[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1951 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1951

   To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical used in the 
                  formulation of HIV antiviral drugs.


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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 chemical used in the 
                  formulation of HIV antiviral drugs.

    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:

      

``    9902.33.06    (R)-9-(2-                                                                                   
                     Hydroxypro-                                                                                
                     pyl)adenine                                                                                
                     (CAS No. 14047-                                                                            
                     28-0) (provided                                                                            
                     for in                                                                                     
                     subheading                                                                                 
                     2933.59.95)....  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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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