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HR 3952 104th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Science, Technology, Communications Scientific instruments and apparatus Tariff

To clarify that certain components of certain scientific instruments and apparatus shall be provided duty-free treatment.

Introduced: August 2, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Aug 2, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to educational and scientific instruments and apparatus that are imported for assembly into the United States.

What's happening now August 2, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Aug 2, 1996
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Aug 2, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3952: To clarify that certain components of certain scientific instruments and apparatus shall be provided duty-free treatment.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3952/
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"H.R. 3952: To clarify that certain components of certain scientific instruments and apparatus shall be provided duty-free treatment.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3952/.
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H.R. 3952, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3952/.
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