[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2151

   To suspend temporarily the duty on grocery bags with an exterior 
          surface of nonwoven fabric wholly of polypropylene.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

Mr. Specter (for himself and Mr. Casey) 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 grocery bags with an exterior 
          surface of nonwoven fabric wholly of polypropylene.

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

SECTION 1. GROCERY BAGS WITH AN EXTERIOR SURFACE OF NONWOVEN FABRIC 
              WHOLLY OF POLYPROPYLENE.

    (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      Grocery bags with   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        an exterior                                                        31/2011.......
                        surface of
                        nonwoven fabric
                        wholly of
                        polypropylene, of
                        which the fabric
                        comprising the
                        outer surface of
                        the bag is at
                        least 70 grams
                        per square meter
                        and does not
                        exceed 110 grams
                        per square meter,
                        with a foam
                        insulation
                        lining, with
                        handles of
                        nonwoven fabric
                        wholly of
                        polypropylene
                        sewn on, with a
                        capacity not to
                        exceed 23 liters
                        each, of a type
                        used to carry
                        food or beverages
                        purchased in
                        grocery stores,
                        supermarkets or
                        pharmacies or the
                        like (provided
                        for in subheading
                        4202.92.08)......

    (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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