[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5538 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5538

       To suspend temporarily the duty on certain sleeping bags.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2008

  Mr. Nunes 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 sleeping bags.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN SLEEPING BAGS.

    (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       Sleeping bags of    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          manmade fiber,                                                     31/2011.......
                          containing 20% or
                          more by weight of
                          feathers and or
                          down, valued over
                          $40 (provided for
                          in subheading
                          9404.30.40)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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