[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1971 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1971

 To provide for the elimination of duties on certain comforter shells.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 2, 2009

  Mr. Spratt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for the elimination of duties on certain comforter shells.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF DUTIES ON CERTAIN COMFORTER SHELLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 503(b)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2463(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by amending the heading to read as follows: ``Certain 
        Household Textile Articles.--'';
            (2) by striking ``Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A)'' and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(A) Certain hand-knotted or hand-woven carpets.--
                Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A)''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Certain comforter shells.--Notwithstanding 
                paragraph (1)(A), the President may designate as an 
                eligible article or articles under subsection (a) 
                comforter shells of chief weight cotton that are 
                classifiable under subheading 6307.90.89 of the 
                Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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