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(5) Recommended changes to the law, regula-
tions of any agency, or other measures that would
improve the efficiency of procedures and systems of
the United States Government for regulating inter-
national trade, without compromising the effective-
ness of procedures and systems required by law.
SEC. 1462. DRAWBACKS FOR RECYCLED MATERIALS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 313 of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1313) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(x) DRAWBACKS FOR RECOVERED MATERIALS.—
For purposes of subsections (a), (b), and (c), the term
‘destruction’ includes a process by which materials are re-
covered from imported merchandise or from an article
manufactured from imported merchandise. In determining
the amount of duties to be refunded as drawback to a
claimant under this subsection, the value of recovered ma-
terials (including the value of any tax benefit or royalty
payment) that accrues to the drawback claimant shall be
deducted from the value of the imported merchandise that
is destroyed, or from the value of the merchandise used,
or designated as used, in the manufacture of the article.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to drawback claims filed on or after
the date of enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 1463. PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS.
Section 3003(a)(1) of the Federal Reports Elimi-
nation and Sunset Act of 1995 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note)
does not apply to any report required to be submitted
under any of the following provisions of law:
(1) Section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2213).
(2) Section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2241).
SEC. 1464. IMPORTATION OF GUM ARABIC.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following:
(1) The Republic of the Sudan produces 60 per-
cent of the world’s supply of gum arabic in raw form
and has a virtual monopoly on the world’s supply of
the highest grade of gum arabic.
(2) The President imposed comprehensive sanc-
tions against Sudan on November 3, 1997, under
Executive Order 13067.
(3) The Secretary of the Treasury, upon rec-
ommendation of the Secretary of State, has issued
limited licenses each year since the imposition of
sanctions against Sudan under Executive Order
13067 to permit United States gum arabic proc-
essors to import gum arabic in raw form from
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Sudan due to a lack of alternative sources in other
countries.
(4) The United States gum arabic processing
industry consists of three small companies whose ex-
istence is threatened by the comprehensive sanctions
in effect against Sudan.
(5) The United States gum arabic processing
industry is working with the United States Agency
for International Development to develop alternative
sources of gum arabic in raw form in countries that
are not subject to sanctions, but alternative sources
of the highest grade of gum arabic in raw form are
not currently available.
(b) LICENSE APPLICATIONS TO IMPORT GUM ARABIC
FROM SUDAN.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and
the heads of other appropriate agencies—
(1) shall consider promptly any license applica-
tion by a United States gum arabic processor to im-
port gum arabic in raw form from the Republic of
the Sudan; and
(2) in reviewing such license applications by
United States gum arabic processors, shall consider
whether adequate commercial quantities of the high-
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est grade of gum arabic in raw form are available
from countries not subject to United States sanc-
tions in order to allow such United States processors
of gum arabic to remain in business.
(c) DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF
GUM ARABIC.—The President shall utilize such authority
as is available to the President to promote the develop-
ment in countries other than Sudan of alternative sources
of the highest grade of gum arabic in raw form of suffi-
cient commercial quality to be utilized in products in-
tended for human consumption.
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘gum ar-
abic in raw form’’ means gum arabic of the type described
in subheadings 1301.20.00 and 1301.90.90 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
SEC. 1465. CUSTOMS SERVICES AT THE DETROIT METRO-
POLITAN AIRPORT.
The Commissioner of the Customs Service shall re-
implement the policy in effect prior to January 1, 1999,
at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport to provide services at
remote locations of the Airport, except that such services
shall be provided only on a reimbursable basis.
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Subtitle C—Effective Date
SEC. 1471. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this title, the amend-
ments made by this title shall apply with respect to goods
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption,
on or after the 15th day after the date of enactment of
this Act.
TITLE II—OTHER TRADE
PROVISIONS
SEC. 2001. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN
WORKERS AFFECTED BY ENVIRONMENTAL
REMEDIATION OR CLOSURE OF A COPPER
MINING FACILITY.
