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Chapter 3—Effective Date 
SEC. 3551. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the 
amendments made by this subtitle shall apply with respect 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for con-
sumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Other Trade Provisions 
Chapter 1—Miscellaneous Provisions 
SEC. 3601. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF 
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO ARMENIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Armenia has been found to be in full com-
pliance with the freedom of emigration requirements 
under title IV of the Trade Act of 1974. 
(2) Armenia acceded to the World Trade Orga-
nization on February 5, 2003. 
(3) Since declaring its independence from the 
Soviet Union in 1991, Armenia has made consider-
able progress in enacting free-market reforms. 
(4) Armenia has demonstrated a strong desire 
to build a friendly and cooperative relationship with 
the United States and has concluded many bilateral 
treaties and agreements with the United States.
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(5) Total United States-Armenia bilateral trade 
for 2002 amounted to more than $134,200,000. 
(b) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SIONS OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—
(1) determine that such title should no longer 
apply to Armenia; and 
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to Armenia, proclaim the ex-
tension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal 
trade relations treatment) to the products of that 
country. 
(c) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—
On and after the effective date of the extension under sub-
section (b)(2) of nondiscriminatory treatment to the prod-
ucts of Armenia, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall 
cease to apply to that country. 
SEC. 3602. MODIFICATION TO CELLAR TREATMENT OF NAT-
URAL WINE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 5382 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to cellar 
treatment of natural wine) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) PROPER CELLAR TREATMENT.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Proper cellar treatment of 
natural wine constitutes—
‘‘(A) subject to paragraph (2), those prac-
tices and procedures in the United States, 
whether historical or newly developed, of using 
various methods and materials to stabilize the 
wine, or the fruit juice from which it is made, 
so as to produce a finished product acceptable 
in good commercial practice in accordance with 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) subject to paragraph (3), in the case 
of wine produced and imported subject to an 
international agreement or treaty, those prac-
tices and procedures acceptable to the United 
States under such agreement or treaty. 
‘‘(2) RECOGNITION
OF
CONTINUING
TREAT-
MENT.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), where a 
particular treatment has been used in customary 
commercial practice in the United States, it shall 
continue to be recognized as a proper cellar treat-
ment in the absence of regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary finding such treatment not to be proper 
cellar treatment within the meaning of this sub-
section.
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‘‘(3) CERTIFICATION OF PRACTICES AND PRO-
CEDURES FOR IMPORTED WINE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the case of im-
ported wine produced after December 31, 2004, 
the Secretary shall accept the practices and 
procedures used to produce such wine, if, at the 
time of importation—
‘‘(i) the Secretary has on file or is 
provided with a certification from the gov-
ernment of the producing country, accom-
panied by an affirmed laboratory analysis, 
that the practices and procedures used to 
produce the wine constitute proper cellar 
treatment under paragraph (1)(A),
‘‘(ii) the Secretary has on file or is 
provided with such certification, if any, as 
may be required by an international agree-
ment or treaty under paragraph (1)(B), or
‘‘(iii) in the case of an importer that 
owns or controls or that has an affiliate 
that owns or controls a winery operating 
under a basic permit issued by the Sec-
retary, the importer certifies that the prac-
tices and procedures used to produce the
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wine constitute proper cellar treatment 
under paragraph (1)(A). 
‘‘(B) AFFILIATE DEFINED.—For purposes 
of this paragraph, the term ‘affiliate’ has the 
meaning given such term by section 117(a)(4) 
of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act (27 
U.S.C. 211(a)(4)) and includes a winery’s par-
ent or subsidiary or any other entity in which 
the winery’s parent or subsidiary has an owner-
ship interest.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2005. 
SEC. 3603. ARTICLES ELIGIBLE FOR PREFERENTIAL TREAT-
MENT UNDER THE ANDEAN TRADE PREF-
ERENCE ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other provision of law, and 
subject to subsection (c)— 
(1) with respect to any article described in sec-
tion 204(b)(1)(D) of the Andean Trade Preference 
Act (as amended by section 3103(a)(2) of the Trade 
Act of 2002) for which the President proclaims duty 
free treatment pursuant to section 204(b)(1) of the 
Andean Trade Preference Act, the entry of any such 
article on or after August 6, 2002, and before the