[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2029 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2029

           To reduce temporarily the duty on sodium bentazon.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 4, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
           To reduce temporarily the duty on sodium bentazon.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON SODIUM BENTAZON.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new subheading:


``     9902.29.34      Sodium bentazon (3-                                                                      
                        Isopropyl)-1H-                                                                          
                        2,1,3-                                                                                  
                        benzothiadiazin-                                                                        
                        4(3H)-one-2,2-                                                                          
                        dioxide) (CAS No.                                                                       
                        50723-80-3)                                                                             
                        (provided for in                                                                        
                        subheading                                                                              
                        2934.90.11)......  5.0%         No change         No change         On or before 12/    
                                                                                             31/2002            
                                                                                                                

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of enactment of this Act.
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