ETEACH Act

Bill: 113-hr-4748
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2014-05-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Tariffs
Latest action: action_date: 2014-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-05-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4748 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Elimination of Tariffs on Education for Children’s Act or the ETEACH Act . 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 educational devices designed or intended primarily for children Free 35% . 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 Effective date The amendment made by section 2 applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.