[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 398 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 398

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free status for hosiery knitting machines and parts thereof, and 
                     for hosiery knitting needles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 18 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

 Mr. Grassley introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free status for hosiery knitting machines and parts thereof, and 
                     for hosiery knitting needles.

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

SECTION 1. HOSIERY KNITTING MACHINES AND PARTS AND HOSIERY KNITTING 
              NEEDLES.

    The following subheadings of chapter 84 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States are each amended by striking any rate 
appearing in the Special column and by striking the rate appearing in 
the General column and inserting ``Free'':
            (1) Subheading 8447.11.10 (relating to circular knitting 
        machines with cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm, for 
        knitting hosiery).
            (2) Subheading 8447.12.10 (relating to circular knitting 
        machines with cylinder diameter exceeding 165 mm, for knitting 
        hosiery).
            (3) Subheading 8447.20.60 (relating to flat knitting 
        machines and stitch-bonding machines other than V-bed flat 
        knitting machines and warp knitting machines).
            (4) Subheading 8448.51.10 (relating to latch needles for 
        knitting machines).
            (5) Subheading 8448.51.30 (relating to needles for knitting 
        machines other than latch needles and spring-beard needles).
            (6) Subheading 8448.59.10 (relating to certain parts of 
        knitting machines).

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 
respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, 
on or after the fifteenth day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (b) Retroactive Provision.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law to the contrary, upon 
a 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 goods to which any 
amendment made by section 1 applies and that was made--
            (1) after December 31, 1992; and
            (2) before the 15th day after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act;
and with respect to which there would have been a lower duty if any 
amendment made by section 1 had applied to such entry or withdrawal, 
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal 
had occurred on such 15th day.

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