Trade and Development Act of 2000
PL 106-200 (H.R.434), enacted 05/18/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 
114 STAT. 251 
Public Law 106-200 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To authorize a new trade and investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa, expand 
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trade benefits to the countries in the Caribbean Basin, renew the generaUzed 
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system of preferences, and reauthorize the trade adjustment assistance programs. 
[H.R. 434] 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. 
Trade and 
Development Act 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
of 2000 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Trade and 
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Development Act of 2000". 
note. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
TITLE I—EXTENSION OF CERTAIN TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN 
AFRICA 
Subtitle A—^Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa 
Sec. 101. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Statement of policy. 
Sec. 104. Eligibility requirements. 
Sec. 105. Umted States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation 
Forum. 
Sec. 106. Reporting requirement. 
Sec. 107. Sub-Saharan Africa defined. 
Subtitle B—Trade Benefits 
Sec. 111. Eligibility for certain benefits. 
Sec. 112. Treatment of certain textiles and apparel. 
Sec. 113. Protections against transshipment. 
Sec. 114. Termination. 
Sec. 115. Clerical amendments. 
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Sec. 116. Free trade agreements with sub-Saharan African countries. 
Sec. 117. Assistant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs. 
Subtitle C—Economic Development Related Issues 
Sec. 121. Sense of the Congress regarding comprehensive debt relief for the world's 
poorest coxintries. 
Sec. 122. Executive branch initiatives. 
Sec. 123. Overseas Private Investment Corporation initiatives. 
Sec. 124. Export-Import Bank initiatives. 
Sec. 125. Expansion of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in sub-
Saharan Africa. 
Sec. 126. Donation of air traffic control equipment to eligible sub-Saharan African 
countries. 
Sec. 127. Additional authorities and increased flexibility to provide assistance 
under the Development Fund for Africa. 
Sec. 128. Assistance from United States private sector to prevent and reduce HIV/ 
AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. 
Sec. 129. Sense of the Congress relating to HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa. 
Sec. 130. Study on improving African agricultural practices. 
Sec. 131. Sense of the Congress regarding efforts to combat desertification in Africa 
and other countries. 
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TITLE II—TRADE BENEFITS FOR CARIBBEAN BASIN 
Subtitle A—^Trade Policy for Caribbean Basin Countries 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Findings and policy. 
Sec. 203. Definitions. 
Subtitle B—Trade Benefits for Caribbean Basin Countries 
Sec. 211. Temporary provisions to provide additional trade benefits to certain bene-
ficiary countries. 
Sec. 212. Duty-free treatment for certain beverages made with Caribbean rum. 
Sec. 213. Meetings of trade ministers and USTR. 
TITLE III—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
Sec. 301. Normal trade relations for Albania. 
Sec. 302. Normal trade relations for KsTgyzstan. 
TITLE IV—OTHER TRADE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Report on emplojonent and trade adjustment assistance. 
Sec. 402. Trade adjustment assistance. 
Sec. 403. Reliquidation of certain nuclear fuel assemblies. 
Sec. 404. Reports to the Finance and Ways and Means committees. 
Sec. 405. Clarification of section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 
Sec. 406. Chief agricultural negotiator. 
Sec. 407. Revision of retaliation list or other remedial action. 
Sec. 408. Report on trade adjustment assistance for agricultural commodity pro-
ducers. 
Sec. 409. Agricultural trade negotiating objectives and consultations with Congress. 
Sec. 410. Entry procedures for foreign trade zone operations. 
Sec. 411. Goods made with forced or indentured child labor. 
Sec. 412. Worst forms of child labor. 
TITLE V—IMPORTS OF CERTAIN WOOL ARTICLES 
Sec. 501. Temporary duty reductions. 
Sec. 502. Temporary duty suspensions. 
Sec. 503. Separate tariff line treatment for wool yam and men's or boys' suits and 
suit-type jackets and trousers of worsted wool fabric. 
Sec. 504. Monitoring of market conditions and authority to modify tariff reductions. 
Sec. 505. Refund of duties paid on imports of certain wool articles. 
Sec. 506. Wool research, development, and promotion trust fund. 
TITLE VI—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Sec. 601. Application of denial of foreign tax credit regarding trade and investment 
with respect to certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 602. Acceleration of cover over pajonents to Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands. 
African Growth 
and Opportunity 
Act. 
TITLE 
I—EXTENSION 
OF 
CERTAIN 
TRADE BENEFITS TO SUB-SAHARAN 
AFRICA 
Subtitle A—Trade Policy for Sub-Saharan 
Africa 
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SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the "African Growth and Opportunity 
Act". 
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SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) it is in the mutual interest of the United States and 
the countries of sub-Saharan Africa to promote stable and 
sustainable economic growth and development in sub-Saharan 
Africa; 
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(2) the 48 countries of sub-Saharan Africa form a region 
richly endowed with both natural and human resources; 
(3) sub-Saharan Africa represents a region of enormous 
economic potential and of enduring political significance to the 
United States; 
(4) the region has experienced the strengthening of democ-
racy as countries in sub-Saharan Africa have taken steps to 
encourage broader participation in the political process; 
(5) certain countries in sub-Saharan Africa have increased 
their economic growth rates, taken significant steps towards 
liberalizing their economies, and made progress toward regional 
economic integration that can have positive benefits for the 
region; 
(6) despite those gains, the per capita income in sub-Saha-
ran Africa averages approximately $500 annually; 
(7) trade and investment, as the American experience has 
shown, can represent powerful tools both for economic develop-
ment and for encouraging broader participation in a political 
process in which political freedom can flourish; 
(8) increased trade and investment flows have the greatest 
impact in an economic environment in which trading partners 
eliminate barriers to trade and capital flows and encourage 
the development of a vibrant private sector that offers indi-
vidual African citizens the freedom to expand their economic 
opportunities and provide for their families; 
(9) offering the countries of sub-Saharan Africa enhanced 
trade preferences will encourage both higher levels of trade 
and direct investment in support of the positive economic and 
political developments under way throughout the region; and 
(10) encouraging the reciprocal reduction of trade and 
investment barriers in Africa will enhance the benefits of trade 
and investment for the region as well as enhance commercial 
and political ties between the United States and sub-Saharan 
Africa. 
SEC. 103. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
19 USC 3702. 
Congress supports— 
(1) encouraging increased trade and investment between 
the United States and sub-Saharan Africa; 
(2) reducing tariff and nontariff barriers and other obstacles 
to sub-Saharan African and United States trade; 
(3) expanding United States assistance to sub-Saharan 
Africa's regional integration efforts; 
(4) negotiating reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade 
agreements, including the possibility of establishing free trade 
areas that serve the interests of both the United States and 
the countries of sub-Saharan Africa; 
(5) focusing on countries committed to the rule of law, 
economic reform, and the eradication of poverty; 
(6) strengthening and expanding the private sector in sub-
Saharan Africa, especially enterprises owned by women and 
small businesses; 
(7) facilitating the development of civil societies and polit-
ical freedom in sub-Saharan Africa; 
(8) establishing a United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade 
and Economic Cooperation Forum; and 
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(9) the accession of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa 
to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development 
(OECD) Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public 
Officials in International Business Transactions. 
President. 
SEC. 104. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—^The President is authorized to designate a 
sub-Saharan African country as an eligible sub-Saharan African 
country if the President determines that the country— 
(1) has established, or is making continual progress toward 
establishing— 
(A) a market-based economy that protects private prop-
erty rights, incorporates an open rules-based trading 
system, and minimizes government interference in the 
economy through measures such as price controls, sub-
sidies, and government ownership of economic assets; 
(B) the rule of law, political pluralism, and the right 
to due process, a fair trial, and equal protection under 
the law; 
(C) the elimination of barriers to United States trade 
and investment, including by— 
(i) the provision of national treatment and meas-
ures to create an environment conducive to domestic 
and foreign investment; 
(ii) the protection of intellectual property; and 
(iii) the resolution of bilateral trade and invest-
ment disputes; 
(D) economic policies to reduce poverty, increase the 
availability of health care and educational opportunities, 
expand physical infrastructure, promote the development 
of private enterprise, and encourage the formation of cap-
ital markets through micro-credit or other programs; 
(E) a system to combat corruption and bribery, such 
as signing and implementing the Convention on Combating 
Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busi-
ness Transactions; and 
(F) protection of internationally recognized worker 
rights, including the right of association, the right to orga-
nize and bargain collectively, a prohibition on the use of 
any form of forced or compulsory labor, a minimum age 
for the employment of children, and acceptable conditions 
of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, 
and occupational safety and health; 
(2) does not engage in activities that undermine United 
States national security or foreign policy interests; and 
(3) does not engage in gross violations of internationally 
recognized human rights or provide support for acts of inter-
national terrorism and cooperates in international efforts to 
eliminate human rights violations and terrorist activities. 
(b) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.—If the President determines that 
an eligible sub-Saharan African country is not making continual 
progress in meeting the requirements described in subsection (a)(1), 
the President shall terminate the designation of the country made 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
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SEC. 105. UNITED STATES-SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TRADE AND ECO- 
President. 
NOMIC COOPERATION FORUM. 
19 USC 3704. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—The President shall convene 
annual high-level meetings between appropriate officials of the 
United States Government and officials of the governments of sub-
Saharan African countries in order to foster close economic ties 
between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 12 months after the date Deadline, 
of the enactment of this Act, the President, after consulting with 
Congress and the governments concerned, shall establish a United 
States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum 
(in this section referred to as the "Forum"). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS.—In creating the Forum, the President shall 
meet the following requirements: 
(1) The President shall direct the Secretary of Commerce, 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, and 
the United States Trade Representative to host the first annual 
meeting with their counterparts from the governments of sub-
Saharan African countries eligible under section 104, and those 
sub-Saharan African countries that the President determines 
are taking substantial positive steps towards meeting the eligi-
bility requirements in section 104. The purpose of the meeting 
shall be to discuss expanding trade and investment relations 
between the United States and sub-Saharan Africa and the 
implementation of this title including encouraging joint ven-
tures between small and large businesses. The President shall 
also direct the Secretaries and the United States Trade Rep-
resentative to invite to the meeting representatives from appro-
priate sub-Saharan African regional organizations and govern-
ment officials from other appropriate countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa. 
