To suspend temporarily the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of an HIV Protease Inhibitor.

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION.

    (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 headings:

``       9902.32.12        3-acetoxy-2-                                                                         
                            methylbenzoyl                                                                       
                            chloride (CAS No.                                                                   
                            167678-46-8)                                                                        
                            (provided for in                                                                    
                            subheading                                                                          
                            2918.29.65)........  Free                No change             On or before 3/30/   
                                                                                            97                  
         9902.32.13        2S, 3R-N-Cbz-3-amino-                                                                
                            1-chloro-4-                                                                         
                            phenylsulfanyl-                                                                     
                            butan-2-ol (CAS No.                                                                 
                            159878-02-1)                                                                        
                            (provided for in                                                                    
                            subheading                                                                          
                            2922.19.60)........  Free                No change             On or before 3/30/   
                                                                                            97                  
         9902.32.14        N-(1,1-                                                                              
                            dimethylethyl)                                                                      
                            decahydro-2-[2-                                                                     
                            hydroxy-3-[(3-                                                                      
                            hydroxy-2-                                                                          
                            methylbenzoyl)                                                                      
                            amino]-4-                                                                           
                            (phenylthio)butyl]-                                                                 
                            3-                                                                                  
                            isoquinolinecarboxa                                                                 
                            mide, [3S-                                                                          
                            [2(2S*,3S*),                                                                        
                            3.a.,4a.b.,8a.b.]]                                                                  
                            (CAS No. 159989-64-                                                                 
                            7) (provided for in                                                                 
                            subheading                                                                          
                            2933.40.60)........  Free                No change             On or before 3/30/   
                                                                                            97                  
                                                                                                                
                                                                                                              ''

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        applies with respect to goods entered or withdrawn from 
        warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application to certain entries.--
        Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
        U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon proper request 
        filed with the Customs Service before the 90th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, any entry, or withdrawal 
        from warehouse for consumption, of any goods described in 
        subheading 9902.32.12, 9902.32.13, or 9902.32.14 of the 
        Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as amended by 
        subsection (a)) that was made--
                    (A) on or after August 1, 1996, and
                    (B) before the 15th day after the date of the 
                enactment of this Act,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or 
        withdrawal occurred on the 15th day after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.

Summary: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through March 30, 1997, the duty on certain chemicals used in the formulation of an HIV protease inhibitor.