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Calendar No. 631 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4759 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 14, 2004 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To implement the United States-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Imple-
mentation Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO, THE AGREEMENT 
Sec. 101. Approval and entry into force of the Agreement.
Sec. 102. Relationship of the Agreement to United States and State law.
Sec. 103. Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial 
regulations.
Sec. 104. Consultation and layover provisions for, and effective date of, pro-
claimed actions.
Sec. 105. Administration of dispute settlement proceedings.
Sec. 106. Effective dates; effect of termination.
TITLE II—CUSTOMS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Tariff modifications.
Sec. 202. Additional duties on certain agricultural goods.
Sec. 203. Rules of origin. 
Sec. 204. Customs user fees.
Sec. 205. Disclosure of incorrect information.
Sec. 206. Enforcement relating to trade in textile and apparel goods.
Sec. 207. Regulations.
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM IMPORTS 
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Relief From Imports Benefiting From the Agreement 
Sec. 311. Commencing of action for relief.
Sec. 312. Commission action on petition.
Sec. 313. Provision of relief.
Sec. 314. Termination of relief authority.
Sec. 315. Compensation authority.
Sec. 316. Confidential business information.
Subtitle B—Textile and Apparel Safeguard Measures 
Sec. 321. Commencement of action for relief.
Sec. 322. Determination and provision of relief.
Sec. 323. Period of relief.
Sec. 324. Articles exempt from relief.
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Sec. 325. Rate after termination of import relief.
Sec. 326. Termination of relief authority.
Sec. 327. Compensation authority.
Sec. 328. Business confidential information.
Subtitle C—Cases Under Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
Sec. 331. Findings and action on goods from Australia.
TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 401. Eligible products.  
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to approve and implement the Free Trade 
Agreement between the United States and Australia, 
entered into under the authority of section 2103(b) 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803(b)); 
(2) to strengthen and develop economic rela-
tions between the United States and Australia for 
their mutual benefit; 
(3) to establish free trade between the 2 nations 
through the reduction and elimination of barriers to 
trade in goods and services and to investment; and 
(4) to lay the foundation for further coopera-
tion to expand and enhance the benefits of such 
Agreement. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the United States-Australia Free Trade