[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3983 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3983

      To suspend temporarily the duty on certain high-performance 
                             loudspeakers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 2, 2009

 Mr. Markey of Massachusetts 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 high-performance 
                             loudspeakers.

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

SECTION 1. 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:


``     9902.01.00      Loudspeakers not    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        mounted in their                                                   31/2012.......
                        enclosures
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8518.29.80), the
                        foregoing which
                        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 according
                        to Institute of
                        Electronics and
                        Engineers (IEEE)
                        Standard 219-1975
                        and International
                        Electrotechnical
                        Commission (IEC)
                        Standard 60268-5.

    (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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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