[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2468 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2468

     To suspend temporarily the duty on sound-isolating earphones.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

  Mr. Cornyn 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 sound-isolating earphones.

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

SECTION 1. SOUND-ISOLATING EARPHONES.

    (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      Sound-isolating     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        earphones with                                                     31/2011.......
                        multiple balanced
                        armature
                        speakers, each
                        with non-porous
                        slow-recovery
                        black foam
                        attachment
                        sleeves,
                        detachable cable,
                        and with a
                        repeatable
                        frequency
                        response of 20Hz
                        or more but not
                        over 16kHz with a
                        deviation of +/-
                        3dB (provided for
                        in subheading
                        8518.30.20)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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