[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4066 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 251

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4066

                          [Report No. 103-454]

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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, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 1995 Special 
     Olympics World Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 
                              Paralympics.

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                             March 24, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed





                                                 Union Calendar No. 251
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4066

                          [Report No. 103-454]

To suspend temporarily the duty on the personal effects of participants 
 in, and certain other individuals associated with, the 1994 World Cup 
  Soccer Games, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 1995 Special 
     Olympics World Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 
                              Paralympics.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1994

Mr. Rostenkowski (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Jacobs, Mrs. Kennelly, 
  Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Reynolds, Mr. Crane, and Mrs. Johnson of 
 Connecticut) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

                             March 24, 1994

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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, the 1994 World Rowing Championships, the 1995 Special 
     Olympics World Games, the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1996 
                              Paralympics.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS OF 
              PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN WORLD ATHLETIC EVENTS.

    (a) In General.--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:

      

``  9902.98.04  Personal effects of                        No change        Free             On or before       
                 aliens who are                                                              11/30/96         ''
                 participants in,                                                                             . 
                 officials of, or                                                                               
                 accredited members of                                                                          
                 delegations to, the                                                                            
                 1994 FIFA World Cup                                                                            
                 Games, the 1994 World                                                                          
                 Rowing Championships,                                                                          
                 the 1995 Special                                                                               
                 Olympics World Games,                                                                          
                 the XXVI Summer                                                                                
                 Olympiad, and the 1996                                                                         
                 Atlanta Paralympic                                                                             
                 Games, and of persons                                                                          
                 who are immediate                                                                              
                 family members of or                                                                           
                 servants to any of the                                                                         
                 foregoing persons;                                                                             
                 equipment and materials                                                                        
                 imported in connection                                                                         
                 with the foregoing                                                                             
                 events by or on behalf                                                                         
                 of the foregoing                                                                               
                 persons or the                                                                                 
                 organizing committees                                                                          
                 of such events;                                                                                
                 articles to be used in                                                                         
                 exhibitions depicting                                                                          
                 the culture of a                                                                               
                 country participating                                                                          
                 in any such event; and,                                                                        
                 if consistent with the                                                                         
                 foregoing, such other                                                                          
                 articles as the                                                                                
                 Secretary of the                                                                               
                 Treasury may allow.....  Free                                                                  

    (b) Taxes and Fees Not To Apply.--The articles described in heading 
9902.98.04 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by subsection (a)) shall be free of taxes and fees which may be 
otherwise applicable.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) General Rule.--The amendment made by this Act applies to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reliquidation.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 or any other provision of law, upon proper request (which 
includes sufficient information to identify and locate the entry) filed 
with the Customs Service on or before the date that is 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from 
warehouse for consumption, of an article described in heading 
9902.98.04 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by section 1) that occurred--
            (1) after December 31, 1993, and before the date which is 
        15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and
            (2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if 
        the amendment made by section 1 applied to such entry or 
        withdrawal,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such amendment applied to 
such entry or withdrawal.