I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3572
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to expand certain trade 
benefits to eligible sub-Saharan African countries, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2003
Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. JEFFERSON, 
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. HOUGHTON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, 
Financial Services, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to ex-
pand certain trade benefits to eligible sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘AGOA III Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds that—
(1) the African Growth and Opportunity Act (in 
this section referred to as ‘‘the Act’’) has helped to 
spur economic growth and bolster economic reforms 
in the countries of sub-Saharan Africa and has fos-
tered stronger economic ties between the countries of 
sub-Saharan Africa and the United States; as a re-
sult, exports from the United States to sub-Saharan 
Africa reached record levels after the enactment of 
the Act, while exports from sub-Saharan Africa to 
the United States have increased considerably; 
(2) the Act’s eligibility requirements have rein-
forced democratic values and the rule of law, and 
have strengthened adherence to core labor standards 
in eligible sub-Saharan African countries; 
(3) the Act’s eligibility criterion on elimination 
of the worst forms of child labor has supported ef-
forts to implement Convention 182 of the Inter-
national Labor Organization, including efforts to 
strengthen laws to prohibit child trafficking; 
(4) the Act has helped to bring about substan-
tial increases in foreign investment in sub-Saharan 
Africa, especially in the textile and apparel sectors, 
where tens of thousands of new jobs have been cre-
ated;
(5) despite gains in fiber and fabric production, 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa cannot produce 
enough fiber or fabric to meet the needs of African 
apparel producers; 
(6) as a result of the Agreement on Textiles 
and Apparel of the World Trade Organization, under 
which quotas maintained by WTO member countries 
on textile and apparel products end on January 1, 
2005, sub-Saharan Africa’s textile and apparel in-
dustry will be severely challenged by countries whose 
industries are more developed and have greater ca-
pacity, economies of scale, and better infrastructure; 
(7) sustainable development and economic 
growth in sub-Saharan Africa will require a healthy 
workforce and a diverse economy that utilizes sub-
Saharan Africa’s vast agriculture and other natural 
resources in a sustainable manner; 
(8) trade ministers from sub-Saharan Africa 
have identified two key impediments to the develop-
ment of sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural sector: an 
inability to compete with subsidized agricultural 
products from developed countries, and difficulties in 
complying with sanitary and phytosanitary restric-
tions of developed countries;
(9) the underdeveloped physical and financial 
infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa continues to 
discourage investment in the region; 
(10) the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa 
Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, estab-
lished under section 105 of the Act, has proven to 
be useful in building trade and investment ties be-
tween United States and African government agen-
cies, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations; 
and 
(11) regional integration establishes a founda-
tion on which sub-Saharan African countries can co-
ordinate and pursue policies grounded in African in-
terests and history to achieve sustainable develop-
ment. 
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
The Congress supports—
(1) a continued commitment to increase trade 
between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa 
and increase investment in sub-Saharan Africa to 
the benefit of workers, businesses, and farmers in 
the United States and in sub-Saharan Africa, in-
cluding by developing innovative approaches to en-
courage development and investment in sub-Saharan 
Africa;
(F) broadening global market access for 
United States and African exports; 
(G) improving transparency, good govern-
ance, and political accountability; 
(H) expanding access to social services, 
education, and health services with a high pri-
ority given to addressing HIV/AIDS, malaria, 
tuberculosis, other infectious diseases, and 
other public health problems; 
(I) promoting the role of women in social 
and economic development by reinforcing edu-
cation and training and by assuring their par-
ticipation in political and economic arenas; and 
(J) building the capacity of governments in 
sub-Saharan Africa to set and enforce a legal 
framework, as well as enforcing the rule of law; 
and 
(6) negotiation of reciprocal trade agreements 
between the United States and sub-Saharan African 
countries, with the overall goal of expanding trade 
across all of sub-Saharan Africa. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RECIPROCITY AND RE-
GIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION. 
