[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1910 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1910

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain extruders, castings, TDO 
               Tenters, Transport/winders, and slitters.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 5, 2002

 Mr. Hollings (for himself and Mr. Thurmond) 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 extruders, castings, TDO 
               Tenters, Transport/winders, and slitters.

    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 CERTAIN MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT.

    (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:

      

``     99............  Extruders          Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        (TEX180) that                                                         31/2003
                        use twin screw
                        technology to
                        extrude
                        polyester as the
                        primary
                        extruders for a
                        cast film line
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8477.20)........
       99............  Extruders (TEX90)  Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        that use screw                                                        31/2003
                        technology to
                        extrude
                        polyester as the
                        primary
                        extruders for a
                        cast film line
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8477.20)........
       99............  Casting units      Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        used to cast                                                          31/2003
                        molten extruded
                        polymer into a
                        sheet by rapidly
                        cooling the
                        polymer on a
                        round, chilled,
                        water-cooled,
                        rotating drum
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8477.80.90).....
       99............  TDO tenters used   Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        to heat film to                                                       31/2003
                        a pre-determined
                        temperature and
                        then to stretch
                        the film in the
                        transverse
                        direction
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8477.80.90).....
       99............  Transport/         Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        winders, with 2                                                       31/2003
                        spindles, used
                        to transport
                        film from a TDO
                        outlet, to cut
                        the thick edges
                        off the film
                        web, and to wind
                        the film into a
                        wide roll
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8477.80.000)....
       99............  Slitters need to   Free             No change        No change        On or before 12/
                        convert 350-inch                                                      31/2003         ''
                        wide wound rolls                                                                       .
                        of film into
                        narrower,
                        smaller diameter
                        rolls (provided
                        for in
                        subheading
                        8477.80)........

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 applies with respect to goods 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after April 
30, 2002.
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