[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2087 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2087

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain power panels specifically 
designed for wind turbine generators to transfer electric power to and 
 from a utility power grid at 2100 kW at 600 volts with a nominal full 
                           load of 2190 amps.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 Ms. Klobuchar 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 power panels specifically 
designed for wind turbine generators to transfer electric power to and 
 from a utility power grid at 2100 kW at 600 volts with a nominal full 
                           load of 2190 amps.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN POWER PANELS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR WIND TURBINE 
              GENERATORS TO TRANSFER ELECTRIC POWER TO AND FROM A 
              UTILITY POWER GRID AT 2100 KW AT 600 VOLTS WITH A NOMINAL 
              FULL LOAD OF 2190 AMPS.

    (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      Power panels        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        specifically                                                       31/2011.......
                        designed for wind
                        turbine
                        generators in
                        excess of 2 MW;
                        such panels
                        designed to
                        transfer electric
                        power to and from
                        a utility power
                        grid at 2100 kW
                        at 600 volts with
                        a nominal full
                        load of 2190
                        amps; with
                        dimensions of
                        2350-2450 mm
                        (length) x 550-
                        650 mm (width) x
                        2200-2350 mm
                        (height); and
                        with a display
                        system that
                        monitors at a
                        minimum wind
                        speed, yaw
                        position, and
                        blade pitch angle
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8537.10.90)......

    (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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