[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4949 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4949

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain bulk container bags.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2012

  Mr. Owens 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 bulk container bags.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN BULK CONTAINER BAGS.

    (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        Bulk container      Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          bags made from                                                    12/31/2015
                          clear
                          polyethylene
                          strips measuring
                          less than 5 mm in
                          width, the strips
                          being woven and
                          then coated on
                          both sides with
                          white
                          polyethylene
                          forming exterior
                          layers
                          approximately 2
                          mm in thickness
                          that are visible
                          to the naked eye
                          other than merely
                          by change in
                          color, the
                          foregoing to be
                          used for the
                          shipping of dry,
                          non-hazardous
                          flowable
                          commodities
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3923.21.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by 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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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