To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fitness equipment.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain fitness equipment.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5818 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5818

     To suspend temporarily the duty on certain fitness equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2012

Mr. McDermott 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 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     ''.
                          designed for in-                                                  12/31/2015
                          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 and a
                          stair climbing
                          machine (provided
                          for in subheading
                          9506.91.00)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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