[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5530 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5530

  To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on certain woven fabrics of 
  synthetic staple fibers, containing 85 percent or more by weight of 
                        polyester staple fibers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on certain woven fabrics of 
  synthetic staple fibers, containing 85 percent or more by weight of 
                        polyester staple fibers.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN WOVEN FABRICS OF SYNTHETIC STAPLE FIBERS, CONTAINING 
              85 PERCENT OR MORE BY WEIGHT OF POLYESTER STAPLE FIBERS.

    (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        Certain woven       Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          fabrics of                                                        12/31/2015
                          synthetic staple
                          fibers,
                          containing 85
                          percent or more
                          by weight of
                          polyester staple
                          fibers (provided
                          for in subheading
                          5512.19.00 ).....

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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