[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2701 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2701

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain closures for low expansion 
                           laboratory glass.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 28, 2002

  Mrs. Clinton (for herself and Mr. Schumer) 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 closures for low expansion 
                           laboratory glass.

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

SECTION 1. STOPPERS, LIDS, AND OTHER CLOSURES.

    (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:
      

``      9902.70.10        Stoppers, lids, and     Free      No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           other closures that                                               31/2007          ''
                           are made of a low                                                                   .
                           expansion
                           borosilicate glass
                           and alumino-
                           borosilicate glass
                           having a linear
                           coefficient of
                           expansion not
                           exceeding 3.3 x 10<SUP>-7</SUP>
                           per Kelvin within a
                           temperature range of
                           0 to 300C, produced
                           by automatic machine
                           (provided for in
                           subheading
                           7010.20.20) or
                           produced by hand
                           (provided for in
                           subheading
                           7010.20.30)..........

    (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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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 date that is 15 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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