[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1993 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1993

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable fabric cotton bags.


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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 reusable fabric cotton bags.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN REUSABLE FABRIC [COTTON] BAGS.

    (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      Reusable fabric     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        cotton bags                                                        31/2011.......
                        entered with at
                        least one article
                        of bedding per
                        bag (provided for
                        in subheading
                        4202.92.15)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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