[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2152 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2152

To suspend temporarily the duty on grocery bags wholly of cotton canvas 
                                fabric.


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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 wholly of cotton canvas 
                                fabric.

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

SECTION 1. GROCERY BAGS WHOLLY OF COTTON CANVAS FABRIC.

    (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        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        wholly of cotton                                                   31/2011.......
                        canvas fabric, of
                        which the fabric
                        comprising the
                        outer surface of
                        the bag is at
                        least 237 grams
                        per square meter
                        and does not
                        exceed 509 grams
                        per square meter,
                        with handles
                        wholly of cotton
                        canvas sewn on,
                        with a capacity
                        not to exceed 23
                        liters each, each
                        shaped with
                        compartments to
                        carry multiple
                        bottles purchased
                        in grocery
                        stores,
                        supermarkets,
                        wine or liquor
                        stores or the
                        like (provided
                        for in subheading
                        4202.92.90)......

    (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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