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

Bill: 117-s-3995
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2022-04-05
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Latest action: action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-05
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
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: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3995 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 5, 2022 Mr. Paul introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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 by redesignating subheading 9506.62.80 as subheading 9506.62.81. (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. (3) U.S. Note 20(s)(i) to subchapter III of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking 9506.62.80 and by inserting 9506.62.70 and 9506.62.81 in appropriate sequence. (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.