(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Purposes. 
Sec. 3. Definitions. 
TITLE I—APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO, THE AGREEMENT 
Sec. 101. Approval and entry into force of the Agreement. 
Sec. 102. Relationship of the Agreement to United States and State law. 
Sec. 103. Implementing actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial 
regulations. 
Sec. 104. Consultation and layover provisions for, and effective date of, pro-
claimed actions. 
Sec. 105. Administration of dispute settlement proceedings. 
Sec. 106. Arbitration of claims. 
Sec. 107. Effective dates; effect of termination. 
TITLE II—CUSTOMS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 201. Tariff modifications. 
Sec. 202. Additional duties on certain agricultural goods. 
Sec. 203. Rules of origin. 
Sec. 204. Customs user fees. 
Sec. 205. Disclosure of incorrect information; false certifications of origin; de-
nial of preferential tariff treatment. 
Sec. 206. Reliquidation of entries. 
Sec. 207. Recordkeeping requirements. 
Sec. 208. Enforcement relating to trade in textile or apparel goods. 
Sec. 209. Regulations. 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM IMPORTS 
Sec. 301. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Relief From Imports Benefiting From the Agreement 
Sec. 311. Commencing of action for relief. 
Sec. 312. Commission action on petition. 
Sec. 313. Provision of relief. 
Sec. 314. Termination of relief authority. 
Sec. 315. Compensation authority. 
Sec. 316. Confidential business information. 
Subtitle B—Textile and Apparel Safeguard Measures 
Sec. 321. Commencement of action for relief. 
Sec. 322. Determination and provision of relief. 
Sec. 323. Period of relief. 
Sec. 324. Articles exempt from relief. 
Sec. 325. Rate after termination of import relief. 
Sec. 326. Termination of relief authority. 
Sec. 327. Compensation authority. 
Sec. 328. Confidential business information. 
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Subtitle C—Cases Under Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
Sec. 331. Findings and action on goods of Peru. 
TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 401. Eligible products. 
TITLE V—TRADE IN TIMBER PRODUCTS OF PERU 
Sec. 501. Enforcement relating to trade in timber products of Peru. 
Sec. 502. Report to Congress. 
TITLE VI—OFFSETS 
Sec. 601. Customs user fees. 
Sec. 602. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to approve and implement the free trade 
agreement between the United States and Peru en-
tered into under the authority of section 2103(b) of 
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803(b)); 
(2) to strengthen and develop economic rela-
tions between the United States and Peru for their 
mutual benefit; 
(3) to establish free trade between the United 
States and Peru through the reduction and elimi-
nation of barriers to trade in goods and services and 
to investment; and 
(4) to lay the foundation for further coopera-
tion to expand and enhance the benefits of the 
Agreement. 
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SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the United States-Peru Trade Promotion 
Agreement approved by Congress under section 
101(a)(1). 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission. 
(3) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(4) TEXTILE
OR
APPAREL
GOOD.—The term 
‘‘textile or apparel good’’ means a good listed in the 
Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing 
referred to in section 101(d)(4) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4)), 
other than a good listed in Annex 3–C of the Agree-
ment. 
TITLE 
I—APPROVAL 
OF, 
AND 
GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
RE-
LATING TO, THE AGREEMENT 
SEC. 101. APPROVAL AND ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE 
AGREEMENT. 
(a) APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT AND STATEMENT OF 
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.—Pursuant to section 2105 of 
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 
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(19 U.S.C. 3805) and section 151 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191), Congress approves— 
(1) the United States-Peru Trade Promotion 
Agreement entered into on April 12, 2006, with the 
Government of Peru, as amended on June 24 and 
June 25, 2007, respectively, by the United States 
and Peru, and submitted to Congress on September 
27, 2007; and 
(2) the statement of administrative action pro-
posed to implement the Agreement that was sub-
mitted to Congress on September 27, 2007. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE 
AGREEMENT.—At such time as the President determines 
that Peru has taken measures necessary to comply with 
those provisions of the Agreement that are to take effect 
on the date on which the Agreement enters into force, the 
President is authorized to exchange notes with the Gov-
ernment of Peru providing for the entry into force, on or 
after January 1, 2008, of the Agreement with respect to 
the United States. 
SEC. 102. RELATIONSHIP OF THE AGREEMENT TO UNITED 
STATES AND STATE LAW. 
(a) RELATIONSHIP
OF AGREEMENT
TO UNITED 
STATES LAW.— 
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(1) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN CON-
FLICT.—No provision of the Agreement, nor the ap-
plication of any such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance, which is inconsistent with any law of the 
United States shall have effect. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall 
be construed— 
(A) to amend or modify any law of the 
United States, or 
(B) to limit any authority conferred under 
any law of the United States, 
unless specifically provided for in this Act. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP
OF
AGREEMENT
TO
STATE 
LAW.— 
(1) LEGAL CHALLENGE.—No State law, or the 
application thereof, may be declared invalid as to 
any person or circumstance on the ground that the 
provision or application is inconsistent with the 
Agreement, except in an action brought by the 
United States for the purpose of declaring such law 
or application invalid. 
(2) DEFINITION OF STATE LAW.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘‘State law’’ includes— 
(A) any law of a political subdivision of a 
State; and 
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(B) any State law regulating or taxing the 
business of insurance. 
(c) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PRI-
VATE REMEDIES.—No person other than the United 
States— 
(1) shall have any cause of action or defense 
under the Agreement or by virtue of congressional 
approval thereof; or 
(2) may challenge, in any action brought under 
any provision of law, any action or inaction by any 
department, agency, or other instrumentality of the 
United States, any State, or any political subdivision 
of a State, on the ground that such action or inac-
tion is inconsistent with the Agreement. 
SEC. 103. IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS IN ANTICIPATION OF 
ENTRY INTO FORCE AND INITIAL REGULA-
TIONS. 
(a) IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS.— 
(1) PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—After the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) the President may proclaim such ac-
tions, and 
(B) other appropriate officers of the 
United States Government may issue such reg-
ulations, 
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101(a)(2) to implement the Agreement shall, to the max-
imum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after the 
date on which the Agreement enters into force. In the case 
of any implementing action that takes effect on a date 
after the date on which the Agreement enters into force, 
initial regulations to carry out that action shall, to the 
maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after 
such effective date. 
SEC. 104. CONSULTATION AND LAYOVER PROVISIONS FOR, 
AND EFFECTIVE DATE OF, PROCLAIMED AC-
TIONS. 
If a provision of this Act provides that the implemen-
tation of an action by the President by proclamation is 
subject to the consultation and layover requirements of 
this section, such action may be proclaimed only if— 
(1) the President has obtained advice regarding 
the proposed action from— 
(A) the appropriate advisory committees 
established under section 135 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155); and 
(B) the Commission; 
(2) the President has submitted to the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
a report that sets forth— 
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(A) the action proposed to be proclaimed 
and the reasons therefor; and 
(B) the advice obtained under paragraph 
(1); 
(3) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning on 
the first day on which the requirements set forth in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) have been met, has expired; 
and 
(4) the President has consulted with the com-
mittees referred to in paragraph (2) regarding the 
proposed action during the period referred to in 
paragraph (3). 
SEC. 105. ADMINISTRATION OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PRO-
CEEDINGS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OR DESIGNATION OF OFFICE.— 
The President is authorized to establish or designate with-
in the Department of Commerce an office that shall be 
responsible for providing administrative assistance to pan-
els established under chapter 21 of the Agreement. The 
office shall not be considered to be an agency for purposes 
of section 552 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2007 to the Department of Commerce such 
sums as may be necessary for the establishment and oper-
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ations of the office established or designated under sub-
section (a) and for the payment of the United States share 
of the expenses of panels established under chapter 21 of 
the Agreement. 
SEC. 106. ARBITRATION OF CLAIMS. 
The United States is authorized to resolve any claim 
against 
the 
United 
States 
covered 
by 
article 
10.16.1(a)(i)(C) or article 10.16.1(b)(i)(C) of the Agree-
ment, pursuant to the Investor-State Dispute Settlement 
procedures set forth in section B of chapter 10 of the 
Agreement. 
