[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3240 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3240

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
  the tariff treatment of textile parts of seats and other furniture.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2006

 Mr. Chafee (for himself and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
  the tariff treatment of textile parts of seats and other furniture.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TARIFF TREATMENT OF TEXTILE PARTS OF SEATS 
              AND OTHER FURNITURE.

    (a) Amendment to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.--The Notes to 
chapter 94 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are 
amended by adding at the end the following Additional U.S. Note:
``Additional U.S. Note
    ``1. For purposes of headings 9401 and 9403, articles of cotton or 
other textile fibers, but not of leather, shall be classified as parts 
of seats or other furniture only if they have been both cut and sewn to 
shape and have been permanently attached to furniture framing parts or 
sections.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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