It is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the preferential market access opportunities 
for eligible sub-Saharan African countries will be 
complemented and enhanced if those countries are 
implementing actively and fully, consistent with any 
remaining applicable phase-in periods, their obliga-
tions under the World Trade Organization, including 
obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property, the Agreement on 
the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Meas-
ures, and the Agreement on Trade-Related Invest-
ment Measures, as well as the other agreements de-
scribed in section 101(d) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)); 
(2) eligible sub-Saharan African countries 
should participate in ongoing negotiations under the 
auspices of the World Trade Organization, including 
by making reciprocal commitments with respect to 
improving market access for industrial and agricul-
tural goods, and for services, recognizing that such 
commitments may need to be asymmetrical to reflect 
differences in development; and 
(3) some of the most pernicious trade barriers 
against exports by developing countries are the trade 
barriers maintained by other developing countries, 
and, therefore, eligible sub-Saharan African coun-
tries will benefit from the increased regional eco-
nomic integration that results from intra-regional 
free trade agreements, particularly where such 
agreements eliminate barriers to regional trade. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘eligible sub-Saharan African 
country’’ means an eligible sub-Saharan African country 
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 
TITLE I—TRADE BENEFITS 
SEC. 101. ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER GENERALIZED SYS-
TEM OF PREFERENCES. 
(a) REMOVAL
OF IMPORT SENSITIVITY REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 506A(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2466a(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall provide 
duty-free treatment for any article described in sec-
tion 503(b)(1)(B) through (G) that is the growth, 
product, or manufacture of a beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African country described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) TERMINATION DATE.—Section 506B of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2466b) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’.
SEC. 102. APPAREL TRADE BENEFITS. 
(a) PRODUCTS COVERED.—Section 112(b) of the Af-
rican Growth and Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)) 
is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (5); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (8); 
(4) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN BENE-
FICIARY
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICAN
COUNTRIES.—Ap-
parel articles sewn or otherwise assembled in one or 
more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries for 
which the component that determines the classifica-
tion under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States is—
‘‘(A) formed from fabrics formed and cut 
in the United States, from yarns formed in the 
United States (including fabrics not formed 
from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable 
under heading 5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States and are 
formed and cut in the United States);
‘‘(B) knit-to-shape in the United States 
from yarns formed in the United States; 
‘‘(C) formed from fabrics formed in the 
United States, from yarns formed in the United 
States (including fabrics not formed from 
yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under 
heading 5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized Tar-
iff Schedule of the United States and are 
formed in the United States) and cut in one or 
more beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
tries; 
‘‘(D) formed from fabrics formed in one or 
more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries 
from yarns originating either in the United 
States or in one or more beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African countries (including fabrics not 
formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifi-
able under heading 5602 or 5603 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
and are formed in one or more beneficiary sub-
Saharan African countries), without regard to 
where the fabric is cut; 
‘‘(E) knit-to-shape in one or more bene-
ficiary sub-Saharan African countries from 
yarns originating either in the United States or
one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries; or 
‘‘(F)(i) cut in the United States and one 
or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
tries from fabric formed in the United States 
from yarns formed in the United States; 
‘‘(ii) knit-to-shape in the United States 
and one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries from yarns formed in the United 
States; or 
‘‘(iii) both cut as described in clause (i) 
and knit-to-shape as described in clause (ii) (in-
cluding from fabrics not formed from yarns, if 
such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 
or 5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States). 
‘‘(2) APPAREL
ARTICLES
FROM
NONORIGI-
NATING FABRIC OR YARN.—Apparel articles that are 
both cut (or knit-to-shape) and sewn or otherwise 
assembled in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African countries—
‘‘(A) from fabric or yarn which need not be 
originating under General Note 12(t) of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States for the apparel article to qualify as origi-
nating under that Note; or 
‘‘(B) from fabric or yarn which—
‘‘(i) is the component that determines 
the classification of the articles under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States; 
‘‘(ii) is not commercially available; 
and 
‘‘(iii) which the President proclaims 
as eligible for use under this paragraph 
without regard to where the fabric or yarn 
is formed pursuant to the procedures set 
forth in paragraph (6). 
‘‘(3) APPAREL
ARTICLES
FORMED
ON
SEAM-
LESS KNITTING MACHINES.—Apparel articles formed 
on seamless knitting machines in a beneficiary sub-
Saharan African country from yarns originating ei-
ther in the United States or one or more beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African countries. 