SEC. 107. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION. 
(a) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this 
Act take effect on the date on which the Agreement enters 
into force. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 1 through 3 and this 
title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) TERMINATION
OF
THE AGREEMENT.—On the 
date on which the Agreement terminates, this Act (other 
than this subsection) and the amendments made by this 
Act shall cease to have effect. 
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TITLE II—CUSTOMS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) TARIFF MODIFICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 
AGREEMENT.— 
(1) PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—The Presi-
dent may proclaim— 
(A) such modifications or continuation of 
any duty, 
(B) such continuation of duty-free or ex-
cise treatment, or 
(C) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be necessary or ap-
propriate to carry out or apply articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 
3.3.13, and Annex 2.3 of the Agreement. 
(2) EFFECT ON GSP STATUS.—Notwithstanding 
section 502(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2462(a)(1)), the President shall, on the date 
on which the Agreement enters into force, terminate 
the designation of Peru as a beneficiary developing 
country for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.). 
(b) OTHER TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.—Subject to the 
consultation and layover provisions of section 104, the 
President may proclaim— 
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(1) such modifications or continuation of any 
duty, 
(2) such modifications as the United States 
may agree to with Peru regarding the staging of any 
duty treatment set forth in Annex 2.3 of the Agree-
ment, 
(3) such continuation of duty-free or excise 
treatment, or 
(4) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate 
to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually 
advantageous concessions with respect to Peru provided 
for by the Agreement. 
(c) CONVERSION TO AD VALOREM RATES.—For pur-
poses of subsections (a) and (b), with respect to any good 
for which the base rate in the Schedule of the United 
States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement is a specific or com-
pound rate of duty, the President may substitute for the 
base rate an ad valorem rate that the President deter-
mines to be equivalent to the base rate. 
(d) TARIFF RATE QUOTAS.—In implementing the 
tariff rate quotas set forth in Appendix I to the Schedule 
of the United States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement, the 
President shall take such action as may be necessary to 
ensure that imports of agricultural goods do not disrupt 
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the orderly marketing of commodities in the United 
States. 
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL DUTIES ON CERTAIN AGRICUL-
TURAL GOODS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPLICABLE NTR (MFN) RATE OF DUTY.— 
The term ‘‘applicable NTR (MFN) rate of duty’’ 
means, with respect to a safeguard good, a rate of 
duty equal to the lowest of— 
(A) the base rate in the Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement; 
(B) the column 1 general rate of duty that 
would, on the day before the date on which the 
Agreement enters into force, apply to a good 
classifiable in the same 8-digit subheading of 
the HTS as the safeguard good; or 
(C) the column 1 general rate of duty that 
would, at the time the additional duty is im-
posed under subsection (b), apply to a good 
classifiable in the same 8-digit subheading of 
the HTS as the safeguard good. 
(2) SCHEDULE
RATE
OF
DUTY.—The term 
‘‘schedule rate of duty’’ means, with respect to a 
safeguard good, the rate of duty for that good that 
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is set forth in the Schedule of the United States to 
Annex 2.3 of the Agreement. 
(3) SAFEGUARD GOOD.—The term ‘‘safeguard 
good’’ means a good— 
(A) that is included in the Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2.18 of the Agreement; 
(B) that qualifies as an originating good 
under section 203, except that operations per-
formed in or material obtained from the United 
States shall be considered as if the operations 
were performed in, and the material was ob-
tained from, a country that is not a party to 
the Agreement; and 
(C) for which a claim for preferential tariff 
treatment under the Agreement has been made. 
(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES ON SAFEGUARD GOODS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any duty pro-
claimed under subsection (a) or (b) of section 201, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall assess a duty, in 
the amount determined under paragraph (2), on a 
safeguard good imported into the United States in 
a calendar year if the Secretary determines that, 
prior to such importation, the total volume of that 
safeguard good that is imported into the United 
States in that calendar year exceeds 130 percent of 
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the volume that is provided for that safeguard good 
in the corresponding year in the applicable table 
contained in Appendix I of the General Notes to the 
Schedule of the United States to Annex 2.3 of the 
Agreement. For purposes of this subsection, year 1 
in that table corresponds to the calendar year in 
which the Agreement enters into force. 
(2) CALCULATION OF ADDITIONAL DUTY.—The 
additional duty on a safeguard good under this sub-
section shall be— 
(A) in years 1 through 12, an amount 
equal to 100 percent of the excess of the appli-
cable NTR (MFN) rate of duty over the sched-
ule rate of duty; and 
(B) in years 13 through 16, an amount 
equal to 50 percent of the excess of the applica-
ble NTR (MFN) rate of duty over the schedule 
rate of duty. 
(3) NOTICE.—Not later than 60 days after the 
Secretary of the Treasury first assesses an addi-
tional duty in a calendar year on a good under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall notify the Govern-
ment of Peru in writing of such action and shall pro-
vide to that Government data supporting the assess-
ment of the additional duty. 
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(c) EXCEPTIONS.—No additional duty shall be as-
sessed on a good under subsection (b) if, at the time of 
entry, the good is subject to import relief under— 
(1) subtitle A of title III of this Act; or 
(2) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.). 
(d) TERMINATION.—The assessment of an additional 
duty on a good under subsection (b) shall cease to apply 
to that good on the date on which duty-free treatment 
must be provided to that good under the Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement. 
SEC. 203. RULES OF ORIGIN. 
(a) APPLICATION
AND INTERPRETATION.—In this 
section: 
(1) TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION.—The basis for 
any tariff classification is the HTS. 
(2) REFERENCE
TO
HTS.—Whenever in this 
section there is a reference to a chapter, heading, or 
subheading, such reference shall be a reference to a 
chapter, heading, or subheading of the HTS. 
(3) COST OR VALUE.—Any cost or value re-
ferred to in this section shall be recorded and main-
tained in accordance with the generally accepted ac-
counting principles applicable in the territory of the 
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country in which the good is produced (whether 
Peru or the United States). 
(b) ORIGINATING GOODS.—For purposes of this Act 
and for purposes of implementing the preferential tariff 
treatment provided for under the Agreement, except as 
otherwise provided in this section, a good is an originating 
good if— 
(1) the good is a good wholly obtained or pro-
duced entirely in the territory of Peru, the United 
States, or both; 
(2) the good— 
(A) is produced entirely in the territory of 
Peru, the United States, or both, and— 
(i) each of the nonoriginating mate-
rials used in the production of the good 
undergoes an applicable change in tariff 
classification specified in Annex 3–A or 
Annex 4.1 of the Agreement; or 
(ii) the good otherwise satisfies any 
applicable regional value-content or other 
requirements specified in Annex 3–A or 
Annex 4.1 of the Agreement; and 
(B) satisfies all other applicable require-
ments of this section; or 
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(3) the good is produced entirely in the terri-
tory of Peru, the United States, or both, exclusively 
from materials described in paragraph (1) or (2). 
(c) REGIONAL VALUE-CONTENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(b)(2), the regional value-content of a good referred 
to in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, except for goods 
to which paragraph (4) applies, shall be calculated 
by the importer, exporter, or producer of the good, 
on the basis of the build-down method described in 
paragraph (2) or the build-up method described in 
paragraph (3). 
(2) BUILD-DOWN METHOD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The regional value-con-
tent of a good may be calculated on the basis 
of the following build-down method: 
AV–VNM 
RVC = ———— × 100 
AV 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A): 
(i) RVC.—The term ‘‘RVC’’ means 
the regional value-content of the good, ex-
pressed as a percentage. 
(ii) AV.—The term ‘‘AV’’ means the 
adjusted value of the good. 
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(iii) VNM.—The term ‘‘VNM’’ means 
the value of nonoriginating materials that 
are acquired and used by the producer in 
the production of the good, but does not 
include the value of a material that is self- 
produced. 
(3) BUILD-UP METHOD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The regional value-con-
tent of a good may be calculated on the basis 
of the following build-up method: 
VOM 
RVC = ———— × 100 
AV 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A): 
(i) RVC.—The term ‘‘RVC’’ means 
the regional value-content of the good, ex-
pressed as a percentage. 
