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S 730 111th Congress Senate

Affordable Footwear Act of 2009

Official title: A bill to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify the tariffs on certain footwear, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Caribbean areaConsumer affairsHaitiLatin AmericaTariffs
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Mar 26, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 26, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 26, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Affordable Footwear Act of 2009 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the reduction or elimination of duties on certain imported footwear would provide significant benefits to U.S. consumers, particularly lower-income families.

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to provide for the duty-free treatment of certain footwear (including children's shoes) made of rubber or plastics that are imported into the United States. Deems the outer sole of shoes made of rubber or plastics to which textile materials are attached or incorporated to be made only of rubber or plastics.

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 Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 6 Republican 1
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 11, 2009
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 8, 2009
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jul 27, 2009
Vitter, David
· Jul 13, 2009
 D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Mar 26, 2009
 D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 26, 2009
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Mar 26, 2009
DeMint, James
· Mar 26, 2009
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 26, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 730: Affordable Footwear Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-730/
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