[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2451 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2451

To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear other than house slippers, 
                for women, valued $9.00/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 other than house slippers, 
                for women, valued $9.00/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 OTHER THAN HOUSE SLIPPERS, FOR WOMEN, VALUED $9.00/
              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 other      Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        than house                                                         31/2015.......
                        slippers, for
                        women, valued
                        $9.00/pair or
                        higher (provided
                        for in subheading
                        6404.19.37)......

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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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