[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2818 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2818

      To reduce temporarily the duty on automatic shower cleaners.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 17, 2006

   Mr. Kohl introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
      To reduce temporarily the duty on automatic shower cleaners.

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

SECTION 1. ELECTRIC AUTOMATIC SHOWER CLEANERS.

    (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:


``      9902.98.08      Bath and shower     2.1%         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         cleaner electric                                                   31/2009
                         device that
                         dispenses a
                         dilute solution
                         of detergents and
                         bleach
                         alternative into
                         a shower
                         enclosure using a
                         button activated,
                         battery powered
                         piston pump
                         controlled by a
                         microchip that
                         automatically
                         releases a
                         measured amount
                         of solution on
                         demand (provided
                         for in subheading
                         8509.80.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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