[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 33 (Monday, March 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2428-S2430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. ROTH:
  S. 1810. A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on a certain anti-HIV 
and anti-AIDS drug; to the Committee on finance.


                      duty suspension legislation

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I rise today to introduce temporary duty 
suspension legislation for the active ingredient used in producing 
Sustiva, a breakthrough drug for treating people with HIV and AIDS.
  I am pleased to introduce this bill on the active ingredients in a 
drug that could simplify treatment for HIV patients and could possibly 
reduce the level of this virus in the bloodstream. By temporarily 
suspending the imposition of duties, this bill will help DuPont Merck, 
a company located in Wilmington, Delaware, lower its cost of production 
and improve its competitiveness.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be 
printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                S. 1810

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

     SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY.

       (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:

       

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``9902.32.5  6-Chloro-4-                                                
 6.           (cyclopropylethyny                                        
              l)-1, 4-Dihydro-4-                                        
              (trifluro-methyl)-                                        
              2H-3, 1-benzoxazin-                                       
              2-one (CAS No.                                            
              154598-52-4)                                              
              (provided for in                                          
              subheading                                                
              2934.90.30).......  Free    No                            
                                           change   No                  
                                                     change   On or     
                                                               before 12/
                                                               31/      
                                                               2000''.  
                                                                        

       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
     warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
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