A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain pigments.

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSION FOR CERTAIN PIGMENTS.

    (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:
    

       ``  9902.32.11   Hostaperm Yellow H4G (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         031837-42-0; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         151) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.50)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.12   PV Fast Yellow H3R (CAS No.              No change      No change      On or before     
                         074441-05-7; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         181) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.13   Hostaperm yellow H3G (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         068134-22-5; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         154) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.14   Hostaperm Yellow H6G (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         035636-63-6; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         175) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.15   PV Fast Yellow HG (CAS No.               No change      No change      On or before     
                         077804-81-0; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         180) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.16   PV Fast Yellow HGR (CAS No.              No change      No change      On or before     
                         129423-54-7; Pigment Yellow                                            12/31/98        
                         191) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.17   PV Fast Red HF4B (CAS No.                No change      No change      On or before     
                         059487-23-9; Pigment Red                                               12/31/98        
                         187) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.18   PV Red HG (CAS No. 043035-18-            No change      No change      On or before     
                         3; Pigment Red 247)                                                    12/31/98        
                         (provided for in subheading                                                            
                         3204.17.30).................  Free                                                     
           9902.32.19   PV Red HB (CAS No. 043035-18-            No change      No change      On or before     
                         3; Pigment Red 247)                                                    12/31/98        
                         (provided for in subheading                                                            
                         3204.17.30).................  Free                                                     
           9902.32.20   PV Fast Orange H4G-L (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         078245-94-0; Pigment Orange                                            12/31/98        
                         72) (provided for in                                                                   
                         subheading 3204.17.30)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.21   Permanent Yellow NCG-71 (CAS             No change      No change      On or before     
                         No. 005979-28-2; Pigment                                               12/31/98        
                         Yellow 16) (provided for in                                                            
                         subheading 3204.17.10)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.22   PV Carmine HF4C (CAS No.                 No change      No change      On or before     
                         051920-12-8; Pigment Red                                               12/31/98        
                         185) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.10)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.23   Novoperm Red HF28-01 (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         031778-10-6; Pigment Red                                               12/31/98        
                         208) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.10)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.24   Novoperm Red HF3S (CAS No.               No change      No change      On or before     
                         061847-48-1; Pigment Red                                               12/31/98        
                         188) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.10)......  Free                                                     
           9902.32.25   Novoperm Red HF3S-70 (CAS No.            No change      No change      On or before     
                         061847-48-1; Pigment Red                                               12/31/98        
                         188) (provided for in                                                                  
                         subheading 3204.17.10)......  Free                                                     
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 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.

Summary: Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1998, the duties on various specified red and yellow pigments.