A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to establish equal and equitable classification and duty rates for various cordage products of virtually identical characteristics.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States to revise the definition of "cordage" to include cordage made from any size strip of plastic or other man-made material, thereby eliminating different duty rates for varying sizes of plastic or man-made cordage.

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Timeline

1. 27 January 1983

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 27 January 1983

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 February 1983

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.

   Source: Committee

4. 21 October 1983

   Committee

   Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

5. 7 November 1983

   Reported

   Committee on Finance. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure H.R. 2163 ordered to be reported.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 27 January 1983

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Heinz, John [R-PA] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Symms, Steven D. [R-ID] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Percy, Charles H. [R-IL] · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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