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(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph
(1), an article is ‘‘wholly obtained or produced in
Jordan’’ if it is wholly the growth, product, or man-
ufacture of Jordan.
(3) SPECIAL RULES.—
(A) CERTAIN MADE-UP ARTICLES, TEXTILE
ARTICLES IN THE PIECE, AND CERTAIN OTHER
TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(D) and except as pro-
vided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this
paragraph, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
paragraph (1), as appropriate, shall determine
whether a good that is classified under one of
the following headings or subheadings of the
HTS shall be considered to meet the require-
ments of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a):
5609, 5807, 5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214,
6301, 6302, 6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10,
6307.90, 6308, and 9404.90.
(B) CERTAIN
KNIT-TO-SHAPE
TEXTILES
AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided in
subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph,
a textile or apparel article which is knit-to-
shape in Jordan shall be considered to meet the
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requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection
(a).
(C) CERTAIN
DYED
AND
PRINTED
TEX-
TILES
AND
TEXTILE
ARTICLES.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(D), a good classified
under heading 6117.10, 6213.00, 6214.00.
6302.22, 6302.29, 6302.52, 6302.53, 6302.59,
6302.92, 6302.93, 6302.99, 6303.92, 6303.99,
6304.19, 6304.93, 6304.99, 9404.90.85, or
9404.90.95 of the HTS, except for a good clas-
sified under any such heading as of cotton or
of wool or consisting of fiber blends containing
16 percent or more by weight of cotton, shall be
considered to meet the requirements of para-
graph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the fabric in
the good is both dyed and printed in Jordan,
and such dyeing and printing is accompanied by
2 or more of the following finishing operations:
bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating,
permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent em-
bossing, or moireing.
(D) FABRICS OF SILK, COTTON, MANMADE
FIBER
OR
VEGETABLE
FIBER.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(C), a fabric classified
under the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made
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fiber, or vegetable fiber shall be considered to
meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of
subsection (a) if the fabric is both dyed and
printed in Jordan, and such dyeing and print-
ing is accompanied by 2 or more of the fol-
lowing finishing operations: bleaching, shrink-
ing, fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiff-
ening, weighting, permanent embossing, or
moireing.
(4) MULTICOUNTRY RULE.—If the origin of a
textile or apparel article cannot be determined under
paragraph (1) or (3), then that article shall be con-
sidered to meet the requirements of paragraph
(1)(A) of subsection (a) if—
(A) the most important assembly or manu-
facturing process occurs in Jordan; or
(B) if the applicability of paragraph (1)(A)
of subsection (a) cannot be determined under
subparagraph (A), the last important assembly
or manufacturing occurs in Jordan.
(d) EXCLUSION.—A good shall not be considered to
meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection
(a) if the good—
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(1) is imported into Jordan, and, at the time of
importation, would be classified under heading 0805
of the HTS; and
(2) is processed in Jordan into a good classified
under any of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.30
of the HTS.
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of the Treasury,
after consultation with the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, shall prescribe such regulations as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
TITLE II—RELIEF FROM
IMPORTS
Subtitle A—General Provisions
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this title:
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’
means the United States International Trade Com-
mission.
(2) JORDANIAN
ARTICLE.—The term ‘‘Jor-
danian article’’ means an article that qualifies for
reduction or elimination of a duty under section 102.
Subtitle B—Relief From Imports
Benefiting From The Agreement
SEC. 211. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF.
(a) FILING OF PETITION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A petition requesting action
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 rep-
resentative of an industry. The Commission shall
transmit a copy of any petition filed under this sub-
section to the United States Trade Representative.
(2) PROVISIONAL RELIEF.—An entity filing a
petition under this subsection may request that pro-
visional relief be provided as if the petition had been
filed under section 202(a) of the Trade Act of 1974.
(3) CRITICAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—Any allegation
that critical circumstances exist shall be included in
the petition.
(b) INVESTIGATION AND DETERMINATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the filing of a petition
under subsection (a), the Commission, unless sub-
section (d) applies, shall promptly initiate an inves-
tigation to determine whether, as a result of the re-
duction or elimination of a duty provided for under
the Agreement, a Jordanian article is being im-
ported into the United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative to domestic
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production, and under such conditions that imports
of the Jordanian article alone constitute a substan-
tial cause of serious injury or threat thereof to the
domestic industry producing an article that is like,
or directly competitive with, the imported article.
(2) CAUSATION.—For purposes of this subtitle,
a Jordanian article is being imported into the
United States in increased quantities as a result of
the reduction or elimination of a duty provided for
under the Agreement if the reduction or elimination
is a cause that contributes significantly to the in-
crease in imports. Such cause need not be equal to
or greater than any other cause.
(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 (d).
(d) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM INVESTIGATION.—No
investigation may be initiated under this section with re-
spect to any Jordanian article if import relief has been
provided under this subtitle with respect to that article.
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SEC. 212. COMMISSION ACTION ON PETITION.
(a) DETERMINATION.—By no later than 120 days
(180 days if critical circumstances have been alleged) after
the date on which an investigation is initiated under sec-
tion 211(b) with respect to a petition, the Commission
shall make the determination required under that section.
