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Sec. 306. Compensation authority.
Sec. 307. Submission of petitions.
Sec. 308. Special tariff provisions for Canadian fresh fruits and vegetables.
Sec. 309. Price-based snapback for frozen concentrated orange juice.
PART 2—RELIEF FROM IMPORTS FROM ALL COUNTRIES
Sec. 311. NAFTA article impact in import relief cases under the Trade Act of 1974.
Sec. 312. Presidential action regarding NAFTA imports.
PART 3—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 315. Provisional relief.
Sec. 316. Monitoring.
Sec. 317. Procedures concerning the conduct of International Trade Commission in-
vestigations.
Sec. 318. Effective date.
Subtitle B—Agriculture
Sec. 321. Agriculture.
Subtitle C—Intellectual Property
Sec. 331. Treatment of inventive activity.
Sec. 332. Rental rights in sound recordings.
Sec. 333. Nonregistrability of misleading geographic indications.
Sec. 334. Motion pictures in the public domain.
Sec. 335. Effective dates.
Subtitle D—Temporary Entry of Business Persons
Sec. 341. Temporary entry.
Sec. 342. Effective date.
Subtitle E—Standards
PART 1—STANDARDS AND MEASURES
Sec. 351. Standards and sanitary and phytosanitary measures.
Sec. 352. Transportation.
PART 2—AGRICULTURAL STANDARDS
Sec. 361. Agricultural technical and conforming amendments.
Subtitle F—Corporate Average Fuel Economy
Sec. 371. Corporate average fuel economy.
Subtitle G—Government Procurement
Sec. 381. Government procurement.
TITLE IV—DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN ANTIDUMPING AND
COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASES
Subtitle A—Organizational, Administrative, and Procedural Provisions Regarding
the Implementation of Chapter 19 of the Agreement
Sec. 401. References in subtitle.
Sec. 402. Organizational and administrative provisions.
Sec. 403. Testimony and production of papers in extraordinary challenges.
Sec. 404. Requests for review of determinations by competent investigating authori-
ties of NAFTA countries.
Sec. 405. Rules of procedure for panels and committees.
Sec. 406. Subsidy negotiations.
Sec. 407. Identification of industries facing subsidized imports.
Sec. 408. Treatment of amendments to antidumping and countervailing duty law.
Subtitle B—Conforming Amendments and Provisions
Sec. 411. Judicial review in antidumping duty and countervailing duty cases.
Sec. 412. Conforming amendments to other provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Sec. 413. Consequential amendment to Free-Trade Agreement Act of 1988.
Sec. 414. Conforming amendments to title 28, United States Code.
Sec. 415. Effect of termination of NAFTA country status.
Sec. 416. Effective date.
TITLE V—NAFTA TRANSITIONAL ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE AND OTHER
PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance Program
Sec. 501. Short title.
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Sec. 502. Establishment of NAFTA transitional adjustment assistance program.
Sec. 503. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 504. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 505. Termination of transition program.
Sec. 506. Effective date.
Sec. 507. Treatment of self-employment assistance programs.
Subtitle B—Provisions Relating to Performance Under the Agreement
Sec. 511. Discriminatory taxes.
Sec. 512. Review of the operation and effects of the agreement.
Sec. 513. Actions affecting United States cultural industries.
Sec. 514. Report on impact of NAFTA on motor vehicle exports to Mexico.
Sec. 515. Center for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade.
Sec. 516. Effective date.
Subtitle C—Funding
PART 1—CUSTOMS USER FEES
Sec. 521. Fees for certain customs services.
PART 2—INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AMENDMENTS
Sec. 522. Authority to disclose certain tax information to the United States Cus-
toms Service.
Sec. 523. Use of electronic fund transfer system for collection of certain taxes.
Subtitle D—Implementation of NAFTA Supplemental Agreements
PART 1—AGREEMENTS RELATING TO LABOR AND ENVIRONMENT
Sec. 531. Agreement on labor cooperation.
Sec. 532. Agreement on environmental cooperation.
Sec. 533. Agreement on Border Environment Cooperation Commission.
PART 2—NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND RELATED PROVISIONS.
Sec. 541. North American Development Bank.
Sec. 542. Status, immunities, and privileges.
Sec. 543. Community adjustment and investment program.
Sec. 544. Definition.
TITLE VI—CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION
Sec. 601. Reference.
Subtitle A—Improvements in Customs Enforcement
Sec. 611. Penalties for violations of arrival, reporting, entry, and clearance require-
ments.
Sec. 612. Failure to declare.
Sec. 613. Customs testing laboratories; detention of merchandise.
Sec. 614. Recordkeeping.
Sec. 615. Examination of books and witnesses.
Sec. 616. Judicial enforcement.
Sec. 617. Review of protests.
Sec. 618. Repeal of provision relating to reliquidation on account of fraud.
Sec. 619. Penalties relating to manifests.
Sec. 620. Unlawful unlading or transshipment.
Sec. 621. Penalties for fraud, gross negligence, and negligence; prior disclosure.
