[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3184 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3184

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fitness equipment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 15, 2012

  Mrs. Murray 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 certain fitness equipment.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FITNESS EQUIPMENT.

    (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      Fitness equipment   Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        designed for in-                                                   31/2015.......
                        home use
                        incorporating two
                        independent
                        treadles with
                        separately moving
                        belts that rotate
                        around a
                        mechanical
                        treadle and that
                        simultaneously
                        move up and down
                        with progressive
                        amounts of
                        resistance
                        creating a
                        fitness modality
                        which simulates a
                        treadmill anda
                        stair climbing
                        machine (provided
                        for in subheading
                        9506.91.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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