A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to: (1) provide a duty, through December 31, 2004, on fabrics, of carded or combed wool, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 70's" or "Super 80's" intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers; and (2) grant duty-free treatment, through December 31, 2004, of fabrics, of carded or combed wool, all the foregoing certified by the importer as "Super 90's" or higher grade intended for use in making suits, suit-type jackets or trousers. Treats (for tariff purposes) such suits similarly to certain other suits under the Schedule.

[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 218

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
  for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

Mr. Moynihan (for himself, Mr. Schumer, and Mr. Durbin) 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 provide 
  for equitable duty treatment for certain wool used in making suits.

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

SECTION 1. DUTY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FABRICS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of the U.S. notes the following 
        new note:
    ``13. For purposes of headings 9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12, the term 
`suit' has the same meaning such term has for purposes of headings 6203 
and 6204.''; and
            (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        headings:


``     9902.51.11      Fabrics, of carded
                        or combed wool,
                        all the foregoing
                        certified by the
                        importer as
                        `Super 70's' or
                        `Super 80's'
                        intended for use
                        in making suits,
                        suit-type jackets
                        or trousers
                        (provided for in
                        subheadings
                        5111.11.70,
                        5111.19.60,
                        5112.11.20, or
                        5112.19.90)......  19.8%        No change         No change         On or before 12/
                                                                                             31/2004
       9902.51.12      Fabrics, of carded
                        or combed wool,
                        all the foregoing
                        certified by the
                        importer as
                        `Super 90's' or
                        higher grade
                        intended for use
                        in making suits,
                        suit-type jackets
                        or trousers
                        (provided for in
                        subheadings
                        5111.11.70,
                        5111.19.60,
                        5112.11.20, or
                        5112.19.90)......  Free         Free (CA,IL,MX)   No change         On or before 12/
                                                                                             31/2004
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Staged Rate Reduction.--Any staged reduction of a rate of duty 
set forth in heading 6203.31.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States that is proclaimed by the President on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act shall also apply to the corresponding 
rate of duty set forth in heading 9902.51.11 of such Schedule (as added 
by subsection (a)).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 
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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