[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3778 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3778

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for, and clarify the classification of, machines 
   and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs 
                                (DVDs).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 1, 2000

Mr. Collins (for himself, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Boehner, and Mr. Matsui) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for, and clarify the classification of, machines 
   and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs 
                                (DVDs).

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

SECTION 1. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR MACHINES AND COMPONENTS USED IN THE 
              MANUFACTURE OF DVDS.

    (a) In General.--Subheadings 8477.10.40 and 8479.89.85 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are each amended by 
striking ``video laser discs'' and inserting ``digital versatile 
discs''.
    (b) U.S. Note.--The additional U.S. Notes to chapter 84 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are amended by adding 
at the end the following new note:
``4. Notwithstanding notes 2, 3, and 4 of section XVI, machines and 
        components used for the manufacture of digital versatile discs 
        under subheading 8479.89.85, and parts thereof, whether 
        imported separately or as a whole, include mastering machines 
        which are comprised of one or more of the following machines or 
        components: ashing machines, lapping machines, center hole 
        punching machines, glass polishing machines, glass cleaning 
        machines, in-line system machines, laser encoder machines, 
        electrolytic plating machines, and electrolytic cleaning 
        machines. Machines for the manufacture of digital versatile 
        discs under subheading 8479.89.85 also include replication 
        machines which are comprised of one or more of the following 
        machines or components: bonding machines, aluminum sputter 
        machines, gold sputter machines, coater machines, stacker 
        machines, molds, inspection machines, control panels, interface 
        units, and optical laser scanners.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
apply 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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