[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3395 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3395

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain printing machinery.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 1998

 Mr. McCrery 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 certain printing machinery.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN PRINTING MACHINERY.

    (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:

      

``   9902.84.43     Ink-jet textile                                                                             
                     printing                                                                                   
                     machinery                                                                                  
                     (provided for                                                                              
                     in subheading                                                                              
                     8443.51.10)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/    
                                                                                             31/99              
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on 
or after the date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (c) Retroactive Application.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, upon proper request 
filed with the Customs Service within 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption, of goods described in subheading 8443.51.10 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States--
            (1) which was made after December 31, 1997, and before the 
        date that is 15 days after the date of the enactment of this 
        Act, and
            (2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if 
        the amendment made by subsection (a) applied to such entry or 
        withdrawal,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such amendment applied to 
such entry or withdrawal.
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