[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1308 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1308

To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on certain machinery used to 
                            recycle mercury.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               July 29, (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Mr. Durenberger introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on certain machinery used to 
                            recycle mercury.

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

SECTION 1. MERCURY RECYCLING CRUSHERS AND DISTILLERS.

    Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new headings:

      

       ``  9902.87.17    Distiller units for removing mercury from mercury                      No change        No change        On or before 12/      
                          containing fluorescent powder to the extent that                                                         31/94             '';
                          the recovered mercury is in free-flowing liquid                                                                            and
                          form and over 99 percent pure (provided for in                                                                                
                          subheading 8419.40.00).............................  Free                                                                     
       ``  9902.87.18    Crush and sieve units and H.I.D. lamp crushers for                     No change        No change        On or before 12/      
                          crushing used fluorescent lights and other mercury                                                       31/94             ''.
                          containing waste items for recycling purposes and                                                                             
                          capable of recovering over 99 percent of the                                                                                  
                          mercury in the waste items (provided for in                                                                                   
                          subheading 8479.82.00).............................  Free                                                                     

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to goods 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
fifteenth day after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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