[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2990 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2990

     To reduce temporarily the duty on palm fatty acid distillate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2004

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To reduce temporarily the duty on palm fatty acid distillate.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF DUTY ON PALM FATTY ACID DISTILLATE.

    (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:

      

``      9902.39.40       Monocarboxylic       1%         No change        No change        On or before 12/
                          fatty acids                                                       31/2007           ''
                          derived from palm                                                                    .
                          oil (provided for
                          in subheading
                          3823.19.2000).....

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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 the enactment of this Act.
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