A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain laundry work surfaces.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain laundry work surfaces.

[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2375 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2375

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain laundry work surfaces.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 Mr. Voinovich 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 laundry work surfaces.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN LAUNDRY WORK SURFACES.

    (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      Laundry work        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        surfaces, each                                                     31/2011.......
                        comprising a
                        molded polyvinyl
                        chloride plastic
                        base with
                        backguard supply
                        tray and having a
                        chemical and
                        scratch-resistant
                        synthetic rubber
                        work mat insert
                        on the top
                        surface, the
                        foregoing
                        designed for
                        placement across
                        the tops of
                        household front-
                        loading clothes
                        washer and dryer
                        pairs to make a
                        single work
                        surface (provided
                        for in subheading
                        4016.99.05)......

    (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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