[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2614 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2614

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
      for duty-free treatment on certain manufacturing equipment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2000

 Mr. Thurmond (for himself and Mr. Hollings) 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 duty-free treatment on certain manufacturing equipment.

    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 CERTAIN MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.

    (a) In General.--Subheadings 9902.84.79, 9902.84.83, 9902.84.85, 
9902.84.87, 9902.84.89, and 9902.84.91 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States are each amended--
            (1) by striking ``4011.91.50'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``4011.91'';
            (2) by striking ``4011.99.40'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``4011.99''; and
            (3) by striking ``86 cm'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``63.5 cm''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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