[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2360 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2360

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fire retardant materials 
                        used to make mattresses.


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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 certain fire retardant materials 
                        used to make mattresses.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FIRE RETARDANT MATERIALS USED TO MAKE MATTRESSES.

    (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      Nonwoven fabric     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        consisting of two                                                  31/2011.......
                        layers of
                        needleloom felt,
                        the fabric
                        weighing less
                        than 250 g/m2, of
                        a thickness not
                        exceeding 3.7 mm,
                        of a blend of all
                        of the following
                        staple fibers
                        each with
                        filament decitex
                        measuring 3.5 or
                        less: fire
                        retardant rayon
                        staple fibers,
                        fire retardant
                        modacrylic staple
                        fibers, fire
                        retardant para-
                        aramid staple
                        fibers and
                        polyester staple
                        fibers (provided
                        for in subheading
                        5602.10.90)......

    (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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