[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2167 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2167

  To suspend until June 30, 2003, the duty on transformers for use in 
certain radiobroadcast receivers 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 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 
              RADIOBROADCAST RECEIVERS 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:

      

``    9902.85.04    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
                     78mm by 64.5mm
                     by 88.7mm and
                     containing
                     stacked EI
                     laminations
                     with an
                     integral
                     bobbin,
                     imported for
                     use as
                     components in
                     radiobroadcast
                     receivers with
                     digital clock
                     or clock-timer,
                     valued over $40
                     each (provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     8527.32.50),
                     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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