[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2228 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2228

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile-manufacturing 
                               machinery.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                June 22 (legislative day, June 7), 1994

   Mr. Lott 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 certain textile-manufacturing 
                               machinery.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN TEXTILE-
              MANUFACTURING MACHINERY.

    (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:
    

       ``  9902.84.53   Used machinery for the                   No change      No change      On or before     
                         manufacture of nonwoven                                                09/30/95        
                         textiles by                                                                            
                         hydroentanglement, valued at                                                           
                         not more than $800,000 each                                                            
                         (provided for in subheading                                                            
                         8449.00.50).................  Free                                                     
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) General rule.--The amendment made by this section 
        applies with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from 
        warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) 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 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 9902.84.53 of the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States (as added by subsection 
        (a)) that occurred--
                    (A) after October 15, 1993, and before the date 
                which is 15 days after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, and
                    (B) with respect to which there would have been no 
                duty if the amendment made by subsection (a) 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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