[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1962 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1962

           To reduce temporarily the duty on sodium alginate.


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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 reduce temporarily the duty on sodium alginate.

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

SECTION 1. SODIUM ALGINATE.

    (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       Sodium alginate     2.1%         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          (CAS No. 9005-38-                                                  31/2011.......
                          3) (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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