[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3641 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3641

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain woven fabrics of cotton, 
          containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 12, 2006

  Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Clinton) 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 certain woven fabrics of cotton, 
          containing less than 85 percent by weight of cotton.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF COTTON, CONTAINING LESS THAN 85 
              PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF COTTON.

    (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:

      

``      9902.52.10        Woven fabrics of        Free      No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           cotton, containing                                                31/2009          ''
                           less than 85 percent                                                                .
                           by weight of cotton,
                           mixed mainly or
                           solely with man-made
                           fibers, weighing not
                           more than 200 g/m2,
                           the foregoing
                           bleached and other
                           than plain weave
                           fabrics or 3-thread
                           or 4-thread twill
                           (including cross
                           twill) fabrics
                           (provided for in
                           subheading 5210.29)..

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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