[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2196 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2196

    To suspend temporarily the duty on powdered ion exchange resin 
  comprising a copolymer of styrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, 
                      sulphonic acid, sodium form.


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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 powdered ion exchange resin 
  comprising a copolymer of styrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, 
                      sulphonic acid, sodium form.

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

SECTION 1. POWDERED ION EXCHANGE RESIN COMPRISING A COPOLYMER OF 
              STYRENE CROSSLINKED WITH DIVINYLBENZENE, SULPHONIC ACID, 
              SODIUM FORM.

    (a) In General.--Heading 9902.02.34 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (relating to powdered ion exchange resin 
comprising a copolymer of styrene crosslinked with divinylbenzene, 
sulphonic acid, sodium form) is amended to read as follows:


``      9902.02.34       Powdered ion        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          exchange resin                                                     31/2011.......
                          comprised of a
                          copolymer of
                          styrene, cross
                          linked with
                          divinyl-benzene,
                          further reacted
                          to provide
                          sulfonic acid
                          functionality
                          (sodium form),
                          having a nominal
                          particle size of
                          0.075 mm to 0.150
                          mm, dried to a
                          moisture content
                          of not more than
                          10% (CAS No.
                          63182-08-1)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3914.00.60)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles 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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