[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1988 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1988

        To suspend temporarily the duty on certain bamboo vases.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

 Ms. Klobuchar 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 bamboo vases.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN BAMBOO VASES.

    (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      Vases made of       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        strips of bamboo                                                   31/2011.......
                        bonded together
                        and varnished to
                        give the
                        appearance of
                        solid wood
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        4602.11.09)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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