[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3254 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3254

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

                              May 26, 2006

  Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mr. Frist) 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. PARTS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CERTAIN HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
              LOUDSPEAKERS.

    (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        Parts for use in the    Free      No change       No change       On or before 12/
                           manufacture of                                                    31/2009          ''
                           loudspeakers that,                                                                  .
                           when not mounted in
                           their enclosures,
                           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
                           (provided for in
                           subheading
                           8518.90.80)..........

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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