3501.90.65 
Described in additional U.S. 
note 2 to this chapter and en-
tered according to its provi-
sions .........................................
0.37¢/kg 
Free (A*, CA, 
CL, E, IL, J, JO, 
SG) 
12.1¢/kg 
3501.90.70 
Other .......................................
$2.16/kg 
Free (MX) 
$2.81/kg 
’’. 
(b) MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Additional U.S. notes to 
chapter 4 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States are amended— 
(A) in note 13, by striking ‘‘subheading 
0404.90.10’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subheadings 
0404.90.05, 0404.90.15, and 0404.90.20’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
note: 
‘‘27. The aggregate quantity of milk protein concentrates 
entered under subheading 0404.90.15 in any cal-
endar year shall not exceed 15,818,000 kilograms. 
Articles the product of Mexico shall not be permitted 
or included under this quantitative limitation and no 
such article shall be classifiable therein.’’. 
(2) RATES FOR CERTAIN MILK PROTEIN CON-
CENTRATES.—Chapter 4 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States is amended by strik-
ing subheadings 0404.90 through 0404.90.10 and 
inserting the following new subheadings, with the ar-
ticle description for subheading 0404.90 having the 
same degree of indentation as the article description
for subheading 0404.10 and with the article descrip-
tions for subheadings 0404.90.05, 0404.90.15, and 
0404.90.20 having the same degree of indentation as 
the article description for subheading 0405.20.40: 
‘‘ 
0404.90 
Other: 
Milk protein concentrates: 
0404.90.05 
Described in general note 15 of 
the tariff schedule and entered 
pursuant to its provisions ............
0.37¢/kg 
Free (A*, CA, 
CL, E, IL, J, JO, 
MX, SG) 
12¢/kg 
0404.90.15 
Described in additional U.S. note 
27 to this chapter and entered 
pursuant to its provisions ............
0.37¢/kg 
Free (A*, CA, 
CL, E, IL, J, JO, 
SG) 
12¢/kg 
0404.90.20 
Other ...........................................
$1.56/kg 
Free (MX) 
$2.02/kg 
’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section apply to goods entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 
first day of the first month after the date that is 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(2) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(A) CHAPTER
35.—Notwithstanding the 
amendments made by subsection (a)(1)(B) of 
this section, in the case of any calendar year 
that includes the effective date described in 
paragraph (1), the aggregate amount of casein, 
caseinates, milk protein concentrate, and other 
casein derivatives entered under subheadings 
3501.10.15, 3501.10.65, and 3501.90.65 shall 
not exceed an amount equal to 148,085 kilo-
grams multiplied by the number of calendar 
days remaining in such year beginning with 
such effective date. 
(B) CHAPTER
4.—Notwithstanding the 
amendments made by subsection (b)(1)(B) of 
this section, in the case of any calendar year 
that includes the effective date described in 
paragraph (1), the aggregate amount of milk 
protein concentrates entered under subheading 
0404.90.15 shall not exceed an amount equal to 
43,337 kilograms multiplied by the number of 
calendar days remaining in such year beginning 
with such effective date. 
SEC. 3. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the provisions of section 1 re-
quire, the President— 
(1) may enter into a trade agreement with any 
foreign country or instrumentality for the purpose of 
granting new concessions as compensation in order 
to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutu-
ally advantageous concessions; and 
(2) may proclaim such modification or continu-
ance of any general rate of duty, or such continu-
ance of duty-free or excise treatment, or any quan-
titative limitation, as the President determines to be
required or appropriate to carry out any such agree-
ment. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No proclamation shall be 
made pursuant to subsection (a) decreasing any gen-
eral rate of duty to a rate which is less than 70 per-
cent of the existing general rate of duty. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN DUTY REDUC-
TIONS.—If the general rate of duty in effect is an 
intermediate stage under an agreement in effect be-
fore August 6, 2002, under section 1102(a) of the 
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 or 
under an agreement entered into under section 2103 
(a) or (b) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Au-
thority Act of 2002, the proclamation made pursu-
ant to subsection (a) may provide for the reduction 
of each general rate of duty at each such stage by 
not more than 30 percent of such general rate of 
duty, and may provide for a final general rate of 
duty which is not less than 70 percent of the general 
rate of duty proclaimed as the final stage under 
such agreement. 
(3) ROUNDING.—If the President determines 
that such action will simplify the computation of the 
amount of duty computed with respect to an article,