‘‘(2) No person acting under authority of paragraph
(1) shall read, or authorize any other person to read, any
correspondence contained in mail sealed against inspection
unless prior to so reading—
‘‘(A) a search warrant has been issued pursuant
to Rule 41, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; or
‘‘(B) the sender or addressee has given written
authorization for such reading.
‘‘(3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall enter into
a written agreement with the United States Postal Service
which shall provide for procedures for the search of mail
sealed against inspection pursuant to paragraph (1). Such
agreement shall provide, among other matters, for the
presence of employees of each agency, including a Customs
officer, at any search of such mail, at the locations at
which mail will be searched, and for avoiding any undue
delay in the movement of such mail.’’.
SEC. 145. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR REES-
TABLISHMENT OF CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN
NEW YORK CITY.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for the reestablishment of operations of
the Customs Service in New York, New York, such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2002.
(2) OPERATIONS DESCRIBED.—The operations
referred to in paragraph (1) include, but are not
limited to, the following:
(A) Operations relating to the Port Direc-
tor of New York City, the New York Customs
Management Center (including the Director of
Field Operations), and the Special Agent-In-
Charge for New York.
(B) Commercial operations, including tex-
tile enforcement operations and salaries and ex-
penses of—
(i) trade specialists who determine the
origin and value of merchandise;
(ii) analysts who monitor the entry
data into the United States of textiles and
textile products; and
(iii) Customs officials who work with
foreign governments to examine textile
makers and verify entry information.
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant
to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a)
are authorized to remain available until expended.
Subtitle E—Textile Transshipment
Provisions
SEC. 151. GAO AUDIT OF TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENT MONI-
TORING BY CUSTOMS SERVICE.
(a) GAO AUDIT.—The Comptroller General of the
United States shall conduct an audit of the system estab-
lished and carried out by the Customs Service to monitor
textile transshipment.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and Committee on Finance of
the Senate a report that contains the results of the study
conducted under subsection (a), including recommenda-
tions for improvements to the transshipment monitoring
system if applicable.
(c) TRANSSHIPMENT DESCRIBED.—Transshipment
within the meaning of this section has occurred when pref-
erential treatment under any provision of law has been
claimed for a textile or apparel article on the basis of ma-
terial false information concerning the country of origin,
manufacture, processing, or assembly of the article or any
of its components. For purposes of the preceding sentence,
false information is material if disclosure of the true infor-
mation would mean or would have meant that the article
is or was ineligible for preferential treatment under the
provision of law in question.
SEC. 152. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TEX-
TILE TRANSSHIPMENT ENFORCEMENT OPER-
ATIONS.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated for textile transshipment enforcement
operations of the Customs Service $9,500,000 for
fiscal year 2002.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations under
paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available
until expended.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the amount appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under sub-
section (a), the following amounts are authorized to be
made available for the following purposes:
(1) IMPORT SPECIALISTS.—$1,463,000 for 21
Customs import specialists to be assigned to selected
ports for documentation review to support detentions
and exclusions and 1 additional Customs import spe-
cialist assigned to the Customs headquarters textile
program to administer the program and provide
oversight.
(2) INSPECTORS.—$652,080 for 10 Customs
inspectors to be assigned to selected ports to exam-
ine targeted high-risk shipments.
(3) INVESTIGATORS.—(A) $1,165,380 for 10
investigators to be assigned to selected ports to in-
vestigate instances of smuggling, quota and trade
agreement circumvention, and use of counterfeit
visas to enter inadmissible goods.
(B) $149,603 for 1 investigator to be assigned
to Customs headquarters textile program to coordi-
nate and ensure implementation of textile production
verification team results from an investigation per-
spective.
(4) INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
SPECIALISTS.—
$226,500 for 3 international trade specialists to be
assigned to Customs headquarters to be dedicated to
illegal textile transshipment policy issues and other
free trade agreement enforcement issues.
(5) PERMANENT
IMPORT
SPECIALISTS
FOR
HONG
KONG.—$500,000 for 2 permanent import
specialist positions and $500,000 for 2 investigators
to be assigned to Hong Kong to work with Hong
Kong and other government authorities in Southeast
Asia to assist such authorities pursue proactive en-
forcement of bilateral trade agreements.
(6) VARIOUS PERMANENT TRADE POSITIONS.—
$3,500,000 for the following:
(A) 2 permanent positions to be assigned
to the Customs attache´ office in Central Amer-
ica to address trade enforcement issues for that
region.
