[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1973 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1973

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
for duty-free treatment of oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers for use in 
                       aircraft brake components.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 1997

Mr. Gutknecht 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 provide 
for duty-free treatment of oxidized polyacrylonitrile fibers for use in 
                       aircraft brake components.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN FIBERS USED IN AIRCRAFT 
              BRAKE COMPONENTS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 55 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by striking subheading 5501.30.00 and 
inserting the following new subheadings, with the article description 
for subheading 5501.30 having the same degree of indentation as the 
article description for subheading 5501.20.00:

      

``       5501.30            Acrylic or         ...................  ...................  ...................    
                             modacrylic:                                                                        
         5501.30.10          Oxidized                                                                           
                              polyacrylonitri                                                                   
                              le fibers for                                                                     
                              use in the                                                                        
                              production of                                                                     
                              aircraft brake                                                                    
                              components.....  Free                                      45%                    
         5501.30.20          Other...........  9.2%                 Free (CA, IL, MX)    45%                    
                                                                                                              ''

    (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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