[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1942 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1942

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

  Mr. Isakson 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 synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACRYLIC SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER.

    (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 92
                          percent
                          polyacrylonitrile
                          , not more than
                          .01 percent zinc
                          and from 2 to 8
                          percent water,
                          imported in the
                          form of 1 bundle
                          of crimped
                          product,
                          containing
                          214,000 filaments
                          (plus or minus 10
                          percent) and with
                          an average
                          filament decitex
                          of 4.0 to 5.6
                          decitex (plus or
                          minus 10
                          percent), and
                          length greater
                          than 2 meters
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          5501.30.00)......

    (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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