(ii) AV.—The term ‘‘AV’’ means the 
adjusted value of the good. 
(iii) VOM.—The term ‘‘VOM’’ means 
the value of originating materials that are 
acquired or self-produced, and used by the 
producer in the production of the good. 
(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN AUTOMOTIVE 
GOODS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (b)(2), the regional value-content of an 
automotive good referred to in Annex 4.1 of the 
Agreement shall be calculated by the importer, 
exporter, or producer of the good, on the basis 
of the following net cost method: 
NC–VNM 
RVC = ———— × 100 
NC 
(B) DEFINITIONS.—In subparagraph (A): 
(i) AUTOMOTIVE
GOOD.—The term 
‘‘automotive good’’ means a good provided 
for in any of subheadings 8407.31 through 
8407.34, subheading 8408.20, heading 
8409, or any of headings 8701 through 
8708. 
(ii) RVC.—The term ‘‘RVC’’ means 
the regional value-content of the auto-
motive good, expressed as a percentage. 
(iii) NC.—The term ‘‘NC’’ means the 
net cost of the automotive good. 
(iv) VNM.—The term ‘‘VNM’’ means 
the value of nonoriginating materials that 
are acquired and used by the producer in 
the production of the automotive good, but 
does not include the value of a material 
that is self-produced. 
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(C) MOTOR VEHICLES.— 
(i) BASIS
OF
CALCULATION.—For 
purposes of determining the regional value- 
content under subparagraph (A) for an 
automotive good that is a motor vehicle 
provided for in any of headings 8701 
through 8705, an importer, exporter, or 
producer may average the amounts cal-
culated under the formula contained in 
subparagraph (A), over the producer’s fis-
cal year— 
(I) with respect to all motor vehi-
cles in any one of the categories de-
scribed in clause (ii); or 
(II) with respect to all motor ve-
hicles in any such category that are 
exported to the territory of the United 
States or Peru. 
(ii) CATEGORIES.—A category is de-
scribed in this clause if it— 
(I) is the same model line of 
motor vehicles, is in the same class of 
motor vehicles, and is produced in the 
same plant in the territory of Peru or 
the United States, as the good de-
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scribed in clause (i) for which regional 
value-content is being calculated; 
(II) is the same class of motor 
vehicles, and is produced in the same 
plant in the territory of Peru or the 
United States, as the good described 
in clause (i) for which regional value- 
content is being calculated; or 
(III) is the same model line of 
motor vehicles produced in the terri-
tory of Peru or the United States as 
the good described in clause (i) for 
which regional value-content is being 
calculated. 
(D) OTHER
AUTOMOTIVE
GOODS.—For 
purposes of determining the regional value-con-
tent under subparagraph (A) for automotive 
materials provided for in any of subheadings 
8407.31 
through 
8407.34, 
in 
subheading 
8408.20, or in heading 8409, 8706, 8707, or 
8708, that are produced in the same plant, an 
importer, exporter, or producer may— 
(i) average the amounts calculated 
under the formula contained in subpara-
graph (A) over— 
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(I) the fiscal year of the motor 
vehicle producer to whom the auto-
motive goods are sold, 
(II) any quarter or month, or 
(III) the fiscal year of the pro-
ducer of such goods, 
if the goods were produced during the fis-
cal year, quarter, or month that is the 
basis for the calculation; 
(ii) determine the average referred to 
in clause (i) separately for such goods sold 
to 1 or more motor vehicle producers; or 
(iii) make a separate determination 
under clause (i) or (ii) for such goods that 
are exported to the territory of Peru or the 
United States. 
(E) CALCULATING
NET
COST.—The im-
porter, exporter, or producer of an automotive 
good shall, consistent with the provisions re-
garding allocation of costs provided for in gen-
erally accepted accounting principles, determine 
the net cost of the automotive good under sub-
paragraph (B) by— 
(i) calculating the total cost incurred 
with respect to all goods produced by the 
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producer of the automotive good, sub-
tracting any sales promotion, marketing, 
and after-sales service costs, royalties, 
shipping and packing costs, and nonallow-
able interest costs that are included in the 
total cost of all such goods, and then rea-
sonably allocating the resulting net cost of 
those goods to the automotive good; 
(ii) calculating the total cost incurred 
with respect to all goods produced by that 
producer, reasonably allocating the total 
cost to the automotive good, and then sub-
tracting any sales promotion, marketing, 
and after-sales service costs, royalties, 
shipping and packing costs, and nonallow-
able interest costs that are included in the 
portion of the total cost allocated to the 
automotive good; or 
(iii) reasonably allocating each cost 
that forms part of the total cost incurred 
with respect to the automotive good so that 
the aggregate of these costs does not in-
clude any sales promotion, marketing, and 
after-sales service costs, royalties, shipping 
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and packing costs, or nonallowable interest 
costs. 
(d) VALUE OF MATERIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of calcu-
lating the regional value-content of a good under 
subsection (c), and for purposes of applying the de 
minimis rules under subsection (f), the value of a 
material is— 
(A) in the case of a material that is im-
ported by the producer of the good, the ad-
justed value of the material; 
(B) in the case of a material acquired in 
the territory in which the good is produced, the 
value, determined in accordance with Articles 1 
through 8, Article 15, and the corresponding in-
terpretive notes, of the Agreement on Imple-
mentation of Article VII of the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in 
section 101(d)(8) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(8)), as set forth 
in regulations promulgated by the Secretary of 
the Treasury providing for the application of 
such Articles in the absence of an importation 
by the producer; or 
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(A) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in chapter 4, or a nonoriginating dairy prepara-
tion containing over 10 percent by weight of 
milk solids provided for in subheading 1901.90 
or 2106.90, that is used in the production of a 
good provided for in chapter 4. 
(B) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in chapter 4, or a nonoriginating dairy prepara-
tion containing over 10 percent by weight of 
milk solids provided for in subheading 1901.90, 
that is used in the production of any of the fol-
lowing goods: 
(i) Infant preparations containing 
over 10 percent by weight of milk solids 
provided for in subheading 1901.10. 
(ii) Mixes and doughs, containing over 
25 percent by weight of butterfat, not put 
up for retail sale, provided for in sub-
heading 1901.20. 
(iii) Dairy preparations containing 
over 10 percent by weight of milk solids 
provided for in subheading 1901.90 or 
2106.90. 
(iv) Goods provided for in heading 
2105. 
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(v) Beverages containing milk pro-
vided for in subheading 2202.90. 
(vi) Animal feeds containing over 10 
percent by weight of milk solids provided 
for in subheading 2309.90. 
(C) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in heading 0805, or any of subheadings 
2009.11 through 2009.39, that is used in the 
production of a good provided for in any of sub-
headings 2009.11 through 2009.39, or in fruit 
or vegetable juice of any single fruit or vege-
table, fortified with minerals or vitamins, con-
centrated or unconcentrated, provided for in 
subheading 2106.90 or 2202.90. 
(D) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in heading 0901 or 2101 that is used in the 
production of a good provided for in heading 
0901 or 2101. 
(E) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in chapter 15 that is used in the production of 
a good provided for in any of headings 1501 
through 1508, or any of headings 1511 through 
1515. 
(F) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in heading 1701 that is used in the production 
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of a good provided for in any of headings 1701 
through 1703. 
(G) A nonoriginating material provided for 
in chapter 17 that is used in the production of 
a good provided for in subheading 1806.10. 
(H) Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(A) through (G) and Annex 4.1 of the Agree-
ment, a nonoriginating material used in the 
production of a good provided for in any of 
chapters 1 through 24, unless the nonorigi-
nating material is provided for in a different 
subheading than the good for which origin is 
being determined under this section. 
(I) A nonoriginating material that is a tex-
tile or apparel good. 
(3) TEXTILE OR APPAREL GOODS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a textile or apparel good 
that is not an originating good because certain 
fibers or yarns used in the production of the 
component of the good that determines the tar-
iff classification of the good do not undergo an 
applicable change in tariff classification, set 
forth in Annex 3–A of the Agreement, shall be 
considered to be an originating good if— 
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(i) the total weight of all such fibers 
or yarns in that component is not more 
than 10 percent of the total weight of that 
component; or 
(ii) the yarns are those described in 
section 204(b)(3)(B)(vi)(IV) of the Andean 
Trade 
Preference 
Act 
(19 
U.S.C. 
