[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2591 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2591

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain yarn (other than sewing 
    thread) of synthetic staple fibers, not put up for retail sale.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 24, 2005

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts 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 yarn (other than sewing 
    thread) of synthetic staple fibers, not put up for retail sale.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN YARN (OTHER THAN SEWING THREAD) OF SYNTHETIC STAPLE 
              FIBERS, NOT PUT UP FOR RETAIL SALE.

    (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:


``      9902.55.01      Yarn (other than    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         sewing thread) of                                                  31/2008
                         synthetic staple
                         fibers, not put
                         up for retail
                         sale containing
                         85 percent or
                         more by weight of
                         acrylic or
                         modacrylic staple
                         fibers single
                         yarn (provided
                         for in subheading
                         5509.31.00)......

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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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