[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3042 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3042

 To extend and modify the temporary reduction of duty on certain men's 
 footwear whose height from the bottom of the outer sole to the top of 
the upper does not exceed 8 inches and 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 reduction of duty on certain men's 
 footwear whose height from the bottom of the outer sole to the top of 
the upper does not exceed 8 inches and 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 MEN'S FOOTWEAR WHOSE HEIGHT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE 
              OUTER SOLE TO THE TOP OF THE UPPER DOES NOT EXCEED 8 
              INCHES AND 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 9902.23.76 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (relating to certain men's footwear whose 
height from the bottom of the outer sole to the top of the upper does 
not exceed 8 inches and 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goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 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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