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(1) by amending paragraph (1)(A) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) make entry therefor by filing with the 
Customs Service—
‘‘(i) such documentation; or 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to an electronic data 
interchange system, such information as is 
necessary to enable the Customs Service to 
determine whether the merchandise may be 
released from customs custody; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting after 
‘‘entry’’ the following: ‘‘, or substitute 1 or more 
reconfigured entries on an import activity summary 
statement,’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘statements’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and permit the filing of reconfigured 
entries,’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Entries filed under paragraph (1)(A) shall not 
be liquidated if covered by an import activity 
summary statement, but instead each reconfig-
ured entry in the import activity summary 
statement shall be subject to liquidation or re-
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liquidation pursuant to section 500, 501, or 
504.’’. 
(b) RECONCILIATION.—Section 484(b)(1) of the Tar-
iff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘15 months’’ and inserting ‘‘21 months’’. 
SEC. 3702. LIMITATION ON LIQUIDATIONS. 
Section 504 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1504) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (3); 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘filed;’’ 
and inserting ‘‘filed, whichever is earlier; or’’; 
and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) if a reconfigured entry is filed under an 
import activity summary statement, the date the im-
port activity summary statement is filed or should 
have been filed, whichever is earlier;’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘at the time of entry’’ each 
place it appears. 
SEC. 3703. PROTESTS. 
Section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1514) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘(relating to refunds and errors) of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘(relating to refunds), 
any clerical error, mistake of fact, or other in-
advertence, whether or not resulting from or 
contained in an electronic transmission, adverse 
to the importer, in any entry, liquidation, or re-
liquidation, and’’;
(B) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the liquidation of an entry, pursuant to 
either section 500 or section 504;’’ after ‘‘there-
of’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘(c) or’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), in the sixth sentence, 
by striking ‘‘A protest may be amended,’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Unless a request for accelerated dis-
position is filed under section 515(b), a protest 
may be amended,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘no-
tice of’’ and inserting ‘‘date of’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘ninety days’’ and in-
serting ‘‘180 days’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘90 days’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘180 days’’ .
SEC. 3704. REVIEW OF PROTESTS. 
Section 515(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C 
1515(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘after ninety days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘concurrent with or’’.
SEC. 3705. REFUNDS AND ERRORS. 
Section 520(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C 
1520(c)) is repealed.
SEC. 3706. DEFINITIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVI-
SIONS. 
Section 401 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C 
1401) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(t) RECONFIGURED ENTRY.—The term ‘reconfig-
ured entry’ means an entry filed on an import activity 
summary statement which substitutes for all or part of 
1 or more entries filed under section 484(a)(1)(A) or filed 
on a reconciliation entry that aggregates the entry ele-
ments to be reconciled under section 484(b) for purposes 
of liquidation, reliquidation, or protest.’’.
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SEC. 3707. VOLUNTARY RELIQUIDATIONS. 
Section 501 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C 
1501) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 504’’ after ‘‘section 
500’’. 
SEC. 3708. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this chapter shall apply 
to merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
consumption, on or after the 15th day after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
Chapter 3—Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights 
SEC. 3751. USTR DETERMINATIONS IN TRIPS AGREEMENT 
INVESTIGATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2414(a)(2)(A)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘agreement,’’ the following: ‘‘except an inves-
tigation initiated pursuant to section 302(b)(2)(A) involv-
ing rights under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights (referred to in section 
101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act) or the 
GATT 1994 (as defined in section 2(1)(B) of that Act) 
relating to products subject to intellectual property protec-
tion,’’. 
(b) TIMEFRAME FOR TRIPS AGREEMENT DETER-
MINATIONS.—Section 304(a)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of 
1974 is amended to read as follows: