[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1123

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain microphones used in 
                         automotive interiors.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 25, 2005

 Mr. Levin (for himself and Mr. DeWine) 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 microphones used in 
                         automotive interiors.

    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         Microphones for     Free             No change      No change      On or before 12/
                           use in automotive                                                  31/2007         ''
                           interiors having                                                                    .
                           a typical
                           frequency
                           response of 250
                           Hz through 7 kHz
                           (<plus-minus> at
                           1kHz), ESD
                           immunity of 4kV
                           (contact) and 8kV
                           (air), which are
                           capable of
                           operation and
                           storage in the
                           temperature range
                           of -40-+90C and
                           humidity of 0--
                           95% (provided for
                           in subheading
                           8518.10.80.30)...

    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
        apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (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, or withdrawal from 
        warehouse for consumption, of a good described in heading 
        9902.85.18 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
        States (as added by subsection (a)) that was made--
                    (A) on or after January 1, 2005; and
                    (B) before the 15th day after the date of enactment 
                of this Act, and
        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.--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 proper 
        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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