[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2069 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2069

 To suspend temporarily the duty on specialized glass for use in glass-
                           ceramic stovetops.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 1996

 Mr. Hollings (for himself and Mr. Thurmond) 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 specialized glass for use in glass-
                           ceramic stovetops.

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

SECTION 1. TEXTURED ROLLED GLASS SHEETS.

    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:


``     9902.70.03         Textured rolled                                                                       
                           glass sheets                                                                         
                           having a                                                                             
                           composition                                                                          
                           consisting                                                                           
                           essentially, as                                                                      
                           analyzed in                                                                          
                           percent by weight                                                                    
                           on the oxide                                                                         
                           basis, of: SiO<INF>2                                                                      
                           66.5-68%; Al<INF>2O<INF>3                                                                      
                           19.5-21% Li<INF>2O 2.5-                                                                   
                           4.5%; ZnO 1-2%;                                                                      
                           MgO 1-2%; TiO<INF>2 4-                                                                    
                           5%; V<INF>2O<INF>5 0.02-                                                                       
                           0.3% (provided                                                                       
                           for in                                                                               
                           subheadings                                                                          
                           7003.12.00 and                                                                       
                           7003.19.00)......  Free           No Change      No Change      On or before 12/     
                                                                                            31/98             ''

SEC. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.

    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 officer concerned on or before the 90th day after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the entry of any article described in section 
9902.70.03 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedules (as amended by section 1 
of this Act)--
            (1) which was made after January 1, 1995, and before the 
        15th day after the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if 
        the amendment made by this Act applied to such entry,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry had been made 
on the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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