[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1824 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1824

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for certain skating boots used for in-line skates.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for certain skating boots used for in-line skates.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR SKATING BOOTS WITH 
              TEXTILE UPPERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 64 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new subheadings with the article description for such 
subheadings having the same degree of indentation as the article 
description in subheading 6404.11.80:

      

``                       Valued over $12/                                                                       
                          pair:                                                                                 
        6404.11.91         Skating boots for                                                                    
                            use in the                                                                          
                            manufacture of                                                                      
                            in-line roller                                                                      
                            skates..........  Free                                      35%                     
        6404.11.93         Other............  20%                  Free (CA,IL,MX)      35%                     
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Staged Rate Reduction.--Any staged reduction of a rate of duty 
set forth in subheading 6404.11.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States that was proclaimed by the President before the date 
of enactment of this Act and that would otherwise take effect after 
such date of enactment shall apply to the corresponding duty rate set 
forth in subheading 6404.11.93 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, as added by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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