[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1202 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1202

 To suspend temporarily the duty on unidirectional (cardioid) electret 
        condenser microphone modules for use in motor vehicles.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2005

Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin 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 unidirectional (cardioid) electret 
        condenser microphone modules for use in motor vehicles.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERTAIN MICROPHONES FOR USE IN AUTOMOTIVE INTERIORS.

    (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:


``      9902.85.18      Unidirectional      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         (cardioid)                                                         31/2007
                         electret
                         condenser
                         microphone
                         modules for use
                         in motor vehicles
                         provided for in
                         headings 8701
                         through 8705
                         (other than such
                         modules designed
                         for handheld,
                         microphone stand,
                         or lapel use),
                         the foregoing
                         each including
                         wire leads for
                         external
                         connection,
                         whether or not
                         including a multi-
                         pin board level
                         type connector
                         but not including
                         a battery
                         compartment;
                         having a typical
                         frequency
                         response of 250
                         Hertz through
                         7,000 Hertz with
                         no more than a 20
                         decibel deviation
                         in that frequency
                         range and an
                         electrostatic
                         discharge
                         immunity of 4,000
                         V (contact) and
                         8,000 V (air);
                         and capable of
                         operation and
                         storage in the
                         temperature range
                         of -40C through
                         85C and a
                         humidity of not
                         over 95 percent
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         8518.10.80)......

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
        shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after January 1, 2005.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, and 
        subject to paragraph (4), the entry of any article--
                    (A) that was made on or after January 1, 2005, and
                    (B) to which duty-free treatment would have applied 
                if the amendment made by this section had been in 
                effect on the date of such entry,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such duty-free 
        treatment applied, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
        refund any duty paid with respect to such entry.
            (3) Entry.--As used in this subsection, the term ``entry'' 
        includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
            (4) Requests.--Liquidation or reliquidation may be made 
        under paragraph (2) with respect to an entry only if a request 
        therefor is filed with the Bureau of Customs and Border 
        Protection, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, that contains sufficient information to enable the 
        Bureau of Customs and Border Protection--
                    (A) to locate the entry; or
                    (B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be 
                located.
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