3203(b)(3)(B)(vi)(IV)) (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act). 
(B) 
CERTAIN
TEXTILE
OR
APPAREL 
GOODS.—A textile or apparel good containing 
elastomeric yarns in the component of the good 
that determines the tariff classification of the 
good shall be considered to be an originating 
good only if such yarns are wholly formed in 
the territory of Peru, the United States, or 
both. 
(C) YARN, FABRIC, OR FIBER.—For pur-
poses of this paragraph, in the case of a good 
that is a yarn, fabric, or fiber, the term ‘‘com-
ponent of the good that determines the tariff 
classification of the good’’ means all of the fi-
bers in the good. 
(g) FUNGIBLE GOODS AND MATERIALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
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(A) CLAIM
FOR
PREFERENTIAL
TARIFF 
TREATMENT.—A person claiming that a fun-
gible good or fungible material is an originating 
good may base the claim either on the physical 
segregation of the fungible good or fungible ma-
terial or by using an inventory management 
method with respect to the fungible good or 
fungible material. 
(B) INVENTORY MANAGEMENT METHOD.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘inventory manage-
ment method’’ means— 
(i) averaging; 
(ii) ‘‘last-in, first-out’’; 
(iii) ‘‘first-in, first-out’’; or 
(iv) any other method— 
(I) recognized in the generally 
accepted accounting principles of the 
country in which the production is 
performed (whether Peru or the 
United States); or 
(II) otherwise accepted by that 
country. 
(2) ELECTION
OF
INVENTORY
METHOD.—A 
person selecting an inventory management method 
under paragraph (1) for a particular fungible good 
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or fungible material shall continue to use that meth-
od for that fungible good or fungible material 
throughout the fiscal year of such person. 
(h) ACCESSORIES, SPARE PARTS, OR TOOLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 
and (3), accessories, spare parts, or tools delivered 
with a good that form part of the good’s standard 
accessories, spare parts, or tools shall— 
(A) be treated as originating goods if the 
good is an originating good; and 
(B) be disregarded in determining whether 
all the nonoriginating materials used in the pro-
duction of the good undergo the applicable 
change in tariff classification set forth in Annex 
4.1 of the Agreement. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall apply 
only if— 
(A) the accessories, spare parts, or tools 
are classified with and not invoiced separately 
from the good, regardless of whether such ac-
cessories, spare parts, or tools are specified or 
are separately identified in the invoice for the 
good; and 
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(B) the quantities and value of the acces-
sories, spare parts, or tools are customary for 
the good. 
(3) REGIONAL VALUE-CONTENT.—If the good is 
subject to a regional value-content requirement, the 
value of the accessories, spare parts, or tools shall 
be taken into account as originating or nonorigi-
nating materials, as the case may be, in calculating 
the regional value-content of the good. 
(i) PACKAGING MATERIALS AND CONTAINERS FOR 
RETAIL SALE.—Packaging materials and containers in 
which a good is packaged for retail sale, if classified with 
the good, shall be disregarded in determining whether all 
the nonoriginating materials used in the production of the 
good undergo the applicable change in tariff classification 
set forth in Annex 3–A or Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, 
and, if the good is subject to a regional value-content re-
quirement, the value of such packaging materials and con-
tainers shall be taken into account as originating or non-
originating materials, as the case may be, in calculating 
the regional value-content of the good. 
(j) PACKING MATERIALS
AND CONTAINERS
FOR 
SHIPMENT.—Packing materials and containers for ship-
ment shall be disregarded in determining whether a good 
is an originating good. 
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(k) INDIRECT MATERIALS.—An indirect material 
shall be treated as an originating material without regard 
to where it is produced. 
(l) TRANSIT AND TRANSHIPMENT.—A good that has 
undergone production necessary to qualify as an origi-
nating good under subsection (b) shall not be considered 
to be an originating good if, subsequent to that produc-
tion, the good— 
(1) undergoes further production or any other 
operation outside the territory of Peru or the United 
States, other than unloading, reloading, or any other 
operation necessary to preserve the good in good 
condition or to transport the good to the territory of 
Peru or the United States; or 
(2) does not remain under the control of cus-
toms authorities in the territory of a country other 
than Peru or the United States. 
(m) GOODS CLASSIFIABLE AS GOODS PUT UP IN 
SETS.—Notwithstanding the rules set forth in Annex 3– 
A and Annex 4.1 of the Agreement, goods classifiable as 
goods put up in sets for retail sale as provided for in Gen-
eral Rule of Interpretation 3 of the HTS shall not be con-
sidered to be originating goods unless— 
(1) each of the goods in the set is an origi-
nating good; or 
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(2) the total value of the nonoriginating goods 
in the set does not exceed— 
(A) in the case of textile or apparel goods, 
10 percent of the adjusted value of the set; or 
(B) in the case of a good, other than a tex-
tile or apparel good, 15 percent of the adjusted 
value of the set. 
(n) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADJUSTED
VALUE.—The term ‘‘adjusted 
value’’ means the value determined in accordance 
with Articles 1 through 8, Article 15, and the cor-
responding interpretive notes, of the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article VII of the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in sec-
tion 101(d)(8) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(8)), adjusted, if necessary, 
to exclude any costs, charges, or expenses incurred 
for transportation, insurance, and related services 
incident to the international shipment of the mer-
chandise from the country of exportation to the 
place of importation. 
(2) CLASS
OF
MOTOR
VEHICLES.—The term 
‘‘class of motor vehicles’’ means any one of the fol-
lowing categories of motor vehicles: 
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(A) Motor vehicles provided for in sub-
heading 8701.20, 8704.10, 8704.22, 8704.23, 
8704.32, or 8704.90, or heading 8705 or 8706, 
or motor vehicles for the transport of 16 or 
more persons provided for in subheading 
8702.10 or 8702.90. 
(B) Motor vehicles provided for in sub-
heading 
8701.10 
or 
any 
of 
subheadings 
8701.30 through 8701.90. 
(C) Motor vehicles for the transport of 15 
or fewer persons provided for in subheading 
8702.10 or 8702.90, or motor vehicles provided 
for in subheading 8704.21 or 8704.31. 
(D) Motor vehicles provided for in any of 
subheadings 8703.21 through 8703.90. 
(3) FUNGIBLE
GOOD
OR
FUNGIBLE
MATE-
RIAL.—The term ‘‘fungible good’’ or ‘‘fungible mate-
rial’’ means a good or material, as the case may be, 
that is interchangeable with another good or mate-
rial for commercial purposes and the properties of 
which are essentially identical to such other good or 
material. 
(4) GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRIN-
CIPLES.—The term ‘‘generally accepted accounting 
principles’’ means the recognized consensus or sub-
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stantial authoritative support in the territory of 
Peru or the United States, as the case may be, with 
respect to the recording of revenues, expenses, costs, 
assets, and liabilities, the disclosure of information, 
and the preparation of financial statements. The 
principles may encompass broad guidelines of gen-
eral application as well as detailed standards, prac-
tices, and procedures. 
(5) GOOD WHOLLY OBTAINED OR PRODUCED 
ENTIRELY
IN
THE
TERRITORY
OF
PERU, THE 
UNITED STATES, OR BOTH.—The term ‘‘good wholly 
obtained or produced entirely in the territory of 
Peru, the United States, or both’’ means any of the 
following: 
(A) Plants and plant products harvested or 
gathered in the territory of Peru, the United 
States, or both. 
(B) Live animals born and raised in the 
territory of Peru, the United States, or both. 
(C) Goods obtained in the territory of 
Peru, the United States, or both from live ani-
mals. 
(D) Goods obtained from hunting, trap-
ping, fishing, or aquaculture conducted in the 
territory of Peru, the United States, or both. 
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(E) Minerals and other natural resources 
not included in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
that are extracted or taken from the territory 
of Peru, the United States, or both. 
(F) Fish, shellfish, and other marine life 
taken from the sea, seabed, or subsoil outside 
the territory of Peru or the United States by— 
(i) a vessel that is registered or re-
corded with Peru and flying the flag of 
Peru; or 
(ii) a vessel that is documented under 
the laws of the United States. 
