3.0.0 108 2023-01-11T13:20:49Z 2023-01-11T13:20:49Z Senate S S 2011-01-25 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-01-25T20:18:50Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 112 1069 S 2011-05-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2011-01-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV N Foreign Trade and International Finance Caribbean area Consumer affairs Haiti Inflation and prices Latin America Retail and wholesale trades Tariffs Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2011-01-25 Introduced in Senate 2011-03-28T20:42:23Z Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the reduction or elimination of duties on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefits 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. 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.

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 America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

]]> Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Display Title Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Affordable Footwear Act of 2011 Introduced in Senate 2011-01-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s108is/xml/BILLS-112s108is.xml 2011-01-25 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.