[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2405 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2405

To suspend temporarily the duty on thermoplastic biodegradable polymer 
                                 blend.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2012

 Mr. Lieberman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend temporarily the duty on thermoplastic biodegradable polymer 
                                 blend.

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

SECTION 1. THERMOPLASTIC BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLEND.

    (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         Thermoplastic      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          biodegradable                                                      31/2015
                          polymer blend
                          containing 1,4-
                          benzenedicarboxyl
                          ic acid, dimethyl
                          ester, polymer
                          with 1,4-
                          butanediol and
                          hexanedioic acid
                          (CAS No. 55231-08-
                          8) and/or 1,4-
                          benzenedicarboxyl
                          ic acid polymer
                          with 1,4
                          butanediol and
                          decanedioic acid
                          (CAS No. 28205-74-
                          5) and Starch
                          (CAS No. 9005-25-
                          8) and 1,4-
                          dioxane-2,5-
                          dione, 2,6-
                          dimethyl-(3R, 6R)-
                          polymer with rel-
                          (3R, 6S)-3,6-
                          dimethyl-1,4
                          dioxane-2,5-dione
                          and (3S, 6S)-3,6-
                          dimetyl-1,4-
                          dioxane-2,5-dione
                          (CAS No. 9051-89-
                          2) and 1,2,3-
                          propanetriol (CAS
                          No. 56-81-5)
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          3913.90.50)......

    (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 enactment of this Act.
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