[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2098 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2098

     To suspend temporarily the duty on dark couverture chocolate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

Mr. Frelinghuysen 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 dark couverture chocolate.

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

SECTION 1. DARK COUVERTURE CHOCOLATE.

    (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:
      

``    9902.18.06    Dark couverture   Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     chocolate                                                               31/2003          ''
                     (provided for                                                                             .
                     in subheading
                     1806.20.50)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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