(2)(A) The President, in consultation with the Congress, 
shall encourage United States nongovernmental organizations 
to host annual meetings with nongovernmental organizations 
from sub-Saharan Africa in conjunction with the annual 
meetings of the Forum for the purpose of discussing the issues 
described in paragraph (1). 
(B) The President, in consultation with the Congress, shall 
encourage United States representatives of the private sector 
to host annual meetings with representatives of the private 
sector from sub-Saharan Africa in conjunction with the annual 
meetings of the Forum for the purpose of discussing the issues 
described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The President shall, to the extent practicable, meet 
with the heads of governments of sub-Saharan African countries 
eligible under section 104, and those sub-Saharan African coun-
tries that the President determines are taking substantial posi-
tive steps toward meeting the eligibility requirements in section 
104, not less than once every 2 years for the purpose of dis-
cussing the issues described in paragraph (1). The first such Deadline, 
meeting should take place not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION BY USIS.—In order to 
assist in carrying out the purposes of the Forum, the United States 
Information Service shall disseminate regularly, through multiple 
media, economic information in support of the free market economic 
reforms described in this title. 
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(e) 
HIV/AIDS 
EFFECT 
ON 
THE 
SUB-SAHARAN 
AFRICAN 
WORKFORCE.—In selecting issues of common interest to the United 
States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, 
the President shall instruct the United States delegates to the 
Forum to promote a review by the Forum of the HIV/AIDS epidemic 
in each sub-Saharan African country and the effect of the HIV/ 
AIDS epidemic on economic development in each country. 
President. 
SEC. 106. REPORTING REQUIREMENT. 
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The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than 
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually 
thereafter through 2008, a comprehensive report on the trade and 
investment policy of the United States for sub-Saharan Africa, 
and on the implementation of this title and the amendments made 
by this title. 
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SEC. 107. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA DEFINED. 
For purposes of this title, the terms "sub-Saharan Africa", 
"sub-Saharan African country", "country in sub-Saharan Africa", 
and "countries in sub-Saharan Africa" refer to the following or 
any successor political entities: 
Republic of Angola (Angola). 
Republic of Benin (Benin). 
Republic of Botswana (Botswana). 
Burkina Faso (Burkina). 
Republic of Burundi (Burundi). 
Republic of Cameroon (Cameroon). 
Republic of Cape Verde (Cape Verde). 
Central African Republic. 
Republic of Chad (Chad). 
Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros (Comoros). 
Democratic Republic of Congo. 
Republic of the Congo (Congo). 
Republic of Cote d'lvoire (Cote d'lvoire). 
Republic of Djibouti (Djibouti). 
Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea). 
State of Eritrea (Eritrea). 
Ethiopia. 
Gabonese Republic (Gabon). 
Republic of the Gambia (Gambia). 
Republic of Ghana (Ghana). 
Republic of Guinea (Guinea). 
Republic of Guinea-Bissau (Guinea-Bissau). 
Republic of Kenya (Kenya). 
Kingdom of Lesotho (Lesotho). 
Republic of Liberia (Liberia). 
Republic of Madagascar (Madagascar). 
Republic of Malawi (Malawi). 
Republic of Mali (Mali). 
Islamic Republic of Mauritania (Mauritania). 
Republic of Mauritius (Mauritius). 
Republic of Mozambique (Mozambique). 
Republic of Namibia (Namibia). 
Republic of Niger (Niger). 
Federal Republic of Nigeria (Nigeria). 
Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda). 
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome 
and Principe). 
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Republic of Senegal (Senegal). 
Republic of Seychelles (Seychelles). 
Republic of Sierra Leone (Sierra Leone). 
Somalia. 
Republic of South Africa (South Africa). 
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Republic of Sudan (Sudan). 
Kingdom of Swaziland (Swaziland). 
United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania). 
Republic of Togo (Togo). 
Republic of Uganda (Uganda). 
Republic of Zambia (Zambia). 
Republic of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe). 
Subtitle B—Trade Benefits 
SEC. 111. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN BENEFITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended 
by inserting after section 506 the following new section: 
"SEC. 506A. DESIGNATION OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES FOR 
19 USC 2466a. 
CERTAIN BENEFITS. 
"(a) AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the President is authorized to designate a country listed 
in section 107 of the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country eligible for the 
benefits described in subsection (b)— 
"(A) if the President determines that the country meets 
the eligibility requirements set forth in section 104 of that 
Act, as such requirements are in effect on the date of 
the enactment of that Act; and 
"(B) subject to the authority granted to the President 
under subsections (a), (d), and (e) of section 502, if the 
country otherwise meets the eligibility criteria set forth 
in section 502. 
"(2) 
MONITORING AND REVIEW OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES.— 
The President shall monitor, review, and report to Congress 
annually on the progress of each country listed in section 107 
of the African Growth and Opportunity Act in meeting the 
requirements described in paragraph (1) in order to determine 
the current or potential eligibility of each country to be des-
ignated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country for pur-
poses of this section. The President's determinations, and expla-
nations of such determinations, with specific analysis of the 
eligibility requirements described in paragraph (1)(A), shall 
be included in the annual report required by section 106 of 
the African Growth and Opportunity Act. 
"(3) CONTINUING COMPLIANCE.—If the President determines 
that a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country is not making 
continual progress in meeting the requirements described in 
paragraph (1), the President shall terminate the designation 
of that country as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country 
for purposes of this section, effective on January 1 of the 
year following the year in which such determination is made. 
"(b) 
PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN ARTI-
CLES.— 
President. 
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"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The President may provide duty-free 
treatment for any article described in section 503(b)(1)(B) 
through (G) that is the growth, product, or manufacture of 
a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country described in sub-
section (a), if, after receiving the advice of the International 
Trade Commission in accordance with section 503(e), the Presi-
dent determines that such article is not import-sensitive in 
the context of imports from beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries. 
"(2) RULES OF ORIGIN.—The duty-free treatment provided 
under paragraph (1) shall apply to any article described in 
that paragraph that meets the requirements of section 
503(a)(2), except that— 
"(A) if the cost or value of materials produced in the 
customs territory of the United States is included with 
respect to that article, an amount not to exceed 15 percent 
of the appraised value of the article at the time it is 
entered that is attributed to such United States cost or 
value may be applied toward determining the percentage 
referred to in subparagraph (A) of section 503(a)(2); and 
"(B) the cost or value of the materials included with 
respect to that article that are produced in one or more 
beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries shall be applied 
in determining such percentage. 
"(c) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES, ETC.— 
For purposes of this title, the terms 'beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri-
can country' and 'beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries' mean 
a country or countries listed in section 107 of the African Growth 
and Opportunity Act that the President has determined is eligible 
under subsection (a) of this section.". 
(b) 
WAIVER 
OF COMPETITIVE 
NEED 
LIMITATION.—Section 
503(c)(2)(D) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(2)(D)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"(D) LEAST-DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUN-
TRIES A
N
D BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUN-
TRIES.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any least-
developed beneficiary developing country or any beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African country.". 
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SEC. 112. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TEXTILES AND APPAREL. 
(a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.—^Textile and apparel articles 
described in subsection (b) that are imported directly into the cus-
toms territory of the United States from a beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African country described in section 506A(c) of the Trade Act of 
1974, shall enter the United States free of duty and free of any 
quantitative limitations in accordance with the provisions set forth 
in subsection (b), if the country has satisfied the requirements 
set forth in section 113. 
(b) PRODUCTS COVERED.—^The preferential treatment described 
in subsection (a) shall apply only to the following textile and apparel 
products: 
(1) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN BENEFICIARY SUB-
SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.—^Apparel articles assembled in 
one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from 
fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United States, from yams 
wholly formed in the United States, (including fabrics not 
formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 
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5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States and are wholly formed and cut in the United States) 
that are— 
(A) entered under subheading 9802.00.80 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States; or 
(B) entered under chapter 61 or 62 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States, if, after 
such 
assembly, the articles would have qualified for entry under 
subheading 9802.00.80 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States but for the fact that the articles 
were embroidered or subjected to stone-washing, enz5nne-
washing, 
acid 
^yashing, 
perma-pressing, 
oven-baking, 
bleaching, garment-dyeing, screen printing, or other similar 
processes. 
(2) APPAREL ARTICLES CUT AND ASSEMBLED IN BENEFICIARY 
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.—^Apparel articles cut in one 
or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from fabric 
wholly formed in the United States from yarns wholly formed 
in the United States, (including fabrics not formed from yarns, 
if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States and 
are wholly formed in the United States) if such articles are 
assembled in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
tries with thread formed in the United States. 
(3) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED FROM REGIONAL AND 
OTHER FABRIC.—^Apparel articles wholly assembled in one or 
more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries from fabric 
wholly formed in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
countries from yarn originating either in the United States 
or one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries 
(including fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are 
classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States and are wholly formed 
and cut in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun-
tries), subject to the following: 
(A) LIMITATIONS ON BENEFITS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Preferential treatment under this 
paragraph shall be extended in the 1-year period begin-
ning on October 1, 2000, and in each of the seven 
succeeding 1-year periods, to imports of apparel articles 
in an amount not to exceed the applicable percentage 
of the aggregate square meter equivalents of all 
apparel articles imported into the United States in 
the preceding 12-month period for which data are avail-
able. 
