(B) mere dilution with water or mere dilu-
tion with another substance that does not mate-
rially alter the characteristics of the article.
(b) DIRECT COSTS.—As used in this section, the
term ‘‘direct costs of processing operations’’—
(1) includes, but is not limited to—
(A) all actual labor costs involved in the
growth, production, manufacture, or assembly
of the specific merchandise, including fringe
benefits, on-the-job training, and the cost of en-
gineering, supervisory, quality control, and
similar personnel; and
(B) dies, molds, tooling, and depreciation
on machinery and equipment which are alloca-
ble to the specific merchandise; and
(2) does not include costs which are not directly
attributable to the merchandise concerned, or are
not costs of manufacturing the product, such as—
(A) profit; and
(B) general expenses of doing business
which are either not allocable to the specific
merchandise or are not related to the growth,
production, manufacture, or assembly of the
merchandise, such as administrative salaries,
casualty and liability insurance, advertising,
and salesmen’s salaries, commissions, or ex-
penses.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury,
after consultation with the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
SEC. 4. ITC REPORTS.
Before any reduction or elimination of any duty is
proclaimed with respect to any article under this Act, the
United States International Trade Commission shall ad-
vise the President regarding the probable economic effect
of providing duty-free treatment for such article that is
a product of a qualified area of Northern Ireland or the
Republic of Ireland on industries in the United States pro-
ducing like or directly competitive articles and on consum-
ers.
SEC. 5. CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS BEFORE AGREE-
MENT ENTERED INTO.
(a) CONSULTATION.—Before entering into any trade
agreement under this Act, the President shall consult
with—
(1) the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate; and
(2) each other committee of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, and each joint commit-
tee of the Congress, which has jurisdiction over leg-
islation involving subject matters which would be af-
fected by the trade agreement.
(b) SCOPE.—The consultation described in subsection
(a) shall include consultation with respect to—
(1) the nature of the agreement;
(2) how the agreement related to the obliga-
tions of the parties; and
(3) all matters relating to the implementation
of the agreement, including whether the agreement
includes subject matter for which supplemental im-
plementing legislation may be required.
SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS.
(a) NOTIFICATION
AND SUBMISSION.—Any agree-
ment entered into under this Act shall enter into force
with respect to the United States if (and only if)—
(1) the President, at least 90 calendar days be-
fore the day on which the President enters into the
trade agreement, notifies the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate of the President’s intention to
enter into the agreement, and promptly thereafter
publishes notice of such intention in the Federal
Register;
(2) within 60 days after entering into the
agreement, the President submits to the Congress a
description of those changes to existing laws that the
President considers would be required in order to
bring the United States into compliance with the
agreement;
(3) after entering into the agreement, the Presi-
dent submits a copy of the final text of the agree-
ment, together with—
(A) a draft of an implementing bill, if nec-
essary;
(B) a statement of any administrative ac-
tion proposed to implement the trade agree-
ment; and
(C) the supporting information described
in paragraph (2); and
(4) the implementing bill, if necessary, is en-
acted into law.
(b) SUPPORTING INFORMATION.—The supporting in-
formation required under subsection (a)(3)(C) consists
of—
(1) an explanation as to how the implementing
bill and proposed administrative action will change
or affect existing law; and
(2) a statement setting forth the reasons of the
President regarding how the agreement serves the
interest of United States commerce.
SEC. 7. DEFINITION OF QUALIFYING AREA.
As used in this Act:
(1) QUALIFYING AREA.—(A) The term ‘‘qualify-
ing area’’ means a county that—
(i) is contiguous to Northern Ireland;
(ii) suffers from the severest form of eco-
nomic deprivation, as defined by the United
Kingdom’s report, Relative Deprivation in
Northern Ireland, Occasional Paper Number
28, Policy Planning and Research Unit, Sep-
tember, and the European Union’s report, Spe-
cial Support Programme for Peace and Rec-
onciliation 1995–1999, including—
(I) in Northern Ireland, the counties
of 
Derry, 
Limavady, 
Strabane,
Magherafelt, 
Omagh, 
Cookstown,
Dungannon, Fermanagh, Moyle, Newry
and Mourne, Armagh, and those parts of
Belfast Urban area known as ‘‘Making
Belfast Work’’ designated areas; and
(II) in the Republic of Ireland, the
border counties of Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim,
Cavan, Monaghan and Louth;
(iii) has a rate of unemployment higher
than the local or urban average of unemploy-
ment in Northern Ireland; and
(iv) in the case of county in which there is
a history of workplace discrimination, meets the
requirements of subparagraph (B).
(B) A county meets the requirements of this
subparagraph if the employers in that county are in
compliance with the principles of economic justice
known as the ‘‘MacBride Principles’’, which are—
(i) increasing the representation of individ-
uals from underrepresented religious groups in
the workforce, including managerial, super-
visory, administrative, clerical, and technical
jobs;
(ii) providing adequate security for the
protection of minority employees at the work-
place;
(iii) banning provocative sectarian or politi-
cal emblems from the workplace;
(iv) providing that all job openings be ad-
vertised publicly and providing that special re-
cruitment efforts be made to attract applicants
from underrepresented religious groups;
(v) providing that layoff, recall, and termi-
nation procedures do not favor a particular reli-
gious group;
(vi) abolishing job reservations, apprentice-
ship restrictions, and differential employment
criteria which discriminate on the basis of reli-
gion;
(vii) providing for the development of
training programs that will prepare substantial
numbers of minority employees for skilled jobs,
including the expansion of existing programs
and the creation of new programs to train, up-
grade, and improve the skills of minority em-
ployees;
(viii) establishing procedures to assess,
identify, and actively recruit minority employees
with the potential for further advancement; and
(ix) providing for the appointment of a
senior management staff member to be respon-
sible for the employment efforts of the entity
and, within a reasonable period of time, the im-
plementation of the principles described in
clauses (i) through (viii).
(2) GATT 1994.—The term ‘‘GATT 1994’’ has
the meaning given that term in section 2(1)(B) of
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3501(1)(B)).
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