[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3218 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3218

  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or 
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at 0.5 percent or 
                                greater.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2006

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or 
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at 0.5 percent or 
                                greater.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PEPPERONCINI PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR 
              ACETIC ACID IN CONCENTRATIONS AT 0.5 PERCENT OR GREATER.

    (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:

      

``      9902.10.29        Pepperoncini,          2.2%       No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           prepared or                                                       31/2009          ''
                           preserved by vinegar                                                                .
                           (provided for in
                           subheading
                           2001.90.38).........

    (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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