[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2450 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2450

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2011

Mr. Davis of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-intensity sweetener.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN HIGH-INTENSITY SWEETENER.

    (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       High-intensity     Free           No change      No change      On or before   ''.
                        sweetener                                                       12/31/2013.
                        extracted from
                        the cultivar
                        variety of
                        Stevia
                        Rebaudiana
                        Bertoni
                        containing at
                        least 95%
                        Rebaudioside A
                        and also
                        containing
                        Rebaudioside O
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        2938.90.00).....

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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 enactment of this Act.
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