(ii) general expenses of doing business 
that are either not allocable to the good or 
are not related to the growth, production, 
or manufacture of the good, such as ad-
ministrative salaries, casualty and liability 
insurance, advertising, and sales staff sala-
ries, commissions, or expenses. 
(2) GOOD.—The term ‘‘good’’ means any mer-
chandise, product, article, or material. 
(3) GOOD WHOLLY THE GROWTH, PRODUCT, OR 
MANUFACTURE
OF
BAHRAIN
OR
THE
UNITED 
STATES, OR
BOTH.—The term ‘‘good wholly the 
growth, product, or manufacture of Bahrain or the 
United States, or both’’ means— 
(A) a mineral good extracted in the terri-
tory of Bahrain or the United States, or both; 
(B) a vegetable good, as such a good is 
provided for in the HTS, harvested in the terri-
tory of Bahrain or the United States, or both; 
(C) a live animal born and raised in the 
territory of Bahrain or the United States, or 
both; 
(D) a good obtained from live animals 
raised in the territory of Bahrain or the United 
States, or both;
(E) a good obtained from hunting, trap-
ping, or fishing in the territory of Bahrain or 
the United States, or both; 
(F) a good (fish, shellfish, and other ma-
rine life) taken from the sea by vessels reg-
istered or recorded with Bahrain or the United 
States and flying the flag of that country; 
(G) a good produced from goods referred 
to in subparagraph (F) on board factory ships 
registered or recorded with Bahrain or the 
United States and flying the flag of that coun-
try; 
(H) a good taken by Bahrain or the 
United States or a person of Bahrain or the 
United States from the seabed or beneath the 
seabed outside territorial waters, if Bahrain or 
the United States, as the case may be, has 
rights to exploit such seabed; 
(I) a good taken from outer space, if such 
good is obtained by Bahrain or the United 
States or a person of Bahrain or the United 
States and not processed in the territory of a 
country other than Bahrain or the United 
States; 
(J) waste and scrap derived from—
(i) production or manufacture in the 
territory of Bahrain or the United States, 
or both; or 
(ii) used goods collected in the terri-
tory of Bahrain or the United States, or 
both, if such goods are fit only for the re-
covery of raw materials; 
(K) a recovered good derived in the terri-
tory of Bahrain or the United States from used 
goods and utilized in the territory of that coun-
try in the production of remanufactured goods; 
and 
(L) a good produced in the territory of 
Bahrain or the United States, or both, exclu-
sively— 
(i) from goods referred to in subpara-
graphs (A) through (J), or 
(ii) from the derivatives of goods re-
ferred to in clause (i), 
at any stage of production. 
(4) INDIRECT MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘indirect 
material’’ means a good used in the growth, produc-
tion, manufacture, testing, or inspection of a good 
but not physically incorporated into the good, or a 
good used in the maintenance of buildings or the op-
eration of equipment associated with the growth, 
production, or manufacture of a good, including— 
(A) fuel and energy; 
(B) tools, dies, and molds; 
(C) spare parts and materials used in the 
maintenance of equipment and buildings; 
(D) lubricants, greases, compounding ma-
terials, and other materials used in the growth, 
production, or manufacture of a good or used 
to operate equipment and buildings; 
(E) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, 
safety equipment, and supplies; 
(F) equipment, devices, and supplies used 
for testing or inspecting the good; 
(G) catalysts and solvents; and 
(H) any other goods that are not incor-
porated into the good but the use of which in 
the growth, production, or manufacture of the 
good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a 
part of that growth, production, or manufac-
ture. 
(5) MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘material’’ means a 
good, including a part or ingredient, that is used in 
the growth, production, or manufacture of another 
good that is a new or different article of commerce
that has been grown, produced, or manufactured in 
Bahrain or the United States, or both. 
(6) MATERIAL PRODUCED IN THE TERRITORY 
OF BAHRAIN OR THE UNITED STATES, OR BOTH.—
The term ‘‘material produced in the territory of 
Bahrain or the United States, or both’’ means a 
good that is either wholly the growth, product, or 
manufacture of Bahrain or the United States, or 
both, or a new or different article of commerce that 
has been grown, produced, or manufactured in the 
territory of Bahrain or the United States, or both. 
