[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1979 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1979

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fiberglass sheets used to 
                          make ceiling tiles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

   Mr. Casey 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 fiberglass sheets used to 
                          make ceiling tiles.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FIBERGLASS SHEETS USED TO MAKE CEILING TILES.

    (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      Thin smooth         Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        nonwoven                                                           31/2011.......
                        fiberglass
                        sheets,
                        approximately 0.4
                        mm to 0.8 mm
                        thick, comprised
                        principally of a
                        blend of 8 micron
                        and 10 micron
                        glass fibers
                        bound in an
                        acrylic latex
                        binder cross-
                        linked with a
                        melamine-
                        formaldehyde
                        resin of a kind
                        primarily used as
                        acoustical facing
                        for ceiling
                        panels (provided
                        for in subheading
                        7019.32.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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