[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 956 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 956

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
    the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and linear 
                      alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 17, 1993

  Mr. Archer 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 clarify 
    the classification of linear alkylbenzene sulfonates and linear 
                      alkylbenzene sulfonic acid.

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

SECTION 1. LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATES AND LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE 
              SULFONIC ACIDS

    (A) In General.--Chapter 34 is amended by striking subheading 
3402.11.10 and inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
superior text and subheadings, with such new superior text having the 
same degree of indentation as the article description in subheading 
3402.11.50:

      

       ``                        Aromatic or modified                                                           
                                  aromatic:                                                                     
               3402.11.15          Linear alkylbenzene     3.7 cents/kg+15  Free (CA,E,IL)   15.4 cents/kg+5  ..
                                    sulfonates and Linear   .9%                               1%                
                                    alkylbenzene sulfonic                                                       
                                    acids.                                                                      
               3402.11.30          Other.................  7.2%             Free             15.4 cents/kg+5  ''
                                                                             (A,CA,E,IL)      3.5%             .

    (b) Staged Rate Reductions.--Any staged rate reduction of a special 
rate of duty set forth in subheading 3402.11.10 that was proclaimed by 
the President before the date of enactment of this Act and that takes 
effect after the date of enactment of this Act shall apply to the 
corresponding special rates of duty in subheadings 3402.11.15 and 
3402.11.30 (as added by paragraph (1)).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE

    The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to 
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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