[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2448 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2448

To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for women (other than house 
slippers, tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and 
   the like and other than work footwear), valued $15/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 footwear for women (other than house 
slippers, tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and 
   the like and other than work footwear), valued $15/pair or higher.

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

SECTION 1. FOOTWEAR FOR WOMEN (OTHER THAN HOUSE SLIPPERS, TENNIS SHOES, 
              BASKETBALL SHOES, GYM SHOES, TRAINING SHOES AND THE LIKE 
              AND OTHER THAN WORK FOOTWEAR), VALUED $15/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      Footwear for women  Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        (other than house                                                  31/2015.......
                        slippers, tennis
                        shoes, basketball
                        shoes, gym shoes,
                        training shoes
                        and the like and
                        other than work
                        footwear), valued
                        $15/pair or
                        higher (provided
                        for in subheading
                        6402.99.31)......

    (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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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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