To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other agricultural use log handling equipment.

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3576 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3576

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide
a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for
the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other
agricultural use log handling equipment.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2003

Mr. Nussle introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means

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A BILL

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide
a new subheading for certain log forwarders used as motor vehicles for
the transport of goods for duty-free treatment consistent with other
agricultural use log handling equipment.

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

SECTION 1. LOG FORWARDERS.

(a) In General.--Chapter 87 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States is amended--
(1) by striking subheading 8704.90.00 and inserting in
numerical sequence the following new subheadings and superior
text thereto, with such superior text having the same degree of
indentation as the article description for subheading
8704.90.00, as in effect on the day before the date of the
enactment of this Act:

``      ...............    Other............
8704.90.10         Log Forwarders       Free                                      Free
with cranes,
designed for off-
highway use
8704.90.90         Other............    25%                Free (A+, B, CA, D,    25%
E, IL, J) See                           ....
9906.87.01 -                            ....
9906.87.02 (MX)                         ....
20% (JO)                                ....
'';

and
(2) inserting in numerical sequence the following new
subheading, with the article description having the same degree
of indentation as the superior text to subheading 8708.99.52:

``      8708.99.51       Parts of Log           Free                                    Free                 '';
Forwarders

(b) Staged Rate Reductions.--Any staged reduction of a rate of duty
proclaimed by the President before the date of the enactment of this
Act, that--
(1) would take effect on or after such date of enactment,
and
(2) would, but for the amendments made by subsection (a),
apply to subheading 8704.90.00 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States,
applies to the corresponding rate of duty set forth in subheading
8704.90.90 of such Schedule (as added by subsection (a)).
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) and (b)
shall apply with respect to the articles entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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