[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3823 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3823

     To remove preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the 
       Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 22, 2010

 Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
     To remove preferential treatment for sleeping bags under the 
       Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE 
              ARTICLES.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.; relating to the Generalized 
System of Preferences), no textile article classifiable under 
subheading 9404.30.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States is eligible for duty-free or other preferential treatment under 
such title V.
    (b) Applicability.--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withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 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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