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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3516

    To suspend temporarily the duty on saccharose used for nonfood, 
 nonnutritional purposes, as a seed kernel and in additional layers in 
     an industrial granulation process for biocatalyst production.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 18, 2001

 Mr. Nussle (for himself and Mr. Leach) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To suspend temporarily the duty on saccharose used for nonfood, 
 nonnutritional purposes, as a seed kernel and in additional layers in 
     an industrial granulation process for biocatalyst production.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON SACCHAROSE.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:

      

``    9902.17.01    Saccharose used   Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     for nonfood,                                                            31/2004          ''
                     nonnutritional                                                                            .
                     purposes, as a
                     seed kernel and
                     in additional
                     layers in an
                     industrial
                     granulation
                     process for
                     biocatalyst
                     production
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     1701.99).......

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--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        applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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.
            (2) Reliquidation.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
        Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514), or any other provision of 
        law, upon a request filed with the Customs Service on or before 
        the 90th day after the date of the enactment of this Act, any 
        entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, of an 
        article--
                    (A) that was made after December 31, 2000, and 
                before the 15th day after the date of the enactment of 
                this Act, and
                    (B) with respect to which there would have been no 
                duty, if the amendment made by subsection (a) applied 
                to such entry or withdrawal,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such entry or 
        withdrawal occurred on the 15th day after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
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