[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2161 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2161

    To suspend temporarily the duty on esters and sodium esters of 
                        parahydroxybenzoic acid.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 17, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To suspend temporarily the duty on esters and sodium esters of 
                        parahydroxybenzoic acid.

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

SECTION 1. ESTERS AND SODIUM ESTERS OF PARAHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID.

    (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:
      

``      9902.39.33        Esters and sodium       Free      Free            No change       On or before 12/
                           esters of                                                         31/2006          ''
                           parahydroxybenzoic                                                                  .
                           acid (CAS Nos. 99-76-
                           3, 94-13-3, 120-47-8,
                           94-26-8, 94-18-8,
                           5026-62-0, 35285-69-
                           9, 35285-68-8, 36457-
                           20-2) (provided for
                           in subheading
                           2918.29.75)..........

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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