(b) 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, the Commission
shall find, and recommend to the President in the report
required under subsection (c), 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 ad-
justment to import competition. The import relief rec-
ommended by the Commission under this subsection shall
be limited to that described in section 213(c).
(c) REPORT TO PRESIDENT.—No later than the date
that is 30 days after the date on which a determination
is made under subsection (a) with respect to an investiga-
tion, the Commission shall submit to the President a re-
port that shall include—
(1) a statement of the basis for the determina-
tion;
(2) dissenting and separate views; and
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(3) any finding made under subsection (b) re-
garding import relief.
(d) PUBLIC NOTICE.—Upon submitting a report to
the President under subsection (c), 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.
(e) 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)) shall be applied with respect to determinations
and findings made under this section as if such determina-
tions and findings were made under section 202 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252).
SEC. 213. PROVISION OF RELIEF.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than the date that is 30
days after the date on which the President receives the
report of the Commission containing an affirmative deter-
mination of the Commission under section 212(a), the
President shall provide relief from imports of the article
that is the subject of such determination to the extent that
the President determines necessary to prevent or remedy
the injury found by the Commission and to facilitate the
efforts of the domestic industry to make a positive adjust-
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ment to import competition, unless the President deter-
mines that the provision of such relief is not in the na-
tional economic interest of the United States or, in ex-
traordinary circumstances, that the provision of such relief
would cause serious harm to the national security of the
United States.
(b) NATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEREST.—The President
may determine under subsection (a) that providing import
relief is not in the national economic interest of the United
States only if the President finds that taking such action
would have an adverse impact on the United States econ-
omy clearly greater than the benefits of taking such ac-
tion.
(c) NATURE OF RELIEF.—The import relief (includ-
ing provisional relief) that the President is authorized to
provide under this subtitle with respect to imports of an
article is—
(1) the suspension of any further reduction pro-
vided for under the United States Schedule to Annex
2.1 of the Agreement in the duty imposed on that
article;
(2) an increase in the rate of duty imposed on
such article to a level that does not exceed the lesser
of—
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(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; or
(3) in the case of a duty applied on a seasonal
basis to that article, an increase in the rate of duty
imposed on the article to a level that does not exceed
the column 1 general rate of duty imposed under the
HTS on the article for the corresponding season oc-
curring immediately before the date on which the
Agreement enters into force.
(d) PERIOD OF RELIEF.—The import relief that the
President is authorized to provide under this section may
not exceed 4 years.
(e) RATE AFTER TERMINATION
OF IMPORT RE-
LIEF.—When import relief under this subtitle is termi-
nated with respect to an article—
(1) the rate of duty on that article after such
termination and on or before December 31 of the
year in which termination occurs shall be the rate
that, according to the United States Schedule to
Annex 2.1 of the Agreement for the staged elimi-
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nation of the tariff, would have been in effect 1 year
after the initiation of the import relief action under
section 211; and
(2) the tariff treatment for that article after
December 31 of the year in which termination oc-
curs shall be, at the discretion of the President,
either—
(A) the rate of duty conforming to the ap-
plicable rate set out in the United States
Schedule to Annex 2.1; or
(B) the rate of duty resulting from the
elimination of the tariff in equal annual stages
ending on the date set out in the United States
Schedule to Annex 2.1 for the elimination of
the tariff.
SEC. 214. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), no import relief may be provided under this
subtitle after the date that is 15 years after the date on
which the Agreement enters into force.
(b) EXCEPTION.—Import relief may be provided
under this subtitle in the case of a Jordanian article after
the date on which such relief would, but for this sub-
section, terminate under subsection (a), but only if the
Government of Jordan consents to such provision.
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SEC. 215. 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 213 shall be treated as action taken
under chapter 1 of title II of such Act.
SEC. 216. SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS.
A petition for import relief may be submitted to the
Commission under—
(1) this subtitle;
(2) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of
1974; or
(3) under both this subtitle and such chapter 1
at the same time, in which case the Commission
shall consider such petitions jointly.
Subtitle C—Cases Under Title II Of
The Trade Act of 1974
SEC. 221. FINDINGS AND ACTION ON JORDANIAN IMPORTS.
(a) EFFECT OF IMPORTS.—If, in any investigation
initiated under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of
1974, the Commission makes an affirmative determination
(or a determination which the President may treat as an
affirmative determination under such chapter by reason
of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930), the Commis-
sion shall also find (and report to the President at the
time such injury determination is submitted to the Presi-
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dent) whether imports of the article from Jordan are a
substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof.
(b) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION REGARDING JORDANIAN
IMPORTS.—In determining the nature and extent of action
to be taken under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, the President shall determine whether imports
from Jordan are a substantial cause of the serious injury
found by the Commission and, if such determination is
in the negative, may exclude from such action imports
from Jordan.
SEC. 222. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 202(a)(8) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2252(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘and part 1’’ and inserting ‘‘,
part 1’’; and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end ‘‘,
and title II of the United States-Jordan Free Trade
Area Implementation Act’’.
TITLE III—TEMPORARY ENTRY
SEC. 301. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.
Upon the basis of reciprocity secured by the Agree-
ment, an alien who is a national of Jordan (and any
spouse or child (as defined in section 101(b)(1) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) of
the alien, if accompanying or following to join the alien)