[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2550 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2550

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain personalized jewelry.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 30, 2009

  Mr. Burris 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 personalized jewelry.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN PERSONALIZED JEWELRY.

    (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      Jewelry             Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        personalized with                                                  31/2011.......
                        a person's name
                        or displaying
                        written
                        sentiments or
                        sayings,
                        individually
                        packaged for the
                        ultimate
                        purchaser and put
                        up for mail order
                        retail sale, and
                        each having an
                        import value of
                        less than $60,
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        7113.11.50)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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