[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2165 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2165

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
   for temporary duty-free treatment for certain semiconductor mold 
                               compounds.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2000

 Mr. Craig (for himself and Mr. Crapo) 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 provide 
   for temporary duty-free treatment for certain semiconductor mold 
                               compounds.

    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 ON CERTAIN SEMICONDUCTOR MOLD 
              COMPOUNDS.

    (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:

      

``    9902.39.07        Thermosetting     Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''
                         molding                                                              31/2005          .
                         compounds of a
                         kind suitable
                         for use in the
                         manufacture of
                         semiconductor
                         devices, via
                         transfer
                         molding
                         process,
                         containing 70
                         percent or more
                         of silica, by
                         weight, and
                         having less
                         than 75 parts
                         per million of
                         combined water
                         extractable
                         content of
                         chloride,
                         bromide,
                         potassium and
                         sodium
                         (provided for
                         in subheading
                         3907.30.00)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the 15th day after enactment of this Act.
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