[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5176 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5176

To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for women (other than house 
slippers, tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and 
   the like and other than work footwear), valued $15/pair or higher.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2012

 Mrs. Maloney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for women (other than house 
slippers, tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and 
   the like and other than work footwear), valued $15/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 FOR WOMEN (OTHER THAN HOUSE SLIPPERS, TENNIS SHOES, 
              BASKETBALL SHOES, GYM SHOES, TRAINING SHOES AND THE LIKE 
              AND OTHER THAN WORK FOOTWEAR), VALUED $15/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 for       Free            No change      No change      On or before     ''.
                          women (other than                                                 12/31/2015
                          house slippers,
                          tennis shoes,
                          basketball shoes,
                          gym shoes,
                          training shoes
                          and the like and
                          other than work
                          footwear), valued
                          $15/pair or
                          higher (provided
                          for in subheading
                          6402.99.31)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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