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One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expand
trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generalized
system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance programs.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 ‘‘Trade and
Development Act of 2000’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
Subtitle A—Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa
Sec. 101. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 102. Findings.
Sec. 103. Statement of policy.
Sec. 104. Eligibility requirements.
Sec. 105. United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation
Forum.
Sec. 106. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 107. Sub-Saharan Africa defined.
Subtitle B—Trade Benefits
Sec. 111. Eligibility for certain benefits.
Sec. 112. Treatment of certain textiles and apparel.
Sec. 113. Protections against transshipment.
Sec. 114. Termination.
Sec. 115. Clerical amendments.
Sec. 116. Free trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries.
Sec. 117. Assistant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs.
Subtitle C—Economic Development Related Issues
Sec. 121. Sense of the Congress regarding comprehensive debt relief for the world’s
poorest countries.
Sec. 122. Executive branch initiatives.
Sec. 123. Overseas Private Investment Corporation initiatives.
Sec. 124. Export-Import Bank initiatives.
Sec. 125. Expansion of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in sub-
Saharan Africa.
Sec. 126. Donation of air traffic control equipment to eligible sub-Saharan African
countries.
Sec. 127. Additional authorities and increased flexibility to provide assistance
under the Development Fund for Africa.
Sec. 128. Assistance from United States private sector to prevent and reduce HIV/
AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sec. 129. Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa.
Sec. 130. Study on improving African agricultural practices.
Sec. 131. Sense of the Congress regarding efforts to combat desertification in Africa
and other countries.
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TITLE II—TRADE BENEFITS FOR CARIBBEAN BASIN
Subtitle A—Trade Policy for Caribbean Basin Countries
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Findings and policy.
Sec. 203. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Trade Benefits for Caribbean Basin Countries
Sec. 211. Temporary provisions to provide additional trade benefits to certain bene-
ficiary countries.
Sec. 212. Duty-free treatment for certain beverages made with Caribbean rum.
Sec. 213. Meetings of trade ministers and USTR.
TITLE III—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS
Sec. 301. Normal trade relations for Albania.
Sec. 302. Normal trade relations for Kyrgyzstan.
TITLE IV—OTHER TRADE PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Report on employment and trade adjustment assistance.
Sec. 402. Trade adjustment assistance.
Sec. 403. Reliquidation of certain nuclear fuel assemblies.
Sec. 404. Reports to the Finance and Ways and Means committees.
Sec. 405. Clarification of section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
Sec. 406. Chief agricultural negotiator.
Sec. 407. Revision of retaliation list or other remedial action.
Sec. 408. Report on trade adjustment assistance for agricultural commodity pro-
ducers.
Sec. 409. Agricultural trade negotiating objectives and consultations with Congress.
Sec. 410. Entry procedures for foreign trade zone operations.
Sec. 411. Goods made with forced or indentured child labor.
Sec. 412. Worst forms of child labor.
TITLE V—IMPORTS OF CERTAIN WOOL ARTICLES
Sec. 501. Temporary duty reductions.
Sec. 502. Temporary duty suspensions.
Sec. 503. Separate tariff line treatment for wool yarn and men’s or boys’ suits and
suit-type jackets and trousers of worsted wool fabric.
Sec. 504. Monitoring of market conditions and authority to modify tariff reductions.
Sec. 505. Refund of duties paid on imports of certain wool articles.
Sec. 506. Wool research, development, and promotion trust fund.
TITLE VI—REVENUE PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. Application of denial of foreign tax credit regarding trade and investment
with respect to certain foreign countries.
