(1) suspension of preferential tariff treatment 
under the Agreement with respect to— 
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines there is insufficient 
information to support any claim for pref-
erential tariff treatment that has been made 
with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines there is insufficient information to sup-
port that claim; 
(2) denial of preferential tariff treatment under 
the Agreement with respect to— 
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines that the person has 
provided incorrect information to support any
claim for preferential tariff treatment that has 
been made with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines that a person has provided incorrect in-
formation to support that claim; 
(3) detention of any textile or apparel good ex-
ported or produced by the person that is the subject 
of a verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or a 
claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Sec-
retary determines there is insufficient information to 
determine the country of origin of any such good; 
and 
(4) denial of entry into the United States of 
any textile or apparel good exported or produced by 
the person that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) or a claim described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary determines that 
the person has provided incorrect information as to 
the country of origin of any such good.
(c) ACTION ON COMPLETION OF A VERIFICATION.— 
On completion of a verification under subsection (a), the 
President may direct the Secretary to take appropriate ac-
tion described in subsection (d) until such time as the Sec-
retary receives information sufficient to make the deter-
mination under subsection (a)(2) or until such earlier date 
as the President may direct. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
ACTION
DESCRIBED.—Appro-
priate action under subsection (c) includes— 
(1) denial of preferential tariff treatment under 
the Agreement with respect to— 
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines there is insufficient 
information to support, or that the person has 
provided incorrect information to support, any 
claim for preferential tariff treatment that has 
been made with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines there is insufficient information to sup-
port, or that a person has provided incorrect in-
formation to support, that claim; and 
(2) denial of entry into the United States of 
any textile or apparel good exported or produced by 
the person that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) or a claim described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary determines there 
is insufficient information to determine, or that the 
person has provided incorrect information as to, the 
country of origin of any such good. 
(e) PUBLICATION OF NAME OF PERSON.—The Sec-
retary may publish the name of any person that the Sec-
retary has determined— 
(1) is engaged in intentional circumvention of 
applicable laws, regulations, or procedures affecting 
trade in textile or apparel goods; or 
(2) has failed to demonstrate that it produces, 
or is capable of producing, textile or apparel goods. 
SEC. 210. 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) 
CAFTA–DR 
ARTICLE.—The 
term 
‘‘CAFTA–DR article’’ means an article that quali-
fies as an originating good under section 203(b). 
(2) CAFTA–DR TEXTILE OR APPAREL ARTI-
CLE.—The term ‘‘CAFTA–DR textile or apparel ar-
ticle’’ means a textile or apparel good (as defined in 
section 3(5)) that is a CAFTA–DR article. 
(3) DE MINIMIS SUPPLYING COUNTRY.— 
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term 
‘‘de minimis supplying country’’ means a 
CAFTA–DR country whose share of imports of 
the relevant CAFTA–DR article into the United 
States does not exceed 3 percent of the aggre-
gate volume of imports of the relevant CAFTA– 
DR article in the most recent 12-month period 
for which data are available that precedes the 
filing of the petition under section 311(a). 
(B) A CAFTA–DR country shall not be 
considered to be a de minimis supplying country
if the aggregate share of imports of the relevant 
CAFTA–DR article into the United States of 
all CAFTA–DR countries that satisfy the con-
ditions of subparagraph (A) exceeds 9 percent 
of the aggregate volume of imports of the rel-
evant CAFTA–DR article during the applicable 
12-month period. 
(4) RELEVANT CAFTA–DR ARTICLE.—The term 
‘‘relevant CAFTA–DR article’’ means the CAFTA– 
DR article with respect to which a petition has been 
filed under section 311(a). 
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 
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 CAFTA–DR 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 CAFTA–DR article con-
stitute 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). 
(d) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM INVESTIGATION.—No 
investigation may be initiated under this section with re-
spect to any CAFTA–DR article if, after the date that 
the Agreement enters into force, import relief has been 
provided with respect to that CAFTA–DR 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. 
At that time, the Commission shall also determine whether 
any CAFTA–DR country is a de minimis supplying coun-
try. 
(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.—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 Commission to be an 
affirmative determination as provided 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 President 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 de-
termination and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic 
industry to make a positive adjustment to import competi-
tion. The import relief recommended by the Commission 
under this subsection shall be limited to the relief de-
scribed in section 313(c). Only those members of the Com-
mission who voted in the affirmative under subsection (a) 
are eligible to vote on the proposed action to remedy or 
prevent the injury found by the Commission. Members of 
the Commission who did not vote in the affirmative may 
submit, in the report required under subsection (d), sepa-
rate 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-
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 
and recommendation referred to in paragraphs (1) 
and (2). 
(e) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Upon submitting a report to 
the President under subsection (d), the Commission shall 
promptly make public such report (with the exception of 
information which the Commission determines to be con-
fidential) and shall cause a summary thereof to be pub-
lished 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 
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 3.3 of the Agree-
ment in the duty imposed on such article. 
(B) An increase in the rate of duty im-
posed on such article to a level that does not 
exceed the lesser of— 
(i) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles at 
the time the import relief is provided; or 
(ii) the column 1 general rate of duty 
imposed under the HTS on like articles on 
the day before the date on which the 
Agreement enters into force. 
(2) PROGRESSIVE LIBERALIZATION.—If the pe-
riod for which import relief is provided under this 
section is greater than 1 year, the President shall 
provide for the progressive liberalization (described
in article 8.2.3 of the Agreement) of such relief at 
regular intervals during the period of its application. 
(d) PERIOD OF RELIEF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
any import relief that the President is authorized to 
provide under this section may not, in the aggregate, 
be in effect for more than 4 years. 
(2) EXTENSION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the initial period for 
any import relief provided under this section is 
less than 4 years, the President, after receiving 
a determination from the Commission under 
subparagraph (B) that is affirmative, or which 
the 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)), may ex-
tend the effective period of any import relief 
provided under this section, subject to the limi-
tation under paragraph (1), if the President de-
termines that— 
(i) the import relief continues to be 
necessary to remedy or prevent serious in-
jury and to facilitate adjustment by the do-
mestic industry to import competition; and
(ii) there is evidence that the industry 
is making a positive adjustment to import 
competition. 
(B) ACTION BY COMMISSION.—(i) Upon a 
petition on behalf of the industry concerned 
that is filed with the Commission not earlier 
than the date which is 9 months, and not later 
than the date which is 6 months, before the 
date on which any action taken under sub-
section (a) is to terminate, the Commission 
shall conduct an investigation to determine 
whether action under this section continues to 
be necessary to remedy or prevent serious in-
jury and whether there is evidence that the in-
dustry is making a positive adjustment to im-
port competition. 
(ii) The Commission shall publish notice of 
the commencement of any proceeding under 
this subparagraph in the Federal Register and 
shall, within a reasonable time thereafter, hold 
a public hearing at which the Commission shall 
afford interested parties and consumers an op-
portunity to be present, to present evidence, 
and to respond to the presentations of other