ETEACH Act

Elimination of Tariffs on Education for Children's Act or the ETEACH Act - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to electronic educational devices designed or intended primarily for children.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4748 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4748

    To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to 
 eliminate tariffs on technological goods providing educational value 
                 for children, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 28, 2014

   Mrs. Black (for herself, Mr. Thompson of California, Ms. Loretta 
 Sanchez of California, Mr. Marchant, and Mr. Boustany) 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 
 eliminate tariffs on technological goods providing educational value 
                 for children, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Elimination of Tariffs on Education 
for Children's Act'' or the ``ETEACH Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF TARIFFS ON CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL DEVICES.

    Chapter 85 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new 
subheading, with the article description for subheading 8543.70.94 
having the same degree of indentation as the article description for 
subheading 8543.70.92:


``       8543.70.94       Electronic           Free                 ...................  35%                  ''
                           educational                                                                         .
                           devices designed
                           or intended
                           primarily for
                           children..........

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 2 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withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 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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