To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics and valued over $6.50 but not over $12 per pair.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics and valued over $6.50 but not over $12 per pair.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4897 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4897

To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's footwear with outer 
 soles and uppers of rubber or plastics and valued over $6.50 but not 
                           over $12 per pair.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 26, 2012

 Mr. Carnahan 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 certain women's footwear with outer 
 soles and uppers of rubber or plastics and valued over $6.50 but not 
                           over $12 per pair.

    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 WITH OUTER SOLES AND UPPERS OF 
              RUBBER OR PLASTICS AND VALUED OVER $6.50 BUT NOT OVER $12 
              PER PAIR.

    (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     ''.
                          outer soles and                                                   12/31/2015
                          uppers of rubber
                          or plastics,
                          covering the
                          ankle, valued
                          over $6.50 but
                          not over $12/
                          pair, other than
                          tennis shoes,
                          basketball shoes,
                          gym shoes,
                          training shoes,
                          or the like, for
                          women, other than
                          work footwear
                          (provided for in
                          subheading
                          6402.91.80)......

    (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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