[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5175 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5175

  To suspend temporarily the duty on leather footwear for women with 
uppers other than of pigskin (other than house slippers, work footwear, 
   tennis shoes, basketball shoes and the like), valued $20/pair or 
                                higher.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

 Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To suspend temporarily the duty on leather footwear for women with 
uppers other than of pigskin (other than house slippers, work footwear, 
   tennis shoes, basketball shoes and the like), valued $20/pair or 
                                higher.

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

SECTION 1. LEATHER FOOTWEAR FOR WOMEN WITH UPPERS OTHER THAN OF PIGSKIN 
              (OTHER THAN HOUSE SLIPPERS, WORK FOOTWEAR, TENNIS SHOES, 
              BASKETBALL SHOES AND THE LIKE), VALUED $20/PAIR OR HIGHER 
              .

    (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         Leather footwear   Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          for women with                                                    12/31/2015
                          uppers other than
                          of pigskin (other
                          than house
                          slippers, work
                          footwear, tennis
                          shoes, basketball
                          shoes and the
                          like), valued $20/
                          pair or higher
                          (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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