[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5313 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5313

   To suspend temporarily the duty on a thermoplastic biodegradable 
                                polymer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2008

  Mr. Shays 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 a thermoplastic biodegradable 
                                polymer.

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

SECTION 1. THERMOPLASTIC BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER.

    (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._._         1,4-                Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          Benzenedicarboxyl                                                  31/2011.......
                          ic acid, dimethyl
                          ester, polymer
                          with 1,4-
                          butanediol and
                          decanedioic acid
                          (CAS No. 59914-11-
                          3) (provided for
                          in subheading
                          3907.99.01)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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