(G) Goods produced on board a factory 
ship from goods referred to in subparagraph 
(F), if such factory ship— 
(i) is registered or recorded with Peru 
and flies the flag of Peru; or 
(ii) is a vessel that is documented 
under the laws of the United States. 
(H)(i) Goods taken by Peru or a person of 
Peru from the seabed or subsoil outside the ter-
ritorial waters of Peru, if Peru has rights to ex-
ploit such seabed or subsoil. 
(ii) Goods taken by the United States or a 
person of the United States from the seabed or 
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subsoil outside the territorial waters of the 
United States, if the United States has rights 
to exploit such seabed or subsoil. 
(I) Goods taken from outer space, if the 
goods are obtained by Peru or the United 
States or a person of Peru or the United States 
and not processed in the territory of a country 
other than Peru or the United States. 
(J) Waste and scrap derived from— 
(i) manufacturing or processing oper-
ations in the territory of Peru, the United 
States, or both; or 
(ii) used goods collected in the terri-
tory of Peru, the United States, or both, if 
such goods are fit only for the recovery of 
raw materials. 
(K) Recovered goods derived in the terri-
tory of Peru, the United States, or both, from 
used goods, and used in the territory of Peru, 
the United States, or both, in the production of 
remanufactured goods. 
(L) Goods, at any stage of production, pro-
duced in the territory of Peru, the United 
States, or both, exclusively from— 
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(i) goods referred to in any of sub-
paragraphs (A) through (J), or 
(ii) the derivatives of goods referred 
to in clause (i). 
(6) IDENTICAL
GOODS.—The term ‘‘identical 
goods’’ means goods that are the same in all re-
spects relevant to the rule of origin that qualifies the 
goods as originating goods. 
(7) INDIRECT MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘indirect 
material’’ means a good used in the production, test-
ing, or inspection of another good but not physically 
incorporated into that other good, or a good used in 
the maintenance of buildings or the operation of 
equipment associated with the production of another 
good, including— 
(A) fuel and energy; 
(B) tools, dies, and molds; 
(C) spare parts and materials used in the 
maintenance of equipment or buildings; 
(D) lubricants, greases, compounding ma-
terials, and other materials used in production 
or used to operate equipment or buildings; 
(E) gloves, glasses, footwear, clothing, 
safety equipment, and supplies; 
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(F) equipment, devices, and supplies used 
for testing or inspecting the good; 
(G) catalysts and solvents; and 
(H) any other goods that are not incor-
porated into the other good but the use of 
which in the production of the other good can 
reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that 
production. 
(8) MATERIAL.—The term ‘‘material’’ means a 
good that is used in the production of another good, 
including a part or an ingredient. 
(9) MATERIAL THAT IS SELF-PRODUCED.—The 
term ‘‘material that is self-produced’’ means an orig-
inating material that is produced by a producer of 
a good and used in the production of that good. 
(10) MODEL LINE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.—The 
term ‘‘model line of motor vehicles’’ means a group 
of motor vehicles having the same platform or model 
name. 
(11) NET COST.—The term ‘‘net cost’’ means 
total cost minus sales promotion, marketing, and 
after-sales service costs, royalties, shipping and 
packing costs, and non-allowable interest costs that 
are included in the total cost. 
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(12) NONALLOWABLE INTEREST COSTS.—The 
term ‘‘nonallowable interest costs’’ means interest 
costs incurred by a producer that exceed 700 basis 
points above the applicable official interest rate for 
comparable maturities of the country in which the 
producer is located. 
(13) NONORIGINATING
GOOD
OR
NONORIGI-
NATING
MATERIAL.—The terms ‘‘nonoriginating 
good’’ and ‘‘nonoriginating material’’ mean a good 
or material, as the case may be, that does not qual-
ify as originating under this section. 
(14) PACKING
MATERIALS
AND
CONTAINERS 
FOR SHIPMENT.—The term ‘‘packing materials and 
containers for shipment’’ means goods used to pro-
tect another good during its transportation and does 
not include the packaging materials and containers 
in which the other good is packaged for retail sale. 
(15) PREFERENTIAL
TARIFF
TREATMENT.— 
The term ‘‘preferential tariff treatment’’ means the 
customs duty rate, and the treatment under article 
2.10.4 of the Agreement, that are applicable to an 
originating good pursuant to the Agreement. 
(16) PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘producer’’ means 
a person who engages in the production of a good 
in the territory of Peru or the United States. 
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(17) PRODUCTION.—The term ‘‘production’’ 
means growing, mining, harvesting, fishing, raising, 
trapping, hunting, manufacturing, processing, as-
sembling, or disassembling a good. 
(18) REASONABLY ALLOCATE.—The term ‘‘rea-
sonably allocate’’ means to apportion in a manner 
that would be appropriate under generally accepted 
accounting principles. 
(19) RECOVERED
GOODS.—The term ‘‘recov-
ered goods’’ means materials in the form of indi-
vidual parts that are the result of— 
(A) the disassembly of used goods into in-
dividual parts; and 
(B) the cleaning, inspecting, testing, or 
other processing that is necessary for improve-
ment to sound working condition of such indi-
vidual parts. 
(20) REMANUFACTURED GOOD.—The term ‘‘re-
manufactured good’’ means an industrial good as-
sembled in the territory of Peru or the United 
States, or both, that is classified under chapter 84, 
85, 87, or 90 or heading 9402, other than a good 
classified under heading 8418 or 8516, and that— 
(A) is entirely or partially comprised of re-
covered goods; and 
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(B) has a similar life expectancy and en-
joys a factory warranty similar to such a good 
that is new. 
(21) TOTAL COST.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘‘total 
cost’’— 
(i) means all product costs, period 
costs, and other costs for a good incurred 
in the territory of Peru, the United States, 
or both; and 
(ii) does not include profits that are 
earned by the producer, regardless of 
whether they are retained by the producer 
or paid out to other persons as dividends, 
or taxes paid on those profits, including 
capital gains taxes. 
(B) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this para-
graph: 
(i) 
PRODUCT
COSTS.—The 
term 
‘‘product costs’’ means costs that are asso-
ciated with the production of a good and 
include the value of materials, direct labor 
costs, and direct overhead. 
(ii) PERIOD COSTS.—The term ‘‘pe-
riod costs’’ means costs, other than prod-
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uct costs, that are expensed in the period 
in which they are incurred, such as selling 
expenses and general and administrative 
expenses. 
(iii) OTHER COSTS.—The term ‘‘other 
costs’’ means all costs recorded on the 
books of the producer that are not product 
costs or period costs, such as interest. 
(22) USED.—The term ‘‘used’’ means utilized 
or consumed in the production of goods. 
(o) PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized 
to proclaim, as part of the HTS— 
(A) the provisions set forth in Annex 3–A 
and Annex 4.1 of the Agreement; and 
(B) any additional subordinate category 
that is necessary to carry out this title con-
sistent with the Agreement. 
(2) FABRICS AND YARNS NOT AVAILABLE IN 
COMMERCIAL
QUANTITIES
IN
THE
UNITED 
STATES.—The President is authorized to proclaim 
that a fabric or yarn is added to the list in Annex 
3–B of the Agreement in an unrestricted quantity, 
as provided in article 3.3.5(e) of the Agreement. 
(3) MODIFICATIONS.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the consulta-
tion and layover provisions of section 104, the 
President may proclaim modifications to the 
provisions proclaimed under the authority of 
paragraph (1)(A), other than provisions of 
chapters 50 through 63 (as included in Annex 
3–A of the Agreement). 
(B) ADDITIONAL
PROCLAMATIONS.—Not-
withstanding subparagraph (A), and subject to 
the consultation and layover provisions of sec-
tion 104, the President may proclaim before the 
end of the 1-year period beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, modifications to 
correct any typographical, clerical, or other non-
substantive technical error regarding the provi-
sions of chapters 50 through 63 (as included in 
Annex 3–A of the Agreement). 