‘‘(4) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESSER DEVELOPED 
COUNTRIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(7), preferential treatment under paragraphs 
(1)(D), (1)(E), and (3) shall be extended
through September 30, 2008, for apparel arti-
cles assembled in one or more lesser developed 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries re-
gardless of the country of origin of the yarn or 
fabric used to make such apparel articles, and 
regardless of the country of origin of compo-
nents (cut or knit-to-shape) which do not deter-
mine the classification of the apparel articles. 
‘‘(B) LESSER
DEVELOPED
BENEFICIARY 
SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICAN
COUNTRY.—For pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the term ‘lesser de-
veloped beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
try’ means—
‘‘(i) a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country that had a per capita gross na-
tional product of less than $1,500 a year 
in 1998, as measured by the International 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development; 
‘‘(ii) Botswana; and 
‘‘(iii) Namibia.’’; 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (5), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2) of this subsection, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) PROCEDURES FOR DESIGNATING FABRICS 
OR YARNS ELIGIBLE UNDER PARAGRAPH (2)(B).—At
the request of any interested party and subject to 
the following requirements, the President is author-
ized to proclaim fabrics or yarns as not commercially 
available and thus eligible for use in the production 
of cut components or knit-to-shape components de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(B) if—
‘‘(A) the President determines that such 
yarns or fabrics cannot be supplied by the do-
mestic industry in commercial quantities in a 
timely manner; 
‘‘(B) the President has obtained advice re-
garding the proposed action from the appro-
priate advisory committee established under 
section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 and the 
United States International Trade Commission; 
‘‘(C) within 60 calendar days after the re-
quest, the President has submitted a report to 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate that sets forth—
‘‘(i) the action proposed to be pro-
claimed and the reasons for such action; 
and 
‘‘(ii) the advice obtained under sub-
paragraph (B);
‘‘(D) a period of 60 calendar days, begin-
ning with the first day on which the President 
has met the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) 
of subparagraph (C), has expired; and 
‘‘(E) the President has consulted with such 
committees regarding the proposed action dur-
ing the period referred to in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS ON APPAREL 
ARTICLES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPHS (1)(D), (1)(E), 
(3), AND (4).—
‘‘(A) PARAGRAPHS (1)(D), (1)(E), AND (3).—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treat-
ment under paragraphs (1)(D), (1)(E), 
and (3) shall be extended in the 1-year pe-
riod beginning on October 1, 2000, and in 
each of the 14 succeeding 1-year periods, 
to imports of apparel articles in an amount 
not to exceed the applicable percentage of 
the aggregate square meter equivalents of 
all apparel articles imported into the 
United States in the preceding 12-month 
period for which data are available. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘applicable percentage’ means 3.67 percent
for the 1-year period beginning on October 
1, 2002, increased by equal increments in 
each succeeding 1-year period so that for 
the 1-year period beginning on October 1, 
2014, the applicable percentage does not 
exceed 10 percent. 
‘‘(B) PARAGRAPH (4).—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treat-
ment under paragraph (4) shall be ex-
tended in the 1-year period beginning on 
October 1, 2000, and in each of the 7 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods, to imports of ap-
parel articles in an amount not to exceed 
the applicable percentage of the aggregate 
square meter equivalents of all apparel ar-
ticles imported into the United States in 
the preceding 12-month period for which 
data are available. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term 
‘applicable percentage’ means 1.5 percent 
for the 1-year period beginning October 1, 
2000, increased in each of the seven suc-
ceeding 1-year periods by equal incre-
ments, so that for the 1-year period begin-
ning October 1, 2007, the applicable per-
centage does not exceed 3.5 percent. 
‘‘(iii) CONTINUED
APPLICATION
OF 
PREFERENTIAL
TREATMENT.—If 
the 
President determines, not later than Sep-
tember 1, 2008, that a lesser developed 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African country 
under paragraph (4) lacks sufficient do-
mestic fabric-making capacity, taking into 
account the extent to which the country 
has taken steps to increase such capacity 
by attracting investment or otherwise, then 
preferential treatment under paragraph (4) 
shall be extended to imports of eligible ap-
parel articles under paragraph (4) that are 
assembled in that country—
‘‘(I) in the 1-year period begin-
ning October 1, 2008, in an amount 
equal to two-thirds of the amount per-
mitted in the 1-year period beginning 
October 1, 2007; and 
‘‘(II) in the 1-year period begin-
ning October 1, 2009, in an amount 
equal to one-third of the amount per-
mitted under this paragraph in the 1-
year period beginning October 1, 
2007.
