[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2021 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2021

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the 
               formulation of an HIV Protease Inhibitor.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 2, 1996

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) 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 on certain chemicals used in the 
               formulation of an HIV Protease Inhibitor.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION.

    (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 headings:
    

           ``      9902.30.63         3-acetoxy-2-                                                              
                                       methylbenzoyl                                                            
                                       chloride (CAS                                                            
                                       No. 167678-46-8)                                                         
                                       (provided for in                                                         
                                       subheading                                                               
                                       2918.29.65).....  Free             No change         On or before 3/     
                                                                                             30/97              
                   9902.30.64         2S, 3R-N-Cbz-3-                                                           
                                       amino-1-chloro-4-                                                        
                                       phenylsulfanyl-                                                          
                                       butan-2-ol (CAS                                                          
                                       No. 159878-02-1)                                                         
                                       (provided for in                                                         
                                       subheading                                                               
                                       2922.19.60).....  Free             No change         On or before 3/     
                                                                                             30/97              
                   9902.30.65         N-(1,1-                                                                   
                                       dimethylethyl)de                                                         
                                       ca-hydro-2-[2-                                                           
                                       hydroxy-3-[(3-                                                           
                                       hydroxy-2-                                                               
                                       methylbenzoyl)                                                           
                                       amino]-4-                                                                
                                       (phenylthio)buty                                                         
                                       l]-3-                                                                    
                                       isoquinolinecarb                                                         
                                       oxamide, [3S-                                                            
                                       [2(2S*,3S*),                                                             
                                       3.a.,4a.b.,8a.b.                                                         
                                       ]] (CAS No.                                                              
                                       159989-64-7)                                                             
                                       (provided for in                                                         
                                       subheading                                                               
                                       2933.40.60).....  Free             No change         On or before 3/     
                                                                                             30/97              
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
        warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other 
        provision of law, upon proper request filed with the Customs 
        Service, before the 90th day after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for 
        consumption, of an article described in heading 9902.30.63, 
        9902.30.64, or 9902.30.65 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
        the United States (as added by subsection (a)), that was made--
                    (A) on or after August 1, 1996, and
                    (B) before the date that is 15 days after the date 
                of the enactment of this Act,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or 
        withdrawal was made on the 15th day after such date of 
        enactment.
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