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(4) The Inspector General may be removed from of-
fice only by the President. The President shall imme-
diately communicate in writing to the congressional intel-
ligence committees the reasons for the removal of any indi-
vidual from the position of Inspector General.
(d) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—It shall be the 
duty and responsibility of the Inspector General of the Na-
tional Intelligence Authority—
(1) to provide policy direction for, and to plan, 
conduct, supervise, and coordinate independently, 
the investigations, inspections, and audits relating to 
the programs and operations of the National Intel-
ligence Authority, and in the relationships among 
the elements of the intelligence community within 
the National Intelligence Program, to ensure they 
are conducted efficiently and in accordance with ap-
plicable law and regulations; 
(2) to keep the National Intelligence Director 
fully and currently informed concerning violations of 
law and regulations, violations of civil liberties and 
privacy, and fraud and other serious problems, 
abuses, and deficiencies that may occur in such pro-
grams and operations, and in the relationships de-
scribed in paragraph (1), and to report the progress 
made in implementing corrective action;
‘‘(C) Watches and watch parts (including
cases, bracelets and straps), of whatever type
including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz
digital or quartz analog, if such watches or
watch parts contain any material which is the
product of any country with respect to which
HTS column 2 rates of duty apply.
‘‘(D) Sugars, syrups, and molasses classified
in 
subheadings 
1701.11.03, 
1701.12.02,
1701.99.02, 
1702.90.32, 
1806.10.42, 
and
2106.90.12 of the HTS.
‘‘(E) Handbags, luggage, flat goods, work
gloves, and leather wearing apparel that—
‘‘(i) are the product of an ATPEA
beneficiary country; and
‘‘(ii) were not designated on August 5,
1983, as eligible articles for purposes of
the generalized system of preferences
under title V of the Trade Act of 1974.
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—Duty-free treatment under
this title may not be extended to—
‘‘(A) textiles; or
‘‘(B) rum and tafia classified in sub-
heading 2208.40.00 of the HTS.
‘‘(3) APPAREL ARTICLES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Apparel articles that
are imported directly into the customs territory
of the United States from an ATPEA bene-
ficiary country shall enter the United States
free of duty and free of any quantitative restric-
tions, limitations, or consultation levels, but
only if such articles are described in subpara-
graph (B).
‘‘(B) COVERED
ARTICLES.—The apparel
articles referred to in subparagraph (A) are the
following:
‘‘(i) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED
FROM PRODUCTS OF THE UNITED STATES
AND ATPEA BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES OR
PRODUCTS
NOT
AVAILABLE
IN
COMMER-
CIAL QUANTITIES.—Apparel articles sewn
or otherwise assembled in 1 or more
ATPEA beneficiary countries exclusively
from any one or any combination of the
following:
‘‘(I) Fabrics or fabric compo-
nents formed, or components knit-to-
shape, in the United States (including
fabrics not formed from yarns, if such
fabrics are classifiable under heading
‘‘(cc) The treatment described in
this subclause shall terminate if the
President makes a determination that
United States manufacturers are pro-
ducing such interlinings in the United
States in commercial quantities.
‘‘(III) DE
MINIMIS
RULE.—An
article that would otherwise be ineli-
gible for preferential treatment under
this subparagraph because the article
contains fibers or yarns not wholly
formed in the United States or in one
or more ATPEA beneficiary countries
shall not be ineligible for such treat-
ment if the total weight of all such fi-
bers or yarns is not more than 7 per-
cent of the total weight of the good.
‘‘(C) 
HANDLOOMED, 
HANDMADE, 
AND
FOLKLORE
ARTICLES.—For purposes of sub-
paragraph (B)(iv), the President shall consult
with representatives of the ATPEA beneficiary
countries concerned for the purpose of identi-
fying particular textile and apparel goods that
are mutually agreed upon as being handloomed,
handmade, or folklore goods of a kind described
in section 2.3(a), (b), or (c) of the Annex or
Appendix 3.1.B.11 of the Annex.
‘‘(D) PENALTIES FOR TRANSSHIPMENT.—
‘‘(i) PENALTIES FOR EXPORTERS.—If
the President determines, based on suffi-
cient evidence, that an exporter has en-
gaged in transshipment with respect to ap-
parel articles from an ATPEA beneficiary
country, then the President shall deny all
benefits under this title to such exporter,
and any successor of such exporter, for a
period of 2 years.
