[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3158 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3158

 To suspend temporarily the duty on acrylic staple fibers, not carded, 
 combed, or otherwise processed for spinning, with a decitex of 2.4 to 
   3.7 (plus or minus 10 percent), a fiber shrinkage of from 0 to 22 
percent (plus or minus 10 percent), and a cut fiber length of 89 mm to 
                140 mm, with a target length of 115 mm.


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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 staple fibers, not carded, 
 combed, or otherwise processed for spinning, with a decitex of 2.4 to 
   3.7 (plus or minus 10 percent), a fiber shrinkage of from 0 to 22 
percent (plus or minus 10 percent), and a cut fiber length of 89 mm to 
                140 mm, with a target length of 115 mm.

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

SECTION 1. ACRYLIC STAPLE FIBERS, NOT CARDED, COMBED, OR OTHERWISE 
              PROCESSED FOR SPINNING, WITH A DECITEX OF 2.4 TO 3.7 
              (PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCENT), A FIBER SHRINKAGE OF FROM 0 
              TO 22 PERCENT (PLUS OR MINUS 10 PERCENT), AND A CUT FIBER 
              LENGTH OF 89 MM TO 140 MM, WITH A TARGET LENGTH OF 115 
              MM.

    (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 staple      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        fibers                                                             31/2015.......
                        (polyacrylonitril
                        e staple), not
                        carded, combed or
                        otherwise
                        processed for
                        spinning, the
                        foregoing
                        containing by
                        weight 92 percent
                        or more of
                        polyacrylonitrile
                        , not more than
                        0.01 percent of
                        zinc and 2
                        percent or more
                        but not over 8
                        percent of water,
                        with a decitex of
                        2.4 to 3.7 (plus
                        or minus 10
                        percent), a fiber
                        shrinkage of from
                        0 to 22 percent
                        (plus or minus 10
                        percent), and a
                        cut fiber length
                        of 89 mm to 140
                        mm, with a target
                        length of 115 mm
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        5503.30.00)......

    (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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