[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5170 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5170

              To suspend temporarily the duty on ethanol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2006

Mr. Shadegg (for himself, Mr. Simmons, and Mr. Hoekstra) 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 ethanol.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ethanol Tax Relief Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. ETHANOL.

    (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:


``            9902.05.36    Ethyl alcohol    Free         Free          Free          On or before       ''.
                             (provided for                                             12/31/2006
                             in subheadings
                             2207.10.60 and
                             2207.20) or
                             any mixture
                             containing
                             such ethyl
                             alcohol
                             (provided for
                             in heading
                             2710 or 2824)
                             if such ethyl
                             alcohol or
                             mixture is to
                             be used as a
                             fuel or in
                             producing a
                             mixture of
                             gasoline and
                             alcohol, a
                             mixture of a
                             special fuel
                             and alcohol,
                             or any other
                             mixture to be
                             used as fuel
                             (including
                             motor fuel
                             provided for
                             in subheading
                             2710.11.15,
                             2710.19.15 or
                             2710.19.21),
                             or is suitable
                             for any such
                             uses..........

    (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.
    (c) Effect on Heading 9901.00.50.--During the period beginning on 
the effective date under subsection (b) and ending on December 31, 
2006, heading 9901.00.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is not effective.

SEC. 3. CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    The Constitutional authority for this Act is the power of Congress 
to regulate commerce with foreign nations as enumerated in Article I, 
Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
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