[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2848 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2848

          To suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear.


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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.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FOOTWEAR.

    (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:


``      9902.10.18      Footwear with       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         outer soles and                                                    31/2009
                         uppers of rubber
                         or plastics,
                         incorporating a
                         protective metal
                         toecap, having
                         uppers of which
                         over 90 percent
                         of the external
                         surface area
                         (including any
                         accessories or
                         reinforcements
                         such as those
                         mentioned in note
                         4(a) to chapter
                         64) is rubber or
                         plastics
                         (provided for in
                         subheading
                         6402.30.30)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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