[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1974 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1974

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain flavored green tea in 
       immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kilograms.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

 Ms. Cantwell 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 flavored green tea in 
       immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kilograms.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FLAVORED GREEN TEA IN IMMEDIATE PACKINGS OF A 
              CONTENT NOT EXCEEDING 3 KILOGRAMS.

    (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       Flavored green tea  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          (not fermented)                                                    31/2011.......
                          in immediate
                          packings of a
                          content not
                          exceeding 3 kg
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          0902.10.10)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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