To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify the tariff rates for carpet cleaners and parts thereof imported into the United States.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of carpet cleaners and carpet cleaner parts.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4731 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4731

To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
 the tariff rates for carpet cleaners and parts thereof imported into 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2012

   Mr. Huizenga of Michigan introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to clarify 
 the tariff rates for carpet cleaners and parts thereof imported into 
                           the United States.

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

SECTION 1. CLARIFICATION OF TARIFF RATES ON CARPET CLEANERS AND PARTS 
              THEREOF.

    (a) Amendments.--Chapter 85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended as follows:
            (1) By inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description having the same degree 
        of indentation as the article description for subheading 
        8509.80.20:


``       8509.80.30       Carpet cleaners....  Free                 ...................  35%                  ''
                                                                                                               .

            (2) By inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
        subheading, with the article description having the same degree 
        of indentation as the superior text to the article description 
        for subheading 8509.90.25:


``       8509.90.40          Parts of carpet      Free                 Free (A, AU,      35%                  ''
                              cleaners.                                BH, CA,                                 .
                                                                       CL, E,
                                                                       IL, J,
                                                                       JO, KR,
                                                                       MA, MX,
                                                                       OM, P,
                                                                       PE, SG)

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 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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