(4) FABRICS, YARNS, OR FIBERS NOT AVAIL-
ABLE
IN
COMMERCIAL
QUANTITIES
IN
PERU
AND 
THE UNITED STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (3)(A), the list of fabrics, yarns, and fi-
bers set forth in Annex 3–B of the Agreement 
may be modified as provided for in this para-
graph. 
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(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
(i) The term ‘‘interested entity’’ 
means the Government of Peru, a potential 
or actual purchaser of a textile or apparel 
good, or a potential or actual supplier of a 
textile or apparel good. 
(ii) All references to ‘‘day’’ and 
‘‘days’’ exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and 
legal holidays observed by the Government 
of the United States. 
(C) REQUESTS TO ADD FABRICS, YARNS, 
OR FIBERS.—(i) An interested entity may re-
quest the President to determine that a fabric, 
yarn, or fiber is not available in commercial 
quantities in a timely manner in Peru and the 
United States and to add that fabric, yarn, or 
fiber to the list in Annex 3–B of the Agreement 
in a restricted or unrestricted quantity. 
(ii) After receiving a request under clause 
(i), the President may determine whether— 
(I) the fabric, yarn, or fiber is avail-
able in commercial quantities in a timely 
manner in Peru or the United States; or 
(II) any interested entity objects to 
the request. 
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(iii) The President may, within the time 
periods specified in clause (iv), proclaim that 
the fabric, yarn, or fiber that is the subject of 
the request is added to the list in Annex 3–B 
of the Agreement in an unrestricted quantity, 
or in any restricted quantity that the President 
may establish, if the President has determined 
under clause (ii) that— 
(I) the fabric, yarn, or fiber is not 
available in commercial quantities in a 
timely manner in Peru and the United 
States; or 
(II) no interested entity has objected 
to the request. 
(iv) The time periods within which the 
President may issue a proclamation under 
clause (iii) are— 
(I) not later than 30 days after the 
date on which a request is submitted under 
clause (i); or 
(II) not later than 44 days after the 
request is submitted, if the President de-
termines, within 30 days after the date on 
which the request is submitted, that the 
President does not have sufficient informa-
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tion to make a determination under clause 
(ii). 
(v) Notwithstanding section 103(a)(2), a 
proclamation made under clause (iii) shall take 
effect on the date on which the text of the proc-
lamation is published in the Federal Register. 
(vi) Not later than 6 months after pro-
claiming under clause (iii) that a fabric, yarn, 
or fiber is added to the list in Annex 3–B of the 
Agreement in a restricted quantity, the Presi-
dent may eliminate the restriction if the Presi-
dent determines that the fabric, yarn, or fiber 
is not available in commercial quantities in a 
timely manner in Peru and the United States. 
(D) DEEMED APPROVAL OF REQUEST.—If, 
after an interested entity submits a request 
under subparagraph (C)(i), the President does 
not, within the applicable time period specified 
in subparagraph (C)(iv), make a determination 
under subparagraph (C)(ii) regarding the re-
quest, the fabric, yarn, or fiber that is the sub-
ject of the request shall be considered to be 
added, in an unrestricted quantity, to the list in 
Annex 3–B of the Agreement beginning— 
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(i) 45 days after the date on which 
the request was submitted; or 
(ii) 60 days after the date on which 
the request was submitted, if the President 
made a determination under subparagraph 
(C)(iv)(II). 
(E) REQUESTS TO RESTRICT OR REMOVE 
FABRICS, YARNS, OR
FIBERS.—(i) Subject to 
clause (ii), an interested entity may request the 
President to restrict the quantity of, or remove 
from the list in Annex 3–B of the Agreement, 
any fabric, yarn, or fiber— 
(I) that has been added to that list in 
an unrestricted quantity pursuant to para-
graph (2) or subparagraph (C)(iii) or (D) 
of this paragraph; or 
(II) with respect to which the Presi-
dent has eliminated a restriction under 
subparagraph (C)(vi). 
(ii) An interested entity may submit a re-
quest under clause (i) at any time beginning 6 
months after the date of the action described in 
subclause (I) or (II) of that clause. 
(iii) Not later than 30 days after the date 
on which a request under clause (i) is sub-
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mitted, the President may proclaim an action 
provided for under clause (i) if the President 
determines that the fabric, yarn, or fiber that 
is the subject of the request is available in com-
mercial quantities in a timely manner in Peru 
or the United States. 
(iv) A proclamation under clause (iii) shall 
take effect no earlier than the date that is 6 
months after the date on which the text of the 
proclamation is published in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(F) PROCEDURES.—The President shall 
establish procedures— 
(i) governing the submission of a re-
quest under subparagraphs (C) and (E); 
and 
(ii) providing an opportunity for inter-
ested entities to submit comments and sup-
porting evidence before the President 
makes a determination under subpara-
graph (C) (ii) or (vi) or (E)(iii). 
SEC. 204. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
Section 13031(b) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budg-
et Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)) is 
amended by adding after paragraph (17) the following: 
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‘‘(18) No fee may be charged under subsection (a) 
(9) or (10) with respect to goods that qualify as origi-
nating goods under section 203 of the United States-Peru 
Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act. Any 
service for which an exemption from such fee is provided 
by reason of this paragraph may not be funded with 
money contained in the Customs User Fee Account.’’. 
SEC. 205. DISCLOSURE OF INCORRECT INFORMATION; 
FALSE CERTIFICATIONS OF ORIGIN; DENIAL 
OF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT. 
(a) DISCLOSURE
OF INCORRECT INFORMATION.— 
Section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1592) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
paragraph (11); and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (9) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) PRIOR DISCLOSURE REGARDING CLAIMS 
UNDER
THE
UNITED
STATES-PERU
TRADE
PRO-
MOTION
AGREEMENT.—An importer shall not be 
subject to penalties under subsection (a) for making 
an incorrect claim that a good qualifies as an origi-
nating good under section 203 of the United States- 
Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation 
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Act if the importer, in accordance with regulations 
issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, promptly 
and voluntarily makes a corrected declaration and 
pays any duties owing with respect to that good.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i) FALSE CERTIFICATIONS OF ORIGIN UNDER THE 
UNITED
STATES-PERU
TRADE
PROMOTION
AGREE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
it is unlawful for any person to certify falsely, by 
fraud, gross negligence, or negligence, in a PTPA 
certification of origin (as defined in section 
508(h)(1)(B) of this Act) that a good exported from 
the United States qualifies as an originating good 
under the rules of origin provided for in section 203 
of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agree-
ment Implementation Act. The procedures and pen-
alties of this section that apply to a violation of sub-
section (a) also apply to a violation of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) PROMPT AND VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF 
INCORRECT INFORMATION.—No penalty shall be im-
posed under this subsection if, promptly after an ex-
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porter or producer that issued a PTPA certification 
of origin has reason to believe that such certification 
contains or is based on incorrect information, the ex-
porter or producer voluntarily provides written no-
tice of such incorrect information to every person to 
whom the certification was issued. 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION.—A person shall not be con-
sidered to have violated paragraph (1) if— 
‘‘(A) the information was correct at the 
time it was provided in a PTPA certification of 
origin but was later rendered incorrect due to 
a change in circumstances; and 
‘‘(B) the person promptly and voluntarily 
provides written notice of the change in cir-
cumstances to all persons to whom the person 
provided the certification.’’. 
(b) DENIAL
OF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREAT-
MENT.—Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1514) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT 
UNDER THE UNITED STATES-PERU TRADE PROMOTION 
AGREEMENT.—If U.S. Customs and Border Protection or 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the De-
partment of Homeland Security finds indications of a pat-
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tern of conduct by an importer, exporter, or producer of 
false or unsupported representations that goods qualify 
under the rules of origin provided for in section 203 of 
the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Im-
plementation Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 
in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, may suspend preferential tariff treatment 
under the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agree-
ment to entries of identical goods covered by subsequent 
representations by that importer, exporter, or producer 
until U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that 
representations of that person are in conformity with such 
section 203.’’. 
SEC. 206. RELIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES. 
Subsection (d) of section 520 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1520(d)) is amended in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘for which’’ and inserting ‘‘, or 
section 203 of the United States-Peru Trade Pro-
motion Agreement Implementation Act for which’’. 
