[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3576 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3576

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for 
 the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other 
                agricultural use log handling equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2003

  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 
a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for 
 the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other 
                agricultural use log handling equipment.

    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 and superior 
        text thereto, with such superior text having the same degree of 
        indentation as the article description for subheading 
        8704.90.00, as in effect on the day before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act:

      

``      ...............    Other............
        8704.90.10         Log Forwarders       Free                                      Free
                          with 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) inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description 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 amendments made by subsection (a), 
        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)).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) and (b) 
shall apply with respect to the articles 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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