[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4578 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4578

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 13, 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 suspend 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:


``      9902.01.00      Acrylic staple      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         fiber dyed                                                         31/2011
                         (polyacrylonitril
                         e staple), not
                         carded, combed,
                         or otherwise
                         processed for
                         spinning,
                         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 staple
                         fiber with a
                         filament decitex
                         of 4.0 decitex to
                         6.7 decitex (plus
                         or minus 10
                         percent) with a
                         fiber shrinkage
                         of 0 to 22
                         percent (plus or
                         minus 10 percent)
                         and a cut fiber
                         length of 89 to
                         140 with a target
                         length of 115 mm
                         (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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