II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2269 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES October 29, 2009 Mrs. Feinstein introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the temporary suspension of duty for certain DVD readers and writers.

1.

Certain DVD readers and writers

(a)

In general

The article description for subheading 9902.23.36 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended to read as follows: Multi-format mini-DVD camcorder with photo frame-grab capability and internal hard drive (specifically, readability in DVD–R, DVD–RW, DVD–RAM and DVD+RW formats), whether or not containing other features such as USB 2.0 port, memory card slot (provided for in subheading 8525.40.80).. (b)

Effective date

(1)

In general

The amendment made by this section applies to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2007. (2)

Retroactive application

Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1504) or any other provision of law, upon proper request being filed with U.S. Customs and Border Protection before the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption of an article described in subheading 9902.23.36 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (as amended by subsection (a)) that was made— (A)after December 31, 2006, and (B)before the date of the enactment of this section, shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though the amendment made by subsection (a) applied to such entry or withdrawal.(3)

Proper requests

For purposes of paragraph (2), a proper request means a request for liquidation or reliquidation that contains sufficient information to enable the U.S. Customs and Border Protection— (A)to locate the entry; or (B)to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be located.