To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for men with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, covering the ankle, other than work footwear.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for men with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics, covering the ankle, other than work footwear.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5423 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5423

 To suspend temporarily the duty on footwear for men with outer soles 
 and uppers of rubber or plastics, covering the ankle, other than work 
                               footwear.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2012

Mr. Huelskamp 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 men with outer soles 
 and uppers of rubber or plastics, covering the ankle, other than work 
                               footwear.

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

SECTION 1. FOOTWEAR FOR MEN WITH OUTER SOLES AND UPPERS OF RUBBER OR 
              PLASTICS, COVERING THE ANKLE, OTHER THAN WORK 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 and                                                   12/31/2015
                          uppers of rubber
                          or plastics,
                          covering the
                          ankle, other than
                          work footwear,
                          the foregoing for
                          men (provided for
                          in subheading
                          6402.91.40)......

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with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 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