[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2212 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2212

To amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to include unwrought titanium 
 as an article that may not be designated as an eligible article under 
                 the Generalized System of Preferences.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title V of the Trade Act of 1974 to include unwrought titanium 
 as an article that may not be designated as an eligible article under 
                 the Generalized System of Preferences.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF UNWROUGHT TITANIUM FOR GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF 
              PREFERENCES.

    (a) In General.--Section 503(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, (19 
U.S.C. 2463) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (H); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(G) Unwrought titanium products described in 
                subheading 8108.10.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 
                Schedules of the United States as in effect on July 1, 
                1998.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, after the date of this Act.
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