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the Secretary determines that the person has 
provided incorrect information to support any 
claim for preferential tariff treatment that has 
been made with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines that a person has provided incorrect in-
formation to support that claim; 
(3) detention of any textile or apparel good ex-
ported or produced by the person that is the subject 
of a verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or a 
claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Sec-
retary determines there is insufficient information to 
determine the country of origin of any such good; 
and 
(4) denial of entry into the United States of 
any textile or apparel good exported or produced by 
the person that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) or a claim described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary determines that
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the person has provided incorrect information as to 
the country of origin of any such good. 
(c) ACTION ON COMPLETION OF A VERIFICATION.—
On completion of a verification under subsection (a), the 
President may direct the Secretary to take appropriate ac-
tion described in subsection (d) until such time as the Sec-
retary receives information sufficient to make the deter-
mination under subsection (a)(2) or until such earlier date 
as the President may direct. 
(d) APPROPRIATE
ACTION
DESCRIBED.—Appro-
priate action under subsection (c) includes—
(1) denial of preferential tariff treatment under 
the Agreement with respect to—
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or 
produced by the person that is the subject of a 
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding 
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), if 
the Secretary determines there is insufficient 
information to support, or that the person has 
provided incorrect information to support, any 
claim for preferential tariff treatment that has 
been made with respect to any such good; or 
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a 
claim of preferential tariff treatment has been 
made that is the subject of a verification under
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subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in 
subsection (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary deter-
mines there is insufficient information to sup-
port, or that a person has provided incorrect in-
formation to support, that claim; and 
(2) denial of entry into the United States of 
any textile or apparel good exported or produced by 
the person that is the subject of a verification under 
subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in 
subsection (a)(2)(A) or a claim described in sub-
section (a)(2)(B), if the Secretary determines there 
is insufficient information to determine, or that the 
person has provided incorrect information as to, the 
country of origin of any such good. 
(e) PUBLICATION OF NAME OF PERSON.—The Sec-
retary may publish the name of any person that the Sec-
retary has determined—
(1) is engaged in intentional circumvention of 
applicable laws, regulations, or procedures affecting 
trade in textile or apparel goods; or 
(2) has failed to demonstrate that it produces, 
or is capable of producing, textile or apparel goods. 
SEC. 210. REGULATIONS. 
The Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out—
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(1) subsections (a) through (n) of section 203; 
(2) the amendment made by section 204; and 
(3) any proclamation issued under section 
203(o). 
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM 
IMPORTS 
SEC. 301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
CAFTA–DR 
ARTICLE.—The 
term 
‘‘CAFTA–DR article’’ means an article that quali-
fies as an originating good under section 203(b). 
(2) CAFTA–DR TEXTILE OR APPAREL ARTI-
CLE.—The term ‘‘CAFTA–DR textile or apparel ar-
ticle’’ means a textile or apparel good (as defined in 
section 3(5)) that is a CAFTA–DR article. 
(3) DE MINIMIS SUPPLYING COUNTRY.—
(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term 
‘‘de minimis supplying country’’ means a 
CAFTA–DR country whose share of imports of 
the relevant CAFTA–DR article into the United 
States does not exceed 3 percent of the aggre-
gate volume of imports of the relevant CAFTA–
DR article in the most recent 12-month period 
for which data are available that precedes the 
filing of the petition under section 311(a).
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(B) A CAFTA–DR country shall not be 
considered to be a de minimis supplying country 
if the aggregate share of imports of the relevant 
CAFTA–DR article into the United States of 
all CAFTA–DR countries that satisfy the con-
ditions of subparagraph (A) exceeds 9 percent 
of the aggregate volume of imports of the rel-
evant CAFTA–DR article during the applicable 
12-month period. 
(4) RELEVANT CAFTA–DR ARTICLE.—The term 
‘‘relevant CAFTA–DR article’’ means the CAFTA–
DR article with respect to which a petition has been 
filed under section 311(a). 
Subtitle A—Relief From Imports 
Benefiting From the Agreement 
SEC. 311. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF. 
(a) FILING OF PETITION.—A petition requesting ac-
tion 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 representative of an industry. 
The Commission shall transmit a copy of any petition filed 
under this subsection to the United States Trade Rep-
resentative.
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(b) INVESTIGATION
AND DETERMINATION.—Upon 
the filing of a petition under subsection (a), the Commis-
sion, unless subsection (d) applies, shall promptly initiate 
an investigation to determine whether, as a result of the 
reduction or elimination of a duty provided for under the 
Agreement, a CAFTA–DR article is being imported into 
the United States in such increased quantities, in absolute 
terms or relative to domestic production, and under such 
conditions that imports of the CAFTA–DR article con-
stitute a substantial cause of serious injury or threat 
thereof to the domestic industry producing an article that 
is like, or directly competitive with, the imported article. 
(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 (i). 
(d) ARTICLES EXEMPT FROM INVESTIGATION.—No 
investigation may be initiated under this section with re-
spect to any CAFTA–DR article if, after the date that 
the Agreement enters into force, import relief has been