[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2376 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2376

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain dimming ballasts for 
                         fluorescent lighting.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 Mr. Voinovich 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 dimming ballasts for 
                         fluorescent lighting.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN DIMMING BALLASTS FOR FLUORESCENT LIGHTING.

    (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      Electronic          Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        ballasts capable                                                   31/2011.......
                        of allowing the
                        dimming of
                        fluorescent
                        discharge lamps
                        or tubes
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8504.10.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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