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(2) DEFINITION OF STATE LAW.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘‘State law’’ includes— 
(A) any law of a political subdivision of a 
State; and 
(B) any State law regulating or taxing the 
business of insurance. 
(c) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PRI-
VATE REMEDIES.—No person other than the United 
States— 
(1) shall have any cause of action or defense 
under the Agreement or by virtue of congressional 
approval thereof; or 
(2) may challenge, in any action brought under 
any provision of law, any action or inaction by any 
department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
United States, any State, or any political subdivision 
of a State, on the ground that such action or inac-
tion is inconsistent with the Agreement. 
SEC. 103. IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF 
ENTRY INTO FORCE AND INITIAL REGULA-
TIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS.— 
(1) PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—After the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
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(A) the President may proclaim such ac-
tions, and 
(B) other appropriate officers of the 
United States Government may issue such reg-
ulations, 
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of 
this Act, or amendment made by this Act, that takes 
effect on the date on which the Agreement enters 
into force is appropriately implemented on such 
date, but no such proclamation or regulation may 
have an effective date earlier than the date on which 
the Agreement enters into force. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN PROCLAIMED 
ACTIONS.—Any action proclaimed by the President 
under the authority of this Act that is not subject 
to the consultation and layover provisions under sec-
tion 104 may not take effect before the 15th day 
after the date on which the text of the proclamation 
is published in the Federal Register. 
(3) WAIVER OF 15-DAY RESTRICTION.—The 15- 
day restriction in paragraph (2) on the taking effect 
of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that 
the application of such restriction would prevent the 
taking effect on the date on which the Agreement 
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enters into force of any action proclaimed under this 
section. 
(b) INITIAL REGULATIONS.—Initial regulations nec-
essary or appropriate to carry out the actions required by 
or authorized under this Act or proposed in the statement 
of 
administrative 
action 
submitted 
under 
section 
101(a)(2) to implement the Agreement shall, to the max-
imum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the 
date on which the Agreement enters into force. In the case 
of any implementing action that takes effect on a date 
after the date on which the Agreement enters into force, 
initial regulations to carry out that action shall, to the 
maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after 
such effective date. 
SEC. 104. CONSULTATION AND LAYOVER PROVISIONS FOR, 
AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF, PROCLAIMED AC-
TIONS. 
If a provision of this Act provides that the implemen-
tation of an action by the President by proclamation is 
subject to the consultation and layover requirements of 
this section, such action may be proclaimed only if— 
(1) the President has obtained advice regarding 
the proposed action from— 
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(A) the appropriate advisory committees 
established under section 135 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155); and 
(B) the United States International Trade 
Commission; 
(2) the President has submitted to the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
a report that sets forth— 
(A) the action proposed to be proclaimed 
and the reasons therefor; and 
(B) the advice obtained under paragraph 
(1); 
(3) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning on 
the first day on which the requirements set forth in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) have been met has expired; 
and 
(4) the President has consulted with the Com-
mittees referred to in paragraph (2) regarding the 
proposed action during the period referred to in 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 105. ADMINISTRATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION OF OFFICE.— 
The President is authorized to establish or designate with-
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in the Department of Commerce an office that shall be 
responsible for providing administrative assistance to pan-
els established under chapter 20 of the Agreement. The 
office may not be considered to be an agency for purposes 
of section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2006 to the Department of Commerce such 
sums as may be necessary for the establishment and oper-
ations of the office established or designated under sub-
section (a) and for the payment of the United States share 
of the expenses of panels established under chapter 20 of 
the Agreement. 
SEC. 106. ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. 
The United States is authorized to resolve any claim 
against 
the 
United 
States 
covered 
by 
article 
10.15.1(a)(i)(C) or article 10.15.1(b)(i)(C) of the Agree-
ment, pursuant to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement 
procedures set forth in section B of chapter 10 of the 
Agreement. 
SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the provisions of this Act and the amendments 
made by this Act take effect on the date on which the 
Agreement enters into force. 
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 1 through 3 and this 
title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) TERMINATION
OF
THE AGREEMENT.—On the 
date on which the Agreement terminates, the provisions 
of this Act (other than this subsection) and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall cease to be effective. 
TITLE II—CUSTOMS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) TARIFF MODIFICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 
AGREEMENT.— 
(1) PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—The Presi-
dent may proclaim— 
(A) such modifications or continuation of 
any duty, 
(B) such continuation of duty-free or ex-
cise treatment, or 
(C) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out or apply articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 
3.2.8, and 3.2.9, and Annex 2–B of the Agreement. 
