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S. 2372, The Affordable Footwear Act of 2007

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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S. 2372 would amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inAffordable Footwear Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the elimination of duty on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefit to editU.S. consumers, particularly lower-income families.

Amends
the wiki and beHarmonized Tariff Schedule of the firstUnited States to provide a detailed summaryfor the duty-free treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States.

Amends the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act to provide footwear imported directly from Haiti into the United States with the same preferential treatment that is provided to certain imported footwear under
the bill!)Dominican Republic-Central American-United States Free Trade Agreement.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 11/15/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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