[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2612 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2612

 To suspend temporarily the duty on lightweight digital camera lenses 
                 measuring approximately 70 mm or more.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2009

  Mr. Schumer 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 lightweight digital camera lenses 
                 measuring approximately 70 mm or more.

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

SECTION 1. LIGHTWEIGHT DIGITAL CAMERA LENSES MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 70 
              MM OR MORE.

    (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      Lenses designed     Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        for digital                                                        31/2011.......
                        cameras, the
                        foregoing with a
                        focal length
                        measuring
                        approximately 70
                        mm or more but
                        not over 200 mm
                        and weighing
                        between 1,535 and
                        1,545 grams
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        9002.11.90)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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