[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4434 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4434

  To suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic or modacrylic synthetic 
                             filament tow.


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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 acrylic or modacrylic synthetic 
                             filament tow.

    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 FILAMENT TOW.

    (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:


``      9902.55.22       Acrylic fiber tow  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         containing at                                                      31/2011
                         least 85 per cent
                         by weight of
                         acrylonitrile
                         units, not more
                         than 2 to 3 per
                         cent water,
                         imported in the
                         form of raw white
                         (undyed) crimped
                         filament tow with
                         average filament
                         measure being
                         2.2decitex per
                         filament +/-10%
                         with an aggregate
                         filament measure
                         in the tow bundle
                         being between
                         660,000 and
                         1,200,000
                         decitex, and
                         length greater
                         than two meters
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         5501.30.00)......

    (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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