(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes of this 
subparagraph, the term "applicable percentage" means 
1.5 percent for the 1-year period beginning October 
1, 2000, increased in each of the seven succeeding 
1-year periods by equal increments, so that for the 
period beginning October 1, 2007, the applicable 
percentage does not exceed 3.5 percent. 
(B) SPECIAL RULE FOR LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (A), pref-
erential treatment shall be extended through Sep-
tember 30, 2004, for apparel articles wholly assembled 
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Federal Register, 
publication. 
in one or more lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saha-
ran African countries regardless of the country of origin 
of the fabric used to make such articles. 
(ii) LESSER DEVELOPED BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN 
AFRICAN COUNTRY.—For purposes of this subparagraph 
the term "lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African country" means a beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri-
can country that had a per capita gross national 
product of less than $1,500 a year in 1998, as measured 
by the World Bank. 
(C) SURGE MECHANISM.— 
(i) IMPORT MONITORING.—The Secretary of Com-
merce shall monitor imports of articles described in 
this paragraph on a monthly basis to determine if 
there has been a surge in imports of such articles. 
In order to permit public access to preliminary inter-
national trade data and to facilitate the early identi-
fication of potentially disruptive import surges, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget may 
grant an exception to the publication dates established 
for the release of data on United States international 
trade in covered articles, if the Director notifies Con-
gress of the early release of the data. 
(ii) 
DETERMINATION 
OF 
DAMAGE 
OR 
THREAT 
THEREOF.—^Whenever the 
Secretary of Commerce 
determines, based on the data described in clause (i), 
or pursuant to a written request made by an interested 
party, that there has been a surge in imports of an 
article described in this paragraph from a beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African country, the Secretary shall deter-
mine whether such article from such country is being 
imported in such increased quantities as to cause 
serious damage, or threat thereof, to the domestic 
industry producing a like or directly competitive 
article. If the Secretary's determination is affirmative, 
the President shall suspend the duty-free treatment 
provided for such article under this paragraph. If the 
inquiry is initiated at the request of an interested 
party, the Secretary shall make the determination 
within 60 days after the date of the request. 
(iii) 
FACTORS 
TO 
CONSIDER.—In 
determining 
whether a domestic industry has been seriously dam-
aged, or is threatened with serious damage, the Sec-
retary shall examine the effect of the imports on rel-
evant economic indicators such as domestic production, 
sales, market share, capacity utilization, inventories, 
employment, profits, exports, prices, and investment. 
(iv) PROCEDURE.— 
(I) INITIATION.—The Secretary of Commerce 
shall initiate an inquiry within 10 days after 
receiving 
a 
written 
request 
and 
supporting 
information for an inquiry from an interested 
party. Notice of initiation of an inquiry shall be 
published in the Federal Register. 
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(II) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES.— 
The Secretary of Commerce shall establish proce-
dures to ensure participation in the inquiry by 
interested parties. 
(III) NOTICE 
OF 
DETERMINATION.—^The Sec- 
Federal Register, 
retary shall publish the determination described publication. 
in clause (ii) in the Federal Register. 
(IV) 
INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE.—If 
relevant 
information is not available on the record or any 
party 
withholds 
information 
that 
has 
been 
requested by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
make the determination on the basis of the facts 
available. When the Secretary relies on informa-
tion submitted in the inquiry as facts available, 
the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 
corroborate the information 
from 
independent 
sources that are reasonably available to the Sec-
retary. 
(v) 
INTERESTED 
PARTY.—For purposes of this 
subparagraph, the term "interested party" means any 
producer of a like or directly competitive article, a 
certified union or recognized union or group of workers 
which is representative of an industry engaged in the 
manufacture, production, or sale in the United States 
of a like or directly competitive article, a trade or 
business association representing producers or sellers 
of like or directly competitive articles, producers 
engaged in the production of essential inputs for like 
or directly competitive articles, a certified union or 
group of workers which is representative of an industry 
engaged in the manufacture, production, or sale of 
essential inputs for the like or directly competitive 
article, or a trade or business association representing 
companies engaged in the manufacture, production, 
or sale of such essential inputs. 
(4) SWEATERS KNIT-TO-SHAPE FROM CASHMERE OR MERINO 
WOOL.— 
(A) CASHMERE.—Sweaters, in chief weight of cashmere, 
knit-to-shape in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan Afri-
can countries and classifiable under subheading 6110.10 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
(B) MERINO WOOL.—Sweaters, 50 percent or more by 
weight of wool measuring 18.5 microns in diameter or 
finer, knit-to-shape in one or more beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African countries. 
(5) APPAREL ARTICLES WHOLLY ASSEMBLED FROM FABRIC 
OR YARN NOT AVAILABLE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES IN THE 
UNITED STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—^Apparel articles that are both cut 
(or knit-to-shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one 
or more beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, from 
fabric or yarn that is not formed in the United States 
or a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, to the extent 
that apparel articles of such fabrics or yarns would be 
eligible for preferential treatment, without regard to the 
source of the fabric or yam, under Annex 401 to the 
NAFTA. 
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President. 
(B) ADDITIONAL APPAREL ARTICLES.—^At the request of 
any interested party and subject to the following require-
ments, the President is authorized to proclaim the treat-
ment provided under subparagraph (A) for yarns or fabrics 
not described in subparagraph (A) if— 
(i) the President determines that such yams or 
fabrics cannot be supplied by the domestic industry 
in commercial quantities in a timely manner; 
(ii) the President has obtained advice regarding 
the proposed action from the appropriate advisory com-
mittee established under section 135 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) and the United States Inter-
national Trade Commission; 
Deadline. 
(iii) within 60 calendar days after the request, 
Reports. 
the President has submitted a report to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that 
sets forth— 
(I) the action proposed to be proclaimed and 
the reasons for such action; and 
(II) the advice obtained under clause (ii); 
(iv) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning with 
the first day on which the President has met the 
requirements of subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (iii), 
has expired; and 
(v) the President has consulted with such commit-
tees regarding the proposed action during the period 
referred to in clause (iii). 
(6) HANDLOOMED, HANDMADE, AND FOLKLORE ARTICLES.— 
A handloomed, handmade, or folklore article of a beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African country or countries that is certified as 
such by the competent authority of such beneficiary country 
President. 
or countries. For purposes of this paragraph, the President, 
after consultation with the beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country or countries concerned, shall determine which, if any, 
particular textile and apparel goods of the country (or countries) 
shall be treated as being handloomed, handmade, or folklore 
articles. 
President. 
(c) TREATMENT OF QUOTAS ON TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS 
Deadlines. 
FROM KENYA AND MAURITIUS.—^The President shall eliminate the 
existing quotas on textile and apparel articles imported into the 
United States— 
(1) from Kenya within 30 days after that country adopts 
an effective visa system to prevent unlawful transshipment 
of textile and apparel articles and the use of counterfeit docu-
ments relating to the importation of the articles into the United 
States; and 
(2) from Mauritius within 30 days after that country adopts 
such a visa system. 
The Customs Service shall provide the necessary technical assist-
ance to Kenya and Mauritius in the development and implementa-
tion of the visa systems, 
(d) SPECIAL RULES.— 
(1) FINDINGS AND TRIMMINGS.— 
(A) GENERAL RULE.—^An article otherwise eligible for 
preferential treatment under this section shall not be ineli-
gible for such treatment because the article contains 
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findings or trimmings of foreign origin, if the value of 
such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 percent 
of the cost of the components of the assembled article. 
Examples of findings and trimmings are sewing thread, 
hooks and eyes, snaps, buttons, "bow buds", decorative 
lace trim, elastic strips, and zippers, including zipper tapes 
and labels. Elastic strips are considered findings or trim-
mings only if they are each less than 1 inch in width 
and used in the production of brassieres. 
(B) CERTAIN INTERLININGS.— 
(i) GENERAL RULE.—^An article otherwise eligible 
for preferential treatment under this section shall not 
be ineligible for such treatment because the article 
contains certain interlinings of foreign origin, if the 
value of such interlinings (and any findings and trim-
mings) does not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the 
components of the assembled article. 
(ii) INTERLININGS DESCRIBED.—Interlinings eligible 
for the treatment described in clause (i) include only 
a chest type plate, a "hymo" piece, or "sleeve header", 
of woven or weft-inserted warp knit construction and 
of coarse animal hair or man-made filaments. 
(iii) TERMINATION OF TREATMENT.—The treatment 
described in this subparagraph shall terminate if the 
President makes a determination that United States 
manufacturers are producing such interlinings in the 
United States in commercial quantities. 
(C) EXCEPTION.—In the case of an article described 
in subsection (b)(2), sewing thread shall not be treated 
as findings or trimmings under subparagraph (A). 
(2) D E MINIMIS RULE.—^An article otherwise eligible for 
preferential treatment under this section shall not be ineligible 
for such treatment because the article contains fibers or yarns 
not wholly formed in the United States or one or more bene-
ficiary sub-Saharan African countries if the total weight of 
all such fibers and yarns is not more than 7 percent of the 
total weight of the article. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section and section 113: 
(1) AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING.—^The term 
"Agreement on Textiles and Clothing" means the Agreement 
on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 101(d)(4) of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4)). 
(2) BENEFICIARY SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRY, ETC.— 
The terms "beneficiary sub-Saharan African country" and 
"beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries" have the same 
meaning as such terms have under section 506A(c) of the Trade 
Act of 1974. 
(3) NAFTA.—The term "NAFTA" means the North Amer-
ican Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United 
States, Mexico, and Canada on December 17, 1992, 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^This section takes effect on October 1, Termination 
2000, and shall remain in effect through September 30, 2008. 
date. 
SEC. 113. PROTECTIONS AGAINST TRANSSHIPMENT. 
