[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2042

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain reconstituted tobacco.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 Mr. Menendez 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 reconstituted tobacco.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN RECONSTITUTED TOBACCO.

    (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       `Reconstituted'     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          tobacco (provided                                                  31/2011.......
                          for in subheading
                          2403.91.47),
                          presented in the
                          form of irregular
                          strips or diamond
                          shapes, certified
                          by the importer
                          (1) to contain 50
                          percent or more
                          by weight of
                          United States-
                          origin tobacco
                          content, and (2)
                          to have been
                          manufactured in a
                          paper-making type
                          process, the
                          foregoing
                          excluding
                          `products of
                          Canada, Israel or
                          Mexico' under the
                          terms of
                          Additional U.S.
                          Note 5(b)(i) to
                          chapter 24.......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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