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date on which the President so proclaims duty free 
treatment for such article shall be subject to the rate 
of duty applicable on August 5, 2002; and 
(2) such entries shall be liquidated or reliq-
uidated as if the reduced duty preferential treatment 
applied, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall re-
fund any excess duties paid with respect to such 
entry.
(b) ENTRY.—As used in this subsection, the term 
‘‘entry’’ includes a withdrawal from warehouse for con-
sumption. 
(c) REQUESTS.—Liquidation or reliquidation may be 
made under paragraph (1) with respect to an entry only 
if a request therefor is filed with the Customs Service, 
within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and such request contains sufficient information to 
enable the Customs Service—
(1) to locate the entry; or 
(2) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot be lo-
cated.
SEC. 3604. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) TRADE ACT of 2002.—(1) Section 2(a)(4) of the 
Trade Act of 2002 is amended by striking ‘‘and Other 
Provisions’’.
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(2) The table of contents of the Trade Act of 2002 
is amended—
(A) in the item relating to section 342, by strik-
ing ‘‘customs service’’ and inserting ‘‘Customs Serv-
ice’’; and 
(B) by amending the item relating to section 
3107 to read as follows:
‘‘3107. Trade benefits under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.’’.
(3) The amendment made by section 111(b) of the 
Trade Act of 2002 shall be deemed never to have been 
enacted. 
(4) Section 221(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2271(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘assist-
ance, and appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘assistance and ap-
propriate’’. 
(5) Section 222(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2272(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting the following: ‘‘ADVERSELY AFFECTED SEC-
ONDARY WORKERS’’; and 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘pursuant to a petition filed under section 
221’’ after ‘‘under this chapter’’. 
(6) Section 238(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 is 
amended by striking ‘‘Secretary,’’ and inserting ‘‘Sec-
retary)’’.
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(7) Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (a)(3)(B)(iii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(B) in subsection (a)(5), by striking ‘‘section 
238(a)(2)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(B)’’; 
and 
(C) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘provided 
that’’ and inserting ‘‘if’’. 
(8) The table of contents of the Trade Act of 1974 
is amended by striking
‘‘246. Supplemental wage allowances demonstration projects.’’.
(9) Section 296 of the Trade Act of 1974 is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)—
(I) by striking ‘‘trade adjustment al-
lowance’’ and inserting ‘‘adjustment assist-
ance under this chapter’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘such allowance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such assistance’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; 
and
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(B) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1) except’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), except’’. 
(10) Section 141(b) of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended by striking ‘‘title’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle’’. 
(11) Section 142 of the Trade Act of 2002 is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘284(a)’’ and ‘‘2395(a)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘284’’ and ‘‘2395’’, respectively; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘in 
subsection (a),’’ after ‘‘(A)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, as amended 
by subparagraph (A),’’. 
(12) Section 583(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1583(c)(1)) is amended by moving the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A) and subparagraphs (A) through 
(K) 2 ems to the right.
(13) Section 371(b) of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘1330(e)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘1330(e)’’. 
(14) Section 336 of the Trade Act of 2002 is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 336. STUDY AND REPORT RELATING TO CUSTOMS 
USER FEES. 
‘‘(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 
a study on the extent to which the amount of each customs 
user fee imposed under section 13031(a) of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
U.S.C. 58c(a)) approximates the cost of services provided 
by the Customs Service relating to the fee so imposed. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of the Miscellaneous Trade and 
Technical Corrections Act of 2003, the Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate a report containing—
‘‘(1) the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a); and 
‘‘(2) recommendations for the appropriate 
amount of the customs user fees if such results indi-
cate that the fees are not commensurate with the 
level of services provided by the Customs Service. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the report or 
its contents may only be disclosed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral to the committees or Members of Congress and the 
Customs Service and shall not be disclosed to the public.’’.
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(15) Section 141(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2171(b)(2)) is amended by moving the paragraph 
2 ems to the left. 
(16) Section 2102(c) of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended—
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘this title’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘government 
engaged’’ and inserting ‘‘government is engaged’’. 
(17) Section 2103 of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘June 
1’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘July 1’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘June 
1’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘July 1’’ and 
(C) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘June 1’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘March 
1’’ and inserting ‘‘April 1’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘May 1’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘June 1’’. 
(18) Section 2105(c) of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended by striking ‘‘aand’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’.
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(19) Section 2113 of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended—
(A) in the first paragraph designated ‘‘(2)’’, by 
striking ‘‘101(d)(12)’’ and ‘‘3511(d)(12)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘101(d)(13)’’ and ‘‘3511(d)(13)’’, respec-
tively; and 
(B) in the second paragraph designated 
‘‘(2)’’—
(i) by redesignating such paragraph as 
paragraph (3); and 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘101(d)(13)’’ 
and 
‘‘3511(d)(13)’’ and inserting ‘‘101(d)(12)’’ and 
‘‘3511(d)(12)’’, respectively. 