19 USC 3722. 
(a) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT CONDITIONED ON ENFORCEMENT 
MEASURES.— 
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President. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The preferential treatment under section 
112(a) shall not be provided to textile and apparel articles 
that are imported from a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country unless that country— 
(A) has adopted an effective visa system, domestic laws, 
and enforcement procedures applicable to covered articles 
to prevent unlawful transshipment of the articles and the 
use of counterfeit documents relating to the importation 
of the articles into the United States; 
(B) has enacted legislation or promulgated regulations 
that 
would 
permit 
United 
States 
Customs 
Service 
verification teams to have the access necessary to inves-
tigate thoroughly allegations of transshipment through 
such country; 
(C) agrees to report, on a timely basis, at the request 
of the United States Customs Service, on the total exports 
from and imports into that country of covered articles, 
consistent with the manner in which the records are kept 
by that country; 
(D) will cooperate fully with the United States to 
address and take action necessary to prevent circumvention 
as provided in Article 5 of the Agreement on Textiles 
and Clothing; 
(E) agrees to require all producers and exporters of 
covered articles in that country to maintain complete 
records of the production and the export of covered articles, 
including materials used in the production, for at least 
2 years after the production or export (as the case may 
be); and 
(F) agrees to report, on a timely basis, at the request 
of the United States Customs Service, documentation estab-
lishing the country of origin of covered articles as used 
by that country in implementing an effective visa system. 
(2) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DOCUMENTATION.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1)(F), documentation regarding the country of 
origin of the covered articles includes documentation such as 
production records, information relating to the place of produc-
tion, the number and identification of the types of machinery 
used in production, the number of workers employed in produc-
tion, and certification from both the manufacturer and the 
exporter. 
(b) CUSTOMS PROCEDURES AND ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) I N GENERAL.— 
(A) REGULATIONS.—^Any importer that claims pref-
erential treatment under section 112 shall comply with 
customs procedures similar in all material respects to the 
requirements of Article 502(1) of the NAFTA as imple-
mented pursuant to United States law, in accordance with 
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(B) DETERMINATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—In order to qualify for the pref-
erential treatment under section 112 and for a Certifi-
cate of Origin to be valid with respect to any article 
for which such treatment is claimed, there shall be 
in effect a determination by the President that each 
country described in clause (ii)— 
(I) has implemented and follows; or 
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(II) is making substantial progress toward 
implementing and following, 
procedures and requirements similar in all material 
respects to the relevant procedures and requirements 
under chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 
(ii) COUNTRY DESCRIBED.—^A country is described 
in this clause if it is a beneficiary sub-Saharan African 
country— 
(I) from which the article is exported; or 
(II) in which materials used in the production 
of the article originate or in which the article 
or such materials, undergo production that contrib-
utes to a claim that the article is eligible for pref-
erential treatment. 
(2) CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.—^The Certificate of Origin that 
otherwise would be required pursuant to the provisions of para-
graph (1) shall not be required in the case of an article imported 
under section 112 if such Certificate of Origin would not be 
required under Article 503 of the NAFTA (as implemented 
pursuant to United States law), if the article were imported 
from Mexico. 
(3) PENALTIES FOR EXPORTERS.—If the President deter-
mines, based on sufficient evidence, that an exporter has 
engaged in transshipment as defined in paragraph (4), then 
the President shall deny for a period of 5 years all benefits 
under section 112 to such exporter, any successor of such 
exporter, and any other entity owned or operated by the prin-
cipal of the exporter. 
(4) TRANSSHIPMENT DESCRIBED.—Transshipment within the 
meaning of this subsection has occurred when preferential 
treatment for a textile or apparel article under this Act has 
been claimed on the basis of material false information con-
cerning the country of origin, manufacture, processing, or 
assembly of the article or any of its components. For purposes 
of this paragraph, false information is material if disclosure 
of the true information would mean or would have meant 
that the article is or was ineligible for preferential treatment 
under section 112. 
(5) MONITORING AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Customs Deadline. 
Service shall monitor and the Commissioner of Customs shall 
submit to Congress, not later than March 31 of each year, 
a report on the effectiveness of the visa systems and the 
implementation of legislation and regulations described in sub-
section (a) and on measures taken by countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa which export textiles or apparel to the United States 
to prevent circumvention as described in Article 5 of the Agree-
ment on Textiles and Clothing. 
(c) CUSTOMS SERVICE ENFORCEMENT.—The Customs Service 
shall— 
(1) make available technical assistance to the beneficiary 
sub-Saharan African countries— 
(A) in the development and implementation of visa 
systems, legislation, and regulations described in sub-
section (a)(lXA); and 
(B) to train their officials in anti-transshipment 
enforcement; 
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(2) send production verification teams to at least four bene-
ficiary sub-Saharan African countries each year; and 
(3) to the extent feasible, place beneficiary sub-Saharan 
African countries on the Electronic Visa (ELVIS) program. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—^There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out subsection (c) the sum of $5,894,913. 
SEC. 114. TERMINATION. 
Title V of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting 
after section 506A the following new section: 
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"SEC. 506B. TERMINATION OF BENEFITS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES. 
"In the case of a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country, 
as defined in section 506A(c), duty-free treatment provided under 
this title shall remain in effect through September 30, 2008.". 
SEC. 115. CLERICAL AMENDMENTS. 
The table of contents for title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 506 
the following new items: 
"Sec. 506A. Designation of sub-Saharan African countries for certain benefits. 
"Sec. 506B. Termination of benefits for sub-Saharan African countries.". 
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SEC. 116. FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS WITH SXm-SAHARAN AFRICAN 
COUNTRIES. 
(a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Congress declares that free trade 
agreements should be negotiated, where feasible, with interested 
countries in sub-Saharan Africa, in order to serve as the catalyst 
for increasing trade between the United States and sub-Saharan 
Africa and increasing private sector investment in sub-Saharan 
Africa. 
(b) PLAN REQUIREMENT.— 
President. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President, taking into account the 
provisions of the treaty establishing the African Economic 
Community and the willingness of the governments of sub-
Saharan African countries to engage in negotiations to enter 
into free trade agreements, shall develop a plan for the purpose 
of negotiating and entering into one or more trade agreements 
with interested beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—^The plan shall include the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The specific objectives of the United States with 
respect to negotiations described in paragraph (1) and a 
suggested timetable for achieving those objectives. 
(B) The benefits to both the United States and the 
relevant sub-Saharan African countries with respect to the 
applicable free trade agreement or agreements. 
(C) A mutually agreed-upon timetable for the negotia-
tions. 
(D) The implications for and the role of regional and 
sub-regional organizations in sub-Saharan Africa with 
respect to such free trade agreement or agreements. 
(E) Subject matter anticipated to be covered by the 
negotiations and United States laws, programs, and poli-
cies, as well as the laws of participating eligible African 
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114 STAT. 267 
countries and existing bilateral and multilateral and eco-
nomic cooperation and trade agreements, that may be 
affected by the agreement or agreements. 
(F) Procedures to ensure the following: 
(i) Adequate consultation with the Congress and 
the private sector during the negotiations. 
(ii) Consultation with the Congress regarding all 
matters relating to implementation of the agreement 
or agreements. 
(iii) Approval by the Congress of the agreement 
or agreements. 
(iv) Adequate consultations with the relevant Afri-
can governments and African regional and subregional 
intergovernmental organizations during the negotia-
tion of the agreement or agreements. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 12 months after 
Deadline, 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall prepare President, 
and transmit to the Congress a report containing the plan developed 
pursuant to subsection (b). 
SEC. 117. ASSISTANT UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE FOR 
19 USC 3724. 
AFRICAN AFFAIRS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that— 
(1) the position of Assistant United States Trade Represent-
ative for African Affairs is integral to the United States commit-
ment to increasing United States-sub-Saharan African trade 
and investment; 
(2) the position of Assistant United States Trade Represent-
ative for African Affairs should be maintained within the Office 
of the United States Trade Representative to direct and coordi-
nate interagency activities on United States-Africa trade policy 
and investment matters and serve as— 
(A) a primary point of contact in the executive branch 
for those persons engaged in trade between the United 
States and sub-Saharan Africa; and 
(B) the chief advisor to the United States Trade Rep-
resentative on issues of trade and investment with Africa; 
and 
(3) the United States Trade Representative should have 
adequate funding and staff to carry out the duties of the Assist-
ant United States Trade Representative for African Affairs 
described in paragraph (2), subject to the availability of appro-
priations. 
Subtitle C—Economic Development 
Related Issues 
SEC. 121. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE 
19 USC 3731. 
DEBT RELIEF FOR THE WORLD'S POOREST COUNTRIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The burden of external debt has become a major impedi-
ment to economic growth and poverty reduction in many of 
the world's poorest countries. 
(2) Until recently, the United States Government and other 
official creditors sought to address this problem by rescheduling 
loans and in some cases providing limited debt reduction. 
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(3) Despite such efforts, the cumulative debt of many of 
the world's poorest countries continued to grow beyond their 
capacity to repay. 
(4) In 1997, the Group of Seven, the World Bank, and 
the International Monetary Fund adopted the Heavily Indebted 
Poor Countries Initiative (HIPC), a commitment by the inter-
national community that all multilateral and bilateral creditors, 
acting in a coordinated and concerted fashion, would reduce 
poor country debt to a sustainable level. 