SEC. 207. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 508 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1508) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(h) CERTIFICATIONS OF ORIGIN FOR GOODS EX-
PORTED UNDER THE UNITED STATES-PERU TRADE PRO-
MOTION AGREEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) RECORDS
AND
SUPPORTING
DOCU-
MENTS.—The term ‘records and supporting 
documents’ means, with respect to an exported 
good under paragraph (2), records and docu-
ments related to the origin of the good, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) the purchase, cost, and value of, 
and payment for, the good; 
‘‘(ii) the purchase, cost, and value of, 
and payment for, all materials, including 
indirect materials, used in the production 
of the good; and 
‘‘(iii) the production of the good in 
the form in which it was exported. 
‘‘(B) PTPA CERTIFICATION OF ORIGIN.— 
The term ‘PTPA certification of origin’ means 
the certification established under article 4.15 
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of the United States-Peru Trade Promotion 
Agreement that a good qualifies as an origi-
nating good under such Agreement. 
‘‘(2) EXPORTS
TO
PERU.—Any person who 
completes and issues a PTPA certification of origin 
for a good exported from the United States shall 
make, keep, and, pursuant to rules and regulations 
promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
render for examination and inspection all records 
and supporting documents related to the origin of 
the good (including the certification or copies there-
of). 
‘‘(3) RETENTION
PERIOD.—The person who 
issues a PTPA certification of origin shall keep the 
records and supporting documents relating to that 
certification of origin for a period of at least 5 years 
after the date on which the certification is issued.’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (i), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(f) or (g)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(f), (g), or (h)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘either such subsection’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any such subsection’’. 
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SEC. 208. ENFORCEMENT RELATING TO TRADE IN TEXTILE 
OR APPAREL GOODS. 
(a) ACTION DURING VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If the Secretary of the 
Treasury requests the Government of Peru to con-
duct a verification pursuant to article 3.2 of the 
Agreement for purposes of making a determination 
under paragraph (2), the President may direct the 
Secretary to take appropriate action described in 
subsection (b) while the verification is being con-
ducted. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—A determination under 
this paragraph is a determination of the Secretary 
that— 
(A) an exporter or producer in Peru is 
complying with applicable customs laws, regula-
tions, and procedures regarding trade in textile 
or apparel goods; or 
(B) a claim that a textile or apparel good 
exported or produced by such exporter or pro-
ducer— 
(i) qualifies as an originating good 
under section 203, or 
(ii) is a good of Peru, 
is accurate. 
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SEC. 209. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out— 
(1) subsections (a) through (n) of section 203; 
(2) the amendment made by section 204; and 
(3) any proclamation issued under section 
203(o). 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM 
IMPORTS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) PERUVIAN ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘Peruvian 
article’’ means an article that qualifies as an origi-
nating good under section 203(b). 
(2) PERUVIAN
TEXTILE
OR
APPAREL
ARTI-
CLE.—The term ‘‘Peruvian textile or apparel arti-
cle’’ means a textile or apparel good (as defined in 
section 3(4)) that is a Peruvian article. 
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 
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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 Peruvian 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 Peruvian 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). 
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(d) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM INVESTIGATION.—No 
investigation may be initiated under this section with re-
spect to any Peruvian article if, after the date on which 
the Agreement enters into force, import relief has been 
provided with respect to that Peruvian 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-
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vided for under paragraph (1) of section 330(d) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)), 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 the relief described in sec-
tion 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-
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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 
referred to in paragraph (1) and any finding or rec-
ommendation referred to in paragraph (2). 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Upon submitting a report to 
the President under subsection (d), the Commission shall 
promptly make public the report (with the exception of 
information which the Commission determines to be con-
fidential) and shall publish a summary of the report 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 
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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 2.3 of the Agree-
ment in the duty imposed on the article. 
(B) An increase in the rate of duty im-
posed on the article to a level that does not ex-
ceed the lesser of— 
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(ii) 
NOTICE
AND
HEARING.—The 
Commission shall publish notice of the 
commencement of any proceeding under 
this subparagraph in the Federal Register 
and shall, within a reasonable time there-
after, hold a public hearing at which the 
Commission shall afford interested parties 
and consumers an opportunity to be 
present, to present evidence, and to re-
spond to the presentations of other parties 
and consumers, and otherwise to be heard. 
(iii) REPORT.—The Commission shall 
submit to the President a report on its in-
vestigation and determination under this 
subparagraph not later than 60 days be-
fore the action under subsection (a) is to 
terminate, unless the President specifies a 
different date. 
(C) PERIOD OF IMPORT RELIEF.—Any im-
port relief provided under this section, including 
any extensions thereof, may not, in the aggre-
gate, be in effect for more than 4 years. 
(e) RATE AFTER TERMINATION
OF IMPORT RE-
LIEF.—When import relief under this section is termi-
nated with respect to an article— 
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(1) the rate of duty on that article after such 
termination and on or before December 31 of the 
year in which such termination occurs shall be the 
rate that, according to the Schedule of the United 
States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement, would have 
been in effect 1 year after the provision of relief 
under subsection (a); and 
(2) the rate of duty for that article after De-
cember 31 of the year in which such termination oc-
curs shall be, at the discretion of the President, ei-
ther— 
(A) the applicable rate of duty for that ar-
ticle set forth in the Schedule of the United 
States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement; or 
(B) the rate of duty resulting from the 
elimination of the tariff in equal annual stages 
ending on the date set forth in the Schedule of 
the United States to Annex 2.3 of the Agree-
ment for the elimination of the tariff. 
(f) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM RELIEF.—No import 
relief may be provided under this section on— 
(1) any article that is subject to import relief 
under— 
(A) subtitle B; or 
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(B) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.); or 
(2) any article on which an additional duty as-
sessed under section 202(b) is in effect. 
SEC. 314. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to subsection (b), no 
import relief may be provided under this subtitle after the 
date that is 10 years after the date on which the Agree-
ment enters into force. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—If an article for which relief is pro-
vided under this subtitle is an article for which the period 
for tariff elimination, set forth in the Schedule of the 
United States to Annex 2.3 of the Agreement, is greater 
than 10 years, no relief under this subtitle may be pro-
vided for that article after the date on which that period 
ends. 
SEC. 315. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY. 
For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the Presi-
dent under section 313 shall be treated as action taken 
under chapter 1 of title II of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2251 
et seq.). 
SEC. 316. CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION. 
Section 202(a)(8) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2252(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘, 
and title III of the United States-Peru Trade Pro-
motion Agreement Implementation Act’’. 
Subtitle B—Textile and Apparel 
Safeguard Measures 
SEC. 321. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION FOR RELIEF. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A request for action under this 
subtitle for the purpose of adjusting to the obligations of 
the United States under the Agreement may be filed with 
the President by an interested party. Upon the filing of 
a request, the President shall review the request to deter-
mine, from information presented in the request, whether 
to commence consideration of the request. 
(b) PUBLICATION OF REQUEST.—If the President de-
termines that the request under subsection (a) provides 
the information necessary for the request to be considered, 
the President shall publish in the Federal Register a no-
tice of commencement of consideration of the request, and 
notice seeking public comments regarding the request. The 
notice shall include a summary of the request and the 
dates by which comments and rebuttals must be received. 
SEC. 322. DETERMINATION AND PROVISION OF RELIEF. 
(a) DETERMINATION.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—If a positive determination is 
made under section 321(b), the President shall de-
termine whether, as a result of the elimination of a 
duty under the Agreement, a Peruvian textile or ap-
parel article is being imported into the United States 
in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or 
relative to the domestic market for that article, and 
under such conditions as to cause serious damage, 
or actual threat thereof, to a domestic industry pro-
ducing an article that is like, or directly competitive 
with, the imported article. 
(2) SERIOUS
DAMAGE.—In making a deter-
mination under paragraph (1), the President— 
(A) shall examine the effect of increased 
imports on the domestic industry, as reflected 
in changes in such relevant economic factors as 
output, productivity, utilization of capacity, in-
ventories, market share, exports, wages, em-
ployment, domestic prices, profits and losses, 
and investment, no one of which is necessarily 
decisive; and 
(B) shall not consider changes in consumer 
preference or changes in technology in the 
United States as factors supporting a deter-
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mination of serious damage or actual threat 
thereof. 
