I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 913 
To extend certain trade preference programs, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2011 
Mr. ADERHOLT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Appro-
priations and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To extend certain trade preference programs, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Free and Fair Trade 
Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREF-
ERENCES. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 505 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2465) is amended by striking ‘‘December 
31, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2012’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to goods entered on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN 
LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1514) or any other provision of law and subject 
to subparagraph (B), any entry of an article 
(other than an article described in section 
503(b)(5) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amend-
ed by section 3(a) of this Act) to which duty- 
free treatment under title V of the Trade Act 
of 1974 would have applied if the entry had 
been made on December 31, 2010, that was 
made— 
(i) after December 31, 2010; and 
(ii) before the 15th day after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, 
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shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though 
such entry occurred on the date that is 15 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui-
dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 
with respect to an entry only if a request there-
for is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act that contains suffi-
cient information to enable U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection— 
(i) to locate the entry; or 
(ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can-
not be located. 
(C) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 
the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of 
an article under subparagraph (A) shall be 
paid, without interest, not later than 90 days 
after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation 
(as the case may be). 
(3) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘‘entry’’ includes a withdrawal from ware-
house for consumption. 
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SEC. 3. INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN SLEEPING BAGS FOR 
PREFERENTIAL 
TREATMENT 
UNDER 
THE 
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 503(b) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(b)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(5) CERTAIN
SLEEPING
BAGS.—An article 
classifiable under subheading 9404.30.80 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
shall not be an eligible article for purposes of sub-
section (a).’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to articles entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse for consumption, on or after the 15th day 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 208(a) of the Andean 
Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘February 
12, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2012’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘February 12, 
2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2012’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES.— 
Section 204(b)(3) of the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) in clause (iii)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘8 
succeeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting 
‘‘9 succeeding 1-year periods’’; and 
(ii) in subclause (III)(bb), by striking 
‘‘and for the succeeding 3-year period’’ and 
inserting ‘‘and for the succeeding 4-year 
period’’; and 
(B) in clause (v)(II), by striking ‘‘7 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’ and inserting ‘‘8 suc-
ceeding 1-year periods’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking 
‘‘February 12, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 
2012’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to articles entered on or after 
the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN 
LIQUIDATIONS AND RELIQUIDATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1514) or any other provision of law and subject 
to subparagraph (B), any entry of an article to 
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which duty-free treatment or other preferential 
treatment under the Andean Trade Preference 
Act would have applied if the entry had been 
made on February 12, 2011, that was made— 
(i) after February 12, 2011; and 
(ii) before the 15th day after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, 
shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though 
such entry occurred on the date that is 15 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(B) REQUESTS.—A liquidation or reliqui-
dation may be made under subparagraph (A) 
with respect to an entry only if a request there-
for is filed with U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act that contains suffi-
cient information to enable U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection— 
(i) to locate the entry; or 
(ii) to reconstruct the entry if it can-
not be located. 
(C) PAYMENT OF AMOUNTS OWED.—Any 
amounts owed by the United States pursuant to 
the liquidation or reliquidation of an entry of 
an article under subparagraph (A) shall be 
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paid, without interest, not later than 90 days 
after the date of the liquidation or reliquidation 
(as the case may be). 
(3) DEFINITION.—As used in this subsection, 
the term ‘‘entry’’ includes a withdrawal from ware-
house for consumption. 
SEC. 5. OFFSET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of all unobligated Federal funds available, 
$2,300,000,000 in appropriated discretionary unexpired 
funds are rescinded. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall— 
(1) identify the accounts and amounts rescinded 
to implement subsection (a); and 
(2) submit a report to the Secretary of the 
Treasury and Congress of the accounts and amounts 
identified under paragraph (1) for rescission. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply to the 
unobligated Federal funds of the Department of Defense 
or the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
SEC. 6. COMPLIANCE WITH PAYGO. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
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shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this 
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
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