‘‘(i) A description of the article, quan-
tity, numbers and marks of packages, in-
voice numbers, and bills of lading.
‘‘(ii) A description of the operation
performed in the production of the article
in the qualifying counties and identifica-
tion of the direct costs of processing oper-
ations.
‘‘(iii) A description of any materials
used in production of the article which are
wholly the growth, product, or manufac-
ture of the qualifying counties or the
United States, and a statement as to the
cost or value of such materials.
‘‘(iv) A description of the operations
performed on, and a statement as to the
origin and cost or value of, any foreign
materials used in the article which are
claimed to have been sufficiently processed
in the qualifying counties so as to be mate-
rials produced in the qualifying counties.
‘‘(v) A description of the origin and
cost or value of any foreign materials used
in the article which have not been substan-
tially transformed in the qualifying coun-
ties.
‘‘(d) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The United States
Trade Representative shall report annually to the Con-
gress on the status of efforts to acquire the waiver de-
scribed in subsection (a). The Trade Representative shall
also include in the report the status of trade relations be-
tween the United States and Northern Ireland and the
border counties of the Irish Republic, and recommenda-
tions on how to effectively expand trade between the
United States and Northern Ireland and the border coun-
ties of the Irish Republic.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 502(a)(1)
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in section 506A, the’’.
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 507 of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(6) NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE BORDER
COUNTIES
OF
THE
IRISH
REPUBLIC; QUALIFYING
COUNTIES.—The terms ‘Northern Ireland and the
border counties of the Irish Republic’ and ‘qualifying
counties’ mean any county, district, city, or county
council or geographic area that—
‘‘(A) is in Northern Ireland, or is in the
Republic of Ireland and contiguous to Northern
Ireland; and
‘‘(B)(i) suffers from the severest form of
economic deprivation, which may take into ac-
count the United Kingdom’s report, Relative
Deprivation in Northern Ireland, Occasional
Paper Number 28, Policy Planning and Re-
search Unit, September, or the European
Union’s report, Special Support Programme for
Peace 
and 
Reconciliation 
1995–1999,
including—
‘‘(I) in Northern Ireland, the counties
of Derry, Armagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Fer-
managh, and Down; and
‘‘(II) in the Republic of Ireland, the
border counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim,
Cavan, Monaghan, and Louth; or
‘‘(ii) has a rate of unemployment higher
than the local or urban average of unemploy-
ment in Northern Ireland.
‘‘(7) GATT 1994.—The term ‘GATT 1994’ has
the meaning given that term in section 2(1)(B) of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3501(1)(B)).
‘‘(8) WTO 
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘WTO
Agreement’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 2(9) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3501(9)).’’.
SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) NORTHERN
IRELAND
AND
THE
BORDER
COUNTIES
OF
THE
IRISH
REPUBLIC.—The term
‘‘Northern Ireland and the border counties of the
Irish Republic’’ means a county, district, city, or
county council or geographic area that—
(A) is in Northern Ireland, or is in the Re-
public of Ireland and contiguous to Northern
Ireland; and
(B)(i) suffers from the severest form of
economic deprivation, which may take into ac-
count the United Kingdom’s report, Relative
Deprivation in Northern Ireland, Occasional
Paper Number 28, Policy Planning and Re-
search Unit, September, or the European
Union’s report, Special Support Programme for
Peace 
and 
Reconciliation 
1995–1999,
including—
(I) in Northern Ireland, the counties
of Derry, Armagh, Antrim, Tyrone, Fer-
managh, and Down; and
(II) in the Republic of Ireland, the
border counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim,
Cavan, Monaghan, and Louth; or
(ii) has a rate of unemployment higher
than the local or urban average of unemploy-
ment in Northern Ireland.
(2) INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR IRELAND.—The
term ‘‘International Fund for Ireland’’ has the
meaning given the term ‘‘International Fund’’ in
section 8 of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act
of 1986 (Public Law 99–415).
(3) PRINCIPLES OF FAIR EMPLOYMENT.—The
term ‘‘principles of fair employment’’ means the fol-
lowing principles:
(A) Increasing the representation of indi-
viduals from underrepresented religious groups
in the workforce, including managerial, super-
visory, administrative, clerical, and technical
jobs.
(B) Providing adequate security for the
protection of minority employees at the work-
place.
(C) Banning provocative sectarian or polit-
ical emblems from the workplace.
(D) Providing that all job openings be ad-
vertised publicly and providing that special re-
cruitment efforts be made to attract applicants
from underrepresented religious groups.
(E) Providing that layoff, recall, and ter-
mination procedures do not favor a particular
religious group.
(F) Abolishing job reservations, appren-
ticeship restrictions, and differential employ-
ment criteria which discriminate on the basis of
religion.
(G) Providing for the development of train-
ing programs that will prepare substantial num-
bers of minority employees for skilled jobs, in-
cluding the expansion of existing programs and
the creation of new programs to train, upgrade,
and improve the skills of minority employees.
(H) Establishing procedures to assess,
identify, and actively recruit minority employees
with the potential for further advancement.
(I) Providing for the appointment of a sen-
ior management staff member to be responsible
for the employment efforts of the entity and,