[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2708 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2708

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fiberglass sheets used in 
                               flooring.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2012

   Mr. Casey 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 certain fiberglass sheets used in 
                               flooring.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FIBERGLASS SHEETS USED IN FLOORING.

    (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      Smooth nonwoven     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        fiberglass                                                         31/2015.......
                        sheets,
                        approximately 0.3
                        mm but not over
                        0.8 mm in
                        thickness,
                        predominantly of
                        glass fibers
                        bound together in
                        a polyvinyl
                        alcohol matrix or
                        modified acrylic -
                         polyvinyl
                        alcohol matrix
                        with a
                        formaldehyde
                        emissivity below
                        20 mgm<bullet>m-2
                        <bullet>hr-1, in
                        wide mats
                        measuring between
                        3.5 and 5 meters,
                        the foregoing of
                        a kind primarily
                        used as carrier
                        for cushion vinyl
                        flooring
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        7019.32.00)......

    (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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