[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2447 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2447

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2012

  Mr. Schumer 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 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 12/  ''.
                        for women with                                                     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 
with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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