‘‘(ii) PENALTIES
FOR
COUNTRIES.—
Whenever the President finds, based on
sufficient evidence, that transshipment has
occurred, the President shall request that
the ATPEA beneficiary country or coun-
tries through whose territory the trans-
shipment has occurred take all necessary
and appropriate actions to prevent such
transshipment. If the President determines
that a country is not taking such actions,
the President shall reduce the quantities of
apparel articles that may be imported into
the United States from such country by
the quantity of the transshipped articles
multiplied by 3, to the extent consistent
with the obligations of the United States
under the WTO.
‘‘(iii) TRANSSHIPMENT DESCRIBED.—
Transshipment within the meaning of this
subparagraph has occurred when pref-
erential treatment under subparagraph (A)
has been claimed for an apparel article on
the basis of material false information con-
cerning the country of origin, manufacture,
processing, or assembly of the article or
any of its components. For purposes of
this clause, false information is material if
disclosure of the true information would
mean or would have meant that the article
is or was ineligible for preferential treat-
ment under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(E) BILATERAL EMERGENCY ACTIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The President
may take bilateral emergency tariff actions
of a kind described in section 4 of the
Annex with respect to any apparel article
imported from an ATPEA beneficiary
country if the application of tariff treat-
ment under subparagraph (A) to such arti-
cle results in conditions that would be
cause for the taking of such actions under
such section 4 with respect to a like article
described in the same 8-digit subheading
of the HTS that is imported from Mexico.
‘‘(ii) RULES RELATING TO BILATERAL
EMERGENCY ACTION.—For purposes of ap-
plying bilateral emergency action under
this subparagraph—
‘‘(I) the requirements of para-
graph (5) of section 4 of the Annex
(relating to providing compensation)
shall not apply;
‘‘(II) the term ‘transition period’
in section 4 of the Annex shall mean
the period ending December 31, 2006;
and
‘‘(III) the requirements to con-
sult specified in section 4 of the
Annex shall be treated as satisfied if
the President requests consultations
with the ATPEA beneficiary country
in question and the country does not
‘‘(bb) is making substantial
progress 
toward 
implementing
and following,
procedures and requirements similar
in all material respects to the relevant
procedures and requirements under
chapter 5 of the NAFTA.
‘‘(II) COUNTRY
DESCRIBED.—A
country is described in this subclause if
it 
is 
an 
ATPDEA 
beneficiary
country—
‘‘(aa) from which the article
is exported; or
‘‘(bb) in which materials
used in the production of the arti-
cle originate or in which the arti-
cle or such materials undergo pro-
duction that contributes to a
claim that the article is eligible
for preferential treatment under
paragraph (1) or (3).
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.—The Certifi-
cate of Origin that otherwise would be required
pursuant to the provisions of subparagraph (A)
shall not be required in the case of an article im-
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development;
‘‘(II) Botswana; and
‘‘(III) Namibia.’’.
(4) Paragraph (4)(B) is amended by striking
‘‘18.5’’ and inserting ‘‘21.5’’.
(5) Section 112(b) of such Act is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN ONE OR
MORE
BENEFICIARY
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICAN
COUN-
TRIES FROM UNITED STATES AND BENEFICIARY SUB-
SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY COMPONENTS.—Apparel
articles sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries with
thread formed in the United States from components
cut in the United States and one or more beneficiary
sub-Saharan African countries from fabric wholly
formed in the United States from yarns wholly
formed in the United States, or from components
knit-to-shape in the United States and one or more
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from yarns
wholly formed in the United States, or both (includ-
ing fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are
classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the
HTS).’’.
Area of the Americas by the year 2005, as a means
of enhancing the economic security of the region.
(8) Temporarily enhancing trade benefits for
Andean beneficiary countries will promote the
growth of free enterprise and economic opportunity
in these countries and serve the security interests of
the United States, the region, and the world.
SEC. 3. ARTICLES ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL TREAT-
MENT.
(a) ELIGIBILITY
OF CERTAIN ARTICLES.—Section
204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C.
3203) is amended—
(1) by striking subsection (c) and redesignating
subsections (d) through (g) as subsections (c)
through (f), respectively; and
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—
‘‘(1) CERTAIN
ARTICLES
THAT
ARE
NOT
IM-
PORT-SENSITIVE.—The 
President 
may 
proclaim
duty-free treatment under this title for any article
described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) that
is the growth, product, or manufacture of an
ATPDEA beneficiary country and that meets the re-
quirements of this section, if the President deter-
mines that such article is not import-sensitive in the
context of imports from ATPDEA beneficiary coun-
tries:
‘‘(A) Footwear not designated at the time
of the effective date of this Act as eligible for
the purpose of the generalized system of pref-
erences under title V of the Trade Act of 1974.