‘‘(C) SURGE MECHANISM.—
‘‘(i) IMPORT MONITORING.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall monitor imports 
of articles to which this paragraph applies 
on a monthly basis to determine if there 
has been a surge in imports of such arti-
cles. In order to permit public access to 
preliminary international trade data and to 
facilitate the early identification of poten-
tially disruptive import surges, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and 
Budget may grant an exception to the pub-
lication dates established for the release of 
data on United States international trade 
in covered articles, if the Director notifies 
Congress of the early release of the data. 
‘‘(ii) DETERMINATION OF DAMAGE OR 
THREAT
THEREOF.—Whenever the Sec-
retary of Commerce determines, based on 
the data described in clause (i), or pursu-
ant to a written request made by an inter-
ested party, that there has been a surge in 
imports of an article to which this para-
graph applies from a beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African country, the Secretary shall 
determine whether such article from such 
country is being imported in such in-
creased quantities as to cause serious dam-
age, or threat thereof, to the domestic in-
dustry producing a like or directly competi-
tive article. If the Secretary’s determina-
tion is affirmative, the President shall sus-
pend the duty-free treatment provided for 
such article under this paragraph. If the 
inquiry is initiated at the request of an in-
terested party, the Secretary shall make 
the determination within 60 days after the 
date of the request. 
‘‘(iii) FACTORS TO CONSIDER.—In de-
termining whether a domestic industry has 
been seriously damaged, or is threatened 
with serious damage, the Secretary shall 
examine the effect of the imports on rel-
evant economic indicators such as domestic 
production, sales, market share, capacity 
utilization, inventories, employment, prof-
its, exports, prices, and investment. 
‘‘(iv) PROCEDURE.—
‘‘(I) INITIATION.—The Secretary 
of Commerce shall initiate an inquiry 
within 10 days after receiving a writ-
ten request and supporting informa-
tion for an inquiry from an interested 
party. Notice of initiation of an in-
quiry shall be published in the Federal 
Register. 
‘‘(II) PARTICIPATION BY INTER-
ESTED
PARTIES.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall establish procedures 
to ensure participation in the inquiry 
by interested parties. 
‘‘(III) NOTICE
OF
DETERMINA-
TION.—The Secretary shall publish 
the determination described in clause 
(ii) in the Federal Register. 
‘‘(IV) 
INFORMATION
AVAIL-
ABLE.—If relevant information is not 
available on the record or any party 
withholds information that has been 
requested by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall make the determination 
on the basis of the facts available. 
When the Secretary relies on informa-
tion submitted in the inquiry as facts 
available, the Secretary shall, to the 
extent practicable, corroborate the in-
formation from independent sources 
that are reasonably available to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(v) INTERESTED PARTY.—For pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the term ‘in-
terested party’ means any producer of a 
like or directly competitive article, a cer-
tified union or recognized union or group 
of workers which is representative of an in-
dustry engaged in the manufacture, pro-
duction, or sale in the United States of a 
like or directly competitive article, a trade 
or business association representing pro-
ducers or sellers of like or directly competi-
tive articles, producers engaged in the pro-
duction of essential inputs for like or di-
rectly competitive articles, a certified union 
or group of workers which is representative 
of an industry engaged in the manufac-
ture, production, or sale of essential inputs 
for the like or directly competitive article, 
or a trade or business association rep-
resenting companies engaged in the manu-
facture, production, or sale of such essen-
tial inputs.’’; and 
(6) by striking paragraph (8), as redesignated 
by paragraph (2) of this section, and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(8) HANDLOOMED, 
HANDMADE, 
FOLKLORE 
ARTICLES AND ETHNIC PRINTED FABRICS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A handloomed, hand-
made, folklore article or an ethnic printed fab-
ric of a beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
try or countries that is certified as such by the 
competent authority of such beneficiary country 
or countries. For purposes of this section, the 
President, after consultation with the bene-
ficiary country or countries concerned, shall de-
termine which, if any particular textile and ap-
parel goods of the country (or countries) shall 
be treated as being handloomed, handmade, or 
folklore articles or an ethic printed fabric—
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS FOR ETHNIC PRINT-
ED
FABRIC.—Ethnic printed fabrics qualified 
under this paragraph are—
‘‘(i) fabrics containing a selvedge on 
both edges, having a width of less than 50
inches, classifiable under the heading 
5208.52.30 or 5208.52.40 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States; 
‘‘(ii) of the type that contains designs, 
symbols, and other characteristics of Afri-
can prints—
‘‘(I) normally produced for and 
sold on the indigenous African mar-
ket; and 
‘‘(II) normally sold in Africa by 
the piece as opposed to being tailored 
into garments before being sold in in-
digenous African markets; 
‘‘(iii) printed, including waxed, in one 
or more eligible beneficiary sub-Saharan 
countries; and 
‘‘(iv) fabrics formed in the United 
States, from yarns formed in the United 
States, or from fabric formed in one or 
more 
beneficiary 
sub-Saharan 
African 
country from yarn originating in either the 
United States or one or more beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African country.’’.
