An Act to provide duty-free treatment for certain copying lathes used for making rough or finished shoe lasts and for parts of such lathes, and for other purposes.
PL 95-162 (H.R.3093), enacted 11/08/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-162—NOV. 8, 1977 
91 STAT. 1275 
Public Law 95-162 
95th Congress 
An Act 
To provide duty-free treatment for certain copying latlies used for making rough 
or finished shoe lasts and for parts of such lathes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted 5y the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America 
in Congress assembled^ That (a) subpart F 
of part 4 of Schedule 6 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States 
(19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended— 
(1) by inserting immediately after item 674.40 the following 
new item: 
Nov. 8, 1977 
[H.R. 3093] 
Copying lathes 
for shoe lasts, 
duty-free 
treatment. 
674. 41 
Copying lathes used for making rough or 
finished shoe lasts from models of shoe 
lasts and, in addition, capable of pro-
ducing more than one size shoe last 
from a single size model of a shoe last. . Free 
Free 
(2) by inserting immediately after item 674.42 the following 
new item: 
674. 48 
Work and tool holders and other parts of, 
and accessories used principally with, 
copying lathes provided for in item 
674]41 
Free 
Free 
'; and 
(3) by striking out "machine tools;" in the superior heading to 
items 674.50 through 674.56, inclusive, and inserting in lieu thereof 
"machine tools (other than copying lathes provided for in item 
674.41);". 
(b) Item 911.70 of the Appendix to such Schedules is repealed. 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) Upon request therefor filed with the customs officer concerned 
on or before the ninetieth day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the entry of any article— 
(1) which was made after June 30,1976, and before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and 
(2) with respect to which there would have been no duty if any 
of the amendments made by subsection (a) applied to such entry, 
shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 514 of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 or any other provision of law, be liquidated or reliquidated as 
though such entry had been made on the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
(e) The repeal made by subsection (b) shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2. (a) Subpart B of part 1 of the Appendix to the Tariff Sched-
ules of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended— 
(1) by adding immediately after headnote 3 the following new 
headnote: 
Repeal. 
19 use 1202 
app. 
Effective date. 
19 
use 
1202 
note. 
19 
use 1202 
note. 
19 
use 
1514. 
Effective date. 
19 use 1202 
app. note. 
Wool 
classification. 
19 use 1202 
•pp. 
91 STAT. 1276 
PUBLIC LAW 95-162—NOV. 8, 1977 
"4. For so long as items 905.10 and 905.11 are in effect, headnotes 
3, 4, and 5 of subpart C of part 1 of schedule 3 shall be suspended 
(except insofar as they relate to hair of the camel) and in lieu 
thereof— 
" (a) for purposes of item 307.40— 
"(i) the classification provisions for wool not finer than 
46s shall apply to any package of wool containing not over 
10 percent by weight of wool finer than 46s but not containing 
wool finer than 48s; and 
• 
"(ii) the citation for imports classifiable under item 307.40 
shall be such item number followed by the item number for 
the part of the contents of the package which determines the 
rate of duty; and 
"(b) for purposes of item 905.11, a tolerance of not more than 
10 percent of wools not finer than 48s may be allowed in each bale 
or package of wools imported as not finer than 46s."; and 
(2) by adding immediately before item 905.30 the following 
new items: 
905. 10 
905. 11 
Wool (provided for in part IC, 
schedule 3): 
All wool provided for in 
items 
306.00 
through 
306.24 
Wool not finer than 46s 
provided for in items 
306.30 through 306.34 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
On or before 
6/30/80 
On or before 
6/30/80 
Effective date. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 
19 use 1202 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on 
app. note. 
QJ. after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. (a) Subpart G of part 15 of schedule 1 of the Tariff Schedules 
of the United States (19 U.S.C. 1202) is amended by striking out— 
192. 65 
192. 70 
Istle: 
Crude... 
Processed, 
Free 
20% ad val. 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
" I 192. 66 1 
Istle 
I Free 
Free 
20% ad val. 
Free 
PUBLIC LAW 95-162—NOV. 8, 1977 
91 STAT. 1277 
(b) Item 903.90 of the Appendix to such Schedule is repealed. 
Repeal. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect 19 USC 1202 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on *PP- . 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
19 USCri2^2 
Approved November 8, 1977. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORT No. 95-425 (Coram, on Ways and Means). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-421 (Coram, on Finance). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
July 18, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 15, considered and passed Senate, araended. 
Oct. 25, House concurred in Senate araendraents.