[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2676 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2676

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

                            November 2, 2009

   Mr. Burr 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. CERTAIN SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS THAT ARE 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/  ''.
                        fiber composed of                                                  31/2011.......
                        less than 85
                        percent but at
                        least 35 percent
                        by weight of
                        acrylonitrile
                        units, not more
                        than 2 to 3
                        percent water,
                        imported in the
                        form of non-
                        pigmented (ecru)
                        staple crimped
                        product with an
                        average filament
                        decitex of 1.9
                        (plus or minus 10
                        percent), and
                        fiber staple
                        length of 51 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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