[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2173 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2173

    To suspend temporarily the duty on PHBA (p-hydroxybenzoic acid).


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

 Mr. Thompson 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 PHBA (p-hydroxybenzoic acid).

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY.

    (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 heading:
      

``    9902.29.03    PHBA (p-          Free              Free              No change         On or before 12/
                     Hydroxybenzoic                                                          31/2002          ''
                     acid), of a                                                                               .
                     kind used for
                     production of
                     liquefied
                     crystal polymer
                     (LCP) (CAS No.
                     000099-96-7)
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     2918.29.22)....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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