(5) The HIPC Initiative is currently undergoing reforms 
to address concerns raised about country conditionality, the 
amount of debt forgiven, and the allocation of savings realized 
through the debt forgiveness program to ensure that the Initia-
tive accomplishes the goals of economic growth and poverty 
alleviation in the world's poorest countries. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that— 
(1) Congress and the President should work together, with-
out undue delay and in concert with the international commu-
nity, to make comprehensive debt relief available to the world's 
poorest countries in a manner that promotes economic growth 
and poverty alleviation; 
(2) this program of bilateral and multilateral debt relief 
should be designed to strengthen and expand the private sector, 
encourage increased trade and investment, support the develop-
ment of free markets, and promote broad-scale economic growth 
in beneficiary countries; 
(3) this program of debt relief should also support the 
adoption of policies to alleviate poverty and to ensure that 
benefits are shared widely among the population, such as 
through initiatives to advance education, improve health, com-
bat AIDS, and promote clean water and environmental protec-
tion; 
(4) these debt relief agreements should be designed and 
implemented in a transparent manner and with the broad 
participation of the citizenry of the debtor country and should 
ensure that country circumstances are adequately taken into 
account; 
(5) no country should receive the benefits of debt relief 
if that country does not cooperate with the United States on 
terrorism or narcotics enforcement, is a gross violator of the 
human rights of its citizens, or is engaged in conflict or spends 
excessively on its military; and 
(6) in order to prevent adverse impact on a key industry 
in many developing countries, the International Monetary Fund 
must mobilize its own resources for providing debt relief to 
eligible countries without allowing gold to reach the open 
market, or otherwise adversely affecting the market price of 
gold. 
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SEC. 122. EXECUTIVE BRANCH INITIATIVES. 
(a) STATEMENT OF THE CONGRESS.—^The Congress recognizes 
that the stated policy of the executive branch in 1997, the "Partner-
ship for Growth and Opportunity in Africa" initiative, is a step 
toward the establishment of a comprehensive trade and develop-
ment policy for sub-Saharan Africa. It is the sense of the Congress 
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114 STAT. 269 
that this Partnership is a companion to the policy goals set forth 
in this title. 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC REFORMS 
AND DEVELOPMENT.—In addition to continuing bilateral and multi-
lateral economic and development assistance, the President shall 
target technical assistance toward— 
(1) developing relationships between United States firms 
and firms in sub-Saharan Africa through a variety of business 
associations and networks; 
(2) providing assistance to the governments of sub-Saharan 
African countries to— 
(A) liberalize trade and promote exports; 
(B) bring their legal regimes into compliance with the 
standards of the World Trade Organization in conjunction 
with membership in that Organization; 
(C) make financial and fiscal reforms; and 
(D) promote greater agribusiness linkages; 
(3) addressing such critical agricultural policy issues as 
market liberalization, agricultural export development, and 
agribusiness investment in processing and transporting agricul-
tural commodities; 
(4) increasing the number of reverse trade missions to 
growth-oriented countries in sub-Saharan Africa; 
(5) increasing trade in services; and 
(6) encouraging greater sub-Saharan African participation 
in future negotiations in the World Trade Organization on 
services and making further commitments in their schedules 
to the General Agreement on Trade in Services in order to 
encourage the removal of tariff and nontariff barriers. 
SEC. 123. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION INITIA- 
19USC3733. 
TIVES. 
(a) INITIATION OF FUNDS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation should exercise 
the authorities it has to initiate an equity fund or equity funds 
in support of projects in the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, in 
addition to the existing equity fund for sub-Saharan Africa created 
by the Corporation. 
(b) STRUCTURE AND TYPES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) STRUCTURE.—Each fund initiated under subsection (a) 
should be structured as a partnership managed by professional 
private sector fund managers and monitored on a continuing 
basis by the Corporation. 
(2) CAPITALIZATION.—Each fund should be capitalized with 
a combination of private equity capital, which is not guaranteed 
by the Corporation, and debt for which the Corporation provides 
guaranties. 
(3) INFRASTRUCTURE FUND.—One or more of the funds, 
with combined assets of up to $500,000,000, should be used 
in support of infrastructure projects in countries of sub-Saharan 
Africa. 
(4) EMPHASIS.—^The Corporation shall ensure that the funds 
are used to provide support in particular to women entre-
preneurs and to innovative investments that expand opportuni-
ties for women and maximize emplo3anent opportunities for 
poor individuals. 
(c) OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.— 
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Termination 
date. 
Deadline. 
(1) INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—Section 233 of the 
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Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
"(e) INVESTMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.—The Board shall take 
prompt measures to increase the loan, guarantee, and insurance 
programs, and financial commitments, of the Corporation in sub-
Saharan Africa, including through the use of an investment advisory 
council to assist the Board in developing and implementing policies, 
programs, and financial instruments with respect to sub-Saharan 
Africa. In addition, the investment advisory council shall make 
recommendations to the Board on how the Corporation can facilitate 
greater support by the United States for trade and investment 
with and in sub-Saharan Africa. The investment advisory council 
shall terminate 4 years after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection.". 
(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—^Within 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually for each of 
the 4 years thereafter, the Board of Directors of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation shall submit to Congress a 
report on the steps that the Board has taken to implement 
section 233(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added 
by paragraph (1)) and any recommendations of the investment 
advisory council established pursuant to such section. 
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SEC. 124. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK INITIATIVES. 
(a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that the Board of Directors of the Bank shall continue to take 
comprehensive measures, consistent with the credit standards 
otherwise required by law, to promote the expansion of the Bank's 
financial commitments in sub-Saharan Africa under the loan, guar-
antee and insurance programs of the Bank. 
(b) SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The sub-
Saharan Africa Advisory Committee (SAAC) is to be commended 
for aiding the Bank in advancing the economic partnership between 
the United States and the nations of sub-Saharan Africa by doubling 
the number of sub-Saharan African countries in which the Bank 
is open for traditional financing and by increasing by tenfold the 
Bank's support for sales to sub-Saharan Africa from fiscal year 
1998 to fiscal year 1999. The Board of Directors of the Bank 
and its staff shall continue to review carefully the sub-Saharan 
Africa Advisory Committee recommendations on the development 
and implementation of new and innovative policies and programs 
designed to promote the Bank's expansion in sub-Saharan Africa. 
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SEC. 125. EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COMMER-
CIAL SERVICE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—^The Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The United States and Foreign Commercial Service 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the "Commercial 
Service") plays an important role in helping United States 
businesses identify export opportunities and develop reliable 
sources of information on commercial prospects in foreign coun-
tries. 
(2) During the 1980s, the presence of the Commercial 
Service in sub-Saharan Africa consisted of 14 professionals 
providing services in eight countries. By early 1997, that pres-
ence had been reduced by half to seven professionals in only 
four countries. 
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(3) Since 1997, the Department of Commerce has slowly 
begun to increase the presence of the Commercial Service in 
sub-Saharan Africa, adding five full-time officers to established 
posts. 
(4) Although the Commercial Service Officers in these coun-
tries have regional responsibilities, this kind of coverage does 
not adequately service the needs of United States businesses 
attempting to do business in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(5) The Congress has, on several occasions, encouraged 
the Commercial Service to focus its resources and efforts in 
countries or regions in Europe or Asia to promote greater 
United States export activity in those markets, and similar 
encouragement should be provided for countries in sub-Saharan 
Africa as well. 
(6) Because market information is not widely available 
in many sub-Saharan African countries, the presence of addi-
tional Commercial Service Officers and resources can play a 
significant role in assisting United States businesses in markets 
in those countries. 
(b) APPOINTMENTS.—Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, by not later than December 31, 2001, the Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
Service, shall take steps to ensure that— 
(1) at least 20 full-time Commercial Service employees 
are stationed in sub-Saharan Africa; and 
(2) full-time Commercial Service employees are stationed 
in not less than 10 different sub-Saharan African countries. 
(c) INITIATIVE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.—In order to encourage 
the export of United States goods and services to sub-Saharan 
African countries, the International Trade Administration shall 
make a special effort to— 
(1) identify United States goods and services which are 
the best prospects for export by United States companies to 
sub-Saharan Africa; 
(2) identify, where appropriate, tariff and nontariff barriers 
that are preventing or hindering sales of United States goods 
and services to, or the operation of United States companies 
in, sub-Saharan Africa; 
(3) hold discussions with appropriate authorities in sub-
Saharan Africa on the matters described in paragraphs (1) 
and (2) with a view to securing increased market access for 
United States exporters of goods and services; 
(4) identify current resource allocations and personnel 
levels in sub-Saharan Africa for the Commercial Service and 
consider plans for the deplo3anent of additional resources or 
personnel to that region; and 
(5) make available to the public, through printed and elec-
tronic means of communication, the information derived pursu-
ant to paragraphs (1) through (4) for each of the 4 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Deadline. 
Public 
information. 
SEC. 
126. DONATION OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT TO 
ELIGIBLE S U B - S A H A R A N AFRICAN COUNTRIES. 
It is the sense of the Congress that, to the extent appropriate, 
the United States Government should make every effort to donate 
to governments of sub-Saharan African countries determined to 
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be eligible under section 104 air traffic control equipment that 
is no longer in use, including appropriate related reimbursable 
technical assistance. 
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SEC. 127. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES AND INCREASED FLEXIBILITY 
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT 
FUND FOR AFRICA. 
(a) USE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO SUP-
PORT FURTHER ECONOMIC GROWTH.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that sustained economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa depends 
in large measure upon the development of a receptive environment 
for trade and investment, and that to achieve this objective the 
United States Agency for International Development should con-
tinue to support programs which help to create this environment. 
Investments in human resources, development, and implementation 
of free market policies, including policies to liberalize agricultural 
markets and improve food security, and the support for the rule 
of law and democratic governance should continue to be encouraged 
and enhanced on a bilateral and regional basis. 
(b) DECLARATIONS OF POLICY.—^The Congress makes the fol-
lowing declarations: 
(1) The Development Fund for Africa established under 
chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2293 et seq.) has been an effective tool in providing 
development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa since 1988. 
