II 112th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2545 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 7, 2012 Mr. Brown of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the duty on sanitary towels and tampons, diapers and diaper liners for babies, and similar articles, of any material.

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Technical correction relating to duty on sanitary towels and tampons, diapers and diaper liners for babies, and similar articles, of any material

(a)

In general

Subheading 9619.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (relating to sanitary towels and tampons, diapers and diaper liners for babies, and similar articles, of any material) is amended by striking subheadings 9619.00.05 through 9619.00.90 and inserting the following new subheadings, with the article descriptions for such subheadings having the same degree of indentation as the article description for subheading 9616.10.00: 9619.00.10Diapers of cotton, other than knitted or crocheted9.3%Free (BH, CA, CL, IL, JO, KR, MA, MX, OM, P, PE, SG) 3% (AU)90% 9619.00.20OtherFree35% . (b)

Special duty rate staging

The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not be construed to affect the special duty rate staging with respect to articles imported from Australia proclaimed before the date of the enactment of this Act. (c)

Effective date

The amendments made by subsection (a) apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.