A bill to amend the tariff schedules of the United States to correct an anomaly in the rate of duty applicable to textile fabrics, articles and materials coated, filled or laminated with rubber or plastics.

Summary

Amends the Tariff Schedules of the United States (TSUS) to provide that the provisions applicable to rubber and plastic products do not cover textile fabrics or articles coated, filled, or laminated with rubber or plastics which are covered by the provisions dealing with fabrics of special construction. Requires the nontextile coating or filling and nontextile laminating substances to be disregarded in determining whether fabrics, articles, and materials are "of textile materials" for purposes of the subject of the TSUS dealing with coated or filled fabrics.

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Timeline

1. 19 August 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 August 1982

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 30 August 1982

   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

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 19 August 1982

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Danforth, John C. [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. East, John P. [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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