(20) Section 4101(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 2002 
is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘entry—’’ and inserting ‘‘entry of any 
article—’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘of any 
article’’. 
(21) U.S. Note 15 to subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by striking the comma after ‘‘9902.51.11’’.
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(22) U.S. Note 16 to subchapter II of chapter 99 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is 
amended by striking the comma after ‘‘9902.51.12’’. 
(23) Section 151(a) of the Trade Act of 2002 is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 141(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
141(b), 201(d), and 202(e)’’. 
(24) Paragraph (4) of section 6103(p) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 
202(b)(2)(B) of the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–
210; 116 Stat. 961), is amended by striking ‘‘or (17)’’ 
after ‘‘any other person described in subsection (l)(16)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘or (18)’’.
(b) APPAREL ARTICLES UNDER AFRICAN GROWTH 
AND OPPORTUNITY ACT.—(1) Section 112(b)(1) of the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 
3721(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘(including’’ and in-
serting ‘‘or both (including’’. 
(2) Section 112(b)(3) of the African Growth and Op-
portunity Act (19 United States Code 3721(b)(3)) is 
amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘either in the United States or 
one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
tries’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘in the 
United States or one or more beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African countries, or both’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘subject to the following:’’ and 
inserting ‘‘whether or not the apparel articles are 
also made from any of the fabrics, fabric compo-
nents formed, or components knit-to-shape described 
in paragraph (1) or (2) (unless the apparel articles 
are made exclusively from any of the fabrics, fabric 
components formed, or components knit-to-shape de-
scribed in paragraph (1) or (2)), subject to the fol-
lowing:’’. 
(3) Section 112(b)(5)(A) of the African Growth and 
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(5)(A)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Apparel articles that 
are both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or oth-
erwise assembled in one or more beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African countries, to the extent 
that apparel articles of such fabrics or yarns 
would be eligible for preferential treatment, 
without regard to the source of the fabrics or 
yarns, under Annex 401 to the NAFTA.’’
(c) APPAREL ARTICLES UNDER CARIBBEAN BASIN 
ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.—(1) Section 213(b)(2)(A) of 
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2703(b)(2)(A)) is amended—
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(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(including’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or both (including’’; 
(B) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘, from fabrics or 
yarn that is not formed in the United States or in 
one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries’’; and 
(C) in clause (vii)(IV), by striking ‘‘(i) or (ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(i), (ii), or (ix)’’. 
(2) Section 3107(a)(1)(B) of the Trade Act of 2002 
is amended by striking ‘‘(B) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) by amending the last two sen-
tences to read as follows:’’. 
(d) TARIFF ACT OF 1930.—Section 505(a) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 is amended—
(1) in the first sentence—
(A) by inserting ‘‘referred to in this sub-
section’’ after ‘‘periodic payment’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘10 working days’’ and in-
serting ‘‘12 working days’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘a par-
ticipating’’ and all that follows through the end of 
the sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall promulgate regulations, after testing the 
module, permitting a participating importer of 
record to deposit estimated duties and fees for en-
tries of merchandise, other than merchandise en-
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tered for warehouse, transportation, or under bond, 
no later than the 15 working days following the 
month in which the merchandise is entered or re-
leased, whichever comes first.’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
The second and third U.S. notes 6 to subchapter XVII 
14 of chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (as added by sections 1433(b) and 
1456(b) of the Tariff Suspension and Trade Act of 2000, 
respectively) are redesignated as U.S. notes 7 and 8 to 
subchapter XVII of such chapter 98, respectively. 
(2) U.S. notes 4 and 12 to subchapter II of chapter 
99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States are hereby repealed. 
(3) Section 421(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2451(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘subtitle’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘chapter’’. 
(4) Section 422(j) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2451a(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘(1)’’. 
(5) Section 337(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1337) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by aligning the text of 
subparagraph (E) with the text of subparagraph 
(D); and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’. 
(6) Section 313(n)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 U.S.C. 1313(n)(1)(B)) is amended by adding a semi-
colon after ‘‘Act’’. 
(7) Section 202(d)(1) of the United States-Chile Free 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3805 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(B)’’. 
(8)(A) Subheading 9804.00.70 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended in the 
article description column—
(i) by striking ‘‘$1200’’ and inserting ‘‘$1600’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘$400’’ and inserting ‘‘$800’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘or up to $600 of which have 
been acquired in one or more beneficiary countries’’. 
