I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4287
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating 
to imports of certain wool products, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 5, 2004
Mr. HOUGHTON (for himself, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. SHAW, Mrs. EMERSON, 
Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. REYNOLDS, and Mr. WALSH) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States relating to imports of certain wool products, 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 ‘‘Wool Suit and Textile 
Trade Extension Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUSPEN-
SION ON WOOL PRODUCTS, WOOL RESEARCH 
FUND, WOOL DUTY REFUNDS. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF
TEMPORARY
DUTY
REDUC-
TIONS.—
(1) HEADING 9902.51.11.—Heading 9902.51.11 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘17.5%’’ and inserting 
‘‘10%’’. 
(2) HEADING 9902.51.12.—Heading 9902.51.12 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010’’. 
(3) HEADING 9902.51.13.—Heading 9902.51.13 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010’’. 
(4) HEADING 9902.51.14.—Heading 9902.51.14 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States is amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting 
‘‘2010’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON QUANTITY OF 
IMPORTS.—
(1) NOTE 15.—U.S. Note 15 to subchapter II 
of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘2002,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘year 2003’’ and all that 
follows through the end period and inserting 
the following: ‘‘years 2003 and 2004, and 
5,500,000 square meter equivalents in calendar 
year 2005 and each calendar year thereafter for 
the benefit of persons who cut and sew men’s 
and boys’ worsted wool suits and suit-like jack-
ets and trousers in the United States, allocated 
as required by section 501(e)(1) of the Trade 
and Development Act of 2000.’’. 
(2) NOTE 16.—U.S. Note 16 to subchapter II 
of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall be limited to 
1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘shall be limited to—
‘‘(1) 1,500,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘2002,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘year 2003’’ and all that 
follows through the end 5period and inserting 
the following: ‘‘years 2003 and 2004, 5,000,000 
square meter equivalents in calendar year 2005
and each calendar year thereafter for the ben-
efit of persons who cut and sew men’s and boys’ 
worsted wool suits and suit-like jackets and 
trousers in the United States, allocated as re-
quired by section 501(e)(1) of the Trade and 
Development Act of 2000; and 
‘‘(b) 2,000,000 square meter equivalents in cal-
endar year 2005 and each calendar year thereafter 
for the benefit of manufacturers who weave worsted 
wool fabric in the United States suitable for use in 
men’s and boys’ suits, allocated as required by sec-
tion 501(e)(2) of the Trade and Development Act of 
2000.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) SUNSET
STAGED
REDUCTION
RE-
QUIREMENT.—Section 501(a)(2) of the Trade 
and Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 
106–200; 114 Stat. 299) is amended by insert-
ing before the period ‘‘for goods entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, be-
fore January 1, 2005’’. 
(B) 
ALLOCATION
OF
TARIFF
RATE 
QUOTAS.—Section 501(e) of the Trade and De-
velopment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–200; 
114 Stat. 300) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘In implementing’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) In implementing’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘16’’ and inserting 
‘‘16(a)’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) In implementing the limitation on the 
quantity of worsted wool fabrics under heading 
9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States, as required by U.S. Note 16(b) 
of subchapter II of chapter 99 of such Schedule, for 
the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for con-
sumption, the Secretary of Commerce shall adopt 
regulations to allocate fairly such quantity to manu-
facturers who weave worsted wool fabric in the 
United States suitable for use in men’s and boys’ 
suits and who apply for an allocation.’’. 
(C) SUNSET AUTHORITY TO MODIFY LIMI-
TATION ON QUANTITY.—Section 504(b) of the 
Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106–200; 114 Stat. 301) is repealed, effec-
tive January 1, 2005. 
(c) EXTENSION OF DUTY REFUNDS AND WOOL RE-
SEARCH TRUST FUND.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Customs 
Service shall pay to each manufacturer that receives 
a payment during calendar year 2005 under section 
505 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–200; 114 Stat. 303), as amended 
by section 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 
1041), and that provides an affidavit, no later than 
March 1 of the year of the payment, that it remains 
a manufacturer in the United States as of January 
1 of the year of the payment, 5 additional payments, 
each payment equal to the payment received for cal-
endar year 2005 as follows: 
(A) The first payment to be made after 
January 1, 2006, but on or before April 15, 
2006. 
(B) The second, third, fourth, and fifth 
payments to be made after January 1, but on 
or before April 15, of each of the following four 
calendar years. 
