[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4465 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4465

  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 2007

   Mr. Bishop of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Kingston, and Mr. Shuler) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACRYLIC SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER.

    (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._._        Acrylic fiber tow   1.2%         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         (polyacrylontrile                                                  31/2011
                         tow) containing
                         by weight a
                         minimum of 92%
                         polyacrylonitrile
                         , not more than
                         .01 percent zinc
                         and from 2 to 8
                         percent water,
                         imported in the
                         form of 8 sub-
                         bundles, crimped
                         together, each
                         containing 24,000
                         filaments (plus
                         or minus 10
                         percent) and with
                         an average
                         filament decitex
                         of 4.0 to 5.6
                         decitex (plus or
                         minus 10
                         percent), and
                         length greater
                         than 2 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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