[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1961 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1961

         To suspend temporarily the duty on certain alginates.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

  Ms. Collins 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 alginates.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ALGINATES.

    (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       Alginic acid (CAS   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          No. 9005-32-7),                                                    31/2011.......
                          ammonium alignate
                          (CAS No. 9005-34-
                          9), potassium
                          alginate (CAS No.
                          9005-36-1),
                          calcium alginate
                          (CAS No. 9005-35-
                          0), and magnesium
                          alginate (CAS No.
                          37251-44-8)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3913.10.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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