[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3944 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3944

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
duty-free treatment for certain tractor parts suitable for agricultural 
                                  use.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 12, 2002

  Mr. Nussle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
duty-free treatment for certain tractor parts suitable for agricultural 
                                  use.

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

SECTION 1. TRACTOR BODY PARTS.

    (a) Certain Tractor Parts.--Heading 8708 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by striking subheading 8708.29.20 and inserting the 
        following new subheadings, with the superior heading for 
        subheadings 8708.29.20 and 8708.29.25 having the same degree of 
        indentation as the article description for subheading 
        8708.29.15:
      

``                       Body stampings:
        8708.29.20         For tractors       Free                                      Free
                            suitable for
                            agricultural use
        8708.29.25         Other............  2.5%                 Free (A, B, CA, E,   25%
                                                                    IL, J, JO, MX)                           '';

        and
            (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description for subheading 
        8708.29.40 having the same degree of indentation as the article 
        description for subheading 8708.29.15:

      

``       8708.29.40       Parts with           Free                                      Free
                           structural                                                                         ''
                           supports for                                                                        .
                           tractors suitable
                           for agricultural
                           use...............

    (b) Staged Rate Reductions.--Any staged reduction of a rate of duty 
proclaimed by the President before the date of the enactment of this 
Act, that--
            (1) would take effect on or after such date of enactment; 
        and
            (2) would, but for the amendment made by subsection (a)(1), 
        apply to subheading 8708.29.20 of the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States,
applies to the corresponding rate of duty set forth in subheading 
8708.29.25 of such Schedule (as added by subsection (a)).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 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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