[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3144 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3144

  To suspend temporarily the duty on preparations intended to assist 
                        smokers to stop smoking.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 10, 2012

  Mrs. Hagan 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 preparations intended to assist 
                        smokers to stop smoking.

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

SECTION 1. PREPARATIONS INTENDED TO ASSIST SMOKERS TO STOP SMOKING.

    (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      Preparations, such  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        as tablets,                                                        31/2015.......
                        chewing gum or
                        patches
                        (transdermal
                        systems),
                        intended to
                        assist smokers to
                        stop smoking
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        2106.90.99)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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