[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2417 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2417

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain synthetic staple fibers that 
      are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

  Mrs. Hagan 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 synthetic staple fibers that 
      are not carded, combed, or otherwise processed for spinning.

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

SECTION 1. ACRYLIC OR MODACRYLIC SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS, NOT CARDED, 
              COMBED, OR OTHERWISE PROCESSED FOR SPINNING.

    (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       Acrylic staple      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          fibers                                                             31/2011.......
                          (polyacrylonitril
                          e staple)
                          containing 85
                          percent or more
                          by weight of
                          acrylonitrile
                          units and 2
                          percent or more
                          but not over 3
                          percent of water,
                          not pigmented
                          (ecru), crimped,
                          with an average
                          filament decitex
                          of 1.3 (plus or
                          minus 10 percent)
                          and fiber length
                          of 40 mm (plus or
                          minus 10 percent)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          5503.30.00)......

    (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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