(2) EFFECT ON OMANI GSP STATUS.—Notwith-
standing section 502(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2462(a)(1)), the President shall, on the 
date on which the Agreement enters into force, ter-
minate the designation of Oman as a beneficiary de-
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veloping country for purposes of title V of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.). 
(b) OTHER TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.—Subject to the 
consultation and layover provisions of section 104, the 
President may proclaim— 
(1) such modifications or continuation of any 
duty, 
(2) such modifications as the United States 
may agree to with Oman regarding the staging of 
any duty treatment set forth in Annex 2–B of the 
Agreement, 
(3) such continuation of duty-free or excise 
treatment, or 
(4) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate 
to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually 
advantageous concessions with respect to Oman provided 
for by the Agreement. 
(c) CONVERSION TO AD VALOREM RATES.—For pur-
poses of subsections (a) and (b), with respect to any good 
for which the base rate in the Tariff Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2–B of the Agreement is a specific 
or compound rate of duty, the President may substitute 
for the base rate an ad valorem rate that the President 
determines to be equivalent to the base rate. 
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SEC. 202. RULES OF ORIGIN. 
(a) APPLICATION
AND INTERPRETATION.—In this 
section: 
(1) TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION.—The basis for 
any tariff classification is the HTS. 
(2) REFERENCE
TO
HTS.—Whenever in this 
section there is a reference to a heading or sub-
heading, such reference shall be a reference to a 
heading or subheading of the HTS. 
(b) ORIGINATING GOODS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of this Act 
and for purposes of implementing the preferential 
tariff treatment provided for under the Agreement, 
a good is an originating good if— 
(A) the good is imported directly— 
(i) from the territory of Oman into 
the territory of the United States; or 
(ii) from the territory of the United 
States into the territory of Oman; and 
(B)(i) the good is a good wholly the 
growth, product, or manufacture of Oman or 
the United States, or both; 
(ii) the good (other than a good to which 
clause (iii) applies) is a new or different article 
of commerce that has been grown, produced, or 
manufactured in Oman or the United States, or 
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both, and meets the requirements of paragraph 
(2); or 
(iii)(I) the good is a good covered by 
Annex 3–A or 4–A of the Agreement; 
(II)(aa) each of the nonoriginating mate-
rials used in the production of the good under-
goes an applicable change in tariff classification 
specified in such Annex as a result of produc-
tion occurring entirely in the territory of Oman 
or the United States, or both; or 
(bb) the good otherwise satisfies the re-
quirements specified in such Annex; and 
(III) the good satisfies all other applicable 
requirements of this section. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A good described in 
paragraph (1)(B)(ii) is an originating good only if 
the sum of— 
(A) the value of each material produced in 
the territory of Oman or the United States, or 
both, and 
(B) the direct costs of processing oper-
ations performed in the territory of Oman or 
the United States, or both, 
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is not less than 35 percent of the appraised value of 
the good at the time the good is entered into the ter-
ritory of the United States. 
(c) CUMULATION.— 
(1) ORIGINATING GOOD OR MATERIAL INCOR-
PORATED
INTO
GOODS
OF
OTHER
COUNTRY.—An 
originating good, or a material produced in the terri-
tory of Oman or the United States, or both, that is 
incorporated into a good in the territory of the other 
country shall be considered to originate in the terri-
tory of the other country. 
(2) MULTIPLE
PRODUCERS.—A good that is 
grown, produced, or manufactured in the territory of 
Oman or the United States, or both, by 1 or more 
producers, is an originating good if the good satis-
fies the requirements of subsection (b) and all other 
applicable requirements of this section. 
(d) VALUE OF MATERIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the value of a material produced in the 
territory of Oman or the United States, or both, in-
cludes the following: 
(A) The price actually paid or payable for 
the material by the producer of the good. 
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(B) The freight, insurance, packing, and 
all other costs incurred in transporting the ma-
terial to the producer’s plant, if such costs are 
not included in the price referred to in subpara-
graph (A). 
(C) The cost of waste or spoilage resulting 
from the use of the material in the growth, pro-
duction, or manufacture of the good, less the 
value of recoverable scrap. 
