[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4956 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4956

           To suspend temporarily the duty on dimerized gum.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 15, 2008

 Mr. David Davis of Tennessee 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 dimerized gum.

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

SECTION 1. DIMERIZED GUM.

    (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       Dimerized gum      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         (100%) rosin,                                                      31/2011
                         catalyzed with
                         sulfuric acid,
                         softening point
                         not less than 92
                         degrees
                         centigrade, acid
                         number not less
                         than 140, (CAS
                         No. 65997-05-9)
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         3806.90.00)......

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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