[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1677 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1677

         To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1997

  Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
         To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY.

    (a) Caprolactam Blocked Methylene.--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:
    

         ``    9902.34.02     Caprolactam                                                                       
                               blocked                                                                          
                               methylene-bis-(4-                                                                
                               phenylisocyanate                                                                 
                               ) (CAS No. 54112-                                                                
                               23-1) (provided                                                                  
                               for in                                                                           
                               subheading                                                                       
                               3402.90.30).....  Free        No change        No change       On or before      
                                                                                               12/31/2000       
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Beta Hydroxyalkylamide.--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:
    

         ``    9902.38.24     N,N,N<SUP>1,N<SUP>1-                                                                        
                               tetrakis (2-                                                                     
                               hydroxyethyl)-                                                                   
                               heaxane diamide                                                                  
                               (Beta                                                                            
                               Hydroxyalkylamid                                                                 
                               e) (CAS No. 6334-                                                                
                               25-4) (provided                                                                  
                               for in                                                                           
                               subheading                                                                       
                               3824.90.90).....  Free        No change        No change       On or before      
                                                                                               12/31/2000       
                                                                                                              ''

    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments 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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