(7) NEW
OR
DIFFERENT
ARTICLE
OF
COM-
MERCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘new or dif-
ferent article of commerce’’ means, except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), a good that— 
(i) has been substantially transformed 
from a good or material that is not wholly 
the growth, product, or manufacture of 
Bahrain or the United States, or both; and 
(ii) has a new name, character, or use 
distinct from the good or material from 
which it was transformed. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—A good shall not be con-
sidered a new or different article of commerce
by virtue of having undergone simple combining 
or packaging operations, or mere dilution with 
water or another substance that does not mate-
rially alter the characteristics of the good. 
(8) RECOVERED GOODS.—The term ‘‘recovered 
goods’’ means materials in the form of individual 
parts that result from— 
(A) the complete disassembly of used goods 
into individual parts; and 
(B) the cleaning, inspecting, testing, or 
other processing of those parts that is necessary 
for improvement to sound working condition. 
(9) REMANUFACTURED GOOD.—The term ‘‘re-
manufactured good’’ means an industrial good that 
is assembled in the territory of Bahrain or the 
United States and that— 
(A) is entirely or partially comprised of re-
covered goods; 
(B) has a similar life expectancy to, and 
meets similar performance standards as, a like 
good that is new; and 
(C) enjoys a factory warranty similar to 
that of a like good that is new. 
(10) SIMPLE COMBINING OR PACKAGING OPER-
ATIONS.—The term ‘‘simple combining or packaging
operations’’ means operations such as adding bat-
teries to devices, fitting together a small number of 
components by bolting, gluing, or soldering, and re-
packing or packaging components together. 
(11) 
SUBSTANTIALLY
TRANSFORMED.—The 
term ‘‘substantially transformed’’ means, with re-
spect to a good or material, changed as the result 
of a manufacturing or processing operation so 
that— 
(A)(i) the good or material is converted 
from a good that has multiple uses into a good 
or material that has limited uses; 
(ii) the physical properties of the good or 
material are changed to a significant extent; or 
(iii) the operation undergone by the good 
or material is complex by reason of the number 
of different processes and materials involved 
and the time and level of skill required to per-
form those processes; and 
(B) the good or material loses its separate 
identity in the manufacturing or processing op-
eration. 
(j) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to proclaim, as part of the HTS—
(A) the provisions set forth in Annex 3–A 
and Annex 4–A of the Agreement; and 
(B) any additional subordinate category 
that is necessary to carry out this title, con-
sistent with the Agreement. 
(2) MODIFICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the consulta-
tion and layover provisions of section 104, the 
President may proclaim modifications to the 
provisions proclaimed under the authority of 
paragraph (1)(A), other than provisions of 
chapters 50 through 63 of the HTS (as in-
cluded in Annex 3–A of the Agreement). 
(B) ADDITIONAL
PROCLAMATIONS.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (A), and subject to 
the consultation and layover provisions of sec-
tion 104, the President may proclaim— 
(i) modifications to the provisions pro-
claimed under the authority of paragraph 
(1)(A) as are necessary to implement an 
agreement with Bahrain pursuant to arti-
cle 3.2.5 of the Agreement; and 
(ii) before the end of the 1-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, modifications to correct any typo-
graphical, clerical, or other nonsubstantive 
technical error regarding the provisions of 
chapters 50 through 63 of the HTS (as in-
cluded in Annex 3–A of the Agreement). 
SEC. 203. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
Section 13031(b) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)) is 
amended—
(1) in each of paragraphs (13) and (15), by 
moving the text 2 ems to the left; and 
(2) by adding after paragraph (15) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(16) No fee may be charged under subsection (a) 
(9) or (10) with respect to goods that qualify as origi-
nating goods under section 202 of the United States-Bah-
rain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. Any 
service for which an exemption from such fee is provided 
by reason of this paragraph may not be funded with 
money contained in the Customs User Fee Account.’’. 
SEC. 204. ENFORCEMENT RELATING TO TRADE IN TEXTILE 
AND APPAREL GOODS. 
(a) ACTION DURING VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the 
Treasury requests the Government of Bahrain to 
conduct a verification pursuant to article 3.3 of the
Agreement for purposes of making a determination 
under paragraph (2), the President may direct the 
Secretary to take appropriate action described in 
subsection (b) while the verification is being con-
ducted. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—A determination under 
this paragraph is a determination— 
(A) that an exporter or producer in Bah-
rain is complying with applicable customs laws, 
regulations, procedures, requirements, or prac-
tices affecting trade in textile or apparel goods; 
or 
(B) that a claim that a textile or apparel 
good exported or produced by such exporter or 
producer— 
(i) qualifies as an originating good 
under section 202; or 
(ii) is a good of Bahrain, is accurate. 
