[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2304 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2304

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 25, 2002

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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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