[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2843 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2843

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear with outer soles of 
            rubber or plastics and with open toes or heels.


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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 footwear with outer soles of 
            rubber or plastics and with open toes or heels.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FOOTWEAR WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER OR PLASTICS AND 
              WITH OPEN TOES OR HEELS.

    (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:


``      9902.13.82      Footwear with       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         outer soles of                                                     31/2009
                         rubber or
                         plastics and
                         uppers of textile
                         materials other
                         than of vegetable
                         fibers, with open
                         toes or open
                         heels, the
                         foregoing other
                         than house
                         slippers and
                         other than
                         footwear for
                         women (provided
                         for in subheading
                         6404.19.30)......

    (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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