[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5564 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5564

      To suspend temporarily the rate of duty on certain footwear.


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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 suspend temporarily the rate of duty on certain footwear.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN 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 with       Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          outer soles and                                                   12/31/2015
                          uppers of rubber
                          or plastics,
                          other than house
                          slippers, and
                          other than such
                          footwear for men
                          or women, the
                          foregoing with
                          open toes or open
                          heels, or of the
                          slip-on type,
                          that is held to
                          the foot without
                          the use of laces
                          or buckles or
                          other fasteners,
                          except footwear
                          of subheading
                          6402.99.33 and
                          except footwear
                          having a foxing
                          or a foxing-like
                          band wholly or
                          almost wholly of
                          rubber or
                          plastics applied
                          or molded at the
                          sole and
                          overlapping the
                          upper (provided
                          for in subheading
                          6402.99.49)......

    (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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