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Tariff Bill of 1929

Comparative Print

of

H. R. 2667 (as passed by the House)

and

The Tariff Act of 1922

[The Tariff Act of 1922 is shown in roman type; the part
omitted is inclosed in brackets; and the new
legislation is shown in italic type]

United States
Government Printing Office

Washington: 1929

380079

HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 9

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the bill (H. R. 2667) to provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes, as passed by the House of Representatives and referred to the Committee on Finance of the Senate, be printed as a House document with an index and with the bill matter showing the existing tariff law in roman type, the parts omitted inclosed in brackets, and the new legislation in italic type; and that ten thousand additional copies of the publication be printed, of which four thousand shall be for the use of the House document room, four thousand for the House folding room, and two thousand for the Senate document room.

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71ST CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

H. R. 2667

1.

valorem; tannic acid, tannin, and extracts of nutgalls, containing by weight of tannic acid less than 50 per centum, [4] 6 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and not medicinal, [10] 12 cents per pound; 50 per centum or more and medicinal, [20] 22 cents per pound; tartaric acid, [6] 8 cents per pound; arsenic acid, 3 cents per pound; gallic acid, [8] 10 cents per pound; nitric acid, one-half of 1 cent per pound; [oleic acid or red oil, 11⁄2 cents per pound;] oxalic acid, [4] 6 cents per pound; phosphoric acid containing by weight of phosphoric acid less than 80 per centum, 2 cents per pound; 80 per centum or more, 31⁄2 cents per pound; pyrogallic acid, [12] 15 cents per pound; [stearic acid, 112 cents per pound;] and all other acids and acid anhydrides not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem. PAR 3. Acetaldehyde, aldol or acetaldol, aldehyde ammonia, butyraldehyde, crotonaldehyde, [paracetaldehyde,] paracetaldehyde; ethylene chlorohydrin, [ethylene dichloride, ethylene glycol, ethylene oxide, glycol monoacetate,] propylene chlorohydrin, [propylene dichloride, and propylene glycol,] butylene chlorohydrin; ethylene dichloride, propylene dichloride, butylene dichloride; ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, butylene oxide; ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, butylene glycol, and all other glycols or dihydric alcohols; monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, triethanolamine, ethylene diamine, and all other hydroxy alkyl amines and alkylene diamines; allyl alcohol, crotonyl alcohol, vinyl alcohol, and all other olefin or unsaturated alcohols; homologues and polymers of all the foregoing; ethers, esters, salts and nitrogenous compounds of any of the foregoing, whether polymerized or unpolymerized; and mixtures in chief value of any one or more of the foregoing; all the foregoing not specially provided for, 6 cents per pound and 30 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 3. Acetone [, acetone oil,] and ethyl methyl ketone, and their homologues, and acetone oil, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 4. Alcohol: Amyl, butyl, hexyl, and propyl, all the foregoing whether primary, secondary, or tertiary; [and] fusel oil; and mixtures in chief value of any one or more of the foregoing, 6 cents per pound; methyl or wood (or methanol) [12] 18 cents per gallon; and ethyl for nonbeverage purposes only, 15 cents per gallon.

PAR. 5. All chemical elements, all chemical salts and compounds, all medicinal preparations, and all combinations and mixtures of any of the foregoing, all the foregoing obtained naturally or artificially and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 6. Aluminum hydroxide or refined bauxite, one-half of 1 cent per pound; potassium aluminum sulphate or potash alum and ammonium aluminum sulphate or ammonia alum, three-fourths of 1 cent per pound; aluminum sulphate, alum cake or aluminous cake, containing not more than 15 per centum of alumina and more iron than the equivalent of one-tenth of 1 per centum of ferric oxide,

71ST CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

H. R. 2667

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 29, 1929

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

[The act as passed by the House. The part shown in roman type is the existing Tariff Act of 1922, the part to be omitted is inclosed in black brackets, and the new legislation is in italic type.]

AN ACT

To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries; to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes.

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

TITLE I.-DUTIABLE LIST

SECTION 1. That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila) the rates of duty which are prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this title, namely:

SCHEDULE 1-CHEMICALS, OILS, AND PAINTS

PARAGRAPH 1. Acids and acid anhydrides: Acetic acid containing by weight not more than 65 per centum of acetic acid, three-fourths of 1 cent per pound; containing by weight more than 65 per centum, 2 cents per pound; acetic anhydride, 5 cents per pound; boric acid, 112 cents per pound; chloroacetic acid, 5 cents per pound; citric acid, [17] 18 cents per pound; formic acid, 4 cents per pound; lactic acid, containing by weight of lactic acid less than 30 per centum, 2 cents per pound; 30 per centum or more and less than 55 per centum, 4 cents per pound; and 55 per centum or more, 9 cents per pound: Provided, That any lactic-acid anhydride present shall be determined as lactic acid and included as such: And provided further, That the duty on lactic acid shall not be less than 25 per centum ad

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