[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5431 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5431

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

Mr. Huelskamp 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 certain women's 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 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        Footwear valued     Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          over $3 but not                                                   12/31/2015
                          over $6.50/pair,
                          with uppers of
                          vegetable fibers
                          and having outer
                          soles of textile
                          materials having
                          the greatest
                          surface area in
                          contact with the
                          ground, but not
                          taken into
                          account under the
                          terms of
                          additional U.S.
                          note 5 to chapter
                          64 of the HTSUS,
                          for women
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          6404.11.71)......

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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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