(b) PROVISION OF RELIEF.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a determination under 
subsection (a) is affirmative, the President may pro-
vide relief from imports of the article that is the 
subject of such determination, as provided in para-
graph (2), to the extent that the President deter-
mines necessary to remedy or prevent the serious 
damage and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic 
industry. 
(2) NATURE OF RELIEF.—The relief that the 
President is authorized to provide under this sub-
section with respect to imports of an article is an in-
crease in the rate of duty imposed on the article to 
a level that does not exceed the lesser of— 
(A) the column 1 general rate of duty im-
posed under the HTS on like articles at the 
time the import relief is provided; or 
(B) the column 1 general rate of duty im-
posed under the HTS on like articles on the 
day before the date on which the Agreement en-
ters into force. 
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TITLE V—TRADE IN TIMBER 
PRODUCTS OF PERU 
SEC. 501. ENFORCEMENT RELATING TO TRADE IN TIMBER 
PRODUCTS OF PERU. 
(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
OF
INTERAGENCY
COM-
MITTEE.—Not later than 90 days after the date on which 
the Agreement enters into force, the President shall estab-
lish an Interagency Committee (in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall be responsible 
for overseeing the implementation of Annex 18.3.4 of the 
Agreement, including by undertaking such actions and 
making such determinations provided for in this section 
that are not otherwise authorized under law. 
(b) AUDIT.—The Committee may request that the 
Government of Peru conduct an audit, pursuant to para-
graph 6(b) of Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement, to deter-
mine whether a particular producer or exporter in Peru 
is complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and 
other measures of Peru governing the harvest of, and 
trade in, timber products. 
(c) VERIFICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee may request 
the Government of Peru to conduct a verification, 
pursuant to paragraph 7 of Annex 18.3.4 of the 
Agreement, for the purpose of determining whether, 
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with respect to a particular shipment of timber prod-
ucts from Peru to the United States, the producer 
or exporter of the products has complied with appli-
cable laws, regulations, and other measures of Peru 
governing the harvest of, and trade in, the products. 
(2) ACTIONS
OF
COMMITTEE.—If the Com-
mittee requests a verification under paragraph (1), 
the Committee shall— 
(A) to the extent authorized under law, 
provide the Government of Peru with trade and 
transit documents and other information to as-
sist Peru in conducting the verification; and 
(B) direct U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection to take any appropriate action described 
in paragraph (4). 
(3) 
REQUEST
TO
PARTICIPATE
IN 
VERIFICATION VISIT.—The Committee may request 
the Government of Peru to permit officials of any 
agency represented on the Committee to participate 
in any visit conducted by Peru of the premises of a 
person that is the subject of the verification re-
quested under paragraph (1) (in this section referred 
to as a ‘‘verification visit’’). Such request shall be 
submitted in writing not later than 10 days before 
any scheduled verification visit and shall identify the 
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names and titles of the officials intending to partici-
pate. 
(4) APPROPRIATE ACTION PENDING THE RE-
SULTS OF VERIFICATION.—While the results of a 
verification requested under paragraph (1) are pend-
ing, the Committee may direct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to— 
(A) detain the shipment that is the subject 
of the verification; or 
(B) if the Committee has requested under 
paragraph (3) to have an official of any agency 
represented on the Committee participate in the 
verification visit and the Government of Peru 
has denied the request, deny entry to the ship-
ment that is the subject of the verification. 
(5) DETERMINATION
UPON
RECEIPT
OF
RE-
PORT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Within a reasonable 
time after the Government of Peru provides a 
report to the Committee describing the results 
of a verification requested under paragraph (1), 
the Committee shall determine whether any ac-
tion is appropriate. 
(B) DETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE AC-
TION.—In determining the appropriate action 
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to take and the duration of the action, the 
Committee shall consider any relevant factors, 
including— 
(i) the verification report issued by 
the Government of Peru; 
(ii) any information that officials of 
the United States have obtained regarding 
the shipment or person that is the subject 
of the verification; and 
(iii) any information that officials of 
the United States have obtained during a 
verification visit. 
(6) NOTIFICATION.—Before directing that ac-
tion be taken under paragraph (7), the Committee 
shall notify the Government of Peru in writing of 
the action that will be taken and the duration of the 
action. 
(7) APPROPRIATE ACTION.—If the Committee 
makes an affirmative determination under para-
graph (5), it may take any action with respect to the 
shipment that was the subject of the verification, or 
the products of the relevant producer or exporter, 
that the Committee considers appropriate, including 
directing U.S. Customs and Border Protection to— 
(A) deny entry to the shipment; 
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(B) if a determination has been made that 
a producer or exporter has knowingly provided 
false information to officials of Peru or the 
United States regarding a shipment, deny entry 
to products of that producer or exporter derived 
from any tree species listed in Appendices to 
the Convention on International Trade in En-
dangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, 
done at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 
1087; TIAS 8249); or 
(C) take any other action the Committee 
determines to be appropriate. 
(8) TERMINATION OF APPROPRIATE ACTION.— 
Any action under paragraph (7)(B) shall terminate 
not later than the later of— 
(A) the end of the period specified in the 
written notification pursuant to paragraph (6); 
or 
(B) 15 days after the date on which the 
Government of Peru submits to the United 
States the results of an audit under paragraph 
6 of Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement that con-
cludes that the person has complied with all ap-
plicable laws, regulations, and other measures 
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of Peru governing the harvest of, and trade in, 
timber products. 
(9) FAILURE
TO
PROVIDE
VERIFICATION
RE-
PORT.—If the Committee determines that the Gov-
ernment of Peru has failed to provide a verification 
report, as required by paragraph 12 of Annex 18.3.4 
of the Agreement, the Committee may take such ac-
tion with respect to the relevant exporter’s timber 
products as the Committee considers appropriate, in-
cluding any action described in paragraph (7). 
(d) CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.—The Com-
mittee and any agency represented on the Committee shall 
not disclose to the public, except with the specific permis-
sion of the Government of Peru, any documents or infor-
mation received in the course of an audit under subsection 
(b) or in the course of a verification under subsection (c). 
(e) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION.—The Com-
mittee shall make any information exchanged with Peru 
under paragraph 17 of Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement 
publicly available in a timely manner, in accordance with 
paragraph 18 of Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement. 
(f) COORDINATION WITH OTHER LAWS.— 
(1) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; LACEY ACT.— 
In implementing this section, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary 
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(h) RESOURCES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the Agreement en-
ters into force, and as appropriate thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives on the resources, including 
staffing, needed to implement Annex 18.3.4 of the Agree-
ment. 
SEC. 502. REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Trade Rep-
resentative, in consultation with the appropriate agencies, 
including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, the Forest Service, and 
the Department of State, shall report to the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives on— 
(1) steps the United States and Peru have 
taken to carry out Annex 18.3.4 of the Agreement; 
and 
(2) activities related to forest sector governance 
carried out under the Environmental Cooperation 
Agreement entered into between the United States 
and Peru on July 24, 2006. 
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(b) TIMING OF REPORT.—The United States Trade 
Representative shall report to the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives under subsection (a)— 
(1) not later than 1 year after the date on 
which the Agreement enters into force; 
(2) not later than 2 years after the date on 
which the Agreement enters into force; and 
(3) periodically thereafter. 
TITLE VI—OFFSETS 
SEC. 601. CUSTOMS USER FEES. 
(a) Section 13031(j)(3)(A) of the Consolidated Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(j)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 21, 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 13, 2014’’. 
(b) Section 13031(j)(3)(B)(i) of the Consolidated 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
58c(j)(3)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘October 7, 2014’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 13, 2014’’. 
SEC. 602. TIME FOR PAYMENT OF CORPORATE ESTIMATED 
TAXES. 
Subparagraph (B) of section 401(1) of the Tax In-
crease Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (26 
U.S.C. 6655 note) is amended by striking ‘‘115 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘115.75 percent’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 266 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3688 
[Report No. 110–421] 
A BILL 
To implement the United States-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement. 
NOVEMBER 5, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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