[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2348 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2348

To suspend temporarily the duty on reusable surgical drapes of textile 
                               materials.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

  Mr. Voinovich (for himself and Mr. Brown) 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 reusable surgical drapes of textile 
                               materials.

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

SECTION 1. REUSABLE SURGICAL DRAPES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.

    (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       Reusable surgical   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          drapes of textile                                                  31/2011.......
                          materials
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          6307.90.72)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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