[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5365 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5365

To reduce temporarily the rate of duty on certain machinery for molding 
                     unvulcanized rubber for tires.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

 Mr. Duncan of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce temporarily the rate of duty on certain machinery for molding 
                     unvulcanized rubber for tires.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN MACHINERY FOR MOLDING UNVULCANIZED RUBBER FOR TIRES.

    (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        Numerically         Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          controlled                                                        12/31/2015
                          machinery for
                          molding or
                          otherwise forming
                          uncured,
                          unvulcanized
                          rubber to be used
                          in production of
                          radial tires, the
                          foregoing not
                          containing in a
                          single housing
                          both components
                          for processing
                          rubber,
                          assembling tire
                          components, and
                          for curing green
                          tires of
                          subheading
                          4011.10.10
                          designed for use
                          on motor cars
                          (including
                          stations wagons),
                          such tires with
                          rim diameters
                          measuring 38.10
                          cm or more but
                          not greater than
                          50.8 cm, and
                          tires of
                          subheading
                          4011.20.10
                          designed for use
                          on on-highway
                          light trucks, and
                          parts thereof
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          8477.20.00)......

    (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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