[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5557 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5557

    To reduce temporarily the rate of duty on certain girls' shorts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 8, 2012

Mr. Blumenauer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To reduce temporarily the rate of duty on certain girls' shorts.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN GIRLS' SHORTS.

    (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        Girls' knitted or   23.5%           No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          crocheted shorts                                                  12/31/2015
                          of synthetic
                          fibers, the
                          foregoing not
                          imported as parts
                          of playsuits
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          6104.63.20)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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