[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3952 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3952

 To clarify that certain components of certain scientific instruments 
          and apparatus shall be provided duty-free treatment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mr. Walker (for himself, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Sensenbrenner, 
      Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
Rohrabacher, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Baker of 
  California, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Stockman, Mr. 
 Gutknecht, Mr. Largent, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. Cramer, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
   McHale, and Mr. Gordon) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To clarify that certain components of certain scientific instruments 
          and apparatus shall be provided duty-free treatment.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF SCIENTIFIC 
              INSTRUMENTS AND APPARTUS.

    U.S. Note 6 of subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended in subdivision (a) be adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ``The term `instruments and 
apparatus' under subheading 9810.00.60 includes separable components of 
an instrument or apparatus listed in this subdivision that are imported 
for assembly in the United States in such instrument or apparatus in a 
case in which the instrument or apparatus, due to its size and 
complexity, cannot be imported in its assembled state.''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS OF REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury shall make such modifications to 
regulations as are necessary to carry out section 1.
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