[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2577 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2577

 To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow duty drawback 
     for grape juice concentrates, regardless of color or variety.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              October 8 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

   Mr. Kerry introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow duty drawback 
     for grape juice concentrates, regardless of color or variety.

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

SECTION 1. SUBSTITUTION OF GRAPE JUICE CONCENTRATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 313 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1313) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(x) Grape Juice Concentrates.--Any grape juice concentrate of 
degrees brix 68-70 shall be considered `of the same kind and quality' 
for purposes of subsection (b) of this section, regardless of color, 
variety, or any other characteristic.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply to any 
drawback claim filed on or after such date.
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