US Congress Senate Bill 730 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 26 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-26 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Affordable Footwear Act of 2009

Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Christopher Bond [R-MO]	Sen. Sam Brownback [R-KS]	Sen. Roland Burris [D-IL]
Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. John Ensign [R-NV]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Judd Gregg [R-NH]	Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]
Sen. Mary Landrieu [D-LA]	Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I-CT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Benjamin Nelson [D-NE]
Sen. Pat Roberts [R-KS]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Udall [D-CO]
Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]	Sen. George Voinovich [R-OH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-26		Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/730/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s730/BILLS-111s730is.pdf