[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1702 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1702

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or 
 preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations 
                         less than 0.5 percent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2005

 Mr. Pascrell introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or 
 preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations 
                         less than 0.5 percent.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PEPPERONCINI PREPARED OR PRESERVED OTHERWISE THAN BY 
              VINEGAR OR ACETIC ACID IN CONCENTRATIONS LESS THAN 0.5 
              PERCENT.

    (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:


``      9902.20.07       Pepperoncini,      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         prepared or                                                        31/2008
                         preserved
                         otherwise than by
                         vinegar or acetic
                         acid in
                         concentrations
                         less than 0.5
                         percent (provided
                         for in subheading
                         2005.90.97)......

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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