3.0.0 1069 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z 2022-02-03T05:53:52Z Senate S S 2011-05-25 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-05-25T21:15:13Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 112 108 S 2011-01-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2011-05-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-05-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA N B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2011-05-25 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2011-05-25 True R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2011-05-25 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2011-07-20 False M000934 Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS] Jerry Moran R KS 2011-12-06 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-12-06 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2012-03-12 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2012-03-12 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2012-03-12 False J000291 Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] Mike Johanns R NE 2012-04-16 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2012-04-23 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2012-09-11 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Consumer affairs Inflation and prices Retail and wholesale trades Tariffs Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2011-05-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-06-22T18:21:46Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the reduction or elimination of duties on certain imported footwear will result in reduced retail prices for a wide range of U.S. consumers.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for temporary duty-free or reduced-duty treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States. Deems the outer sole of shoes made of rubber or plastics to which textile materials are attached or incorporated to be made only of rubber or plastics, with no account taken of the textile materials.

]]> Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Display Title Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-05-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1069is/xml/BILLS-112s1069is.xml 2011-05-25 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.