[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5600 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5600

 To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on Encapsulated Ascorbic Acid.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2012

 Mr. Ellison 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 Encapsulated Ascorbic Acid.

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

SECTION 1. ENCAPSULATED ASCORBIC ACID.

    (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        Ascorbic acid (CAS  Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          No. 50-81-7)                                                      12/31/2015
                          encapsulated in
                          cellulose acetate
                          butyrate (CAS No.
                          9004-36-8)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3815.90.50)......

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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