[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3068 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3068

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear with open toes or 
                   open heels or of the slip-on type.


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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 suspend temporarily the duty on certain footwear with open toes or 
                   open heels or of the slip-on type.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN FOOTWEAR WITH OPEN TOES OR OPEN HEELS OR OF THE 
              SLIP-ON TYPE.

    (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 with       Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/  ''.
                        outer soles and                                                    31/2015.......
                        uppers of rubber
                        or plastics,
                        other than house
                        slippers, and
                        other than such
                        footwear for men
                        or women, the
                        foregoing with
                        open toes or open
                        heels, or of the
                        slip-on type,
                        that is held to
                        the foot without
                        the use of laces
                        or buckles or
                        other fasteners,
                        except footwear
                        of subheading
                        6402.99.33 and
                        except footwear
                        having a foxing
                        or a foxing-like
                        band wholly or
                        almost wholly of
                        rubber or
                        plastics applied
                        or molded at the
                        sole and
                        overlapping the
                        upper (provided
                        for in subheading
                        6402.99.49)......

    (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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