[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3065 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3065

To reduce temporarily the duty on certain sports footwear for men with 
   outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 9, 2012

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce temporarily the duty on certain sports footwear for men with 
   outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN SPORTS FOOTWEAR FOR MEN WITH OUTER SOLES OF RUBBER 
              OR PLASTICS AND UPPERS OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.

    (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      Sports footwear,    0.2%         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        tennis shoes,                                                      31/2015.......
                        basketball shoes,
                        gym shoes,
                        training shoes
                        and the like with
                        outer soles of
                        rubber or
                        plastics and
                        uppers of textile
                        materials, having
                        uppers of which
                        over 50 percent
                        of the external
                        surface area
                        (including any
                        leather
                        accessories or
                        reinforcements)
                        is leather, the
                        foregoing for men
                        (provided for in
                        subheading
                        6404.11.20)......

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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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