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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3151 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3151

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain plaiting material products 
                   suitable for use in window shades.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   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 certain plaiting material products 
                   suitable for use in window shades.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PLAITING MATERIAL PRODUCTS SUITABLE FOR USE IN 
              WINDOW SHADES.

    (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      Plaiting material   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        products suitable                                                  31/2015.......
                        for use in window
                        shades, in rolls
                        each having an
                        area measuring
                        over 27.85 m2 but
                        less than 46.46
                        m2, of wood slats
                        each measuring
                        over 6 mm or more
                        but not greater
                        than 8 mm in
                        width or over 22
                        mm or more but
                        not to exceed 25
                        mm in width and
                        measuring 1 mm or
                        more but not
                        greater than 2 mm
                        in thickness, and/
                        or bamboo reeds
                        measuring 1 mm or
                        more but not
                        greater than 2.5
                        mm in width, and/
                        or marupa wood
                        rods measuring
                        over 1.5 mm or
                        more but not
                        greater than 3 mm
                        in diameter, and/
                        or paper rope,
                        the foregoing
                        woven with
                        polyester yarn
                        into a repeating
                        pattern which may
                        also include
                        jute, polyester
                        yarn or paper
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        4601.94.20)......

    (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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