[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6183 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6183

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove 
                        the tariffs on ethanol.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2008

 Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida introduced the following bill; which 
            was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to remove 
                        the tariffs on ethanol.

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

SECTION 1. REMOVAL OF TARIFFS ON ETHANOL.

    (a) Duty-Free Treatment.--Chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subchapter:


                                                ``Subchapter XXII
                                                Alternative Fuels
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                                                                        Rates of Duty
                                           ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Heading/Subheading    Article Description                         1
                                           -----------------------------------------------           2
                                                    General                Special
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9823.01.01          Ethyl alcohol           Free                    Free                   20%''.
                     (provided for in
                     subheadings
                     2207.10.60 and
                     2207.20) or any
                     mixture containing
                     such ethyl alcohol
                     (provided for in
                     heading 2710 or 2824)
                     if such ethyl alcohol
                     or mixture is to be
                     used as a fuel or in
                     producing a mixture
                     of gasoline and
                     alcohol, a mixture of
                     a special fuel and
                     alcohol, or any other
                     mixture to be used as
                     fuel (including motor
                     fuel provided for in
                     subheading
                     2710.11.15,
                     2710.19.15 or
                     2710.19.21), or is
                     suitable for any such
                     uses.................
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    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Subchapter I of chapter 99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
            (1) by striking heading 9901.00.50; and
            (2) by striking U.S. notes 2 and 3.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply 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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