[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 541 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 541

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
                  the rate of duty for certain gloves.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 7, 2005

Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
                  the rate of duty for certain gloves.

    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 BY AUTO MECHANICS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence, the 
following new subheading with the article description for such 
subheading having the same degree of indentation as the article 
description for subheading 6216.00.43:

      

``     6216.00.45         Mechanics' gloves  2.8%                Free (A,AU,CA,CL          45%
                                                                 E,IL,J,JO,MX,SG)                             ''

    (b) Definition of Mechanics' Gloves.--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:
``3. For purposes of subheading 6216.00.45, the term `mechanics' 
gloves' means gloves especially designed for the use of professional 
auto racing teams and general automotive mechanics, with the following: 
synthetic leather palms and fingers; fourchettes of synthetic leather, 
nylon, or elastomeric yarn; backs comprising either one layer of 
knitted elastomeric fabric classifiable under heading 5407 or three 
layers with the outer layer of knitted elastomeric fabric classifiable 
under heading 5407; a center layer of foam and the inner layer of 
tricot classifiable under heading 5903 (whether or not including a 
thermoplastic rubber logo or pad on the back); and elastic wrist strips 
with molded thermoplastic 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 15th day after enactment of this Act.
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