[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2897 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2897

To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants 
 in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup 
                             soccer games.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1993

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants 
 in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup 
                             soccer games.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY-FREE OF PERSONAL EFFECTS.

    Chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended by inserting in numerical order the following new heading:

      

``  9902.98.04  Personal effects of                        No change        Free             On or before       
                 aliens who are                                                              9/30/94          ''
                 participants in,                                                                             . 
                 officials of, or                                                                               
                 otherwise associated                                                                           
                 with, the 1994 FIFA                                                                            
                 World Cup games, who                                                                           
                 are accredited members                                                                         
                 of the teams involved,                                                                         
                 who are members of the                                                                         
                 immediate families of                                                                          
                 any of the foregoing                                                                           
                 persons, or who are                                                                            
                 their servants;                                                                                
                 equipment for use in                                                                           
                 connection with such                                                                           
                 games; articles for                                                                            
                 educational and                                                                                
                 cultural programs                                                                              
                 associated with such                                                                           
                 games; and such other                                                                          
                 related articles as may                                                                        
                 be prescribed by the                                                                           
                 Secretary of the                                                                               
                 Treasury...............  Free                                                                  

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies to goods entered on or 
after December 1, 1993.

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