(2) SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST.—Any manufac-
turer that becomes a successor-in-interest to a claim-
ant of a payment under section 505 of the Trade 
and Development Act of 2000, as amended by sec-
tion 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002, because of—
(A) an assignment of the claim,
(B) an assignment of the original claim-
ant’s right to manufacture under the same 
trade name, 
(C) a reorganization, 
or otherwise, shall be eligible to claim the payment 
as if the successor manufacturer were the original 
claimant, without regard to section 3727 of title 31, 
United States Code. Such right to claim payment as 
a successor shall be effective as if the right were in-
cluded in section 505 of the Trade and Development 
Act of 2000. 
(3) EXTENSION OF WOOL RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, 
AND
PROMOTION
TRUST
FUND.—Section 
506(f) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–200; 114 Stat. 303), as amended 
by section 5102(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 
Stat. 1047), is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’. 
(4) COMMERCE AUTHORITY TO PROMOTE DO-
MESTIC EMPLOYMENT.—
(A) GRANTS TO MANUFACTURERS OF WOR-
STED WOOL FABRICS.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall provide to—
(i) persons who were, during calendar 
years 1999, 2000, and 2001, manufactur-
ers of worsted wool fabric of the kind de-
scribed in heading 9902.51.12 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, and 
(ii) persons who were, during such 
calendar years, manufacturers of worsted 
wool fabric of the kind described in head-
ing 9902.51.11 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, 
grants in each of calendar years 2005 through 
2010 in the amounts determined under sub-
paragraph (B). 
(B) AMOUNTS.—(i) The total amount of 
grants to manufacturers under subparagraph 
(A)(i) shall be $2,666,000 each calendar year, 
allocated among such manufacturers on the 
basis of the percentage of each manufacturer’s 
production of the fabric described in heading 
9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States for calendar years 1999, 
2000, and 2001, compared to the production of 
such fabric by all such manufacturers who qual-
ify under subparagraph (A)(i) for such grants. 
(ii) The total amount of grants to manu-
facturers under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be
$2,666,000 each calendar year, allocated among 
such manufacturers on the basis of the percent-
age of each manufacturer’s production of the 
fabric described in heading 9902.51.11 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States for calendar years 1999, 2000, and 
2001, compared to the production of such fab-
ric by all manufacturers who qualify under sub-
paragraph (A)(ii) for such grants. 
(iii) Any grant awarded by the Secretary 
under this paragraph shall be final and not sub-
ject to appeal or protest. 
(5) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated and are hereby appropriated out of 
amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated such sums as are necessary 
to carry out this subsection. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR DUTY REDUCTION.—The 
amendment made by subsection (a)(1)(B) shall apply to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion, on or after January 1, 2005.
SEC. 3. LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS TO FACILITATE 
COMPLIANCE AND PROTECT CONSUMERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Wool Products 
Labeling Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) In the case of a wool product stamped, 
tagged, labeled, or otherwise identified as—
‘‘(A) ‘Super 80’s’ or ‘80’s’, if the average 
fiber diameter thereof does not average 19.5 
microns or finer; 
‘‘(B) ‘Super 90’s’ or ‘90’s’, if the average 
fiber diameter thereof does not average 19.0 
microns or finer; 
‘‘(C) ‘Super 100’s’ or ‘100’s’, if the aver-
age fiber diameter thereof does not average 
18.5 microns or finer; 
‘‘(D) ‘Super 110’s’ or ‘110’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 18.0 microns or finer; 
‘‘(E) ‘Super 120’s’ or ‘120’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 17.5 microns or finer; 
‘‘(F) ‘Super 130’s’ or ‘130’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 17.0 microns or finer;
‘‘(G) ‘Super 140’s’ or ‘140’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 16.5 microns or finer; 
‘‘(H) ‘Super 150’s’ or ‘150’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 16.0 microns or finer; 
‘‘(I) ‘Super 160’s’ or ‘160’s’, if the average 
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 
15.5 microns or finer; 
‘‘(J) ‘Super 170’s’ or ‘170’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 15.0 microns or finer; 
‘‘(K) ‘Super 180’s’ or ‘180’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 14.5 microns or finer; 
‘‘(L) ‘Super 190’s’ or ‘190’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 14.0 microns or finer; 
‘‘(M) ‘Super 200’s’ or ‘200’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 13.5 microns or finer; and 
‘‘(N) ‘Super 210’s’ or ‘210’s’, if the aver-
age diameter of wool fiber thereof does not av-
erage 13.0 microns or finer.
In each such case, the average fiber diameter may 
be subject to a variation of 0.25 microns, and may 
be subject to such other standards or deviations 
therefrom as adopted by regulation by the Commis-
sion.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to wool products manufactured on 
or after January 1, 2005.
Æ