‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The President may 
not terminate the designation of a country as a 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under 
subparagraph (A) unless, at least 60 days be-
fore the termination of such designation, the 
President notifies Congress and notifies the 
country of the President’s intention to termi-
nate such designation, together with the consid-
erations entering into the decision to terminate 
such designation.’’. 
(b) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF 
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.—Section 506A of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) WITHDRAWAL, SUSPENSION, OR LIMITATION OF 
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President may with-
draw, suspend, or limit the application of duty-free 
treatment provided for any article described in sub-
section (b)(1) of this section or section 112 of the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act with respect to 
a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country if the 
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President determines that withdrawing, suspending, 
or limiting such duty-free treatment would be more 
effective in promoting compliance by the country 
with the requirements described in subsection (a)(1) 
than terminating the designation of the country as 
a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for pur-
poses of this section. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—The President may not 
withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of duty- 
free treatment under paragraph (1) unless, at least 
60 days before such withdrawal, suspension, or limi-
tation, the President notifies Congress and notifies 
the country of the President’s intention to withdraw, 
suspend, or limit such duty-free treatment, together 
with the considerations entering into the decision to 
terminate such designation.’’. 
(c) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGIBILITY 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 506A of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2466a), as so amended, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) REVIEW AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ELIGI-
BILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(a)(2), the President shall publish annually in the 
Federal Register a notice of review and request for 
public comments on whether beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African countries are meeting the eligibility re-
quirements set forth in section 104 of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act and the eligibility cri-
teria set forth in section 502 of this Act. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC
HEARING.—The United States 
Trade Representative shall, not later than 30 days 
after the date on which the President publishes the 
notice of review and request for public comments 
under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) hold a public hearing on such review 
and request for public comments; and 
‘‘(B) publish in the Federal Register, be-
fore such hearing is held, notice of— 
‘‘(i) the time and place of such hear-
ing; and 
‘‘(ii) the time and place at which such 
public comments will be accepted. 
‘‘(3) PETITION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, the President shall establish a proc-
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ess to allow any interested person, at any time, 
to file a petition with the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative with respect to the 
compliance of any country listed in section 107 
of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
with the eligibility requirements set forth in sec-
tion 104 of such Act and the eligibility criteria 
set forth in section 502 of this Act. 
‘‘(B) USE OF PETITIONS.—The President 
shall take into account all petitions filed pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) in making determina-
tions of compliance under subsections (a)(3)(A) 
and (c) and in preparing any reports required 
by this title as such reports apply with respect 
to beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 
‘‘(4) OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEWS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The President may, at 
any time, initiate an out-of-cycle review of 
whether a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country is making continual progress in meet-
ing the requirements described in paragraph 
(1). The President shall give due consideration 
to petitions received under paragraph (3) in de-
termining whether to initiate an out-of-cycle re-
view under this subparagraph. 
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‘‘(B) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.— 
Before initiating an out-of-cycle review under 
subparagraph (A), the President shall notify 
and consult with Congress. 
‘‘(C) CONSEQUENCES
OF
REVIEW.—If, 
pursuant to an out-of-cycle review conducted 
under subparagraph (A), the President deter-
mines that a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country does not meet the requirements set 
forth in section 104(a) of the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3703(a)), the 
President shall, subject to the requirements of 
subsections (a)(3)(B) and (c)(2), terminate the 
designation of the country as a beneficiary sub- 
Saharan African country or withdraw, suspend, 
or limit the application of duty-free treatment 
with respect to articles from the country. 
‘‘(D) REPORTS.—After each out-of-cycle 
review conducted under subparagraph (A) with 
respect to a country, the President shall submit 
to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives a report on the review 
and any determination of the President to ter-
minate the designation of the country as a ben-
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