[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3112 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3112

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain decorative plates, 
     decorative sculptures, decorative plaques, and architectural 
                              miniatures.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2005

   Mr. Kirk 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 decorative plates, 
     decorative sculptures, decorative plaques, and architectural 
                              miniatures.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN DECORATIVE PLATES, DECORATIVE SCULPTURES, DECORATIVE 
              PLAQUES, AND ARCHITECTURAL MINIATURES.

    (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:


``      9902.09.51      Decorative plates,  Free         No change        No change        12/31/2008        ''.
                         whether or not
                         with decorative
                         rim or attached
                         sculpture;
                         decorative
                         sculptures, each
                         with plate or
                         plaque attached,
                         and decorative
                         plaques each not
                         over 7.65 cm in
                         thickness;
                         architectural
                         miniatures,
                         whether or not
                         put up in sets;
                         all the foregoing
                         of resin
                         materials and
                         containing
                         agglomerated
                         stone, put up for
                         mail order retail
                         sale, whether for
                         wall or tabletop
                         display and each
                         weighing not over
                         1.36 kg together
                         with their retail
                         packaging
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         3926.40.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to 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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