[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1889 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1889

            To suspend temporarily the duty on spring steel.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 1997

Mr. McDermott 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 spring steel.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON SPRING STEEL.

    (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 heading:
      

            ``       9902.72.17           L-shaped edges of                                                                                             
                                           spring steel for                                                                                             
                                           use in the                                                                                                   
                                           manufacture of skis                                                                                          
                                           and snowboards                                                                                               
                                           (provided for in                                                                                             
                                           subheading                                                                                                   
                                           7217.10.90)........  Free                  No change             No change            On or before 12/31/    
                                                                                                                                  99                    
                                                                                                                                                      ''

    (b) Applicability.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
goods 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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