[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4451 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4451

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to correct 
 the definition of certain non-knit gloves designed for use in sports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 2004

  Mr. McKeon 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 correct 
 the definition of certain non-knit gloves designed for use in sports.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN NON-KNIT GLOVES DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Subheading 6216.00.46 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting ``, and 
mechanics' gloves'' after ``including ski and snowmobile gloves, 
mittens and mitts''.
    (b) Headnote.--The Additional U.S. Notes to chapter 62 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are amended by adding 
at the end the following new note:
``3. For purposes of subheading 6216.00.46, the term ``mechanics' 
        gloves'' means gloves designed for use by professional 
        autoracing teams and general automotive mechanics that consist 
        of synthetic leather palms and fingers, fourchettes of either 
        synthetic leather, nylon, or spandex, two-ply backs consisting 
        of knitted spandex and tricot liners or three-ply backs 
        consisting of knitted spandex, foam, and tricot liners, and 
        elastic wrist straps with molded thermal plastic rubber hook 
        and loop enclosures.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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