[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1837 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1837

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 8 (legislative day, January 25), 1994

 Mr. Riegle (for himself and Mr. Mack) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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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 SUSPENSION FOR PERSONAL EFFECTS OF WORLD CUP 
              SOCCER PARTICIPANTS.

    (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       
                 participants in,                                                            9/30/94          ''
                 officials of, or                                                                             . 
                 accredited members of                                                                          
                 delegations to the 1994                                                                        
                 FIFA World Cup games,                                                                          
                 and of persons who are                                                                         
                 immediate family                                                                               
                 members of or servants                                                                         
                 to any of the foregoing                                                                        
                 persons; equipment and                                                                         
                 materials imported by                                                                          
                 or on behalf of the                                                                            
                 foregoing persons in                                                                           
                 connection with such                                                                           
                 games; and other                                                                               
                 equipment and materials                                                                        
                 intended for use or                                                                            
                 consumption at or in                                                                           
                 connection with such                                                                           
                 games or related                                                                               
                 cultural exhibitions;                                                                          
                 all the foregoing goods                                                                        
                 not intended for                                                                               
                 commercial sale........  Free                                                                  

    (b) Authority of the Commissioner of Customs.--The Commissioner of 
Customs is authorized to waive the requirements for entry or bond, or 
such other requirements as the Commissioner deems appropriate, that are 
otherwise applicable under the customs regulations to goods described 
in heading 9902.98.04 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (as added by subsection (a)); and goods described in such 
heading shall be free of taxes which may be otherwise applicable.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendment made by this Act applies with 
respect 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 filed with 
the Customs Service on or before the 60th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any entry of an article described in subheading 
9902.98.04 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by section 1) that was made--
            (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.

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