[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2422 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2422

    To suspend temporarily the duty on certain leather upper sports 
                               footwear.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

 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 leather upper sports 
                               footwear.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN LEATHER UPPER SPORTS 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:


``     9902.01.00      Tennis shoes,       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        basketball shoes,                                                  31/2011.......
                        and the like with
                        outer soles of
                        rubber, plastic,
                        leather, or
                        composition
                        leather and
                        uppers of
                        leather, valued
                        at more than
                        $2.50 per pair,
                        the foregoing for
                        persons other
                        than women
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        6403.99.90)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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