[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2408 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2408

 To suspend temporarily the duty on lenses for digital cameras with a 
            focal length 55 mm or more but not over 300 mm.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2012

  Mr. Schumer 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 lenses for digital cameras with a 
            focal length 55 mm or more but not over 300 mm.

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

SECTION 1. LENSES FOR DIGITAL CAMERAS WITH A FOCAL LENGTH 55 MM OR MORE 
              BUT NOT OVER 300 MM.

    (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      Lenses for digital  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        cameras with a                                                     31/2015.......
                        focal length 55
                        mm or more but
                        not over 300 mm
                        inclusive, not
                        exceeding 590
                        grams in weight
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        9002.11.90)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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