[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1994 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1994

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reusable fabric 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 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 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/  ''.
                        bags entered with                                                  31/2011.......
                        at least one
                        article of
                        bedding per bag
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        6307.90.98)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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