[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3323 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3323

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1998

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.

    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.

    (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......  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goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 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.
    (c) Staged Rate Reduction.--Any staged rate reduction that was 
proclaimed by the President before the date of the enactment of this 
Act to take effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act of 
a rate of duty set forth in subheading 5501.30.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States shall apply to the corresponding 
rate of duty in subheading 5501.30.20 of such Schedule (as added by 
subsection (a)).
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