[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1952 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1952

           To suspend temporarily the duty on HIV/AIDS drugs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1999

 Mr. Becerra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
           To suspend temporarily the duty on HIV/AIDS 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 subheading:


``    9902.32.99    5-[(3,5-          Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     Dichlorophenyl)                                                         31/2002          ''
                     thio]-4-(1-                                                                               .
                     methylethyl)-1-
                     (4-
                     pyridinylmethyl
                     )-1H-imidazole-
                     2-methanol
                     carbamate (CAS
                     No. 178979-85-
                     6) (provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     2933.39.91)....

    (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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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 the enactment 
of this Act.
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