[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 194 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 194

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

Mr. Meehan (for himself, Mr. Neal of Massachusetts, and Mr. Hastings of 
 Washington) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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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:
    ``(x) Grape Juice Concentrates.--Any grape juice concentrate of 
degrees brix 68-70 shall be considered as `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 the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to any 
drawback claim filed on or after such date.
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