[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1620 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1620

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile machinery.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 10, 1998

  Mr. Breaux introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain textile machinery.

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

SECTION 1. TEXTILE 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apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on 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 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 not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for 
consumption, of goods described in subheading 9902.81.10 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as added by subsection 
(a)) that--
            (1) was made after December 31, 1997, and before the date 
        that is 15 days after the date of 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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