To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2008, the duty on Acrylic fiber tow (polyacrylonitrile tow) consisting of 1 to 12 sub-bundles crimped together, each containing 24,000 filaments (plus or minus 0.06) and 4-8 percent water, such acrylic fiber containing a minimum of 92 percent acrylonitrile, not more than 0.1 percent zinc, and average filament denier of 1.5 decitex (plus or minus 0.08).

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1978 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1978

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

  Mrs. Cubin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain acrylic fiber tow.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ACRYLIC FIBER TOW.

    (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:


``      9902.55.02       Acrylic fiber tow  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         (polyacrylonitril                                                  31/2008
                         e tow) consisting
                         of 1 to 12 sub-
                         bundles crimped
                         together, each
                         containing 24,000
                         filaments (plus
                         or minus 0.06)
                         and 4-8 percent
                         water, such
                         acrylic fiber
                         containing a
                         minimum of 92
                         percent
                         acrylonitrile,
                         not more than 0.1
                         percent zinc, and
                         average filament
                         denier of 1.5
                         decitex (plus or
                         minus 0.08)
                         (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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