[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2142 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2142

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain bromine-containing 
                               compounds.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain bromine-containing 
                               compounds.

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

SECTION 1. BROMINE-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS.

    (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 headings:

``      9902.28.08      2-                  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/
                         Bromoethanesulfon                                                  31/2004
                         ic acid sodium
                         salt (CAS No.
                         4263-52-9)
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         2904.90.20)......
        9902.28.09      4,4'-               Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/
                         Dibromobiphenyl                                                    31/2004
                         (CAS No. 92-86-4)
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         2903.69.70)......
        9902.28.10      4-Bromotoluene      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/
                         (CAS No. 106-38-                                                   31/2004          ''.
                         7) (provided for
                         in subheading
                         2903.69.70)......


    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the date that is 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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