(b) FINDINGS AND TRIMMINGS.—Section 112(d) of 
the African Grown and Opportunity Act is amended by 
striking 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES.—’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘(2) DE MINIMIS RULE.—An article’’ and in-
serting 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE.—An article’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3108 of the 
Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 116 Stat. 1038) 
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
(d) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RULES OF ORIGIN.—
It is the sense of the Congress that in negotiating free 
trade agreements with other countries, the President 
should negotiate rules of origin for textile and apparel 
products that allow the use of inputs from countries des-
ignated under section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974.
TITLE II—ENHANCING TRADE IN 
AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 201. REMOVAL OF AGRICULTURE TARIFF-RATE QUOTA 
LIMITATION; AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARD. 
Section 503(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2463(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(3) AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No quantity of an ag-
ricultural product subject to a tariff-rate quota 
that exceeds the in-quota amount shall be eligi-
ble for duty-free treatment under this title, ex-
cept as provided in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) IMPORTS
FROM
COUNTRIES
DES-
IGNATED UNDER SECTION 506A.—Subparagraph 
(A) shall not apply to over-quota imports of ag-
ricultural products subject to a tariff-rate quota 
that are the growth, product, or manufacture of 
a country designated as a beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African country under section 506A(a)(1). 
‘‘(4) SAFEGUARD
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
PROD-
UCTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
assess a duty, in the amount prescribed under 
subparagraph (B), on over-quota imports of any
agricultural product described in paragraph 
(3)(B) for which preferential treatment is 
claimed, if the President determines that the 
unit import price of the product when it enters 
the United States, determined on an F.O.B. 
basis, is less than the annual trigger price de-
termined in accordance with subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(B) CALCULATION
OF
ADDITIONAL
DU-
TIES.—The amount of the additional duty as-
sessed under this subsection shall be deter-
mined as follows: 
‘‘(i) If the difference between the unit 
import price and the trigger price is less 
than, or equal to, 10 percent of the trigger 
price, no additional duty shall be imposed. 
‘‘(ii) If the difference between the unit 
import price and the trigger price is great-
er than 10 percent, but less than or equal 
to 40 percent, of the trigger price, the ad-
ditional duty shall be equal to 30 percent 
of the difference between the preferential 
tariff rate and the column 1 general rate 
of duty imposed under the HTS on like ar-
ticles at the time the additional duty is im-
posed.
greatest need for technical assistance, particularly in 
conducting pest risk assessments, for the purpose of 
providing technical assistance to such countries to 
ensure that exports of any products will meet the re-
quirements under United States law when imported 
into the United States. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
There is authorized to be appropriated to the United 
States Agency for International Development to 
carry out paragraph (1) $85,000,000 for fiscal years 
2005 through 2020. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO AGRIBUSINESS.—The United 
States Agency for International Development is author-
ized to provide grants in each of fiscal years 2005 through 
2020 to governmental and nongovernmental entities that 
are located in eligible sub-Saharan African countries and 
can provide assistance, consultation, and equipment to ag-
ribusinesses located in those countries in order to enable 
agricultural products of those businesses to meet the re-
quirements under United States law when imported into 
the United States. Such funds may be used for grants to 
national plant protection organizations for the purpose of 
obtaining equipment to achieve the purposes of this sub-
section.