[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3087

 To suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic filament tow containing 85 
percent or more by weight of acrylonitrile units and 2 percent or more 
  but not over 3 percent of water, colored, crimped, with an average 
  decitex of 3.3 (plus or minus 10 percent) and an aggregate filament 
measure in the tow bundle between 660,000 and 1,200,000 decitex, with a 
                     length greater than 2 meters.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2012

  Mrs. Hagan 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 acrylic filament tow containing 85 
percent or more by weight of acrylonitrile units and 2 percent or more 
  but not over 3 percent of water, colored, crimped, with an average 
  decitex of 3.3 (plus or minus 10 percent) and an aggregate filament 
measure in the tow bundle between 660,000 and 1,200,000 decitex, with a 
                     length greater than 2 meters.

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

SECTION 1. ACRYLIC FILAMENT TOW CONTAINING 85 PERCENT OR MORE BY WEIGHT 
              OF ACRYLONITRILE UNITS AND 2 PERCENT OR MORE BUT NOT OVER 
              3 PERCENT OF WATER, COLORED, CRIMPED, WITH AN AVERAGE 
              DECITEX OF 3.3 (PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCENT) AND AN 
              AGGREGATE FILAMENT MEASURE IN THE TOW BUNDLE BETWEEN 
              660,000 AND 1,200,000 DECITEX, WITH A LENGTH GREATER THAN 
              2 METERS.

    (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      Acrylic filament    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        tow containing 85                                                  31/2015.......
                        percent or more
                        by weight of
                        acrylonitrile
                        units and 2
                        percent or more
                        but not over 3
                        percent of water,
                        colored, crimped,
                        with an average
                        decitex of 3.3
                        (plus or minus 10
                        percent) and an
                        aggregate
                        filament measure
                        in the tow bundle
                        between 660,000
                        and 1,200,000
                        decitex, with a
                        length greater
                        than 2 meters
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        5501.30.00)......

    (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 the enactment of this Act.
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