[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1666 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1666

         To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 12, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
         To suspend temporarily the duty on a certain chemical.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON A CERTAIN CHEMICAL.

    (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:


``      9902.39.14      Ion Exchange resin  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         powder comprised                                                   31/2008
                         of a copolymer of
                         methacrylic acid
                         cross-linked with
                         divinylbenzene,
                         in the hydrogen
                         ionic form, dried
                         to less than 5%
                         moisture (CAS No.
                         50602-21-6)(provi
                         ded for in
                         subheading
                         3914.00.60)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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