[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2778 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2778

              To suspend temporarily the duty on ethanol.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2006

Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mr. Gregg) 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 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 Fuel Supply 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         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         (provided for in                                                   31/2006
                         subheadings
                         2207.10.60 and
                         2207.20) or any
                         mixture
                         containing such
                         ethyl alcohol
                         (provided for in
                         heading 2710 or
                         3824) 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.--Heading 9901.00.50 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended in the 
effective period column, by inserting ``or during any period during 
which heading 9902.05.36 is in effect'' after ``is not in effect''.
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