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‘‘(vi) any other provision, relating to 
determining whether a textile or apparel 
article is an originating good eligible for 
preferential treatment, of a law that imple-
ments a free trade agreement entered into 
by the United States that is in effect at 
the time the claim for preferential treat-
ment is made. 
‘‘(d) REVIEW AND REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) 
REVIEW.—The 
United 
States 
Inter-
national Trade Commission shall carry out a review 
of the program under this section annually for the 
purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of, and mak-
ing recommendations for improvements in, the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) 
REPORT.—The 
United 
States 
Inter-
national Trade Commission shall submit to the ap-
propriate congressional committees annually a report 
on the results of the review carried out under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(e) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The program under 
this section shall be in effect for the 10-year period 
beginning on the date on which the President cer-
tifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
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that sections A, B, C, and D of the Annex to Presi-
dential Proclamation 8213 (December 20, 2007) 
have taken effect. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The program under this 
section shall apply with respect to qualifying fabric 
exported to an eligible country on or after August 1, 
2007.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United 
States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
403 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 404. Earned import allowance program.’’. 
SEC. 3. AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 112 of the African 
Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(6)(A), by striking ‘‘ethic’’ 
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘ethnic’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and 
subject to paragraph (2),’’; 
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Subsection (b)(3)(C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subsection (b)(3)(B)’’; and 
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(ii) by redesignating such paragraph 
(4) as paragraph (2); and 
(D) by striking paragraph (5) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country’ means— 
‘‘(A) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country that had a per capita gross national 
product of less than $1,500 in 1998, as meas-
ured by the International Bank for Reconstruc-
tion and Development; 
‘‘(B) Botswana; 
‘‘(C) Namibia; and 
‘‘(D) Mauritius.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) REVIEW AND REPORTS.— 
(1) ITC REVIEW AND REPORT.— 
(A) REVIEW.—The United States Inter-
national Trade Commission shall conduct a re-
view to identify yarns, fabrics, and other textile 
and apparel inputs that through new or in-
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creased investment or other measures can be 
produced competitively in beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African countries. 
(B) REPORT.—Not later than 7 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
United States International Trade Commission 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and the Comptroller General a re-
port on the results of the review carried out 
under subparagraph (A). 
(2) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the submission of the report under paragraph 
(1)(B), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report that, 
based on the results of the report submitted under 
paragraph (1)(B) and other available information, 
contains recommendations for changes to United 
States trade preference programs, including the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3701 
et seq.) and the amendments made by that Act, to 
provide incentives to increase investment and other 
measures necessary to improve the competitiveness 
of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in the 
production of yarns, fabrics, and other textile and 
apparel inputs identified in the report submitted 
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under paragraph (1)(B), including changes to re-
quirements relating to rules of origin under such 
programs. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘appropriate congressional 
committees’’ means the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and 
(B) the term ‘‘beneficiary sub-Saharan Af-
rican countries’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 506A(c) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466a(c)). 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 6002(a)(2)(B) 
of Public Law 109–432 is amended by striking ‘‘(B) by 
striking’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) in paragraph (3), by strik-
ing’’. 
SEC. 4. GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 
Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2465) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2008’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2009’’. 
SEC. 5. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(j)(3) of the Con-
solidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Novem-
ber 14, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘February 21, 2018’’; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ‘‘Octo-
ber 7, 2017’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2018’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 15201 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) is 
amended by striking subsections (c) and (d). 
SEC. 6. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 
TAXES. 
The percentage under subparagraph (C) of section 
401(1) of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation 
Act of 2005 in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act is increased by 2.25 percentage points. 
SEC. 7. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
Section 15402 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246) is amended— 
(1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking 
‘‘Carribean’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Caribbean’’; and 
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