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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1779

Relating to the tariff treatment of certain plastic flat goods.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 7, 1995

Mr. SENSENBRENNER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

Relating to the tariff treatment of certain plastic flat goods.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. CERTAIN PLASTIC GOODS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 42 of the Harmonized

5 Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by strik6 ing subheadings 4202.32.10 and 4202.32.20 and inserting

7 the following subheadings, in numerical sequence, with the

8 article descriptions for subheadings 4202.32.03,

9 4202.32.05, 4202.32.15, and 4202.32.25 having the same

10 degree of indentation as subheading 4202.32.40:

‘‘ With outer surface area of not less than

20 percent leather:
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4202.32.03 Of reptile leather .................................. 4.5% Free (A, CA,

E, IL, J,

MX)

35%

4202.32.05 Other .................................................... 8% Free (CA, IL)

6.7% (E, J)

6.4% (MX)

35%

Other:

4202.32.15 Of plastics defined in additional U.S.

note 3 to chapter 42 ........................ 12.1¢/

kg+4.6%

Free (A, E, IL,

J, MX)

3.6%/kg+1.3%

(CA)

$1.10/

kg+40%

4202.32.25 Other .................................................... 20% Free (A, E, IL,

J, MX)

6% (CA)

45%

’’.

1 (b) DEFINITION.—The Additional U.S. Notes to

2 chapter 42 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

3 United States are amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing new note:

5 ‘‘3. Subheading 4202.32.15 applies only to articles of plas6 tics that are—

7 ‘‘(a) rigid, infusible, insoluble plastics formed by the

8 application of heat and high pressure on 2 or

9 more superimposed layers of fibrous sheet ma10 terial which has been impregnated or coated

11 with plastics, or

12 ‘‘(b) rigid plastics comprised of imbedded fibrous re13 inforcing material (such as paper, fabric, asbes14 tos, and fibrous glass) impregnated, coated, or

15 combined with plastics usually by the applica16 tion of heat or heat and low pressure.’’.

17 (c) STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS.—Any staged rate

18 reduction that was proclaimed by the President before the

19 date of the enactment of this Act to take effect on or after

20 the date of the enactment of this Act—
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1 (1) of a rate of duty set forth in subheading

2 4202.32.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of

3 the United States shall apply to the corresponding

4 rate of duty in subheading 4202.32.15 of such

5 Schedule (as added by subsection (a));

6 (2) of a rate of duty set forth in subheading

7 4202.32.20 shall apply to the corresponding rate of

8 duty in subheading 4202.32.25 of such Schedule (as

9 added by subsection (a));

10 (3) of a rate of duty set forth in subheading

11 4202.31.30 shall apply to the corresponding rate of

12 duty in subheading 4202.32.03 of such Schedule (as

13 added by subsection (a)); and

14 (4) of a rate of duty set forth in subheading

15 4202.31.60 shall apply to the corresponding rate of

16 duty in subheading 4202.32.05 of such Schedule (as

17 added by subsection (a)).

18 SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

19 The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with

20 respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse

21 for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act.

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