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 
Agreement, a Bahraini 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 Bahraini article constitute 
a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof to 
the domestic industry producing an article that is like, or 
directly 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 Bahraini 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 
Bahraini 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-
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)(1)), 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. 
(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 
(3) any dissenting or separate views by mem-
bers of the Commission regarding the determination 
and recommendation referred to in paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Upon submitting a report to 
the President under subsection (d), the Commission shall 
promptly make public such report (with the exception of
information which the Commission determines to be con-
fidential) and shall cause a summary thereof to be pub-
lished in the Federal Register. 
SEC. 313. PROVISION OF RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date that is 
30 days after the date on which the President receives the 
report of the Commission in which the Commission’s de-
termination under section 312(a) is affirmative, or which 
contains a determination under section 312(a) that the 
President considers to be affirmative under paragraph (1) 
of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1330(d)(1)), the President, subject to subsection (b), shall 
provide relief from imports of the article that is the subject 
of such determination to the extent that the President de-
termines necessary to remedy or prevent the injury found 
by the Commission and to facilitate the efforts of the do-
mestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import 
competition. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The President is not required to 
provide import relief under this section if the President 
determines that the provision of the import relief will not 
provide greater economic and social benefits than costs. 
(c) NATURE OF RELIEF.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The import relief that the 
President is authorized to provide under this section 
with respect to imports of an article is as follows: 
(A) The suspension of any further reduc-
tion provided for under Annex 2–B of the 
Agreement in the duty imposed on such article. 
(B) An increase in the rate of duty im-
posed on such article to a level that does not 
exceed the lesser of— 
(i) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles at 
the time the import relief is provided; or 
(ii) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles on 
the day before the date on which the 
Agreement enters into force. 
(2) PROGRESSIVE LIBERALIZATION.—If the pe-
riod for which import relief is provided under this 
section is greater than 1 year, the President shall 
provide for the progressive liberalization of such re-
lief at regular intervals during the period in which 
the relief is in effect. 
(d) PERIOD OF RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
any import relief that the President provides under