[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2461 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2461

       To suspend temporarily the duty on certain ceramic knives.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To suspend temporarily the duty on certain ceramic knives.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION.

    (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:

      

``    9902.69.01    Ceramic knives    Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     and knife                                                               31/2002          ''
                     blades                                                                                    .
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     6911.10.80)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on 
or after the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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