(B) 2 permanent positions to be assigned
to the Customs attache´ office in South Africa to
address trade enforcement issues pursuant to
the African Growth and Opportunity Act (title
I of Public Law 106–200).
(C) 4 permanent positions to be assigned
to the Customs attache´ office in Mexico to ad-
dress the threat of illegal textile transshipment
through Mexico and other related issues under
the North American Free Trade Agreement
Act.
(D) 2 permanent positions to be assigned
to the Customs attache´ office in Seoul, South
Korea, to address the trade issues in the geo-
graphic region.
(E) 2 permanent positions to be assigned
to the proposed Customs attache´ office in New
Delhi, India, to address the threat of illegal tex-
tile transshipment and other trade enforcement
issues.
(F) 2 permanent positions to be assigned
to the Customs attache´ office in Rome, Italy, to
address trade enforcement issues in the geo-
graphic region, including issues under free
trade agreements with Jordan and Israel.
(7) ATTORNEYS.—$179,886 for 2 attorneys for
the Office of the Chief Counsel of the Customs Serv-
ice to pursue cases regarding illegal textile trans-
shipment.
(8) AUDITORS.—$510,000 for 6 Customs audi-
tors to perform internal control reviews and docu-
ment and record reviews of suspect importers.
(9) ADDITIONAL
TRAVEL
FUNDS.—$250,000
for deployment of additional textile production
verification teams to sub-Saharan Africa.
(10) TRAINING.—(A) $75,000 for training of
Customs personnel.
(B) $200,000 for training for foreign counter-
parts in risk management analytical techniques and
for teaching factory inspection techniques, model law
Development, and enforcement techniques.
(11) OUTREACH.—$60,000 for outreach efforts
to United States importers.
TITLE 
II—OFFICE 
OF 
THE
UNITED STATES TRADE REP-
RESENTATIVE
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 141(g)(1) of the Trade
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(g)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘not to exceed’’;
(B) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’; and
(C) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $31,000,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(B) by striking clause (ii); and
(C) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause
(ii).
(b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 141(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2171(g)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(3) By not later than the date on which the Presi-
dent submits to Congress the budget of the United States
Government for a fiscal year, the United States Trade
Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of
funds for the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary
for the Office to carry out its functions.’’.
(c) ADDITIONAL STAFF FOR OFFICE OF ASSISTANT
U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR CONGRESSIONAL AF-
FAIRS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fis-
cal year 2002 for the salaries and expenses of two
additional legislative specialist employee positions
within the Office of the Assistant United States
Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs.
(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pur-
suant to the authorization of appropriations under
paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available
until expended.
TITLE 
III—UNITED 
STATES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COM-
MISSION
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 330(e)(2)(A) of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i) to read as follows:
‘‘(i) $51,400,000 for fiscal year 2002.’’; and
(2) in clause (ii) to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) $53,400,000 for fiscal year 2003.’’.
(b) SUBMISSION OF OUT-YEAR BUDGET PROJEC-
TIONS.—Section 330(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1330(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) By not later than the date on which the Presi-
dent submits to Congress the budget of the United States
Government for a fiscal year, the Commission shall submit
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate the projected amount of funds for the succeeding
fiscal year that will be necessary for the Commission to
carry out its functions.’’.
TITLE IV—OTHER TRADE
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. INCREASE IN AGGREGATE VALUE OF ARTICLES
EXEMPT FROM DUTY ACQUIRED ABROAD BY
UNITED STATES RESIDENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subheading 9804.00.65 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended in the article description column by striking
‘‘$400’’ and inserting ‘‘$800’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 402. REGULATORY AUDIT PROCEDURES.
Section 509(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1509(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6)(A) In any audit conducted under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall adjust any loss of revenue
determined to be due under section 592(d) and any
under-declarations of quantities and values attrib-
utable to finally liquidated entries by the amount of
any duty overpayments and any over-declarations of
quantities and values attributable to finally liq-
uidated entries if such overpayments or over-declara-
tions were not made by the person being audited
with the intent of violating any provision of law.
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations
with respect to the use of the calculations described
in subparagraph (A) for any proceeding relating to
the collection of revenue or the calculation of pen-
alties involving liquidated entries under section 592.
‘‘(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to authorize a refund not otherwise author-
ized under section 520.’’.
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