[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1907 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1907

 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow 
the duty-free entry of an additional quantity of green peanuts that are 
                         the product of Mexico.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to allow 
the duty-free entry of an additional quantity of green peanuts that are 
                         the product of Mexico.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY-FREE ENTRY OF GREEN PEANUTS FROM MEXICO.

    (a) Amendment to Harmonized Tariff Schedule.--U.S. Note 16 to 
subchapter VI of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``The maximum quantity of peanuts that are qualifying goods 
        under subheading 9906.12.01 under this note shall be increased 
        each calendar year by an amount of 453,597 kilograms of peanuts 
        in immature form shipped refrigerated in 1 bushel crates, 
        entered from January 1 to April 30, inclusive, to be marketed 
        for consumption as boiled peanuts.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--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goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 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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