[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2833 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2833

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain athletic footwear for men 
                               and boys.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 18, 2006

 Mr. Brownback introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain athletic footwear for men 
                               and boys.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR FOR MEN AND BOYS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:


``      9902.64.21      Tennis shoes,       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         basketball shoes,                                                  31/2009
                         gym shoes,
                         training shoes,
                         and the like for
                         men, youths, and
                         boys, the
                         foregoing with
                         pigskin uppers
                         and outer soles
                         of rubber,
                         plastics,
                         leather, or
                         composition
                         leather (provided
                         for in subheading
                         6403.99.60)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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.
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