[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5494 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5494

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain power panels specifically 
                 designed for wind turbine generators.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

Ms. Schakowsky 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 power panels specifically 
                 designed for wind turbine generators.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN POWER PANELS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR WIND TURBINE 
              GENERATORS.

    (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 converter     Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          panels                                                            12/31/2015
                          specifically
                          designed for wind
                          turbine
                          generators in
                          excess of 2 MW,
                          the foregoing
                          designed to
                          optimize the
                          power factor of
                          the asynchronous
                          induction
                          generator in a
                          wind turbine,
                          each measuring
                          1800 mm or more
                          but not over 2050
                          mm in length, 550
                          mm or more but
                          not over 650 mm
                          in width and 1950
                          mm or more but
                          not over 2050 mm
                          in height
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          8537.10.90)......

    (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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