A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on aerosol valves designed to deliver a metered dose (50 microliters) of a pressurized liquid pharmaceutical.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend through December 31, 2009, the duty on aerosol valves designed to deliver a metered dose (50 microliters) of a pressurized liquid pharmaceutical with a mounting cup inside diameter of 20.1 mm, a mounting cup height (skirt to shoulder) of 7.49 mm, stem outside diameter of 2.79 mm, with components made of stainless steel and buna rubber with a retaining cup of aluminum.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2505 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2505

To suspend temporarily the duty on aerosol valves designed to deliver a 
 metered dose (50 microliters) of a pressurized liquid pharmaceutical.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 4, 2006

 Mr. Lieberman (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. Voinovich) 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 aerosol valves designed to deliver a 
 metered dose (50 microliters) of a pressurized liquid pharmaceutical.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN AEROSOL VALVES.

    (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:


``      9902.84.82      Aerosol valves      Free         No Change        No Change        12/31/2009        ''.
                         designed to
                         deliver a metered
                         dose (50
                         microliters) of a
                         pressurized
                         liquid
                         pharmaceutical
                         with a mounting
                         cup inside
                         diameter of 20.1
                         mm, a mounting
                         cup height (skirt
                         to shoulder) of
                         7.49 mm, stem
                         outside diameter
                         of 2.79 mm, with
                         components made
                         of stainless
                         steel and buna
                         rubber with a
                         retaining cup of
                         aluminum
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         8481.80.30)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date that is 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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