[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4197 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4197

      To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance 
                             loudspeakers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2002

 Mr. Markey (for himself and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
                                 Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance 
                             loudspeakers.

    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 CERTAIN HIGH-PERFORMANCE LOUDSPEAKERS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by striking heading 
9902.85.20 and inserting the following new heading:

      

``    9902.85.20    Loudspeakers not  Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     mounted in                                                              31/2005          ''
                     their                                                                                     .
                     enclosures
                     (provided for
                     in subheading
                     8518.29.80),
                     the foregoing
                     which meet a
                     performance
                     standard of not
                     more than 1.5
                     dB for the
                     average level
                     of 3 or more
                     octave bands,
                     when such
                     loudspeakers
                     are tested in a
                     reverberant
                     chamber........

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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