[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1826 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1826

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend 
 temporarily the duty on personal effects of participants in the 1999 
                           Women's World Cup.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 24, 1998

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend 
 temporarily the duty on personal effects of participants in the 1999 
                           Women's World Cup.

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

SECTION 1. 1999 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP.

    (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:

      

``     9902.98.07      Any of the                                                                               
                        following                                                                               
                        articles not                                                                            
                        intended for sale                                                                       
                        or distribution                                                                         
                        to the public:                                                                          
                        personal effects                                                                        
                        of aliens who are                                                                       
                        participants in,                                                                        
                        officials of, or                                                                        
                        accredited                                                                              
                        members of                                                                              
                        delegations to,                                                                         
                        the 1999 Women's                                                                        
                        World Cup, and of                                                                       
                        persons who are                                                                         
                        immediate family                                                                        
                        members of or                                                                           
                        servants to any                                                                         
                        of the foregoing                                                                        
                        persons;                                                                                
                        equipment and                                                                           
                        materials                                                                               
                        imported in                                                                             
                        connection with                                                                         
                        the foregoing                                                                           
                        event by or on                                                                          
                        behalf of the                                                                           
                        foregoing persons                                                                       
                        or the organizing                                                                       
                        committee of such                                                                       
                        event; articles                                                                         
                        to be used in                                                                           
                        exhibitions                                                                             
                        depicting the                                                                           
                        culture of a                                                                            
                        country                                                                                 
                        participating in                                                                        
                        such event; and,                                                                        
                        if consistent                                                                           
                        with the                                                                                
                        foregoing, such                                                                         
                        other articles as                                                                       
                        the Secretary of                                                                        
                        the Treasury may                                                                        
                        allow............  Free         No change         Free              On or before 8/1/   
                                                                                             99                 
                                                                                                                

    (b) Taxes and Fees Not To Apply.--The articles described in heading 
9902.98.07 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by subsection (a)) shall be free of taxes and fees which may be 
otherwise applicable.
    (c) 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.
                                 <all>