[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2128 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2128

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
                  the classification of certain toys.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 1, 2000

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
                  the classification of certain toys.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TARIFF TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TOYS.

    (a) Amendment to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.--Chapter 95 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting 
in numerical sequence the following new subheadings:


``       9503.70            Other toys, put
                             up in sets or
                             outfits, and
                             parts and
                             accessories
                             thereof:
         9503.70.10           Dress-up sets    Free                 Free                   70%
                               and outfits,
                               marketed year-
                               round for role-
                               play activity,
                               whether or not
                               of textile
                               materials, and
                               parts and
                               accessories
                               thereof.......
         9503.70.20           Other toys put   Free                 Free                   70%
                               up in sets or
                               outfits, and
                               parts and
                               accessories
                               thereof.......
 

    (b) Additional Clarification.--Chapter 95 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by adding at the end the 
following additional U.S. note:
``Additional U.S. Note
    ``1. For purposes of this chapter, the term `fancy dress, of 
            textiles, of chapters 61 and 62' in note 1(e), does not 
            include dress-up sets and outfits marketed year-round for 
            the amusement of children in role play activity, whether or 
            not of textile materials, and parts and accessories 
            thereof, which are classifiable under subheading 9503.70.10 
            as `other toys put up in sets or outfits'.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by section 1 apply to articles 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reliquidation.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon proper 
request filed with the Customs Service on or before the 180th day after 
the date of enactment of this Act, any entry of an article described in 
subheading 9503.70, 9503.70.10, or 9503.70.20 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (as added by section 1) that was made--
            (1) after January 1, 1998; and
            (2) before the date of enactment of this Act,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or withdrawal 
occurred on such date of enactment.
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