[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2305 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2305

To suspend temporarily the duty on parts for use in the manufacture of 
                 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 parts for use in the manufacture of 
                 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 PARTS FOR USE IN MANUFACTURING 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 
9902.85.21 and inserting the following new heading:

      

``    9902.85.21    Parts for use in  Free              No change         No change         On or before 12/
                     the manufacture                                                         31/2005          ''
                     of loudspeakers                                                                           .
                     not mounted in
                     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 (such
                     parts provided
                     for in
                     subheading
                     8518.90.80)....

    (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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