[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5397 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5397

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain battery assemblies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2008

  Mr. Hodes 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 certain battery assemblies.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN BATTERY ASSEMBLIES.

    (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:


``      9902.01.00       Battery assembly    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          containing Nickel                                                  31/2011.......
                          Metal Hydride or
                          Lithium-ion
                          storage batteries
                          designed for use
                          in two-wheeled,
                          electrically
                          powered
                          transportation
                          devices balanced
                          by gyroscope
                          sensors and
                          onboard
                          microprocessors
                          with two
                          independent non-
                          tandem wheels, of
                          heading 8711
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          8507.80.80)......

    (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to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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 the enactment of this Act.
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