(B) Subheading 9804.00.72 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States is amended in the article 
description column—
(i) by striking ‘‘$600’’ and inserting ‘‘$800’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘not more than $400 of which 
shall have been acquired elsewhere than in bene-
ficiary countries’’.
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(f) 
UNITED
STATES
VESSELS.—Section 
204(b)(4)(B)(i) of the Andean Trade Preference Act is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) UNITED
STATES
VESSEL.—A 
‘United States vessel’ is—
‘‘(I) a vessel that has a certifi-
cate of documentation with a fishery 
endorsement under chapter 121 of 
title 46, United States Code; or 
‘‘(II) in the case of a vessel with-
out a fishery endorsement, a vessel 
that is documented under the laws of 
the United States and for which a li-
cense has been issued pursuant to sec-
tion 9 of the South Pacific Tuna Act 
of 1988 (16 U.S.C. 973g).’’. 
(g) 
CUSTOMS
USER
FEES.—(1) 
Section 
13031(b)(9)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘less than $2,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,000 or less’’. 
(2) Section 13031(b)(9)(A)(ii) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(b)(9)(A)(ii)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding subsection (e)(6) and 
subject to the provisions of subparagraph (B), in the 
case of an express consignment carrier facility or 
centralized hub facility—
‘‘(I) $.66 per individual airway bill or bill 
of lading; and 
‘‘(II) if the merchandise is formally en-
tered, the fee provided for in subsection (a)(9), 
if applicable.’’. 
(3) Section 13031(b)(9)(B) of the Consolidated Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(b)(9)(B)) is amended—
(A) by moving the margins for subparagraph 
(B) 4 ems to the left; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(ii) (I) or 
(II)’’. 
(4) Section 13031(f)(1)(B) of the Consolidated Om-
nibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(f)(1)(B)) is amended by moving the subparagraph 2 
ems to the left. 
(h) ENTRIES OF CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES PUR-
SUANT TO THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY 
ACT
OR
THE AFRICAN GROWTH
AND OPPORTUNITY 
ACT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any 
other provision of law, the Customs Service shall liq-
uidate or reliquidate as free of duty and free of any 
quantitative restrictions, limitations, or consultation 
levels entries of articles described in paragraph (4) 
made on or after October 1, 2000. 
(2) REQUESTS.—Liquidation or reliquidation 
may be made under paragraph (1) with respect to 
an entry described in paragraph (4) only if a request 
therefor is filed with the Customs Service within 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and 
the request contains sufficient information to enable 
the Customs Service to locate the entry or recon-
struct the entry if it cannot be located. 
(3) 
PAYMENT
OF
AMOUNTS
OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to the 
liquidation or reliquidation of any entry under para-
graph (1) shall be paid not later than 180 days after 
the date of such liquidation or reliquidation. 
(4) ENTRIES.—The entries referred to in para-
graph (1) are—
(A) entries of apparel articles (other than 
socks provided for in heading 6115 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States)
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that 
meet 
the 
requirements 
of 
section 
213(b)(2)(A) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (as amended by section 3107(a) 
of the Trade Act of 2002 and subsection (c) of 
this section); and 
(B) entries of apparel articles that meet 
the requirements of section 112(b) of the Afri-
can Growth and Opportunity Act (as amended 
by section 3108 of the Trade Act of 2002 and 
subsection (b) of this section).
(i) LABELING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Textile 
Fiber Products Identification Act (15 U.S.C. 70b) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(k) MARKING OF CERTAIN SOCK PRODUCTS.—
‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, socks provided for in subheading 6115.92.90, 
6115.93.90, 6115.99.18, 6111.20.60, 6111.30.50, or 
6111.90.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States, as in effect on September 1, 
2003, shall be marked as legibly, indelibly, and per-
manently as the nature of the article or package will 
permit in such a manner as to indicate to the ulti-
mate consumer in the United States the English
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name of the country of origin of the article. The 
marking required by this subsection shall be on the 
front of the package, adjacent to the size designation 
of the product, and shall be set forth in such a man-
ner as to be clearly legible, conspicuous, and readily 
accessible to the ultimate consumer. 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Any package that contains 
several different types of goods and includes socks 
classified under subheading 6115.92.90, 6115.93.90, 
6115.99.18, 6111.20.60, 6111.30.50, or 6111.90.50 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, as in effect on September 1, 2003, shall not 
be subject to the requirements of paragraph (1).’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date that 
is 15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
and on and after the date that is 15 months after 
such date of enactment, any provision of part 303 
of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations, that is in-
consistent with such amendment shall not apply. 
Chapter 2—Technical Amendments Relating 
to Entry and Protest 
SEC. 3701. ENTRY OF MERCHANDISE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 484(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484) is amended—