[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2166 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2166

  To suspend until June 30, 2003, the duty on transformers for use in 
certain radiobroadcast receivers with compact disc players and capable 
             of receiving signals on AM and FM frequencies.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2000

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend until June 30, 2003, the duty on transformers for use in 
certain radiobroadcast receivers with compact disc players and capable 
             of receiving signals on AM and FM frequencies.

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

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF DUTY ON TRANSFORMERS FOR USE IN CERTAIN RADIO 
              BROADCAST RECEIVERS WITH COMPACT DISC PLAYERS AND CAPABLE 
              OF RECEIVING SIGNALS ON AM AND FM FREQUENCIES.

    (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:

      

``    9902.85.05    120/60Hz          Free              No change         No change         On or before   6/
                     electrical                                                              30/2003          ''
                     transformers                                                                              .
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     8504.31.40),
                     with dimensions
                     not exceeding
                     51.7mm by 78mm
                     by 91mm and
                     each containing
                     a layered and
                     uncut round
                     core with two
                     balanced
                     bobbins,
                     imported for
                     use as
                     components in
                     radio recorder
                     combinations,
                     incorporating
                     optical disc
                     (including
                     compact disc)
                     players or
                     recorders
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     8527.31.60),
                     the foregoing
                     which include a
                     resonant system
                     tuned to at
                     least five
                     audible
                     frequencies....

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect 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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