[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4398 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4398

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are 
provisionally preserved does not include the weight of the preservative 
                       materials of the cherries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2004

  Mr. Honda (for himself, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Cardoza) 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 
that the calculation of the duty imposed on imported cherries that are 
provisionally preserved does not include the weight of the preservative 
                       materials of the cherries.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF DUTY IMPOSED ON IMPORTED 
              CHERRIES THAT ARE PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED.

    (a) Amendments.--Subheading 0812.10.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) in the general subcolumn of the column 1 rate of duty, 
        by inserting ``on drained weight'' after ``13.4 cents/kg''; and
            (2) in the special subcolumn of the column 1 rate of duty, 
        by inserting ``on drained weight'' after ``2.6 cents/kg'' and 
        ``11.7 cents/kg'' .
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
effective for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act and ending on the date on which the specific rate of duty involved 
is reduced to free.
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