(D) Taxes or customs duties imposed on 
the material by Oman or the United States, or 
both, if the taxes or customs duties are not re-
mitted upon exportation from the territory of 
Oman or the United States, as the case may be. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If the relationship between 
the producer of a good and the seller of a material 
influenced the price actually paid or payable for the 
material, or if there is no price actually paid or pay-
able by the producer for the material, the value of 
the material produced in the territory of Oman or 
the United States, or both, includes the following: 
(A) All expenses incurred in the growth, 
production, or manufacture of the material, in-
cluding general expenses. 
(B) A reasonable amount for profit. 
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(C) Freight, insurance, packing, and all 
other costs incurred in transporting the mate-
rial to the producer’s plant. 
(e) PACKAGING AND PACKING MATERIALS AND CON-
TAINERS FOR RETAIL SALE AND FOR SHIPMENT.—Pack-
aging and packing materials and containers for retail sale 
and shipment shall be disregarded in determining whether 
a good qualifies as an originating good, except to the ex-
tent that the value of such packaging and packing mate-
rials and containers has been included in meeting the re-
quirements set forth in subsection (b)(2). 
(f) INDIRECT MATERIALS.—Indirect materials shall 
be disregarded in determining whether a good qualifies as 
an originating good, except that the cost of such indirect 
materials may be included in meeting the requirements set 
forth in subsection (b)(2). 
(g) TRANSIT AND TRANSSHIPMENT.—A good shall 
not be considered to meet the requirement of subsection 
(b)(1)(A) if, after exportation from the territory of Oman 
or the United States, the good undergoes production, man-
ufacturing, or any other operation outside the territory of 
Oman or the United States, other than unloading, reload-
ing, or any other operation necessary to preserve the good 
in good condition or to transport the good to the territory 
of Oman or the United States. 
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(h) TEXTILE AND APPAREL GOODS.— 
(1) DE MINIMIS AMOUNTS OF NONORIGINATING 
MATERIALS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a textile or apparel good 
that is not an originating good because certain 
fibers or yarns used in the production of the 
component of the good that determines the tar-
iff classification of the good do not undergo an 
applicable change in tariff classification set out 
in Annex 3–A of the Agreement shall be consid-
ered to be an originating good if the total 
weight of all such fibers or yarns in that com-
ponent is not more than 7 percent of the total 
weight of that component. 
(B) 
CERTAIN
TEXTILE
OR
APPAREL 
GOODS.—A textile or apparel good containing 
elastomeric yarns in the component of the good 
that determines the tariff classification of the 
good shall be considered to be an originating 
good only if such yarns are wholly formed in 
the territory of Oman or the United States. 
(C) YARN, FABRIC, OR
GROUP
OF
FI-
BERS.—For purposes of this paragraph, in the 
case of a textile or apparel good that is a yarn, 
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fabric, or group of fibers, the term ‘‘component 
of the good that determines the tariff classifica-
tion of the good’’ means all of the fibers in the 
yarn, fabric, or group of fibers. 
(2) GOODS
PUT
UP
IN
SETS
FOR
RETAIL 
SALE.—Notwithstanding the rules set forth in Annex 
3–A of the Agreement, textile or apparel goods clas-
sifiable as goods put up in sets for retail sale as pro-
vided for in General Rule of Interpretation 3 of the 
HTS shall not be considered to be originating goods 
unless each of the goods in the set is an originating 
good or the total value of the nonoriginating goods 
in the set does not exceed 10 percent of the value 
of the set determined for purposes of assessing cus-
toms duties. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECT
COSTS
OF
PROCESSING
OPER-
ATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘direct costs 
of processing operations’’, with respect to a 
good, includes, to the extent they are includable 
in the appraised value of the good when im-
ported into Oman or the United States, as the 
case may be, the following: 
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(i) All actual labor costs involved in 
the growth, production, or manufacture of 
the good, including fringe benefits, on-the- 
job training, and the cost of engineering, 
supervisory, quality control, and similar 
personnel. 
(ii) Tools, dies, molds, and other indi-
rect materials, and depreciation on ma-
chinery and equipment that are allocable 
to the good. 
(iii) Research, development, design, 
engineering, and blueprint costs, to the ex-
tent that they are allocable to the good. 
(iv) Costs of inspecting and testing 
the good. 
(v) Costs of packaging the good for 
export to the territory of the other country. 
