112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5986 
AN ACT 
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend 
the third-country fabric program and to add South 
Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation 
under that Act, to make technical corrections to the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relat-
ing to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the 
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free 
Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import re-
strictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and De-
mocracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS TO AFRICAN GROWTH AND OP-
PORTUNITY ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION OF THIRD-COUNTRY FABRIC PRO-
GRAM.—Section 112(c)(1) of the African Growth and Op-
portunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2015’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2015’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘2012’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2015’’. 
(b) ADDITION OF SOUTH SUDAN.—Section 107 of 
that Act (19 U.S.C. 3706) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘Republic of South Africa (South Africa).’’ the following: 
‘‘Republic of South Sudan (South Sudan).’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 102(2) of 
that Act (19 U.S.C. 3701(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘48’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS TO TEXTILE AND APPAREL RULES 
OF ORIGIN FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- 
CENTRAL AMERICA-UNITED STATES FREE 
TRADE AGREEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 3(1) of the 
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States 
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 
Law 109–53; 19 U.S.C. 4002(1)). 
(2) 
CAFTA–DR 
COUNTRY.—The 
term 
‘‘CAFTA–DR country’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 3(2) of the Dominican Republic-Cen-
tral America-United States Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act (Public Law 109–53; 19 U.S.C. 
4002(2)). 
(3) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(4) 
TRADE
REPRESENTATIVE.—The 
term 
‘‘Trade Representative’’ means the United States 
Trade Representative. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS TO THE TEXTILE AND APPAREL 
RULES OF ORIGIN.— 
(1) INTERPRETATION
AND
APPLICATION
OF 
RULES OF ORIGIN.—Subdivision (m)(viii) of general 
note 29 of the HTS is amended as follows:
(A) The matter following subdivision 
(A)(2) is amended by striking the second sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Any elas-
tomeric yarn (except latex) contained in the 
originating yarns referred to in subdivision 
(A)(2) must be formed in the territory of one 
or more of the parties to the Agreement.’’. 
(B) Subdivision (B) is amended— 
(i) in the matter preceding subdivision 
(B)(1), by striking ‘‘exclusive of collars 
and cuffs where applicable,’’ and inserting 
‘‘exclusive of collars, cuffs and ribbed 
waistbands (only if the ribbed waistband is 
present in combination with cuffs and 
identical in fabric construction to the 
cuffs) where applicable,’’; 
(ii) in subdivision (B)(2), by inserting 
‘‘or knit to shape components’’ after ‘‘one 
or more fabrics’’; 
(iii) by amending subdivision (B)(3) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) any combination of the fabrics re-
ferred to in subdivision (B)(1), the fabrics or 
knit to shape components referred to in subdivi-
sion (B)(2), or one or more fabrics or knit to
shape components originating under this note.’’; 
and 
(iv) in the matter following subdivi-
sion (B)(3), by striking the last sentence 
and inserting the following: ‘‘Any elas-
tomeric yarn (except latex) contained in an 
originating fabric or knit to shape compo-
nent referred to in subdivision (B)(3) must 
be formed in the territory of one or more 
of the parties to the Agreement.’’. 
(C) Subdivision (C) is amended— 
(i) in subdivision (C)(2), by inserting 
‘‘or knit to shape components’’ after ‘‘one 
or more fabrics’’; 
(ii) by amending subdivision (C)(3) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) any combination of the fabrics re-
ferred to in subdivision (C)(1), the fabrics or 
knit to shape components referred to in subdivi-
sion (C)(2) or one or more fabrics or knit to 
shape components originating under this note.’’; 
and 
(iii) in the matter following subdivi-
sion (C)(3), by striking the second sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘Any
(H) The chapter rules to chapter 63 are 
amended by inserting after chapter rule 2 the 
following: 
‘‘Chapter rule 3: Notwithstanding chapter rule 2 to 
this chapter, a good of this chapter shall be considered 
originating regardless of the origin of sewing thread or 
yarn of heading 5402 used as sewing thread described in 
chapter rule 2 to this chapter, provided the thread or yarn 
is listed in U.S. note 20 to subchapter XXII of chapter 
98 and the good meets all other applicable requirements 
for preferential tariff treatment under this note.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made 
by this subsection apply to goods of a CAFTA– 
DR country that are entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date that the Trade Representative deter-
mines is the first date on which the equivalent 
amendments to the rules of origin of the Agree-
ment have entered into force in all CAFTA–DR 
countries. 
(B) PUBLICATION OF DETERMINATION.— 
The Trade Representative shall promptly pub-
lish notice of the determination under subpara-
graph (A) in the Federal Register.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AND RENEWAL OF IMPORT RESTRIC-
TIONS UNDER BURMESE FREEDOM AND DE-
MOCRACY ACT OF 2003. 
(a) EXTENSION OF BURMESE FREEDOM AND DE-
MOCRACY ACT OF 2003.—Section 9(b)(3) of the Burmese 
Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108– 
61; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended by striking ‘‘nine 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘twelve years’’. 
(b) RENEWAL OF IMPORT RESTRICTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Congress approves the re-
newal of the import restrictions contained in section 
3(a)(1) and section 3A (b)(1) and (c)(1) of the Bur-
mese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. 
(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—This section 
shall be deemed to be a ‘‘renewal resolution’’ for 
purposes of section 9 of the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ment made by this section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act or July 26, 2012, whichever 
occurs first. 
SEC. 4. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 
TAXES. 
Notwithstanding section 6655 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986—
(1) in the case of a corporation with assets of 
not less than $1,000,000,000 (determined as of the 
end of the preceding taxable year), the amount of 
any required installment of corporate estimated tax 
which is otherwise due in July, August, or Sep-
tember of 2017 shall be 100.25 percent of such 
amount; and 
(2) the amount of the next required installment 
after an installment referred to in paragraph (1) 
shall be appropriately reduced to reflect the amount 
of the increase by reason of such paragraph. 
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘August 2, 
2021’’ and inserting ‘‘October 22, 2021’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘De-
cember 8, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘October 29, 2021’’; 
and
(3) by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D). 
Passed the House of Representatives August 2, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5986 
AN ACT 
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
to extend the third-country fabric program and 
to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligi-
ble for designation under that Act, to make tech-
nical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States relating to the tex-
tile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free 
Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of im-
port restrictions contained in the Burmese Free-
dom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other 
purposes.