[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2579 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2579

To suspend temporarily the duty on insulated food or beverage bags with 
  outer surface of man made fiber, with removable inner liner of hard 
  plastic, certified by the importer as containing over 40 percent by 
        weight of recycled plastics, exceeding 300 mm in length.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2012

Mrs. Feinstein 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 insulated food or beverage bags with 
  outer surface of man made fiber, with removable inner liner of hard 
  plastic, certified by the importer as containing over 40 percent by 
        weight of recycled plastics, exceeding 300 mm in length.

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

SECTION 1. INSULATED FOOD OR BEVERAGE BAGS WITH OUTER SURFACE OF MAN 
              MADE FIBER, WITH REMOVABLE INNER LINER OF HARD PLASTIC, 
              CERTIFIED BY THE IMPORTER AS CONTAINING OVER 40 PERCENT 
              BY WEIGHT OF RECYCLED PLASTICS, EXCEEDING 300 MM IN 
              LENGTH.

    (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      Insulated food or   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        beverage bags                                                      31/2015.......
                        with outer
                        surface of man
                        made fiber, with
                        removable inner
                        liner of hard
                        plastic,
                        certified by the
                        importer as
                        containing over
                        40 percent by
                        weight of
                        recycled
                        plastics,
                        exceeding 300 mm
                        in length
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        4202.92.08)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
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.
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