‘‘(B) Petroleum, or any product derived
from petroleum, provided for in headings 2709
and 2710 of the HTS.
‘‘(C) Watches and watch parts (including
cases, bracelets and straps), of whatever type
including, but not limited to, mechanical, quartz
digital or quartz analog, if such watches or
watch parts contain any material which is the
product of any country with respect to which
HTS column 2 rates of duty apply.
‘‘(D) Handbags, luggage, flat goods, work
gloves, and leather wearing apparel that were
not designated on August 5, 1983, as eligible
articles for purposes of the generalized system
of preferences under title V of the Trade Act of
1974.
the HTS and are wholly formed in the United
States) if such articles are sewn or otherwise assem-
bled in one or more such countries with thread
formed in the United States.’’.
(3) Paragraph (3) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ‘‘, or components knit-to-
shape,’’ after ‘‘from fabric wholly formed’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘1.5’’ and inserting
‘‘3’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘3.5’’ and inserting
‘‘7’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (B), by amending
clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
paragraph 
(A), 
preferential 
treatment
under this paragraph shall be extended
through September 30, 2004, for apparel
articles wholly assembled or knit-to-shape
and wholly assembled in one or more lesser
developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African
countries regardless of the country of ori-
gin of the fabric or the yarn used to make
such articles.’’.
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the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient
information to enable the Customs Service—
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
located.
SEC. 202. CEILING FANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, ceiling fans classified under subheading
8414.51.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States imported from Thailand shall enter duty-free and
without any quantitative limitations, if duty-free treatment
under title V of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461
et seq.) would have applied to such entry had the competi-
tive need limitation been waived under section 503(d) of
such Act.
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this section
shall apply to ceiling fans described in subsection (a) that
are 
entered, 
or 
withdrawn 
from 
warehouse 
for
consumption—
(1) on or after the date that is 15 days after the
date of enactment of this Act; and
(2) before July 30, 2002.
SEC. 203. CERTAIN STEAM OR OTHER VAPOR GENERATING
BOILERS USED IN NUCLEAR FACILITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subheading 9902.84.02 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘4.9%’’ and inserting ‘‘Free’’;
and
(2) by striking ‘‘12/31/2003’’ and inserting ‘‘12/
31/2006’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2002.
Calendar No. 295
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3009
[Report No. 107–126]
AN ACT
To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, to
grant additional trade benefits under that Act,
and for other purposes.
DECEMBER 14, 2001
Reported with an amendment
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3010
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System of
Preferences until December 31, 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 3, 2001
Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized
System of Preferences until December 31, 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES.
(a) EXTENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER
SYSTEM.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2465(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN LIQ-
UIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514
of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of
law, and subject to paragraph (2), the entry—
(A) of any article to which duty-free treat-
ment under title V of the Trade Act of 1974
would have applied if the entry had been made
on September 30, 2001,
(B) that was made after September 30,
2001, and before the date of the enactment of
this Act, and
(C) to which duty-free treatment under
title V of that Act did not apply,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as free of duty,
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any
duty paid with respect to such entry. As used in this
subsection, the term ‘‘entry’’ includes a withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption.
(2) REQUESTS.—Liquidation or reliquidation
may be made under paragraph (1) with respect to
an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the
Customs Service, within 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, that contains sufficient
information to enable the Customs Service—
(A) to locate the entry; or
(B) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be
located.
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Union Calendar No. 150
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3010
[Report No. 107–245]
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System of
Preferences until December 31, 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 3, 2001
Mr. CRANE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
OCTOBER 16, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
A BILL
To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized
System of Preferences until December 31, 2002.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF
PREFERENCES.
(a) EXTENSION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER
SYSTEM.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2465(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30,
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2002’’.
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN LIQ-
UIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514
of the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of
law, and subject to paragraph (2), the entry—
(A) of any article to which duty-free treat-
ment under title V of the Trade Act of 1974
would have applied if the entry had been made
on September 30, 2001,
(B) that was made after September 30,
2001, and before the date of the enactment of
this Act, and
(C) to which duty-free treatment under
title V of that Act did not apply,
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as free of duty,
and the Secretary of the Treasury shall refund any
duty paid with respect to such entry. As used in this
subsection, the term ‘‘entry’’ includes a withdrawal
from warehouse for consumption.
