[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2849 Introduced in Senate (IS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2849

        To suspend temporarily the duty on certain sports shoes.


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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 sports shoes.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN SPORTS SHOES.

    (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:


``      9902.64.15      Sports footwear;    Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                         tennis shoes,                                                      31/2009
                         basketball shoes,
                         gym shoes,
                         training shoes
                         and the like, all
                         the foregoing
                         with outer soles
                         of rubber or
                         plastics and
                         uppers of textile
                         materials for
                         women (provided
                         for in subheading
                         6404.11.20)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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