[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1706 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1706

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 24, 2009

 Mr. Barrasso introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACRYLIC FIBER TOW.

    (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      Acrylic fiber tow   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        (polyacrylonitril                                                  31/2011.......
                        e tow) containing
                        by weight a
                        minimum of 98
                        percent
                        acrylonitrile,
                        not more than
                        30ppm sodium and
                        from 2 to 4
                        percent water,
                        imported in the
                        form of three sub-
                        bundles, each
                        containing 50,000
                        filaments and
                        with average
                        filament
                        measuring 1.2
                        decitex (plus or
                        minus
                        0.1)(provided for
                        in subheading
                        5501.30.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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