To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's platform footwear.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's platform footwear.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4899 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4899

 To suspend temporarily the duty on certain women's platform footwear.


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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 platform footwear.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN WOMEN'S PLATFORM FOOTWEAR.

    (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 of                                                    12/31/2015
                          rubber or
                          plastics and
                          uppers of
                          leather, made on
                          a base or
                          platform of wood,
                          valued not over
                          $30/pair, for
                          women (provided
                          for in subheading
                          6403.99.20)......

    (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to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 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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