[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2467 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2467

          To suspend temporarily the duty on photomask blanks.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

  Mr. Cornyn 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 photomask blanks.

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

SECTION 1. PHOTOMASK BLANKS.

    (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       Photomask blanks,   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          either binary or                                                   31/2011.......
                          phase shift, with
                          synthetic quartz
                          substrates, with
                          zero defects
                          greater than 0.5
                          microns in the
                          photoresist and
                          chromium or phase
                          shift layer
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3701.99.60)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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