[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2427 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2427

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's non-work 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 women's non-work footwear.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN WOMEN'S NON-WORK 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      Other footwear      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        with outer soles                                                   31/2011.......
                        and uppers of
                        rubber or
                        plastics, the
                        foregoing for
                        women, other than
                        house slippers,
                        work footwear,
                        tennis shoes,
                        basketball shoes,
                        gym shoes,
                        training shoes,
                        and the like
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        6402.99.31)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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