[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3842 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3842

  To suspend temporarily the duty on synthetic quartz or fused silica 
                      photomask blank substrates.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 5, 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 synthetic quartz or fused silica 
                      photomask blank substrates.

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

SECTION 1. SYNTHETIC QUARTZ OR FUSED SILICA PHOTOMASK SUBSTRATES.

    (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:

      

``      9902.70.60        Synthetic fused silica  Free      No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           (100 percent SIO2)                                                31/2008          ''
                           photomask blank                                                                     .
                           substrates in squares
                           having a surface area
                           of 150 cm2 or more
                           but not over 522 cm2
                           and a thickness of
                           2.2 mm or more but
                           not over 6.45 mm
                           (provided for in
                           subheading
                           7006.00.40)..........

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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