[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5135 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5135

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

  Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


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

    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 INTERRUPTERS.

    (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     ''.
                          circuit                                                           12/31/2015
                          interrupter
                          (GFCI)
                          receptacles
                          designed to
                          prevent insertion
                          of foreign
                          objects, each
                          with internal
                          shutters and
                          clearly marked TR
                          (`tamper
                          resistant'),
                          certified by the
                          importer as
                          meeting the 2008
                          National Electric
                          Code Section
                          406.11 for 15
                          ampere or 20
                          ampere
                          receptacles
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          8536.30.80)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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