[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1175 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1175

To suspend temporarily the duty for personal effects of participants in 
                     certain world athletic events.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 10 (legislative day, July 10), 1995

     Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. D'Amato, Mr. Bradley, and Mr. 
  Lautenberg) 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 for personal effects of participants in 
                     certain world athletic events.
    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 
              PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN WORLD ATHLETIC EVENTS.

    (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:

      

``  9902.98.05  Any of the following                                                                            
                 articles not intended                                                                          
                 for sale or                                                                                    
                 distribution to the                                                                            
                 public: personal                                                                               
                 effects of aliens who                                                                          
                 are participants in,                                                                           
                 officials of, or                                                                               
                 accredited members of                                                                          
                 delegations to, the                                                                            
                 1998 Goodwill Games,                                                                           
                 and of persons who are                                                                         
                 immediate family                                                                               
                 members of or servants                                                                         
                 to any of the foregoing                                                                        
                 persons; equipment and                                                                         
                 materials imported in                                                                          
                 connection with the                                                                            
                 foregoing event by or                                                                          
                 on behalf of the                                                                               
                 foregoing persons or                                                                           
                 the organizing                                                                                 
                 committee of such                                                                              
                 event; articles to be                                                                          
                 used in exhibitions                                                                            
                 depicting the culture                                                                          
                 of a country                                                                                   
                 participating in such                                                                          
                 event; and, if                                                                                 
                 consistent with the                                                                            
                 foregoing, such other                                                                          
                 articles as the                                                                                
                 Secretary of the                                                                               
                 Treasury may allow.....  Free             No change        Free             On or before       
                                                                                             2/1/99             
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Taxes and Fees Not To Apply.--The articles described in heading 
9902.98.05 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by subsection (a)) shall be free of taxes and fees which may be 
otherwise applicable.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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