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon proper request filed 
with the appropriate customs officer before the 90th day after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse 
for consumption, of any good described in the amendments made by 
section 1 shall, if such entry or withdrawal was made--
            (1) after September 30, 1992; and
            (2) before the 15th day after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act;
be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal 
occurred on the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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