[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5372 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5372

  To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act by allowing duty-
                  free treatment for certain footwear.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2002

Mr. Ryun of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act by allowing duty-
                  free treatment for certain footwear.

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

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FOOTWEAR UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC 
              RECOVERY ACT.

    Section 213(b)(3)(A) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``Subject to clause (ii)'' 
        and inserting ``Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Certain footwear.--Notwithstanding 
                        paragraph (1)(B) and clause (i) of this 
                        subparagraph, footwear provided for in 
                        subheading 6403.99.90 of the HTS shall be 
                        eligible for the duty-free treatment provided 
                        for under this title if--
                                    ``(I) the article of footwear is 
                                the growth, product, or manufacture of 
                                a CBTPA beneficiary country; and
                                    ``(II) the article otherwise meets 
                                the requirements of subsection (a), 
                                except that in applying such 
                                subsection, `CBTPA beneficiary country' 
                                shall be substituted for `beneficiary 
                                country' each place it appears.''.
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