[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1289 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1289

 To temporarily decrease the duty on certain industrial nylon fabrics.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 9, 1997

  Mr. Allard (for himself and Mr. Campbell) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To temporarily decrease the duty on certain industrial nylon fabrics.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN INDUSTRIAL NYLON FABRICS.

    (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 subheading:
    

         ``    9902.54.07     Woven fabric,                                                                     
                               suitable for                                                                     
                               making                                                                           
                               industrial and                                                                   
                               automotive power                                                                 
                               transmission and                                                                 
                               timing belts,                                                                    
                               containing 75%                                                                   
                               or more, by                                                                      
                               weight, of                                                                       
                               filaments of                                                                     
                               polyamides or                                                                    
                               aromatic                                                                         
                               polyamides,                                                                      
                               scoured and heat                                                                 
                               set and of any                                                                   
                               weight and                                                                       
                               having warp or                                                                   
                               fill stretch                                                                     
                               properties                                                                       
                               greater than 75%                                                                 
                               at break                                                                         
                               (provided for in                                                                 
                               subheading                                                                       
                               5407.41.00).....  6.7%          No change      No change       On or before      
                                                                                               12/31/00         
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
articles 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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