[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3977 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3977

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
          the tariff rate for certain mechanics' work gloves.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 25, 2007

  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 clarify 
          the tariff rate for certain mechanics' work 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 MECHANICS' WORK GLOVES.

    (a) Amendment to HTS.--
            (1) 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 having the same degree of indentation as 
        the article description for subheading 6216.00.43:


``       6216.00.47       Mechanics' work      2.8%                 Free (A, AU, BH,     45%                  ''
                           gloves.                                   CA, CL, E, IL, J,                         .
                                                                     JO, MX, P, SG)
                                                                    1.2% (MA)

            (2) Staged rate reduction.--Any staged reduction of a 
        special rate of duty set forth in subheading 6216.00.46 of the 
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, that was 
        proclaimed by the President before the date of the enactment of 
        this section, shall apply to the corresponding special rate of 
        duty set forth in subheading 6216.00.47 of such Schedule, as 
        added by paragraph (1), and subheading 6216.00.47 shall be 
        accorded the same staged reductions proclaimed by the President 
        after such date of enactment for the corresponding rates of 
        duty in subheading 6216.00.46.
    (b) Additional U.S. Note.--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 the purposes of subheading 6216.00.47, the term 
        `mechanics' work gloves' means gloves having the following 
        characteristics: synthetic leather palms and fingers; 
        fourchettes of synthetic leather or of fabric of nylon or 
        elastomeric yarn; backs comprising either one layer of knitted 
        fabric of elastomeric yarn or three layers with the outer layer 
        of knitted fabric of elastomeric yarn, the center layer of foam 
        and the inner layer of tricot fabric, the foregoing whether or 
        not including a thermoplastic rubber logo or pad on the back; 
        and elastic wrist straps with molded thermoplastic rubber hook-
        and-loop closures.''.
    (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 the date of the enactment of this Act.
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