A bill to provide that certain ceiling fans enter duty-free and without any quantitative limitations if the competitive need limitation had been waived with respect to the fans.

Provides that certain ceiling fans imported from Thailand shall enter duty-free and without any quantitative limitations before July 30, 2003, if duty-free treatment under the Trade Act of 1974 would have applied to such items had the competitive need limitation been waived under such Act.

[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2925 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2925

 To provide that certain ceiling fans enter duty-free and without any 
 quantitative limitations if the competitive need limitation had been 
                    waived with respect to the fans.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2002

 Mr. Thompson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that certain ceiling fans enter duty-free and without any 
 quantitative limitations if the competitive need limitation had been 
                    waived with respect to the fans.

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

SECTION 1. CEILING FANS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
ceiling fans classified under subheading 8414.51.00 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States imported from Thailand shall enter 
duty-free and without any quantitative limitations, if duty-free 
treatment under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et 
seq.) would have applied to such entry had the competitive need 
limitation been waived under section 503(d) of such Act.
    (b) Applicability.--The provisions of this section shall apply to 
ceiling fans described in subsection (a) that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption--
            (1) on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) before July 30, 2003.
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