[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2648 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2648

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for, and clarify the classification of, machines 
   and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs 
                                (DVDs).


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2000

 Mr. Coverdell 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 
 duty-free treatment for, and clarify the classification of, machines 
   and components used in the manufacture of digital versatile discs 
                                (DVDs).

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

SECTION 1. DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR MACHINES AND COMPONENTS USED IN THE 
              MANUFACTURE OF DVDS.

    (a) In General.--Subheadings 8477.10.40 and 8479.89.85 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are each amended by 
striking ``video laser discs'' and inserting ``digital versatile 
discs''.
    (b) U.S. Note.--The additional U.S. Notes to chapter 84 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are amended by adding 
at the end the following new note:
``4. Notwithstanding notes 2, 3, and 4 of section XVI, machines and 
components used for the manufacture of digital versatile discs under 
subheading 8479.89.85, and parts thereof, whether imported separately 
or as a whole, include mastering machines which are comprised of one or 
more of the following machines or components: ashing machines, lapping 
machines, center hole punching machines, glass polishing machines, 
glass cleaning machines, in-line system machines, laser encoder 
machines, electrolytic plating machines, and electrolytic cleaning 
machines. Machines for the manufacture of digital versatile discs under 
subheading 8479.89.85 also include replication machines which are 
comprised of one or more of the following machines or components: 
bonding machines, aluminum sputter machines, gold sputter machines, 
coater machines, stacker machines, molds, inspection machines, control 
panels, interface units, and optical laser scanners.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
apply with respect to goods 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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