[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 947 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 947

      To exempt semiconductors from the country of origin marking 
               requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 1995

Mr. Archer (for himself and Mr. Mineta) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      To exempt semiconductors from the country of origin marking 
               requirements under the Tariff Act of 1930.

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

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION OF SEMICONDUCTORS FROM MARKING REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as hereinafter provided,'' at the 
        beginning of subsection (a) and inserting ``Except as otherwise 
        provided in this section,'';
            (2) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Exemption From Marking for Semiconductors.--Articles provided 
for in headings 8541 and 8542 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States and their containers are exempt from the marking 
requirements of subsection (a).''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall take effect on January 1, 
1996.
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