[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 688 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 688 A bill to temporarily suspend duties on certain composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 1 (legislative day, March 3), 1993 Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL A bill to temporarily suspend duties on certain composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON CERTAIN COMPOSITE DIAGNOSTIC OR LABORATORY REAGENTS. (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: `` 9902.38.22 Composite diagnostic or No change No change On or before laboratory reagents, 12/31/97 comprising strips of plastics each incorporating on one side a pad of fibrous or porous material impregnated with chemical reagents for blood chemistry analysis and having, either on the reverse side or on an accompanying separate strip of plastics, a magnetic bar code containing machine- readable instructions designating the desired chemical analysis and calibrating the instrument performing such analysis (provided for in subheading 3822.00.50)................. Free (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>