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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 7, 2005
Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 2009, the duty on: (1) mixtures of zinc dialkyldithiophosphate with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, dispersing agents and silica; (2) mixtures of dithiocarbamate, thiazole, thiuram and thiourea with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (3) mixtures of caprolactam disulfide with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (4) mixtures of N-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-N,N-dimethylurea; (5) mixtures of zinc dicyanato diammine with an elastomer binder of ethylene-propylene-diene monomer and ethyl vinyl acetate, and dispersing agents; (6) 4,8-Dicyclohexyl -6-2,10-dimethyl -12H-dibenzo [d,g][1,3,2]dioxaphosphocin; (7) mixtures of Benzenesulfonic acid, dodecyl-, with 2-aminoethanol and Poly (oxy-1,2-ethanediyl), a-[(9Z)-1-oxo-9- octadecenyl]-w-hydroxy-; and (8) 1,3-Dihydro-3,3-bis (4-hydroxy-m-tolyl)-2H-indol-2-one.
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Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] · D–NJ
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