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

Bill: 116-hr-8773
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2020-11-18
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill modifies the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to give imports of basketballs permanent duty-free treatment.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8773 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2020 Mr. Guthrie introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for permanent duty-free treatment on imports of basketballs.

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: 9506.62.70 Basketballs Free 30% . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Chapter 95 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— (A) by redesignating subheading 9506.62.80 as subheading 9506.62.81; and (B) in subheading 9506.62.81, as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking subheading 9506.62.81.20. (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. (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.