[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2445 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2445

   To suspend temporarily the duty on certain leather upper 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 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 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.......
                        of rubber,
                        plastic, leather,
                        or composition
                        leather and
                        uppers of
                        leather, not
                        covering the
                        ankle, valued at
                        more than $2.50
                        per pair, other
                        than house
                        slippers, tennis
                        shoes, basketball
                        shoes, and the
                        like, 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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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