[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5308 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5308

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain pepperoncini prepared or 
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at 0.5 percent or 
                                greater.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2008

 Mr. Pascrell 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 pepperoncini prepared or 
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid in concentrations at 0.5 percent or 
                                greater.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PEPPERONCINI PREPARED OR PRESERVED BY VINEGAR OR 
              ACETIC ACID IN CONCENTRATIONS AT 0.5 PERCENT OR GREATER.

    (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       Pepperoncini,       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          prepared or                                                        31/2011.......
                          preserved by
                          vinegar or acetic
                          acid in
                          concentrations at
                          0.5 percent or
                          greater (provided
                          for in subheading
                          2001.90.38)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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