[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1947 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1947

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. Boxer (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) 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 DUTY SUSPENSION.

    (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:

      

``    9902.33.02    9-[2-(R)-[[Bis                                                                              
                     [[isopropoxycar                                                                            
                     bonyl)                                                                                     
                     oxy[methoxy]-                                                                              
                     phosphinoyl]                                                                               
                     methoxy]propyl]                                                                            
                     adenine                                                                                    
                     fumarate (1:1)                                                                             
                     (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 subsection (a) applies 
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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