[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2937 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2937

   To suspend temporarily the duty on formulations of thiamethoxam, 
              difenoconazole, fludioxinil, and mefenoxam.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2006

  Mr. Carper 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 formulations of thiamethoxam, 
              difenoconazole, fludioxinil, and mefenoxam.

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

 SECTION 1. FORMULATIONS OF THIAMETHOXAM, DIFENOCONAZOLE, FLUDIOXINIL, 
              AND MEFENOXAM.

    (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:


``      9902.13.31      Formulations of 3-  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         [(2-chloro-5-                                                      31/2009
                         thiazolyl)methyl]
                         tetrahydro-5-
                         methyl-N-nitro-
                         1,3,5-oxadiazin-4-
                         imine)
                         (Thiamethoxam)
                         (CAS No. 153719-
                         23-4 ); 1H-1,2,4-
                         triazole, 1-[[2-
                         [2-chloro-4-(4-
                         chlorophenoxy)phe
                         nyl]-4-methyl-
                         1,3-dioxolan-2-
                         yl]methyl]-
                         (Difenoconazole)
                         (CAS No. 119446-
                         68-3); 1H-Pyrrole-
                         3-carbonitrile, 4-
                         (2,2-difluoro-1,3-
                         benzodioxol-4-yl)-
                          (Fludioxinil)
                         (CAS No. 131341-
                         86-1); and (R,S)-
                         2-[(2,6-
                         dimethylphenylmet
                         hoxy)acetylamino]-
                         propionic acid
                         methyl ester
                         (Mefenoxam) (CAS
                         Nos. 70630-17-0
                         and 69516-34-3)
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         3808.20.15)......

    (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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