[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2124 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  2d Session
                                S. 2124

      To suspend temporarily the duty on hand-held radio scanners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 15, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
      To suspend temporarily the duty on hand-held radio scanners.

    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 HAND-HELD RADIO SCANNERS.

    (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:
      

``      9902.85.22        Electrical devices      Free      No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           designed to receive                                               31/2005          ''
                           and monitor publicly                                                                .
                           transmitted radio
                           communications,
                           valued at over $40
                           each, that are
                           intended to be hand-
                           held (provided for in
                           subheading
                           8527.19.50)..........

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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 enactment of this Act.
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