(a) CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS
REQUIRED FOR CLOSURE OF FACILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of law or any decision by the Secretary of
Labor denying certification or eligibility for certifi-
cation for adjustment assistance under title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, a qualified worker described in
paragraph (2) shall be certified by the Secretary as
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
such title II.
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(2) QUALIFIED WORKER.—For purposes of this
subsection, a ‘‘qualified worker’’ means a worker
who—
(A) was employed at the copper mining fa-
cility referenced in Trade Adjustment Assist-
ance Certification TAW–31,402 during any
part of the period covered by that certification
and was separated from employment after the
expiration of that certification; and
(B) was necessary for the environmental
remediation or closure of such mining facility.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 2002. CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR.
Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after ‘‘Deputy United States Trade
Representatives (3).’’ the following:
‘‘Chief Agricultural Negotiator.’’.
TITLE III—EXTENSION OF NON-
DISCRIMINATORY 
TREAT-
MENT TO GEORGIA
SEC. 3001. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that Georgia has—
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(1) made considerable progress toward respect-
ing fundamental human rights consistent with the
objectives of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974;
(2) adopted administrative procedures that ac-
cord its citizens the right to emigrate, travel freely,
and to return to their country without restriction;
(3) been found to be in full compliance with the
freedom of emigration provisions in title IV of the
Trade Act of 1974;
(4) made progress toward democratic rule and
creating a free market economic system since its
independence from the Soviet Union;
(5) demonstrated strong and effective enforce-
ment of internationally recognized core labor stand-
ards and a commitment to continue to improve effec-
tive enforcement of its laws reflecting such stand-
ards;
(6) committed to developing a system of govern-
ance in accordance with the provisions of the Final
Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation
in Europe (also known as the ‘‘Helsinki Final Act’’)
regarding human rights and humanitarian affairs;
(7) endeavored to address issues related to its
national and religious minorities and, as a member
state of the Organization for Security and Coopera-
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tion in Europe (OSCE), committed to adopting spe-
cial measures for ensuring that persons belonging to
national minorities have full equality individually as
well as in community with other members of their
group;
(8) also committed to enacting legislation to
provide protection against incitement to violence
against persons or groups based on national, racial,
ethnic, or religious discrimination, hostility, or ha-
tred, including anti-Semitism;
(9) continued to return communal properties
confiscated from national and religious minorities
during the Soviet period, facilitating the reemer-
gence of these communities in the national life of
Georgia and establishing the legal framework for
completion of this process in the future;
(10) concluded a bilateral trade agreement with
the United States in 1993 and a bilateral investment
treaty in 1994;
(11) demonstrated a strong desire to build a
friendly and cooperative relationship with the United
States; and
(12) acceded to the World Trade Organization
on June 14, 2000, and the extension of uncondi-
tional normal trade relations treatment to the prod-
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ucts of Georgia will enable the United States to avail
itself of all rights under the World Trade Organiza-
tion with respect to Georgia.
SEC. 3002. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF
THE TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO GEORGIA.
(a) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTEN-
SIONS OF NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—Notwith-
standing any provision of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 U.S.C. 2431 et seq.), the President may—
(1) determine that such title should no longer
apply to Georgia; and
(2) after making a determination under para-
graph (1) with respect to Georgia, proclaim the ex-
tension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal
trade relations treatment) to the products of that
country.
(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—
On and after the effective date of the extension under sub-
section (a)(2) of nondiscriminatory treatment to the prod-
ucts of Georgia, title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall
cease to apply to that country.
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TITLE IV—IMPORTED
CIGARETTE COMPLIANCE
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Imported Cigarette
Compliance Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 4002. MODIFICATIONS TO RULES GOVERNING RE-
IMPORTATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
(a) RESTRICTIONS
ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN-
TENDED FOR EXPORT.—Section 5754 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 5754. RESTRICTION ON IMPORTATION OF PRE-
VIOUSLY EXPORTED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.
