[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2125 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2125

To suspend temporarily the duty on mobile and base radio scanners that 
                       are combined with a clock.


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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 mobile and base radio scanners that 
                       are combined with a clock.

    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 MOBILE AND BASE RADIO SCANNERS THAT 
              ARE COMBINED WITH A CLOCK.

    (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:
      

``      9902.85.23        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
                           combined with a
                           clock, and that are
                           either mounted on a
                           base or designed for
                           use in an automobile
                           or boat (provided for
                           in subheading
                           8527.32.50)..........

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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