[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4404 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4404

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
 duty-free treatment for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles 
                      for the transport of goods.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 16, 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 log forwarders used as motor vehicles 
                      for the transport of goods.

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

SECTION 1. LOG FORWARDERS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 87 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended--
            (1) by striking subheading 8704.90.00 and inserting in 
        numerical sequence the following new subheadings, with the 
        article description for such subheadings having the same degree 
        of indentation as the article description for subheading 
        8704.32.00:

      

``       8704.90.10       Log forwarders with  Free                                      Free
                           cranes, designed
                           for off-highway
                           use...............
         8704.90.90       Other..............  25%                  Free (A+, B, CA, D,  25%
                                                                     E, IL, J) See
                                                                     9906.87.01-
                                                                     9906.87.02 (MX)
                                                                     20% (JO)
 
 
 
 
                                                                                                              ''

and
            (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description for subheading 
        8708.99.51 having the same degree of indentation as the 
        superior text to subheading 8708.99.52:

      

``       8708.99.51       Parts of log         Free                                      Free
                           forwarders........                                                                 ''

    (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 8704.90.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States,
applies to the corresponding rate of duty set forth in subheading 
8704.90.90 of such Schedule (as added by subsection (a)(1)).
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The superior text to subheading 
9906.87.01 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by striking `` 8704.90.00'' and inserting ``8704.90.90''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c) 
shall apply with respect to the 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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