[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5280 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5280

         To suspend temporarily the duty on certain alginates.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

Ms. Pingree of Maine 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 alginates.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ALGINATES.

    (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        Alginic acid (CAS   Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          No. 9005-32-7),                                                   12/31/2015
                          ammonium alginate
                          (9005-34-9),
                          potassium
                          alginate (CAS No.
                          9005-36-1),
                          calcium alginate
                          (9005-35-0), and
                          magnesium
                          alginate (CAS No.
                          37251-44-8)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3913.10.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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