Sec. 602. Acceleration of cover over payments to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
TITLE 
I—EXTENSION 
OF 
CERTAIN
TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA
Subtitle A—Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan
Africa
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘African Growth and Opportunity
Act’’.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
Congress finds that—
(1) it is in the mutual interest of the United States and
the countries of sub-Saharan Africa to promote stable and
sustainable economic growth and development in sub-Saharan
Africa;
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(2) the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa form a region
richly endowed with both natural and human resources;
(3) sub-Saharan Africa represents a region of enormous
economic potential and of enduring political significance to the
United States;
(4) the region has experienced the strengthening of democ-
racy as countries in sub-Saharan Africa have taken steps to
encourage broader participation in the political process;
(5) certain countries in sub-Saharan Africa have increased
their economic growth rates, taken significant steps towards
liberalizing their economies, and made progress toward regional
economic integration that can have positive benefits for the
region;
(6) despite those gains, the per capita income in sub-Saha-
ran Africa averages approximately $500 annually;
(7) trade and investment, as the American experience has
shown, can represent powerful tools both for economic develop-
ment and for encouraging broader participation in a political
process in which political freedom can flourish;
(8) increased trade and investment flows have the greatest
impact in an economic environment in which trading partners
eliminate barriers to trade and capital flows and encourage
the development of a vibrant private sector that offers indi-
vidual African citizens the freedom to expand their economic
opportunities and provide for their families;
(9) offering the countries of sub-Saharan Africa enhanced
trade preferences will encourage both higher levels of trade
and direct investment in support of the positive economic and
political developments under way throughout the region; and
(10) encouraging the reciprocal reduction of trade and
investment barriers in Africa will enhance the benefits of trade
and investment for the region as well as enhance commercial
and political ties between the United States and sub-Saharan
Africa.
SEC. 103. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
Congress supports—
(1) encouraging increased trade and investment between
the United States and sub-Saharan Africa;
(2) reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles
to sub-Saharan African and United States trade;
(3) expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan
Africa’s regional integration efforts;
(4) negotiating reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade
agreements, including the possibility of establishing free trade
areas that serve the interests of both the United States and
the countries of sub-Saharan Africa;
(5) focusing on countries committed to the rule of law,
economic reform, and the eradication of poverty;
(6) strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-
Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and
small businesses;
(7) facilitating the development of civil societies and polit-
ical freedom in sub-Saharan Africa;
(8) establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade
and Economic Cooperation Forum; and
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(9) the accession of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa
to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public
Officials in International Business Transactions.
SEC. 104. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President is authorized to designate a
sub-Saharan African country as an eligible sub-Saharan African
country if the President determines that the country—
(1) has established, or is making continual progress toward
establishing—
(A) a market-based economy that protects private prop-
erty rights, incorporates an open rules-based trading
system, and minimizes government interference in the
economy through measures such as price controls, sub-
sidies, and government ownership of economic assets;
(B) the rule of law, political pluralism, and the right
to due process, a fair trial, and equal protection under
the law;
(C) the elimination of barriers to United States trade
and investment, including by—
(i) the provision of national treatment and meas-
ures to create an environment conducive to domestic
and foreign investment;
(ii) the protection of intellectual property; and
(iii) the resolution of bilateral trade and invest-
ment disputes;
(D) economic policies to reduce poverty, increase the
availability of health care and educational opportunities,
expand physical infrastructure, promote the development
of private enterprise, and encourage the formation of cap-
ital markets through micro-credit or other programs;
(E) a system to combat corruption and bribery, such
as signing and implementing the Convention on Combating
Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busi-
ness Transactions; and
(F) protection of internationally recognized worker
rights, including the right of association, the right to orga-
nize and bargain collectively, a prohibition on the use of
any form of forced or compulsory labor, a minimum age
for the employment of children, and acceptable conditions
of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work,
and occupational safety and health;
(2) does not engage in activities that undermine United
States national security or foreign policy interests; and
(3) does not engage in gross violations of internationally
recognized human rights or provide support for acts of inter-
national terrorism and cooperates in international efforts to
eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities.
(b) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.—If the President determines that
an eligible sub-Saharan African country is not making continual
progress in meeting the requirements described in subsection (a)(1),
the President shall terminate the designation of the country made
pursuant to subsection (a).