[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 527 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 527

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend 
     temporarily the duty with respect to the personal effects of 
                participants in certain athletic events.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 1999

   Mr. Hatch 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 suspend 
     temporarily the duty with respect to the personal effects of 
                participants in certain athletic events.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF PERSONAL EFFECTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN CERTAIN 
              WORLD ATHLETIC EVENTS.

    (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:


``     9902.98.08      Any of the          Free         No change         Free              On or before 12/
                        following                                                            31/2002
                        articles not
                        intended for sale
                        or distribution
                        to the public:
                        personal effects
                        of aliens who are
                        participants in,
                        officials of, or
                        accredited
                        members of
                        delegations to,
                        the 1999
                        International
                        Special Olympics,
                        the 1999 Women's
                        World Cup Soccer,
                        the 2001
                        International
                        Special Olympics,
                        the 2002 Salt
                        Lake City Winter
                        Olympics, and the
                        2002 Winter
                        Paralympic Games,
                        and of persons
                        who are immediate
                        family members of
                        or servants to
                        any of the
                        foregoing
                        persons;
                        equipment and
                        materials
                        imported in
                        connection with
                        the foregoing
                        events by or on
                        behalf of the
                        foregoing persons
                        or the organizing
                        committees of
                        such events;
                        articles to be
                        used in
                        exhibitions
                        depicting the
                        culture of a
                        country
                        participating in
                        any such event;
                        and, if
                        consistent with
                        the foregoing,
                        such other
                        articles as the
                        Secretary of
                        Treasury may
                        allow............
 

    (b) Taxes and Fees Not To Apply.--The articles described in heading 
9902.98.08 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as 
added by subsection (a)) shall be free of taxes and fees which may be 
otherwise applicable.
    (c) No Exemption From Customs Inspections.--The articles described 
in heading 9902.98.08 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (as added by subsection (a)) shall not be free or otherwise 
exempt or excluded from routine or other inspections as may be required 
by the Customs Service.
    (d) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--This section applies to goods entered, or 
        withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th 
        day after the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application to certain entries.--
        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 before the 90th day after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from 
        warehouse for consumption, of any goods described in heading 
        9902.98.08 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States (as added by subsection (a)) that was made--
                    (A) after December 31, 1998, and
                    (B) before the 15th day after the date of enactment 
                of this Act,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though the amendment 
        made by subsection (a) applied to such entry or withdrawal.
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