[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1304 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1304

To provide for the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic web 
                               sheeting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 1997

 Mr. Ramstad introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the temporary suspension of duty on certain plastic web 
                               sheeting.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PLASTIC WEB SHEETING.

    Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of the U.S. notes thereto the 
        following new note:
``13. For purposes of heading 9902.56.03, the term `nonwoven fiber 
        sheet' means sheet comprising a highly uniform and random array 
        of polyester fibers 0.5 to 6.0 denier, thermally bonded, 
        calendered into a smooth surface web having--
        ``(a) a thickness of 2.0 to 5.0 mils;
        ``(b) a basis weight of 60 to 100 grams per sq. meter;
        ``(c) a machine tensile strength of 4.0 kg. per 15 mm or 
                greater;
        ``(d) a low cross-direction tensile strength of 1.0 kg. per 15 
                mm or greater;
        ``(e) a Frazier air permeability of 0.5 to 20 cfm per sq. ft.;
        ``(f) a roll width of no greater than 41 inches; and
        ``(g) a roll length of no greater than 2,200 meters.''; and
            (2) by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
                heading:
      

       ``  9902.56.03    Nonwoven fiber                                                                         
                          sheet                                                                                 
                          (provided for                                                                         
                          in subheading                                                                         
                          5603.13.00)...  Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/   
                                                                                              31/99             
                                                                                                              ''

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 apply to goods 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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