(2) The Development Fund for Africa will complement the 
other provisions of this title and lay a foundation for increased 
trade and investment opportunities between the United States 
and sub-Saharan Africa. 
(3) Assistance provided through the Development Fund 
for Africa will continue to support programs and activities 
that promote the long term economic development of sub-Saha-
ran Africa, such as programs and activities relating to the 
following: 
(A) Strengthening primary and vocational education 
systems, especially the acquisition of middle-level technical 
skills for operating modern private businesses and the 
introduction of college level business education, including 
the study of international business, finance, and stock 
exchanges. 
(B) Strengthening health care systems. 
(C) Supporting democratization, good governance and 
civil society and conflict resolution efforts. 
(D) Increasing food security by promoting the expan-
sion of agricultural 
and 
agriculture-based 
industrial 
production and productivity and increasing real incomes 
for poor individuals. 
(E) Promoting an enabling environment for private 
sector-led growth through sustained economic reform, 
privatization programs, and market-led economic activities. 
(F) Promoting decentralization and local participation 
in the development process, especially linking the rural 
production sectors and the industrial and market centers 
throughout Africa. 
(G) Increasing the technical and managerial capacity 
of sub-Saharan African individuals to manage the economy 
of sub-Saharan Africa. 
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(H) Ensuring sustainable economic growth through 
environmental protection. 
(4) The African Development Foundation has a unique 
congressional mandate to empower the poor to participate fully 
in development and to increase opportunities for gainful 
emplo3anent, poverty alleviation, and more equitable income 
distribution in sub-Saharan Africa. The African Development 
Foundation has worked successfully to enhance the role of 
women as agents of change, strengthen the informal sector 
with an emphasis on supporting micro and small sized enter-
prises, indigenous technologies, and mobilizing local financing. 
The African Development Foundation should develop and imple-
ment strategies for promoting participation in the socioeconomic 
development process of grassroots and informal sector groups 
such as nongovernmental organizations, cooperatives, artisans, 
and traders into the programs and initiatives established under 
this title, 
(c) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 496(h) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2293(h)) is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
and 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
"(3) DEMOCRATIZATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION CAPABILI-
TIES.—^Assistance under this section may also include program 
assistance— 
"(A) to promote democratization, good governance, and 
strong civil societies in sub-Saharan Africa; and 
"(B) to strengthen conflict resolution capabilities of 
governmental, intergovernmental, and nongovernmental 
entities in sub-Saharan Africa.". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 496(h)(4) of such 
Act, as amended by paragraph (1), is further amended by 
striking "paragraphs (1) and (2)" in the first sentence and 
inserting "paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)". 
SEC. 128. ASSISTANCE FROM UNITED STATES PRIVATE SECTOR TO 19USC3738. 
PREVENT AND REDUCE HIV/AIDS IN SUB-SAHARAN 
AFRICA. 
It is the sense of the Congress that United States businesses 
should be encouraged to provide assistance to sub-Saharan African 
countries to prevent and reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS in 
sub-Saharan Africa. In providing such assistance, United States 
businesses should be encouraged to consider the establishment of 
an HIV/AIDS Response Fund in order to provide for coordination 
among such businesses in the collection and distribution of the 
assistance to sub-Saharan African countries. 
SEC. 129. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO HIV/AIDS CRISIS 19USC3739. 
IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—^The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Sustained economic development in sub-Saharan Africa 
depends in large measure upon successful trade with and for-
eign assistance to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa. 
(2) The HIV/AIDS crisis has reached epidemic proportions 
in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 21,000,000 men, 
women, and children are infected with HIV. 
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(3) Eighty-three percent of the estimated 11,700,000 deaths 
from HIV/AIDS worldwide have been in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(4) The HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is weak-
ening the structure of families and societies. 
(5)(A) The HIV/AIDS crisis threatens the future of the 
workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. 
(B) Studies show that HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa 
most severely affects individuals between the ages of 15 and 
49—the age group that provides the most support for the econo-
mies of sub-Saharan African countries. 
(6) Clear evidence demonstrates that HIV/AIDS is destruc-
tive to the economies of sub-Saharan African countries. 
(7) Sustained economic development is critical to creating 
the public and private sector resources in sub-Saharan Africa 
necessary to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that— 
(1) addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa 
should be a central component of United States foreign policy 
with respect to sub-Saharan Africa; 
(2) significant progress needs to be made in preventing 
and treating HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa in order to sus-
tain a mutually beneficial trade relationship between the 
United States and sub-Saharan African countries; and 
(3) the HIV/AIDS crisis in sub-Saharan Africa is a global 
threat that merits further attention through greatly expanded 
public, private, and joint public-private efforts, and through 
appropriate United States legislation. 
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SEC. 130. STUDY ON IMPROVING AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation 
with American Land Grant Colleges and Universities and not-
for-profit international organizations, is authorized to conduct a 
2-year study on ways to improve the flow of American farming 
techniques and practices to African farmers. The study shall include 
an examination of ways of improving or utilizing— 
(1) knowledge of insect and sanitation procedures; 
(2) modern farming and soil conservation techniques; 
(3) modern farming equipment (including maintaining the 
equipment); 
(4) marketing crop yields to prospective purchasers; and 
(5) crop maximization practices. 
Deadline. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit the study to the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 
not later than September 30, 2001. 
(b) LAND GRANT COLLEGES AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT 
INSTITU-
TIONS.—In conducting the study under subsection (a), the Secretary 
of Agriculture is encouraged to consult with American Land Grant 
Colleges and not-for-profit international organizations that have 
firsthand knowledge of current African farming practices. 
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SEC. 131. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EFFORTS TO COMBAT 
DESERTIFICATION IN AFRICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) desertification affects approximately one-sixth of the 
world's population and one-quarter of the total land area; 
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(2) over 1,000,000 hectares of Africa are affected by 
desertification; 
(3) dryland degradation is an underlying cause of recurrent 
famine in Africa; 
(4) the United Nations Environment Programme estimates 
that desertification costs the world $42,000,000,000 a year, 
not including incalculable costs in human suffering; and 
(5) the United States can strengthen its partnerships 
throughout 
Africa 
and 
other 
countries 
affected 
by 
desertification, help alleviate social and economic crises caused 
by misuse of natural resources, and reduce dependence on 
foreign aid, by taking a leading role to combat desertification. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that the United States should expeditiously work with the inter-
national community, particularly Africa and other countries affected 
by desertification, to— 
(1) 
strengthen 
international 
cooperation 
to combat 
desertification; 
(2) promote the development of national and regional 
strategies to address desertification and increase public aware-
ness of this serious problem and its effects; 
(3) develop and implement national action programs that 
identify the causes of desertification and measures to address 
it; and 
(4) recognize the essential role of local governments and 
nongovernmental 
organizations in developing and imple-
menting measures to address desertification. 
TITLE II—TRADE BENEFITS FOR 
CARIBBEAN BASIN 
Subtitle A—Trade Policy for Caribbean 
Basin Countries 
United States-
Caribbean Basin 
Trade 
Partnership Act. 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the "United States-Caribbean Basin 
Trade Partnership Act". 
SEC. 202. FINDDJGS AND POLICY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (in this 
title referred to as "CBERA") represents a permanent commit-
ment by the United States to encourage the development of 
strong democratic governments and revitalized economies in 
neighboring countries in the Caribbean Basin. 
(2) In 1998, Hurricane Mitch and Hurricane Georges dev-
astated areas in the Caribbean Basin region, killing more than 
10,000 people and leaving 3,000,000 homeless. 
(3) The total direct impact of Hurricanes Mitch and Georges 
on Honduras, Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
and Guatemala amounts to $4,200,000,000, representing a 
severe loss to income levels in this underdeveloped region. 
(4) In addition to short term disaster assistance. United 
States policy toward the region should focus on expanding 
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international trade with the Caribbean Basin region as an 
enduring solution for successful economic growth and recovery. 
(5) Thirty-four democratically elected leaders agreed at the 
1994 Summit of the Americas to conclude negotiation of a 
Free Trade Area of the Americas (in this title referred to 
as "FTAA") by the year 2005. 
(6) The economic security of the countries in the Caribbean 
Basin will be enhanced by the completion of the FTAA. 
(7) Offering temporary benefits to Caribbean Basin coun-
tries will preserve the United States commitment to Caribbean 
Basin beneficiary countries, promote the growth of free enter-
prise and economic opportunity in these neighboring countries, 
and thereby enhance the national security interests of the 
United States. 
(8) Given the greater propensity of countries located in 
the Western Hemisphere to use United States components and 
to purchase United States products compared to other countries, 
increased trade and economic activity between the United 
States and countries in the Western Hemisphere will create 
new jobs in the United States as a result of expanding export 
opportunities. 
(b) POLICY.—It is the policy of the United States— 
(1) to offer Caribbean Basin beneficiary countries willing 
to prepare to become a party to the FTAA or another free 
trade agreement, tariff treatment essentially equivalent to that 
accorded to products of NAFTA countries for certain products 
not currently eligible for duty-free treatment under the CBERA; 
and 
(2) to seek the participation of Caribbean Basin beneficiary 
countries in the FTAA or another free trade agreement at 
the earliest possible date, with the goal of achieving full partici-
pation in such agreement not later than 2005. 
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SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) NAFTA.—The term "NAFTA" means the North Amer-
ican Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United 
States, Mexico, and Canada on December 17, 1992. 
(2) NAFTA COUNTRY.—The term "NAFTA country" means 
any country with respect to which the NAFTA is in force. 
(3) WTO AND WTO MEMBER.—The terms "WTO" and "WTO 
member" have the meanings given those terms in section 2 
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
Subtitle B—^Trade Benefits for Caribbean 
Basin Countries 
SEC. 211. TEMPORARY PROVISIONS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRADE 
BENEFITS TO CERTAIN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES. 