(2) REQUESTS.—Liquidation or reliquidation
may be made under paragraph (1) with respect to
an entry only if a request therefor is filed with the
Customs Service, within 180 days after the date of
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3012
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow any employer maintain-
ing a defined benefit plan that is not a governmental plan to treat
employee contributions as pretax employer contributions if picked up
by the employer.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 3, 2001
Mr. BLUNT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow any
employer maintaining a defined benefit plan that is not
a governmental plan to treat employee contributions as
pretax employer contributions if picked up by the em-
ployer.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEE
CONTRIBUTIONS AS PRETAX EMPLOYER CON-
TRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 414 of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) DESIGNATION BY NONGOVERNMENTAL EM-
PLOYERS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), in the
case of any plan that is not a governmental plan (as
defined in subsection (d)), where the contributions of
employing units are designated as employee con-
tributions but where any employing unit picks up
the contributions, the contributions picked up shall
be treated as employer contributions.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2001.
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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3014
To amend the Public Health Services Act to require the Director of the
National Institutes of Health to expand and intensify research regarding
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 3, 2001
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York (for herself, Mr. GRUCCI, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr.
FILNER, and Mrs. MORELLA) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Public Health Services Act to require the
Director of the National Institutes of Health to expand
and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Ane-
mia.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Diamond-Blackfan
Anemia Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (in this section
referred to as ‘‘DBA’’) is a rare genetic bone mar-
row failure disorder, which develops in infancy and
results in severe anemia due to failure to make red
blood cells.
(2) Treatments for DBA, including the use of
steroids (such as prednisone) and blood transfusions,
have potential long-term side effects, including
osteoporosis, impaired growth because of the
steroids, and iron overload because of the trans-
fusions. DBA patients have an increased risk of leu-
kemia, solid tumors, and complete bone marrow fail-
ure.
(3) The only cure for DBA is a bone marrow
transplant, a procedure that carries serious risks
and, since most patients lack an acceptable donor, is
an option for only about 25 percent of patients.
(4) Although there are a few studies focusing
on other bone marrow failure syndromes and one in-
tramural study investigating the efficacy of stem cell
treatment for DBA patients, there are almost no
studies conducted at or with extramural funding
from the National Institutes of Health that are spe-
cifically aimed at the identification, treatment, and
cure of DBA.
SEC. 3. DIAMOND-BLACKFAN ANEMIA.
The Public Health Services Act is amended by insert-
ing after section 424B (42 U.S.C. 285b-7b) the following:
‘‘DIAMOND-BLACKFAN ANEMIA
‘‘SEC. 424C. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the
Institute, in coordination with the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute and the Office of Rare Diseases, shall
expand and intensify research and related activities of the
Institute with regard to Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—In carrying out subsection (a):
‘‘(1) SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP.—The Director of
the Institute shall convene a scientific workshop for
the following:
‘‘(A) Evaluation of the state of research on
Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.
‘‘(B) Determination of areas of importance
for such research (which may include red cell
differentiation, ribosomal protein function, can-
cer predisposition, and gene discovery).
‘‘(C) Development of a comprehensive plan
for conducting and supporting such research.
‘‘(2) RESEARCH.—In accordance with the com-
prehensive 
plan 
developed 
under 
subsection
(b)(1)(C), the Director of the Institute shall conduct
or support research on the following:
discharge of their official duties. The Commission may
also authorize—
‘‘(1) such of those employees of its contractors
and subcontractors (at any tier) engaged in the pro-
tection of property under the jurisdiction of the
United States located at facilities owned by or con-
tracted to the United States or being transported to
or from such facilities as it deems necessary in the
interests of the common defense and security; and
‘‘(2) such of those employees of persons licensed
or certified by the Commission (including employees
of contractors of licensees or certificate holders) en-
gaged in the protection of property of (A) facilities
owned or operated by a Commission licensee or cer-
tificate holder that are designated by the Commis-
sion, or (B) property of significance to the common
defense and security located at facilities owned or
operated by a Commission licensee or certificate
holder or being transported to or from such facili-
ties;
to carry firearms while in the discharge of their official
duties. A person authorized to carry firearms under this
subsection may, while in the performance of, and in con-
nection with, official duties, make arrests without warrant
for any offense against the United States committed in
‘‘(A) The pathophysiology of Diamond-
Blackfan Anemia.
‘‘(B) The relationship between Diamond-
Blackfan Anemia and predisposition to cancer.
‘‘(C) Developing better treatments and ul-
timately a cure for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia.
‘‘(3) DATABASE.—The Director of the Institute
shall facilitate the expansion and maintenance of, as
well as foster the use of, the Diamond-Blackfan
Anemia National Registry.’’.
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