[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5721 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5721

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain electric cooktops.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 2012

  Mr. Cohen 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 electric cooktops.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ELECTRIC COOKTOPS.

    (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         Electric cooktops  Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          each measuring                                                    12/31/2015
                          approximately 66
                          cm or more but
                          not over 91.44 cm
                          in width,
                          weighing
                          approximately
                          10.3 kg or more
                          but not more than
                          20.9 kg, having
                          either a coil
                          electric cooking
                          element or smooth
                          cooking surface
                          with incorporated
                          element with
                          either 4 or 5
                          burners (provided
                          for in subheading
                          8516.60.60)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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