[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1876 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1876

    To clarify that certain large components of certain scientific 
 instruments and apparatus shall be provided the same tariff treatment 
             as those scientific instruments and apparatus.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 1997

 Mr. Sensenbrenner (for himself, Mr. Brown of California, Mr. Schiff, 
Mr. Barcia, Mr. Boehlert, Mrs. Morella, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
     Rohrabacher, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. 
  Gutknecht, and Mr. McHale) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To clarify that certain large components of certain scientific 
 instruments and apparatus shall be provided the same tariff treatment 
             as those scientific instruments and apparatus.

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

SECTION 1. TARIFF TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF SCIENTIFIC 
              INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

    U.S. Note 6 of subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended in subdivision (a) be adding 
at the end the following new sentence: ``The term `instruments and 
apparatus' under subheading 9810.00.60 includes separable components of 
an instrument or apparatus listed in this subdivision that are imported 
for assembly in the United States in such instrument or apparatus in a 
case in which the instrument or apparatus, due to its size and 
complexity, cannot be imported in its assembled state.''.

SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATED HEARING PROCESS.

    U.S. Note 6 of subchapter X of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended in subdivision (c) by adding 
at the end the following: ``In order to provide for expedited 
consideration of each component of a scientific instrument or apparatus 
for which duty treatment is requested under subheading 9810.00.60, the 
Secretary of Commerce, upon receipt of a petition by an affected 
institution, may hold a single expedited hearing to determine whether 
or not to grant such duty treatment to all of the components of the 
particular scientific instrument or apparatus for which the application 
is made.''.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATIONS OF REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall 
make such modifications to regulations as are necessary to carry out 
the amendments made by this Act.
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