3.0.0 2372 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z 2023-01-11T14:50:57Z Senate S S 2007-11-15 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-11-15T23:57:54Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 110 3934 HR 2007-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Identical bill CRS 2007-11-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-11-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-11-15 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2007-12-05 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2008-01-22 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2008-01-22 False L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN ID CT I. 2008-02-08 False N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2008-02-25 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2008-03-31 False B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-04-30 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2008-05-01 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2008-05-01 False S001078 Sen. Sununu, John E. [R-NH] John Sununu R NH E. 2008-06-12 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-07-15 False C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2008-07-29 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2008-11-19 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Caribbean area Commerce Haiti Latin America Plastics Poverty Rubber Shoe industry Social Welfare Tariff Tariff preferences Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2007-11-15 Introduced in Senate 2008-04-03T21:53:37Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the elimination of duty on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefit to U.S. consumers, particularly lower-income families.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States.

Amends the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act to provide footwear imported directly from Haiti into the United States with the same preferential treatment that is provided to certain imported footwear under the Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement.

]]> Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 Display Title Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2372is/xml/BILLS-110s2372is.xml 2007-11-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.