SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Jordan
Free Trade Area Implementation Act’’.
SEC. 2. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this Act are—
(1) to implement the agreement between the
United States and Jordan establishing a free trade
area;
(2) to strengthen and develop the economic re-
lations between the United States and Jordan for
their mutual benefit; and
(3) to establish free trade between the 2 nations
through the removal of trade barriers.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’
means the Agreement between the United States of
America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on
the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, entered
into on October 24, 2000.
(2) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
TITLE 
I—TARIFF 
MODIFICA-
TIONS; RULES OF ORIGIN
SEC. 101. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.
(a) TARIFF MODIFICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THE
AGREEMENT.—The President may proclaim—
(1) such modifications or continuation of any
duty,
(2) such continuation of duty-free or excise
treatment, or
(3) such additional duties,
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate
to carry out article 2.1 of the Agreement and the schedule
of duty reductions with respect to Jordan set out in Annex
2.1 of the Agreement.
(b) OTHER TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.—The President
may proclaim—
(1) such modifications or continuation of any
duty,
(2) such continuation of duty-free or excise
treatment, or
(3) such additional duties,
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate
to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually
advantageous concessions with respect to Jordan provided
for by the Agreement.
SEC. 102. RULES OF ORIGIN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) ELIGIBLE ARTICLES.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The reduction or elimi-
nation of any duty imposed on any article by
the United States provided for in the Agree-
ment shall apply only if—
(i) that article is imported directly
from Jordan into the customs territory of
the United States; and
(ii) that article—
(I) is wholly the growth, product,
or manufacture of Jordan; or
(II) is a new or different article
of commerce that has been grown,
produced, or manufactured in Jordan
and meets the requirements of sub-
paragraph (B).
(B) REQUIREMENTS.—
(i) GENERAL
RULE.—The require-
ments of this subparagraph are that with
respect to an article described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii)(II), the sum of—
(I) the cost or value of the mate-
rials produced in Jordan, plus
(II) the direct costs of processing
operations performed in Jordan,
is not less than 35 percent of the ap-
praised value of such article at the time it
is entered.
(ii) MATERIALS PRODUCED IN UNITED
STATES.—If the cost or value of materials
produced in the customs territory of the
United States is included with respect to
an article to which this paragraph applies,
an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the
appraised value of the article at the time
it is entered that is attributable to such
United States cost or value may be applied
toward determining the percentage re-
ferred to in clause (i).
(2) EXCLUSIONS.—No article may be consid-
ered to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A)
by virtue of having merely undergone—
(A) simple combining or packaging oper-
ations; or
(B) mere dilution with water or mere dilu-
tion with another substance that does not mate-
rially alter the characteristics of the article.
(b) DIRECT COSTS OF PROCESSING OPERATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—As used in this section, the
term ‘‘direct costs of processing operations’’ in-
cludes, but is not limited to—
(A) all actual labor costs involved in the
growth, production, manufacture, or assembly
of the specific merchandise, including fringe
benefits, on-the-job training, and the cost of en-
gineering, supervisory, quality control, and
similar personnel; and
(B) dies, molds, tooling, and depreciation
on machinery and equipment which are allo-
cable to the specific merchandise.
(2) EXCLUDED COSTS.—The term ‘‘direct costs
of processing operations’’ does not include costs
which are not directly attributable to the merchan-
dise concerned, or are not costs of manufacturing
the product, such as—
(A) profit; and
(B) general expenses of doing business
which are either not allocable to the specific
merchandise or are not related to the growth,
production, manufacture, or assembly of the
merchandise, such as administrative salaries,
casualty and liability insurance, advertising,
(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), an article is ‘‘wholly obtained or produced in
Jordan’’ if it is wholly the growth, product, or man-
ufacture of Jordan.
(3) SPECIAL RULES.—
(A) CERTAIN MADE-UP ARTICLES, TEXTILE
ARTICLES IN THE PIECE, AND CERTAIN OTHER
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(D) and except as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this
paragraph, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall determine
whether a good that is classified under one of
the following headings or subheadings of the
HTS shall be considered to meet the require-
ments of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a):
5609, 5807, 5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214,
6301, 6302, 6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10,
6307.90, 6308, and 9404.90.
(B) CERTAIN
KNIT-TO-SHAPE
TEXTILES
AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided in
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph,
a textile or apparel article which is knit-to-
shape in Jordan shall be considered to meet the
requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection
(a).
(C) CERTAIN
DYED
AND
PRINTED
TEX-
TILES
AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(D), a good classified
under heading 6117.10, 6213.00, 6214.00.
6302.22, 6302.29, 6302.52, 6302.53, 6302.59,
6302.92, 6302.93, 6302.99, 6303.92, 6303.99,
6304.19, 6304.93, 6304.99, 9404.90.85, or
9404.90.95 of the HTS, except for a good clas-
sified under any such heading as of cotton or
of wool or consisting of fiber blends containing
16 percent or more by weight of cotton, shall be
considered to meet the requirements of para-
graph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the fabric in
the good is both dyed and printed in Jordan,
and such dyeing and printing is accompanied by
2 or more of the following finishing operations:
bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating,
permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent em-
bossing, or moireing.
(D) FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, MANMADE
FIBER
OR
VEGETABLE
FIBER.— Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(C), a fabric classified
under the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made
fiber, or vegetable fiber shall be considered to
meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of
subsection (a) if the fabric is both dyed and
printed in Jordan, and such dyeing and print-
ing is accompanied by 2 or more of the fol-
lowing finishing operations: bleaching, shrink-
ing, fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiff-
ening, weighting, permanent embossing, or
moireing.
(4) MULTICOUNTRY RULE.—If the origin of a
textile or apparel article cannot be determined under
paragraph (1) or (3), then that article shall be con-
sidered to meet the requirements of paragraph
(1)(A) of subsection (a) if—
(A) the most important assembly or manu-
facturing process occurs in Jordan; or
(B) if the applicability of paragraph (1)(A)
of subsection (a) cannot be determined under
subparagraph (A), the last important assembly
or manufacturing occurs in Jordan.
(d) EXCLUSION.—A good shall not be considered to
meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection
(a) if the good—
(1) is imported into Jordan, and, at the time of
importation, would be classified under heading 0805
of the HTS; and
(2) is processed in Jordan into a good classified
under any of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.30
of the HTS.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury,
after consultation with the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
TITLE II—RELIEF FROM
IMPORTS
Subtitle A—General Provisions
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title:
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission.
(2) JORDANIAN
ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘Jor-
danian article’’ means an article that qualifies for
reduction or elimination of a duty under section 102.
Subtitle B—Relief From Imports
Benefiting From The Agreement
SEC. 211. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF.
(a) FILING OF PETITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A petition requesting action
under this subtitle for the purpose of adjusting to
the obligations of the United States under the
Agreement may be filed with the Commission by an
entity, including a trade association, firm, certified
or recognized union, or group of workers that is rep-
resentative of an industry. The Commission shall
transmit a copy of any petition filed under this sub-
section to the United States Trade Representative.
(2) PROVISIONAL RELIEF.—An entity filing a
petition under this subsection may request that pro-
visional relief be provided as if the petition had been
filed under section 202(a) of the Trade Act of 1974.
(3) CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—Any allegation
that critical circumstances exist shall be included in
the petition.
(b) INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the filing of a petition
under subsection (a), the Commission, unless sub-
section (d) applies, shall promptly initiate an inves-
tigation to determine whether, as a result of the re-
duction or elimination of a duty provided for under
the Agreement, a Jordanian article is being im-
ported into the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative to domestic