‘‘(a) EXPORT-LABELED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Tobacco products and ciga-
rette papers and tubes manufactured in the United
States and labeled for exportation under this
chapter—
‘‘(A) may be transferred to or removed
from the premises of a manufacturer or an ex-
port warehouse proprietor only if such articles
are being transferred or removed without tax in
accordance with section 5704;
‘‘(B) may be imported or brought into the
United States, after their exportation, only if
such articles either are eligible to be released
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from customs custody with the partial duty ex-
emption provided in section 5704(d) or are re-
turned to the original manufacturer of such ar-
ticle as provided in section 5704(c); and
‘‘(C) may not be sold or held for sale for
domestic consumption in the United States un-
less such articles are removed from their export
packaging and repackaged by the original man-
ufacturer into new packaging that does not con-
tain an export label.
‘‘(2) ALTERATIONS BY PERSONS OTHER THAN
ORIGINAL MANUFACTURER.—This section shall apply
to articles labeled for export even if the packaging
or the appearance of such packaging to the con-
sumer of such articles has been modified or altered
by a person other than the original manufacturer so
as to remove or conceal or attempt to remove or con-
ceal (including by the placement of a sticker over)
any export label.
‘‘(3) EXPORTS INCLUDE SHIPMENTS TO PUER-
TO
RICO.—For purposes of this section, section
5704(d), section 5761, and such other provisions as
the Secretary may specify by regulations, references
to exportation shall be treated as including a ref-
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erence to shipment to the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico.
‘‘(b) EXPORT LABEL.—For purposes of this section,
an article is labeled for export or contains an export label
if it bears the mark, label, or notice required under section
5704(b).
‘‘(c) CROSS REFERENCES.—
‘‘(1) For exception to this section for personal
use, see section 5761(c).
‘‘(2) For civil penalties related to violations of
this section, see section 5761(c).
‘‘(3) For a criminal penalty applicable to any
violation of this section, see section 5762(b).
‘‘(4) For forfeiture provisions related to viola-
tions of this section, see section 5761(c).’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION OF REIMPORTATION RULES.—
Section 5704(d) of such Code (relating to tobacco prod-
ucts and cigarette papers and tubes exported and re-
turned) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘a manufacturer of’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the original manufacturer of such’’, and
(2) by inserting ‘‘authorized by such manufac-
turer to receive such articles’’ after ‘‘proprietor of an
export warehouse’’.
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with respect to those cigarettes, that such manufac-
turer has timely submitted, and will continue to sub-
mit timely, to the Secretary of Health and Human
Services the ingredient reporting information re-
quired by section 7 of the Federal Cigarette Label-
ing and Advertising Act (15 U.S.C. 1335a);
‘‘(2) a certificate signed by such importer or an
authorized official of such importer stating under
penalties of perjury that—
‘‘(A) the precise warning statements in the
precise format required by section 4 of the Fed-
eral Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (15
U.S.C. 1333) are permanently imprinted on
both—
‘‘(i) the primary packaging of all
those cigarettes; and
‘‘(ii) any other pack, box, carton, or
container of any kind in which those ciga-
rettes are to be offered for sale or other-
wise distributed to consumers; and
‘‘(B) with respect to those cigarettes being
imported into the United States, such importer
has complied, and will continue to comply, with
a rotation plan approved by the Federal Trade
Commission pursuant to section 4(c) of the
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Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act
(15 U.S.C. 1333(c)); and
‘‘(3)(A) if such cigarettes bear a United States
trademark registered for cigarettes, a certificate
signed by the owner of such United States trade-
mark registration for cigarettes (or a person author-
ized to act on behalf of such owner) stating under
penalties of perjury that such owner (or authorized
person) consents to the importation of such ciga-
rettes into the United States; and
‘‘(B) a certificate signed by the importer or an
authorized official of such importer stating under
penalties of perjury that the consent referred to in
subparagraph (A) is accurate, remains in effect, and
has not been withdrawn.
The Secretary may provide by regulation for the submis-
sion of certifications under this section in electronic form
if, prior to the entry of any cigarettes into the United
States, the person required to provide such certifications
submits to the Secretary a written statement, signed
under penalties of perjury, verifying the accuracy and
completeness of all information contained in such elec-
tronic submissions.