[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1848 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1848

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain bitumen-coated polyethylene 
     sleeves specifically designed to protect in-ground wood posts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2005

  Mr. Holden 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 bitumen-coated polyethylene 
     sleeves specifically designed to protect in-ground wood posts.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF DUTY.

    (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:


``      9902.04.40      Bitumen-coated      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         polyethylene                                                       31/2008
                         sleeves
                         specifically
                         designed to
                         protect in-ground
                         wood posts
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         3926.90.98)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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