[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3039 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3039

   To extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on certain 
 women's footwear, covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, 
   but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, 
           grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2012

 Ms. Cantwell introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend and modify the temporary suspension of duty on certain 
 women's footwear, covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, 
   but not over, other footwear as a protection against water, oil, 
           grease, or chemicals or cold or inclement weather.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN WOMEN'S FOOTWEAR, COVERING THE ANKLE, DESIGNED TO BE 
              WORN IN LIEU OF, BUT NOT OVER, OTHER FOOTWEAR AS A 
              PROTECTION AGAINST WATER, OIL, GREASE, OR CHEMICALS OR 
              COLD OR INCLEMENT WEATHER.

    (a) In General.--Heading 9902.23.82 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (relating to certain women's footwear, 
covering the ankle, designed to be worn in lieu of, but not over, other 
footwear as a protection against water, oil, grease, or chemicals or 
cold or inclement weather) is amended--
            (1) in the article description, by striking ``$20/pair'' 
        and inserting ``$23/pair''; and
            (2) by striking the date in the effective period column and 
        inserting ``12/31/2015''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 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goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 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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