[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2419 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2419

  To suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic or modacrylic synthetic 
                             filament tow.


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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 acrylic or modacrylic synthetic 
                             filament tow.

    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 FILAMENT TOW.

    (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 fiber tow   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          containing 85                                                      31/2011.......
                          percent or more
                          by weight of
                          acrylonitrile
                          units and 2
                          percent or more
                          but not over 3
                          percent of water,
                          raw white
                          (undyed),
                          crimped, with
                          average filament
                          decitex of 3.3
                          (plus or minus 10
                          percent) and an
                          aggregate
                          filament measure
                          in the tow bundle
                          between 660,000
                          and 1,200,000
                          decitex, with a
                          length greater
                          than 2 meters
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          5501.30.00)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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