[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5379 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5379

To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain reusable grocery 
                                 bags.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain reusable grocery 
                                 bags.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN REUSABLE GROCERY BAGS.

    (a) In General.--Heading 9902.40.01 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (relating to shopping bags of an outer 
surface of spun bonded polypropylene fabric or nonwoven polypropylene 
fabric) is amended by striking the date in the effective period column 
and inserting ``12/31/2015''.
    (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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