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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 553

To provide additional trade benefits to countries that comply with the

provisions of the ILO Convention.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 5, 1999

Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and Mr. KERREY) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To provide additional trade benefits to countries that comply

with the provisions of the ILO Convention.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘International Child

5 Welfare Protection Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN BENEFICIARY

7 COUNTRIES.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 503(a)(1) of the Trade

9 Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(a)(1)) is amended by adding

10 at the end the following new subparagraph:
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1 ‘‘(D) ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR ILO ELI2 GIBLE BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.—Notwith3 standing any other provision of this title, the

4 President may proclaim a rate of duty that is

5 equal to 50 percent of the rate of duty that

6 would otherwise apply under this title with re7 spect to any article referred to in subsection

8 (b)(1) (A), (C), (E), (F), or (G), if the article

9 is an article originating in an ILO eligible bene10 ficiary country.

11 (b) WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE NEED LIMITATION.—

12 Section 503(c)(2)(D) of such Act (19 U.S.C.

13 2463(c)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(D) LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY

15 DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ILO ELIGIBLE BENE16 FICIARY COUNTRY.—Subparagraph (A) shall

17 not apply to any least-developed beneficiary de18 veloping country or any beneficiary developing

19 country that is an ILO eligible beneficiary

20 country.’’.

21 (c) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

22 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.—Section 503 of such Act (19

23 U.S.C. 2463) is amended by adding at the end the follow24 ing new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(g) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF

2 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other

4 provision of law, the President may withdraw, sus5 pend, or limit the designation of any country as an

6 ILO eligible beneficiary country for purposes of the

7 benefits described in subsection (a)(1)(D) if the

8 President determines that—

9 ‘‘(A) the country no longer meets the cri10 teria set forth in section 507(6); or

11 ‘‘(B) imports of the article to which such

12 additional benefits have been granted have in13 creased in such amounts as to cause, or threat14 en to cause, injury to a domestic industry pro15 ducing an article like or directly competitive

16 with the article.

17 ‘‘(2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL, ETC.;

18 ADVICE TO CONGRESS.—

19 ‘‘(A) EFFECTIVE DATE.—A country shall

20 cease to be an ILO eligible beneficiary country

21 on the day on which the President issues an

22 Executive order or Presidential proclamation re23 voking the designation of such country under

24 this title.
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1 ‘‘(B) ADVICE TO CONGRESS.—The Presi2 dent shall, as necessary, advise Congress on the

3 application of subsection (a)(1)(D) and the ac4 tions the President has taken to withdraw, to

5 suspend, or to limit the application of pref6 erential treatment with respect to any country

7 which has failed to adequately meet the criteria

8 described in section 507(6).’’.

9 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 507 of such Act (19

10 U.S.C. 2467) is amended by adding at the end the follow11 ing:

12 ‘‘(6) ILO ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY.—

13 The term ‘ILO eligible beneficiary country’ means a

14 least-developed beneficiary developing country or a

15 beneficiary developing country that—

16 ‘‘(A) the President determines, after con17 sultation with the Secretary of Labor, is imple18 menting and enforcing the provisions of Con19 vention No. 138 of the General Conference of

20 the International Labor Organization; and

21 ‘‘(B) has requested the additional benefits

22 described in section 503(a)(1)(D).

23 ‘‘(7) ARTICLE ORIGINATING IN AN ILO ELIGI24 BLE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY.—An article is an arti25 cle originating in an ILO eligible beneficiary country
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1 if the article meets the rules of origin for an article

2 set forth in section 503(a)(2), except that in apply3 ing section 503(a)(2), any reference to a beneficiary

4 developing country shall be deemed to refer to an

5 ILO eligible beneficiary country.’’.

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