I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1945
To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton fabrics, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2005
Mr. SIMMONS (for himself and Mr. ETHERIDGE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Agriculture and Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide temporary duty reductions for certain cotton 
fabrics, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DUTY REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN 
COTTON SHIRTING FABRIC. 
(a) CERTAIN COTTON SHIRTING FABRICS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 
is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the 
following new headings:
‘‘
9902.52.08
Woven fabrics of cotton, all the fore-
going certified by the importer as 
suitable for use in making men’s and 
boys’ shirts and as imported by or for 
the benefit of a manufacturer of 
men’s and boys’ shirts, subject to the 
quantity limitations contained in gen-
eral note 18 of this subchapter (pro-
vided 
for 
in 
section 
204(b)(3)(B)(i)(III) of the Andean 
Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 
3203)) ................................................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2006
9902.52.09
Woven fabrics of cotton, all the fore-
going certified by the importer as 
containing 100 percent pima cotton 
grown in the United States, as suit-
able for use in making men’s and 
boys’ shirts, and as imported by or 
for the benefit of a manufacturer of 
men’s and boys’ shirts (provided for 
in section 204(b)(3)(B)(i)(III) of the 
Andean Trade Preference Act (19 
U.S.C. 3203)) ....................................
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2006
’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS AND LIMITATION ON QUAN-
TITY OF IMPORTS.—The U.S. Notes to subchapter II 
of chapter 99 are amended by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘18. For purposes of subheadings 9902.52.08 and 
9902.52.09, the term ‘making’ means cutting and 
sewing in the United States, and the term ‘manufac-
turer’ means a person or entity that cuts and sews 
in the United States. 
‘‘19. The aggregate quantity of cotton fabrics entered 
under subheading 9902.52.08 from January 1 to De-
cember 31 of each year, inclusive, by or on behalf 
of each manufacturer of men’s and boys’ shirts shall 
be limited to 85 percent of the total square meter 
equivalents of all imported cotton woven fabric used 
by such manufacturer in cutting and sewing men’s
and boys’ cotton shirts in the United States and pur-
chased by such manufacturer during calendar year 
2000.’’.
(b) DETERMINATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS.—
(1) AUTHORITY TO ISSUE LICENSES AND LI-
CENSE USE.—In order to implement the limitation 
on the quantity of cotton woven fabrics that may be 
entered under subheading 9902.52.08 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States, as re-
quired by U.S. Note 19 to subchapter II of chapter 
99 of such Schedule, the Secretary of Commerce 
shall issue licenses to eligible manufacturers under 
subheading 9902.52.08, specifying the restrictions 
under each such license on the quantity of cotton 
woven fabrics that may be entered each year by or 
on behalf of the manufacturer. A licensee may as-
sign the authority (in whole or in part) under the li-
cense to import fabric under subheading 9902.52.08 
of such Schedule. 
(2) LICENSES UNDER U.S. NOTE 19.—For pur-
poses of U.S. Note 19 to subchapter II of chapter 
99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, the Secretary of Commerce shall issue a li-
cense to a manufacturer within 60 days after the 
manufacturer files with the Secretary of Commerce
an application containing a notarized affidavit from 
an officer of the manufacturer that the manufac-
turer is eligible to receive a license and stating the 
quantity of imported cotton woven fabric purchased 
during calendar year 2000 for use in the cutting and 
sewing men’s and boys’ shirts in the United States. 
(3) AFFIDAVITS.—For purposes of an affidavit 
described in this subsection, the date of purchase 
shall be—
(A) the invoice date if the manufacturer is 
not the importer of record; and 
(B) the date of entry if the manufacturer 
is the importer of record. 
SEC. 2. COTTON TRUST FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be 
known as the ‘‘Pima Cotton Trust Fund’’ (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), consisting 
of such amounts as may be transferred to the Trust 
Fund under paragraph (2). 
(2) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning October 1, 
2005, the Secretary of the Treasury shall trans-
fer to the Trust Fund, from the general fund
of the Treasury, amounts determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to 
the amounts received in the general fund that 
are attributable to duties received since Janu-
ary 1, 1994, on articles under subheadings 
5208.21.60, 
5208.22.80, 
5208.29.80, 
5208.31.80, 
5208.32.50, 
5208.39.80, 
5208.41.80, 
5208.42.50, 
5208.49.80, 
5208.51.80, 
5208.52.50, 
5208.59.80, 
5210.21.80, and 5210.31.80 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States, subject to 
the limitation in subparagraph (B). 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not 
transfer more than $16,000,000 to the Trust 
fund in any fiscal year, and may not transfer 
any amount beginning on or after October 1, 
2007. 
(3) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—From amounts 
in the Trust Fund, the Commissioner of the Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection shall make the 
following payments annually beginning in fiscal year 
2005: 
(A) 25 percent of the amounts in the 
Trust Fund shall be paid annually to a nation-
ally recognized association established for the
promotion of pima cotton grown in the United 
States for the use in textile and apparel goods. 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts in the 
Trust Fund shall be paid annually to yarn spin-
ners of pima cotton grown in the United States, 
and shall be allocated to each spinner in an 
amount that bears the same ratio as—
(i) the spinner’s production of ring 
spun cotton yarns, measuring less than 
83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric num-
ber) from pima cotton grown in the United 
States in single and plied form during cal-
endar year 2002 (as evidenced by an affi-
davit provided by the spinner) bears to—
(ii) the production of the yarns de-
scribed in clause (i) during calendar year 
2002 for all spinners who qualify under 
this subparagraph. 
(C) 50 percent of the amounts in the Trust 
Fund shall be paid annually to those manufac-
turers who cut and sew cotton shirts in the 
United States who certify that they used im-
ported cotton fabric during the period January 
1, 1998, through July 1, 2003, and shall be al-