[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2649 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2649

      To suspend temporarily the duty on power electronics boxes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2009

  Mr. Bunning 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 power electronics boxes.

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

SECTION 1. POWER ELECTRONICS BOXES.

    (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      Power electronics   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        box and static                                                     31/2011.......
                        converter
                        composite units,
                        combining the
                        functions of an
                        AC inverter and
                        an auxiliary
                        power module,
                        capable of
                        reducing DC
                        voltage from 42 V
                        (supplied by
                        battery) to 12 V
                        output and
                        providing three-
                        phase AC output
                        to motor
                        generator unit,
                        the foregoing
                        certified by the
                        importer for use
                        in hybrid
                        electric motor
                        vehicles
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        8504.40.95)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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