[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4285 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4285

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cultured crystals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cultured crystals.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN CULTURED CRYSTALS.

    (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:
      

``    9902.38.32    Cultured          Free              Free              No change         On or before 12/
                     crystals (other                                                         31/2005          ''
                     than optical                                                                              .
                     elements of
                     chapter 90)
                     weighing not
                     less than 2.5 g
                     each, not in
                     the form of
                     ingots
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     3824.90.19)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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