(B) EXCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘direct costs 
of processing operations’’ does not include costs 
that are not directly attributable to a good or 
are not costs of growth, production, or manu-
facture of the good, such as— 
(i) profit; and 
(ii) general expenses of doing business 
that are either not allocable to the good or 
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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 OMAN OR THE UNITED STATES, 
OR
BOTH.—The term ‘‘good wholly the growth, 
product, or manufacture of Oman or the United 
States, or both’’ means— 
(A) a mineral good extracted in the terri-
tory of Oman 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 Oman or the United States, or both; 
(C) a live animal born and raised in the 
territory of Oman or the United States, or 
both; 
(D) a good obtained from live animals 
raised in the territory of Oman or the United 
States, or both; 
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(E) a good obtained from hunting, trap-
ping, or fishing in the territory of Oman 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 Oman 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 Oman or the United 
States and flying the flag of that country; 
(H) a good taken by Oman or the United 
States or a person of Oman or the United 
States from the seabed or beneath the seabed 
outside territorial waters, if Oman 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 Oman or the United States 
or a person of Oman or the United States and 
not processed in the territory of a country other 
than Oman or the United States; 
(J) waste and scrap derived from— 
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(i) production or manufacture in the 
territory of Oman or the United States, or 
both; or 
(ii) used goods collected in the terri-
tory of Oman 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 Oman 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 
Oman 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-
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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 
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that has been grown, produced, or manufactured in 
Oman or the United States, or both. 
(6) MATERIAL PRODUCED IN THE TERRITORY 
OF OMAN OR THE UNITED STATES, OR BOTH.—The 
term ‘‘material produced in the territory of Oman or 
the United States, or both’’ means a good that is ei-
ther wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of 
Oman or the United States, or both, or a new or dif-
ferent article of commerce that has been grown, pro-
duced, or manufactured in the territory of Oman 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 
Oman 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 
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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 disassembly of used goods into in-
dividual parts; and 
(B) the cleaning, inspecting, testing, or 
other processing of those parts as 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 Oman or the United 
States and that— 
(A) is entirely or partially comprised of re-
covered goods; 
(B) has a similar life expectancy to 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-
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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— 
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(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 Oman pursuant to article 
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-
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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 by adding after paragraph (16) the following: 
‘‘(17) 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- 
Oman 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 Oman to con-
duct 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 
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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 Oman 
is complying with applicable customs laws, reg-
ulations, procedures, requirements, or practices 
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 Oman, 
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 
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(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-
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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. RELIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES. 
Subsection (d) of section 520 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1520(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for which’’ and inserting 
‘‘, or section 202 of the United States-Oman 
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Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act for 
which’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and infor-
mation’’ after ‘‘documentation’’. 
SEC. 206. 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; and 
(3) proclamations issued under section 202(j). 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM 
IMPORTS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) OMANI ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘Omani arti-
cle’’ 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) OMANI TEXTILE OR APPAREL ARTICLE.— 
The term ‘‘Omani textile or apparel article’’ means 
an article that— 
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(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 an Omani 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 
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Agreement, an Omani 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 Omani article constitute a 
substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof to the 
domestic industry producing an article that is like, or di-
rectly 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 Omani 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 
Omani 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-
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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 
as if such determinations and findings were made under 
section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252). 
(c) ADDITIONAL FINDING AND RECOMMENDATION IF 
DETERMINATION AFFIRMATIVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the determination made 
by the Commission under subsection (a) with respect 
to imports of an article is affirmative, or if the 
President may consider a determination of the Com-
mission to be an affirmative determination as pro-
vided for under paragraph (1) of section 330(d) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)), the 
Commission shall find, and recommend to the Presi-
dent in the report required under subsection (d), the 
amount of import relief that is necessary to remedy 
or prevent the injury found by the Commission in 
the determination and to facilitate the efforts of the 
domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to 
import competition. 
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(2) LIMITATION ON RELIEF.—The import relief 
recommended by the Commission under this sub-
section shall be limited to that described in section 
313(c). 
(3) VOTING; SEPARATE
VIEWS.—Only those 
members of the Commission who voted in the af-
firmative under subsection (a) are eligible to vote on 
the proposed action to remedy or prevent the injury 
found by the Commission. Members of the Commis-
sion who did not vote in the affirmative may submit, 
in the report required under subsection (d), separate 
views regarding what action, if any, should be taken 
to remedy or prevent the injury. 
(d) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.—Not later than the 
date that is 30 days after the date on which a determina-
tion is made under subsection (a) with respect to an inves-
tigation, the Commission shall submit to the President a 
report that includes— 
(1) the determination made under subsection 
(a) and an explanation of the basis for the deter-
mination; 
(2) if the determination under subsection (a) is 
affirmative, any findings and recommendations for 
import relief made under subsection (c) and an ex-
planation of the basis for each recommendation; and 
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