[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4437 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4437

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. CERTAIN SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS THAT ARE 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:


``      9902.01.00      Acrylic staple      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         fiber                                                              31/2011
                         (polyacrylonitril
                         e staple)
                         containing at
                         least 85% by
                         weight of
                         acrylonitrile
                         units, not more
                         than 2 to 3%
                         water, imported
                         in the form of
                         non-pigmented
                         (ecru) staple
                         crimped product
                         with an average
                         filament decitex
                         of 2.2 (plus or
                         minus 10%), and
                         fiber staple
                         length of 45 mm
                         (plus or minus
                         10%) (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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