[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5431 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5431

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain cellular plastic sheets for 
                            use in filters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 2008

 Mr. Ellison 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 cellular plastic sheets for 
                            use in filters.

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

SECTION 1. CELLULAR PLASTIC SHEETS FOR FILTERS.

    (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       Cellular Plastic    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          Sheets; of poly-                                                   31/2011.......
                          tetrafluoroethyle
                          ne measuring 10
                          microns to 140
                          microns thick
                          with pore size
                          less than 0.15
                          microns which
                          retain
                          Polystyrene Latex
                          beads of 0.15
                          microns or less,
                          or of
                          polyethersulfone,
                          for use in
                          manufacturing
                          filters of
                          heading 8421
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3921.19.00)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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