[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2633 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2633

  To suspend temporarily the duty on certain tamper resistant ground 
                 fault circuit interrupter receptacles.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2009

Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 tamper resistant ground 
                 fault circuit interrupter receptacles.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN TAMPER RESISTANT GROUND FAULT CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER 
              RECEPTACLES.

    (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      Ground Fault        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        Circuit                                                            31/2011.......
                        Interrupter
                        Receptacles with
                        protective
                        internal shutter
                        to prevent
                        insertion of
                        foreign objects
                        thereby giving
                        the GFCI
                        receptacle the
                        property of being
                        `tamper
                        resistant',
                        clearly marked TR
                        on receptacle
                        face plate,
                        meeting the 2008
                        National Electric
                        Code Section
                        406.11, for 15 A
                        or 20 A (provided
                        for in subheading
                        8536.30.80)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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