[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5314 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5314

   To suspend temporarily the duty on a thermoplastic biodegradable 
                             polymer blend.


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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 blend.

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

SECTION 1. THERMOPLASTIC BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLEND.

    (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._._         Polymer blend       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          containing 1,4-                                                    31/2011.......
                          benzenedicarboxyl
                          ic acid dimethyl
                          ester,
                          polymerized with
                          1,4-butanediol
                          and decanedioic
                          acid (CAS No.
                          59914-11-3),
                          starch, and
                          glycerol (CAS No.
                          56-81-5)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3913.90.50)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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