[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3858 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3858

             To suspend temporarily the duty on iced teas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2000

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 iced teas.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON ICED TEAS.

    (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:

      

``    9902.21.01    Preparations      Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     with a basis of                                                         31/2003          ''
                     extracts,                                                                                 .
                     essences, or
                     concentrates of
                     tea or mate, or
                     with a basis of
                     tea or mate,
                     described in
                     additional U.S.
                     note 8 to
                     chapter 7 and
                     entered
                     pursuant to its
                     provisions
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     2101.20.54)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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