[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1772 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1772

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pile fabrics of man-made 
                                fibers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 1998

Mr. Jeffords (for himself and Mr. Leahy) 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 pile fabrics of man-made 
                                fibers.

    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 PILE FABRICS OF MAN-
              MADE FIBERS.

    (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:


         ``    9902.60.01     Pile fabric of                                                                    
                               man-made fibers                                                                  
                               provided for in                                                                  
                               (subheading                                                                      
                               6001.92.00).....  Free        No change        No change       On or before      
                                                                                               12/31/2001       
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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.
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