(a) TEMPORARY PROVISIONS.—Section 213(b) of the Caribbean 
Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
"(b) IMPORT-SENSITIVE ARTICLES.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) through (5), 
the duty-free treatment provided under this title does not apply 
to— 
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"(A) textile and apparel articles which were not eligible 
articles for purposes of this title on January 1, 1994, as 
this title was in effect on that date; 
"(B) footwear not designated at the time of the effective 
date of this title as eligible articles for the purpose of 
the generalized system of preferences under title V of the 
Trade Act of 1974; 
"(C) tuna, prepared or preserved in any manner, in 
airtight containers; 
"(D) petroleum, or any product derived from petroleum, 
provided for in headings 2709 and 2710 of the HTS; 
"(E) watches and watch parts (including cases, brace-
lets, and straps), of whatever type including, but not limited 
to, mechanical, quartz digital or quartz analog, if such 
watches or watch parts contain any material which is the 
product of any country with respect to which HTS column 
2 rates of duty apply; or 
"(F) articles to which reduced rates of duty apply under 
subsection (h). 
"(2) TRANSITION PERIOD TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TEXTILE 
AND APPAREL ARTICLES.— 
"(A) ARTICLES COVERED.—During the transition period, 
the preferential treatment described in subparagraph (B) 
shall apply to the following articles: 
"(i) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED IN ONE OR MORE 
CBTPA 
BENEFICIARY 
COUNTRIES.—^Apparel 
articles 
assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries 
from fabrics wholly formed and cut in the United 
States, from yarns wholly formed in the United States, 
(including fabrics not formed from yams, if such fabrics 
are classifiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the 
HTS and are wholly formed and cut in the United 
States) that are— 
"(I) entered under subheading 9802.00.80 of 
the HTS; or 
"(II) entered under chapter 61 or 62 of the 
HTS, if, after such assembly, the articles would 
have 
qualified 
for 
entry 
under 
subheading 
9802.00.80 of the HTS but for the fact that the 
articles were embroidered or subjected to stone-
washing, enzyme-washing, acid washing, perma-
pressing, oven-baking, bleaching, garment-dyeing, 
screen printing, or other similar processes. 
"(ii) APPAREL ARTICLES CUT AND ASSEMBLED IN ONE 
OR MORE CBTPA BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.—^Apparel arti-
cles cut in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries 
from fabric wholly formed in the United States from 
yarns wholly formed in the United States (including 
fabrics not formed from yarns, if such fabrics are classi-
fiable under heading 5602 or 5603 of the HTS and 
are wholly formed in the United States), if such articles 
are assembled in one or more such countries with 
thread formed in the United States. 
"(iii) CERTAIN KNIT APPAREL ARTICLES.—(I) Apparel 
articles knit to shape (other than socks provided for 
in heading 6115 of the HTS) in a CBTPA beneficiary 
country from yarns wholly formed in the United States, 
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and knit apparel articles (other than t-shirts described 
in subclause (III)) cut and wholly assembled in one 
or more CBTPA beneficiary countries from fabric 
formed in one or more CBTPA beneficiary countries 
or the United States from yarns wholly formed in 
the United States (including fabrics not formed from 
yarns, if such fabrics are classifiable under heading 
5602 or 5603 of the HTS and are formed in one or 
more CBTPA beneficiary countries), in an amount not 
exceeding the amount set forth in subclause (II). 
"(II) The amount referred to in subclause (I) is— 
"(aa) 250,000,000 square meter equivalents 
during the 1-year period beginning on October 1, 
2000, increased 
by 
16 percent, 
compounded 
annually, in each succeeding 1-year period through 
September 30, 2004; and 
"(bb) in each 1-year period thereafter through 
September 30, 2008, the amount in effect for the 
1-year period ending on September 30, 2004, or 
such other amount as may be provided by law. 
"(Ill) T-shirts, other than underwear, classifiable 
under subheadings 6109.10.00 and 6109.90.10 of the 
HTS, made in one or more CBTPA beneficiary coun-
tries from fabric formed in one or more CBTPA bene-
ficiary countries from yarns wholly formed in the 
United States, in an amount not exceeding the amount 
set forth in subclause (IV). 
"(IV) the amount referred to in subclause (III) 
is— 
"(aa) 4,200,000 dozen during the 1-year period 
beginning on October 1, 2000, increased by 16 
percent, compounded annually, in each succeeding 
1-year period through September 30, 2004; and 
"(bb) in each 1-year period thereafter, the 
amount in effect for the 1-year period ending on 
September 30, 2004, or such other amount as may 
be provided by law. 
"(V) It is the sense of the Congress that the Con-
gress should determine, based on the record of expan-
sion of exports from the United States as a result 
of the preferential treatment of articles under this 
clause, the percentage by which the amount provided 
in subclauses (II) and (IV) should be compounded for 
the 1-year periods occurring after the 1-year period 
ending on September 30, 2004. 
"(iv) CERTAIN OTHER APPAREL ARTICLES.—(I) Sub-
ject to subclause (II), any apparel article classifiable 
under subheading 6212.10 of the HTS, if the article 
is both cut and sewn or otherwise assembled in the 
United States, or one or more of the CBTPA beneficiary 
countries, or both. 
"(II) During the 1-year period beginning on October 
1, 2001, and during each of the six succeeding 1-year 
periods, apparel articles described in subclause (I) of 
a producer or an entity controlling production shall 
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be eligible for preferential treatment under subpara-
graph (B) only if the aggregate cost of fabric compo-
nents formed in the United States that are used in 
the production of all such articles of that producer 
or entity during the preceding 1-year period is at least 
75 percent of the aggregate declared customs value 
of the fabric contained in all such articles of that 
producer or entity that are entered during the pre-
ceding 1-year period. 
"(Ill) The United States Customs Service shall 
develop and implement methods and procedures to 
ensure ongoing compliance with the requirement set 
forth in subclause (II). If the Customs Service finds 
that a producer or an entity controlling production 
has not satisfied such requirement in a 1-year period, 
then apparel articles described in subclause (I) of that 
producer or entity shall be ineligible for preferential 
treatment under subparagraph (B) during any suc-
ceeding 1-year period until the aggregate cost of fabric 
components formed in the United States used in the 
production of such articles of that producer or entity 
in the preceding 1-year period is at least 85 percent 
of the aggregate declared customs value of the fabric 
contained in all such articles of that producer or entity 
that are entered during the preceding 1-year period. 
"(v) APPAREL ARTICLES ASSEMBLED FROM FABRICS 
OR YARN NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE IN COMMERCIAL QUAN-
TITIES.—(I) Apparel articles that are both cut (or knit-
to-shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or 
more CBTPA beneficiary countries, from fabrics or yam 
that is not formed in the United States or in one 
or more CBTPA beneficiary countries, to the extent 
that apparel articles of such fabrics or yam would 
be eligible for preferential treatment, without regard 
to the source of the fabrics or yarn, under Annex 
401 of the NAFTA. 
"(II) At the request of any interested party, the 
President is authorized to proclaim additional fabrics 
and yarn as eligible for preferential treatment under 
subclause (I) if— 
"(aa) the President determines that such fab-
rics or yarn cannot be supplied by the domestic 
industry in commercial quantities in a timely 
manner; 
"(bb) the President 
has obtained 
advice 
regarding the proposed action from the appropriate 
advisory committee established under section 135 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) and 
i 
the United States International Trade Commis-
sion; 
"(cc) within 60 days after the request, the Deadline. 
President has submitted a report to the Committee Reports. 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
that sets forth the action proposed to be proclaimed 
and the reasons for such actions, and the advice 
obtained under division (bb); 
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"(dd) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning 
with the first day on which the President has 
met the requirements of division (cc), has expired; 
and 
"(ee) the President has consulted with such 
committees regarding the proposed action during 
the period referred to in division (cc). 
"(vi) 
HANDLOOMED, HANDMADE, AND FOLKLORE 
ARTICLES.—^A handloomed, 
handmade, 
or 
folklore 
article of a CBTPA beneficiary country identified under 
subparagraph (C) that is certified as such by the com-
petent authority of such beneficiary country, 
"(vii) SPECIAL RULES.— 
"(I) 
EXCEPTION 
FOR 
FINDINGS 
AND 
TRIM-
MINGS.—(aa) An article otherwise eligible for pref-
erential treatment under this paragraph shall not 
be ineligible for such treatment because the article 
contains findings or trimmings of foreign origin, 
if such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 
percent of the cost of the components of the assem-
bled product. Examples of findings and trimmings 
are sewing thread, hooks and eyes, snaps, buttons, 
TDOW buds', decorative lace, trim, elastic strips, zip-
pers, including zipper tapes and labels, and other 
similar products. Elastic strips are considered 
findings or trimmings only if they are each less 
than 1 inch in width and are used in the produc-
tion of brassieres. 
"(bb) In the case of an article described in 
clause (ii) of this subparagraph, sewing thread 
shall not be treated as findings or trimmings under 
this subclause. 
"(II) 
CERTAIN INTERLINING.—(aa) An 
article 
otherwise eligible for preferential treatment under 
this paragraph shall not be ineligible for such 
treatment because the article contains certain 
interlinings of foreign origin, if the value of such 
interlinings (and any findings and trimmings) does 
not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components 
of the assembled article. 
"(bb) Interlinings eligible for the treatment 
described in division (aa) include only a chest type 
plate, 'hjmtio' piece, or 'sleeve header', of woven 
or weft-inserted warp knit construction and of 
coarse animal hair or man-made filaments. 
"(cc) The treatment described in this subclause 
shall terminate if the President makes a deter-
mination that United States manufacturers are 
producing such interlinings in the United States 
in commercial quantities. 
