To suspend temporarily the duty on lithium-ion batteries.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on lithium-ion batteries.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5418 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5418

       To suspend temporarily the duty on lithium-ion batteries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
       To suspend temporarily the duty on lithium-ion batteries.

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

SECTION 1. LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES.

    (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        Lithium-ion         Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          batteries                                                         12/31/2015
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          8507.60.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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