[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1765 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1765

         To suspend temporarily the duty on the chemical DEMT.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 16, 1998

 Mr. Thompson 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 the chemical DEMT.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON DEMT.

    (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:
      

``    9902.32.50    N,n-diethyl-m-                                                                              
                     toluidine                                                                                  
                     (DEMT) (CAS No.                                                                            
                     91-67-8)                                                                                   
                     (provided for                                                                              
                     in subheading                                                                              
                     2921.43.80)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/    
                                                                                             31/2003            
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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.
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