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Union Calendar No. 357 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4759 
[Report No. 108–597] 
To implement the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2004 
Mr. DELAY (for himself and Mr. RANGEL) (both by request): introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
JULY 12, 2004 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
To implement the United States-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Imple-
mentation Act’’.
(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. 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.
Sec. 206. Enforcement relating to trade in textile and apparel goods.
Sec. 207. 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. Business confidential information.
Subtitle C—Cases Under Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 
Sec. 331. Findings and action on goods from Australia.
TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT 
Sec. 401. Eligible products.  
SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are— 
(1) to approve and implement the Free Trade 
Agreement between the United States and Australia, 
entered 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 Australia for 
their mutual benefit; 
(3) to establish free trade between the 2 nations 
through the reduction and elimination 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 such 
Agreement. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) 
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Agreement’’ 
means the United States-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement approved by Congress under section 
101(a)(1). 
(2) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(3) 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)). 
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 
(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-Australia Free Trade 
Agreement entered into on May 18, 2004, with the 
Government of Australia and submitted to Congress 
on July 6, 2004; and 
(2) the statement of administrative action pro-
posed to implement the Agreement that was sub-
mitted to Congress on July 6, 2004. 
(b) CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE 
AGREEMENT.—At such time as the President determines 
that Australia has taken measures necessary to bring it