(b) APPROPRIATE ACTION DESCRIBED.—Appropriate 
action under subsection (a)(1) includes— 
(1) suspension of liquidation of the entry of any 
textile or apparel good exported or produced by the 
person that is the subject of a verification referred 
to in subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance de-
scribed in subsection (a)(2)(A), in a case in which
the request for verification was based on a reason-
able suspicion of unlawful activity related to such 
good; and 
(2) suspension of liquidation of the entry of a 
textile or apparel good for which a claim has been 
made that is the subject of a verification referred to 
in subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B). 
(c) ACTION
WHEN
INFORMATION
IS
INSUFFI-
CIENT.—If the Secretary of the Treasury determines that 
the information obtained within 12 months after making 
a request for a verification under subsection (a)(1) is in-
sufficient to make a determination under subsection 
(a)(2), the President may direct the Secretary to take ap-
propriate action described in subsection (d) until such 
time as the Secretary receives information sufficient to 
make a determination under subsection (a)(2) or until 
such earlier date as the President may direct. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
ACTION
DESCRIBED.—Appro-
priate action referred to in subsection (c) includes— 
(1) publication of the name and address of the 
person that is the subject of the verification; 
(2) denial of preferential tariff treatment under 
the Agreement to—
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) re-
garding compliance described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A); or 
(B) a textile or apparel good for which a 
claim has been made that is the subject of a 
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) re-
garding 
a 
claim 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B); and 
(3) denial of entry into the United States of— 
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) re-
garding compliance described in subsection 
(a)(2)(A); or 
(B) a textile or apparel good for which a 
claim has been made that is the subject of a 
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) re-
garding 
a 
claim 
described 
in 
subsection 
(a)(2)(B). 
SEC. 205. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe 
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out— 
(1) subsections (a) through (i) of section 202;
(2) the amendment made by section 203(2); 
and 
(3) proclamations issued under section 202(j). 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM 
IMPORTS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) BAHRAINI ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘Bahraini 
article’’ means an article that—
(A) qualifies as an originating good under 
section 202(b); or 
(B) receives preferential tariff treatment 
under paragraphs 8 through 11 of article 3.2 of 
the Agreement. 
(2) BAHRAINI
TEXTILE
OR
APPAREL
ARTI-
CLE.—The term ‘‘Bahraini textile or apparel article’’ 
means an article that— 
(A) is listed in the Annex to the Agree-
ment on Textiles and Clothing referred to in 
section 101(d)(4) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4)); and 
(B) is a Bahraini article. 
(3) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission.
Subtitle A—Relief From Imports 
Benefiting From the Agreement 
SEC. 311. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF. 
(a) FILING OF PETITION.—A petition requesting ac-
tion 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 representative of an industry. 
The Commission shall transmit a copy of any petition filed 
under this subsection to the United States Trade Rep-
resentative. 
(b) INVESTIGATION
AND DETERMINATION.—Upon 
the filing of a petition under subsection (a), the Commis-
sion, unless subsection (d) applies, shall promptly initiate 
an investigation to determine whether, as a result of the 
reduction or elimination of a duty provided for under the 
Agreement, a Bahraini article is being imported into the 
United States in such increased quantities, in absolute 
terms or relative to domestic production, and under such 
conditions that imports of the Bahraini article constitute 
a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof to 
the domestic industry producing an article that is like, or 
directly competitive with, the imported article.
(c) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The following provi-
sions of section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2252) apply with respect to any investigation initiated 
under subsection (b): 
(1) Paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection 
(b). 
(2) Subsection (c). 
(3) Subsection (i). 
(d) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM INVESTIGATION.—No 
investigation may be initiated under this section with re-
spect to any Bahraini article if, after the date on which 
the Agreement enters into force with respect to the United 
States, import relief has been provided with respect to that 
Bahraini article under this subtitle. 
SEC. 312. COMMISSION ACTION ON PETITION. 
(a) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date on which an investigation is initiated under sec-
tion 311(b) with respect to a petition, the Commission 
shall make the determination required under that section. 
(b) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—For purposes of this 
subtitle, the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1330(d) (1), (2), and (3)) shall be applied with respect 
to determinations and findings made under this section