[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1978 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1978

 To suspend temporarily the duty on modified steel leaf spring leaves.


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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 modified steel leaf spring leaves.

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

SECTION 1. MODIFIED STEEL LEAF SPRING LEAVES.

    (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 subheading:


``     9902.01.00      Single leaf spring  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        leaves of alloy                                                    31/2011.......
                        steel certified
                        by the importer
                        as of JIS grade
                        SUP 10H
                        (10SAE6150), each
                        measuring from
                        approximately 137
                        cm to 164 cm in
                        length and 10 cm
                        to 12 cm in width
                        inclusive, of a
                        thickness of 76
                        mm to 101.6 mm
                        inclusive, the
                        foregoing
                        designed for
                        multi leaf and
                        taper leaf
                        construction
                        units designed
                        for use in Class
                        7 and 8 trucks
                        only, weighing
                        41.4 kg to 89.4
                        kg, produced
                        using a patented
                        modified aus-
                        forming process
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        7320.10.60),
                        assembled multi-
                        leaf spring units
                        are not included.

    (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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