To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for permanent duty-free treatment on imports of basketballs.

This bill modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to give imports of basketballs permanent duty-free treatment.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7836 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7836

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide 
      for permanent duty-free treatment on imports of basketballs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2024

 Mr. Guthrie 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 provide 
      for permanent duty-free treatment on imports of basketballs.

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

SECTION 1. PERMANENT DUTY-FREE TREATMENT ON IMPORTS OF BASKETBALLS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 95 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 
9506.62.40:


 
 
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``9506.62.70         Basketballs                Free................  ....................  30%''.
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    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Chapter 95 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
        United States, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended 
        by redesignating subheading 9506.62.80 as subheading 
        9506.62.81.
            (2) Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States is amended by striking headings 
        9902.17.75, 9902.17.76, and 9902.17.77.
            (3) Note 20(s)(i) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the 
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by 
        striking ``9506.62.80'' and by inserting ``9506.62.70'' and 
        ``9506.62.81''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
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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