[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4428 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4428

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that 
      are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2007

  Mr. Coble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that 
      are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

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

SECTION 1. ACRYLIC OR MODACRYLIC SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS, NOT CARDED, 
              COMBED, OR OTHERWISE PROCESSED FOR SPINNING.

    (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:


``      9902.55.06       Acrylic staple     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         fiber                                                              31/2011
                         (polyacrylonitril
                         e staple)
                         containing at
                         least 85 percent
                         by weight of
                         acrylonitrile
                         units, not more
                         than 2 to 3
                         percent water,
                         imported in the
                         form of non-
                         pigmented (ecru)
                         staple crimped
                         product with an
                         average filament
                         decitex of 1.3
                         (plus or minus 10
                         percent), and
                         fiber staple
                         length of 40 mm
                         (plus or minus 10
                         percent)
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         5503.30.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 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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