concluded quickly. To resume trade negotiations, Ec-
uador must demonstrate that it is a reliable trading 
partner that honors its international commitments 
such as under the United States-Ecuador Bilateral 
Investment Treaty and as a member of the Inter-
national Labor Organization. 
(10) Bolivia has observed several rounds of ne-
gotiations for an Andean trade promotion agree-
ment. 
(11) If a trade promotion agreement is con-
cluded with Ecuador or Bolivia within a reasonable 
period of time, it is appropriate to extend ATPDEA 
benefits to provide a rebate of duties on eligible en-
tries from that country retroactively after the trade 
promotion agreement with that country enters into 
force. 
SEC. 403. ATPDEA-TPA BRIDGE. 
Section 208 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 
U.S.C. 3206) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) TERMI-
NATION.—Subject to subsection (b), no’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) TEMPORARY EXTENSIONS AND CONDITIONAL 
REBATE BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(1) COLOMBIA AND PERU.— 
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‘‘(A) TEMPORARY EXTENSION.—Duty-free 
treatment and other preferential treatment 
under this title shall remain in effect with re-
spect to Colombia and Peru until June 30, 
2007. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.—Duty-free 
treatment and other preferential treatment 
under this title shall remain in effect— 
‘‘(i) with respect to Colombia, during 
the period beginning on July 1, 2007, and 
ending on December 31, 2007, only if be-
fore June 30, 2007— 
‘‘(I) an implementing bill with re-
spect to the United States-Colombia 
Trade Promotion Agreement has been 
enacted into law pursuant to the Bi-
partisan Trade Promotion Authority 
Act of 2002; and 
‘‘(II) the President determines 
that the Congress of Colombia has ap-
proved the United States-Colombia 
Trade Promotion Agreement; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to Peru, during the 
period beginning on July 1, 2007, and end-
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ing on December 31, 2007, only if before 
June 30, 2007— 
‘‘(I) an implementing bill with re-
spect to the United States-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement has been en-
acted into law pursuant to the Bipar-
tisan Trade Promotion Authority Act 
of 2002; and 
‘‘(II) the President determines 
that the Congress of Peru has ap-
proved the United States-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement. 
‘‘(2) CONDITIONAL REBATE BENEFITS FOR BO-
LIVIA AND ECUADOR.— 
‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.— 
‘‘(i) ENTRY
INTO
TRADE
AGREE-
MENT.—If a trade promotion agreement 
between the United States and a country 
described in clause (ii) that was an 
ATPDEA beneficiary country as of De-
cember 31, 2006, is entered into under the 
authority of section 2103(b) of the Bipar-
tisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002, then upon the entry into force of the 
agreement with respect to the United 
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States, the entry of any good of that 
ATPDEA beneficiary country— 
‘‘(I) to which duty-free or pref-
erential treatment under this title 
would have applied if the entry had 
been made on December 31, 2006, 
and 
‘‘(II) that was made after De-
cember 31, 2006, and before the ear-
lier of— 
‘‘(aa) the date on which the 
trade promotion agreement be-
tween the United States and that 
ATPDEA beneficiary country en-
ters into force with respect to the 
United States, or 
‘‘(bb) the date that is 1 year 
after the date of enactment of 
the Andean Bridge to a Recip-
rocal Trade Partnership Act, 
shall, notwithstanding section 514 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 or any other 
provision of law, be liquidated or re-
liquidated as if such duty-free or pref-
erential treatment (as the case may 
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be) applied to such entry, subject to 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(ii) COUNTRIES.—A country is de-
scribed in this clause if it is Bolivia or Ec-
uador. 
‘‘(B) REQUESTS.— 
‘‘(i) GENERAL
RULE.—Subject to 
clause (ii), liquidation or reliquidation may 
be made under subparagraph (A)(i) with 
respect to an entry described in such sub-
paragraph only if a request therefor is filed 
with the Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection of the Department of Homeland 
Security within 90 days after the date on 
which the applicable trade promotion 
agreement 
described 
in 
subparagraph 
(A)(i) enters into force with respect to the 
United States, and the request contains 
sufficient information to enable the Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection to lo-
cate the entry or reconstruct the entry if 
it cannot be located. 
‘‘(ii) EXPEDITED
REFUNDS
IN
CER-
TAIN CASES.—If an importer of record, at 
the time an entry described in subpara-
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graph (A)(i) is made, identifies the entry, 
in the documentation required to be filed 
with the Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection for the entry, as eligible for 
duty free or preferential treatment (as the 
case may be), under this title, and pays the 
duties, or posts the bond, required at the 
time of the entry, then— 
‘‘(I) the requirements of clause 
(i) shall be considered to have been 
met; and 
‘‘(II) the Bureau of Customs and 
Border Protection shall refund the du-
ties paid or bond posted, with interest 
thereon, not later than 90 days after 
the date on which the applicable trade 
promotion agreement described in 
subparagraph (A)(i) enters into force 
with respect to the United States. 
‘‘(iii) DEPOSITS OF AMOUNTS PAID.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall estab-
lish in the Treasury of the United States 
a special account into which the Bureau of 
Customs and Border Protection shall de-
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