Sec. 622. Penalties for false drawback claims.
Sec. 623. Interpretive rulings and decisions; public information.
Sec. 624. Seizure authority.
Subtitle B—National Customs Automation Program
Sec. 631. National Customs Automation Program.
Sec. 632. Drawback and refunds.
Sec. 633. Effective date of rates of duty.
Sec. 634. Definitions.
Sec. 635. Manifests.
Sec. 636. Invoice contents.
Sec. 637. Entry of merchandise.
Sec. 638. Appraisement and other procedures.
Sec. 639. Voluntary reliquidations.
Sec. 640. Appraisement regulations.
Sec. 641. Limitation on liquidation.
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Sec. 642. Payment of duties and fees.
Sec. 643. Abandonment and damage.
Sec. 644. Customs officer’s immunity.
Sec. 645. Protests.
Sec. 646. Refunds and errors.
Sec. 647. Bonds and other security.
Sec. 648. Customhouse brokers.
Sec. 649. Conforming amendments.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Amendments to the Tariff Act of 1930
Sec. 651. Administrative exemptions.
Sec. 652. Report of arrival.
Sec. 653. Entry of vessels.
Sec. 654. Unlawful return of foreign vessel papers.
Sec. 655. Vessels not required to enter.
Sec. 656. Unlading.
Sec. 657. Declarations.
Sec. 658. General orders.
Sec. 659. Unclaimed merchandise.
Sec. 660. Destruction of merchandise.
Sec. 661. Proceeds of sale.
Sec. 662. Entry under regulations.
Sec. 663. American trademarks.
Sec. 664. Simplified recordkeeping for merchandise transported by pipeline.
Sec. 665. Entry for warehouse.
Sec. 666. Cartage.
Sec. 667. Seizure.
Sec. 668. Limitation on actions.
Sec. 669. Collection of fees on behalf of other agencies.
Sec. 670. Authority to settle claims.
Sec. 671. Use of private collection agencies.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions and Consequential and Conforming
Amendments to Other Laws
Sec. 681. Amendments to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
Sec. 682. Customs personnel airport work shift regulation.
Sec. 683. Use of harbor maintenance trust fund amounts for administrative ex-
penses.
Sec. 684. Amendments to title 28, United States Code.
Sec. 685. Treasury forfeiture fund.
Sec. 686. Amendments to the Revised Statutes of the United States.
Sec. 687. Amendments to title 18, United States Code.
Sec. 688. Amendment to the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.
Sec. 689. Miscellaneous technical amendments.
Sec. 690. Repeal of obsolete provisions of law.
Sec. 691. Reports to Congress.
Sec. 692. Effective date.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Agreement’’ means the North
American Free Trade Agreement approved by the Congress
under section 101(a).
(2) HTS.—The term ‘‘HTS’’ means the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States.
(3) MEXICO.—Any reference to Mexico shall be considered
to be a reference to the United Mexican States.
(4) NAFTA COUNTRY.—Except as provided in section 202,
the term ‘‘NAFTA country’’ means—
(A) Canada for such time as the Agreement is in force
with respect to, and the United States applies the Agree-
ment to, Canada; and
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(B) Mexico for such time as the Agreement is in force
with respect to, and the United States applies the Agree-
ment to, Mexico.
(5) INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Inter-
national Trade Commission’’ means the United States Inter-
national Trade Commission.
(6) TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.—The term ‘‘Trade Representa-
tive’’ means the United States Trade Representative.
TITLE I—APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL
PROVISIONS 
RELATING 
TO, 
THE
NORTH 
AMERICAN 
FREE 
TRADE
AGREEMENT
SEC. 101. APPROVAL AND ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE NORTH AMER-
ICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.
(a) APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT AND STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRA-
TIVE ACTION.—Pursuant to section 1103 of the Omnibus Trade
and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2903) and section
151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191), the Congress
approves—
(1) the North American Free Trade Agreement entered
into on December 17, 1992, with the Governments of Canada
and Mexico and submitted to the Congress on November 4,
1993; and
(2) the statement of administrative action proposed to
implement the Agreement that was submitted to the Congress
on November 4, 1993.
(b) CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AGREEMENT.—
The President is authorized to exchange notes with the Government
of Canada or Mexico providing for the entry into force, on or
after January 1, 1994, of the Agreement for the United States
with respect to such country at such time as—
(1) the President—
(A) determines that such country has implemented
the statutory changes necessary to bring that country into
compliance with its obligations under the Agreement and
has made provision to implement the Uniform Regulations
provided for under article 511 of the Agreement regarding
the interpretation, application, and administration of the
rules of origin, and
(B) transmits a report to the House of Representatives
and the Senate setting forth the determination under
subparagraph (A) and including, in the case of Mexico,
a description of the specific measures taken by that country
to—
(i) bring its laws into conformity with the require-
ments of the Schedule of Mexico in Annex 1904.15
of the Agreement, and
(ii) otherwise ensure the effective implementation
of the binational panel review process under chapter
19 of the Agreement regarding final antidumping and
countervailing duty determinations; and
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