[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1946 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1946

To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain drug substance used as an 
                          HIV antiviral drug.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 3, 1998

 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself and Mrs. Boxer) 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 a certain drug substance used as an 
                          HIV antiviral drug.

    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.

    (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:

      

``    9902.33.01    9-[2-[[Bis                                                                                  
                     [(pivaloyloxy)                                                                             
                     methoxy]                                                                                   
                     phosphinyl]-                                                                               
                     methoxy]                                                                                   
                     ethyl]adenine                                                                              
                     (also known as                                                                             
                     Adefovir                                                                                   
                     Dipivoxil) (CAS                                                                            
                     No. 142340-99-                                                                             
                     6) (provided                                                                               
                     for in                                                                                     
                     subheading                                                                                 
                     2933.59.59)....  Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/    
                                                                                             31/1999            
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies 
with respect to goods 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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