[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3294 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3294

     To modify the marking of certain silk products and containers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 1998

   Mr. Matsui (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To modify the marking of certain silk products and containers.

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

SECTION 1. MARKING OF CERTAIN SILK PRODUCTS AND CONTAINERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1304) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (h), (i), (j), and (k) as 
        subsections (i), (j), (k), and (l), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Marking of Certain Silk Products.--The marking requirements 
of subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply either to--
            ``(1) articles provided for in subheading 6214.10.10 of the 
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, as in effect 
        on January 1, 1997, which contain 70 percent or more by weight 
        of silk or silk waste, or
            ``(2) goods provided for in heading 5007 of the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States, as in effect on January 
        1, 1997.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 304(j) of such Act, as 
redesignated by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is amended by 
striking ``subsection (h)'' and inserting ``subsection (i)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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