[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 54 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                 H. R. 54

 To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to prohibit the provision of 
   duty-free treatment under that Act for live plants and fresh cut 
flowers described in chapter 6 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                             United States.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

   Mr. Farr of California (for himself, Mr. Campbell, Ms. Eshoo, Mr. 
  Riggs, Mr. Fazio of California, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Lantos, and Ms. 
   Lofgren) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to prohibit the provision of 
   duty-free treatment under that Act for live plants and fresh cut 
flowers described in chapter 6 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
                             United States.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR LIVE 
              PLANTS AND FRESH CUT FLOWERS UNDER THE ANDEAN TRADE 
              PREFERENCES ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 
U.S.C. 3203) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (7), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) live plants and fresh cut flowers described in 
        chapter 6 of the HTS.''; and
            (2) in subsection (e)(5)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (A); and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (D) 
                as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to goods that are entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
                                 <all>