[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1502 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1502

   To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the requirements 
relating to marking imported articles and containers not apply to spice 
                       products, coffee, or tea.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 22, 1995

 Mrs. Hutchison (for herself and Mr. Breaux) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide that the requirements 
relating to marking imported articles and containers not apply to spice 
                       products, coffee, or tea.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF SPICES, COFFEE, AND TEA.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as 
        subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(f) Marking of Certain Coffee and Tea Products.--The marking 
requirements of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to articles 
described in or classified under subheading 0901.21, 0901.22, 0902.10, 
0902.20, 0902.30, 0902.40, 2101.10, or 2101.20 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, as in effect on January 1, 1995.
    ``(g) Marking of Spices.--The marking requirements of subsections 
(a) and (b) shall not apply to articles provided for under subheadings 
0904.11, 0904.12, 0904.20, 0905.00, 0906.10, 0906.20, 0907.00, 0908.10, 
0908.20, 0908.30, 0909.10, 0909.20, 0909.30, 0909.40, 0909.50, 0910.10, 
0910.20, 0910.30, 0910.40, 0910.50, 0910.91, 0910.99, 1106.20, 1207.40, 
1207.50, 1207.91, 1404.90, and 3302.10, and items classifiable in 
categories 0712.90.60, 0712.90.8080, 1209.91.2000, 1211.90.2000, 
1211.90.8040, 1211.90.8050, 1211.90.8090, 2006.00.3000, 2918.13.2000, 
3203.00.8000, 3301.90.1010, 3301.90.1020, and 3301.90.1050 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, as in effect on 
January 1, 1995.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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