[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2006 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2006

  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2009

 Mr. Chambliss introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reduce temporarily the duty on certain acrylic synthetic staple 
                                 fiber.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACRYLIC SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBER WITH AN AVERAGE 
              FILAMENT DECITEX OF 4.0 TO 5.6.

    (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       Acrylic fiber tow   1.2%         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          (polyacrylontrile                                                  31/2011.......
                          tow) containing
                          by weight a
                          minimum of 92%
                          polyacrylonitrile
                          , not more than
                          .01 percent zinc
                          and from 2 to 8
                          percent water,
                          imported in the
                          form of 8 sub-
                          bundles, crimped
                          together, each
                          containing 24,000
                          filaments (plus
                          or minus 10
                          percent) and with
                          an average
                          filament decitex
                          of 4.0 to 5.6
                          decitex (plus or
                          minus 10
                          percent), and
                          length greater
                          than 2 meters
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          5501.30.00)......

    (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 enactment of this Act.
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