To suspend temporarily the duty on certain machines for use in the assembly of motorcycle wheels.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on certain machines for use in the assembly of motorcycle wheels.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2015 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2015

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain machines for use in the 
                     assembly of motorcycle wheels.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

    Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin (for himself and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin) 
 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 machines for use in the 
                     assembly of motorcycle wheels.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN MACHINES FOR USE IN THE ASSEMBLY OF MOTORCYCLE 
              WHEELS.

    (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:


``      9902.84.79      Wheel-assembly,     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         and wheel-trueing                                                  31/2009
                         machines
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         8479.89.98 or
                         9031.80), all the
                         foregoing
                         suitable for use
                         in the assembly
                         of wheels for
                         vehicles of
                         heading 8711.....

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
        shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after January 1, 2005.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, and 
        subject to paragraph (4), the entry of any article--
                    (A) that was made on or after January 1, 2005, and 
                before the 15th day after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, and
                    (B) to which duty-free treatment would have applied 
                if the amendment made by this section had been in 
                effect on the date of such entry,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such duty-free 
        treatment applied, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        refund any duty paid with respect to such entry.
            (3) Entry.--As used in this subsection, the term ``entry'' 
        includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
            (4) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to an entry only if a request 
        therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border 
        Protection, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the 
        Bureau of Customs and Border Protection--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
                located.
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