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.

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 or                                                                       
                        fine animal hair,                                                                       
                        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)......  20.2%        No change         No change         On or before 12/    
                                                                                             31/2004            
       9902.51.12      Fabrics, of carded                                                                       
                        or combed wool or                                                                       
                        fine animal hair,                                                                       
                        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 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.

Summary: 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 or fine animal hair, 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, to fabrics, of carded or combed wool or fine animal hair, 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 such suits similarly to certain other suits under the Schedule.