[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2319 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2319

  To reduce temporarily the duty on parts of microwave ovens for the 
 industrial preparation or manufacture of dried vegetable snack (small 
    portions of food usually eaten other than at meal times) items.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 Mr. Nelson of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reduce temporarily the duty on parts of microwave ovens for the 
 industrial preparation or manufacture of dried vegetable snack (small 
    portions of food usually eaten other than at meal times) items.

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

SECTION 1. PARTS OF MICROWAVE OVENS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL PREPARATION OR 
              MANUFACTURE OF DRIED VEGETABLE SNACK (SMALL PORTIONS OF 
              FOOD USUALLY EATEN OTHER THAN AT MEAL TIMES) ITEMS.

    (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      Parts of microwave  2.0%         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        ovens for the                                                      31/2011.......
                        industrial
                        preparation or
                        manufacture of
                        dried vegetable
                        snack (small
                        portions of food
                        usually eaten
                        other than at
                        meal times) items
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8514.90.40)......

    (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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