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HR 1945 105th Congress House Foreign Trade and International Finance Commerce Machine tools Machinery in industry Manufacturing industries Metal trade Public Lands and Natural Resources Rubber Rubber industry Tariff Tire industry Transportation and Public Works

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.

Introduced: June 17, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Jun 24, 1997
See H.R.4342.
Jun 24, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jun 17, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 17, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2000, the duty on: (1) certain calendaring or other rolling machines for rubber; (2) certain shearing machines used to cut metallic tissue; (3) certain machine tools for working wire of iron or steel; (4) certain extruders of a type used for processing rubber; (5) certain machinery for molding, retreading, or otherwise forming uncured, unvulcanized rubber; (6) certain sector mold press machines used for curing or vulcanizing rubber; and (7) certain sawing machines for working cured, vulcanized rubber.

What's happening now June 24, 1997

See H.R.4342.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 915 Identical bill A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufact…
  • HR 4342 Procedurally related Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 1998
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Jun 17, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1945: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1945/
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"H.R. 1945: To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain manufacturing equipment.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1945/.
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