"(Ill) DE MINIMIS RULE.—^An article that would 
otherwise be ineligible for preferential treatment 
under this paragraph because the article contains 
fibers or yarns not wholly formed in the United 
States or in one or more CBTPA beneficiary coun-
tries shall not be ineligible for such treatment 
if the total weight of all such fibers or yams is 
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not more than 7 percent of the total weight of 
the good. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, 
an apparel article containing elastomeric yarns 
shall be eligible for preferential treatment under 
this paragraph only if such yarns are wholly 
formed in the United States. 
"(IV) SPECIAL ORIGIN RULE.^An article other-
wise eligible for preferential treatment 
under 
clause (i) or (ii) of this subparagraph shall not 
be ineligible for such treatment because the article 
contains nylon filament yarn (other than elas-
tomeric yarn) that is classifiable under subheading 
5402.10.30, 5402.10.60, 5402.31.30, 5402.31.60, 
5402.32.30, 5402.32.60, 5402.41.10, 5402.41.90, 
5402.51.00, or 5402.61.00 of the HTS duty-free 
from a country that is a party to an agreement 
with the United States establishing a free trade 
area, which entered into force before January 1, 
1995. 
"(viii) TEXTILE LUGGAGE.—^Textile luggage— 
"(I) assembled in a CBTPA beneficiary country 
from fabric wholly formed and cut in the United 
States, from yarns wholly formed in the United 
States, 
that 
is 
entered 
under 
subheading 
9802.00.80 of the HTS; or 
"(II) assembled from fabric cut in a CBTPA 
beneficiary country from fabric wholly formed in 
the United States from yarns wholly formed in 
the United States. 
"(B) PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.—Except as provided 
in subparagraph (E), during the transition period, the arti-
cles to which this subparagraph applies shall enter the 
United States free of duty and free of any quantitative 
restrictions, limitations, or consultation levels. 
"(C) 
HANDLOOMED, HANDMADE, AND FOLKLORE ARTI-
CLES.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(vi), the President 
shall consult with representatives of the CBTPA beneficiary 
countries concerned for the purpose of identifying particular 
textile and apparel goods that are mutually agreed upon 
as being handloomed, handmade, or folklore goods of a 
kind described in section 2.3(a), (b), or (c) of the Annex 
or Appendix 3.1.B.11 of the Annex, 
"(D) PENALTIES FOR TRANSSHIPMENTS.— 
"(i) PENALTIES FOR EXPORTERS.—If the President 
determines, based on sufficient evidence, that an 
exporter has engaged in transshipment with respect 
to textile or apparel articles from a CBTPA beneficiary 
country, then the President shall deny all benefits 
under this title to such exporter, and any successor 
of such exporter, for a period of 2 years. 
"(ii) PENALTIES FOR COUNTRIES.—Whenever the President. 
President finds, based on sufficient evidence, that 
transshipment 
has 
occurred, the President 
shall 
request that the CBTPA beneficiary country or coun-
tries through whose territory the transshipment has 
occurred take all necessary and appropriate actions 
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to prevent such transshipment. If the President deter-
mines that a country is not taking such actions, the 
President shall reduce the quantities of textile and 
apparel articles that may be imported into the United 
States from such country by the quantity of the trans-
shipped articles multiplied by 3, to the extent con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under 
the WTO. 
"(iii) TRANSSHIPMENT DESCRIBED.—Transshipment 
within the meaning of this subparagraph has occurred 
when preferential treatment under subparagraph (B) 
has been claimed for a textile or apparel article on 
the basis of material false information concerning the 
country of origin, manufacture, processing, or assembly 
of the article or any of its components. For purposes 
of this clause, false information is material if disclosure 
of the true information would mean or would have 
meant that the article is or was ineligible for pref-
erential treatment under subparagraph (B). 
"(E) BILATERAL EMERGENCY ACTIONS.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^The President may take bilateral 
emergency tariff actions of a kind described in section 
4 of the Annex with respect to any apparel article 
imported from a CBTPA beneficiary country if the 
application of tariff treatment under subparagraph (B) 
to such article results in conditions that would be 
cause for the taking of such actions under such section 
4 with respect to a like article described in the same 
8-digit subheading of the HTS that is imported from 
Mexico. 
"(ii) 
RULES RELATING TO BILATERAL EMERGENCY 
ACTION.—For purposes of applying bilateral emergency 
action under this subparagraph— 
"(I) the requirements of paragraph (5) of sec-
tion 4 of the Annex (relating to providing com-
pensation) shall not apply; 
"(II) the term 'transition period* in section 4 
of the Annex shall have the meaning given that 
term in paragraph (5)(D) of this subsection; and 
"(III) the requirements to consult specified in 
section 4 of the Annex shall be treated as satisfied 
if the President requests consultations with the 
CBTPA beneficiary country in question and the 
country does not agree to consult within the time 
period specified under section 4. 
"(3) 
TRANSITION PERIOD TREATMENT OF CERTAIN OTHER 
ARTICLES ORIGINATING IN BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.— 
"(A) EQUIVALENT TARIFF TREATMENT.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), the tariff 
treatment accorded at any time during the transition 
period to any article referred to in any of subpara-
graphs (B) through (F) of paragraph (1) that is a 
CBTPA originating good shall be identical to the tariff 
treatment that is accorded at such time under Annex 
302.2 of the NAFTA to an article described in the 
same 8-digit subheading of the HTS that is a good 
of Mexico and is imported into the United States. 
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114 STAT. 283 
"(ii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (i) does not apply to any 
article accorded duty-free treatment under U.S. Note 
2(b) to subchapter II of chapter 98 of the HTS. 
"(B) RELATIONSHIP TO SUBSECTION (h) DUTY REDUC-
TIONS.—If at any time during the transition period the 
rate of duty that would (but for action taken under subpara-
graph (A)(i) in regard to such period) apply with respect 
to any article under subsection (h) is a rate of duty that 
is lower than the rate of duty resulting from such action, 
then such lower rate of duty shall be applied for the pur-
poses of implementing such action. 
"(4) CUSTOMS PROCEDURES.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.— 
"(i) REGULATIONS.—^Any importer that claims pref-
erential treatment under paragraph (2) or (3) shall 
comply with customs procedures similar in all material 
respects to the requirements of Article 502(1) of the 
N A P T A as implemented pursuant to United States 
law, in accordance with regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, 
"(ii) DETERMINATION.— 
"(I) IN GENERAL.—In order to qualify for the President, 
preferential treatment under paragraph (2) or (3) 
and for a Certificate of Origin to be valid with 
respect to any article for which such treatment 
is claimed, there shall be in effect a determination 
by the President that each country described in 
subclause (II)— 
"(aa) has implemented and follows; or 
"(bb) is making 
substantial 
progress 
toward implementing and following, 
procedures and requirements similar in all mate-
rial respects to the relevant procedures and 
requirements under chapter 5 of the NAFTA. 
"(II) 
COUNTRY 
DESCRIBED.—A 
country 
is 
described in this subclause if it is a CBTPA bene-
ficiary country— 
"(aa) from which the article is exported; 
or 
"(bb) in which materials used in the 
production of the article originate or in which 
the article or such materials undergo produc-
tion that contributes to a claim that the article 
is eligible for preferential treatment under 
paragraph (2) or (3). 
"(B) CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN.—The Certificate of Origin 
that otherwise would be required pursuant to the provisions 
of subparagraph (A) shall not be required in the case of 
an article imported under paragraph (2) or (3) if such 
Certificate of Origin would not be required under Article 
503 of the NAFTA (as implemented pursuant to United 
States law), if the article were imported from Mexico. 
"(C) REPORT BY USTR ON COOPERATION OF OTHER COUN-
TRIES CONCERNING CIRCUMVENTION.—^The United States 
Commissioner of Customs shall conduct a study analyzing 
the extent to which each CBTPA beneficiary country— 
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"(i) has cooperated fully with the United States, 
consistent with its domestic laws and procedures, in 
instances of circumvention or alleged circumvention 
of existing quotas on imports of textile and apparel 
goods, to establish necessary relevant facts in the 
places of import, export, and, where applicable, trans-
shipment, including investigation of circumvention 
practices, exchanges of documents, correspondence, 
reports, and other relevant information, to the extent 
such information is available; 
"(ii) has taken appropriate measures, consistent 
with its domestic laws and 
procedures, 
against 
exporters and importers involved in instances of false 
declaration 
concerning 
fiber 
content, 
quantities, 
description, classification, or origin of textile and 
apparel goods; and 
"(iii) has penalized the individuals and entities 
involved in any such circumvention, consistent with 
its domestic laws and procedures, and has worked 
closely to seek the cooperation of any third country 
to prevent such circumvention from taking place in 
that third country. 
Deadline. 
The Trade Representative shall submit to Congress, not 
Reports. 
later than October 1, 2001, a report on the study conducted 
under this subparagraph. 
"(5) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of this 
subsection— 
"(A) ANNEX.—^The term 'the Annex' means Annex 300-
B of the NAFTA. 
"(B) CBTPA BENEFICIARY COUNTRY.—The term 'CBTPA 
beneficiary country' means any 'beneficiary country', as 
defined in section 212(a)(1)(A) of this title, which the Presi-
dent designates as a CBTPA beneficiary country, taking 
into account the criteria contained in subsections (b) and 
(c) of section 212 and other appropriate criteria, including 
the following: 
"(i) Whether the beneficiary country has dem-
onstrated a commitment to— 
"(I) undertake its obligations under the WTO, 
including those agreements listed in section 101(d) 
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, on or 
ahead of schedule; and 
"(II) participate in negotiations toward the 
completion of the FTAA or another free trade 
agreement. 
"(ii) The extent to which the country provides 
protection of intellectual property rights consistent 
with or greater than the protection afforded under 
the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual 
Property Rights described in section 101(d)(15) of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. 
"(iii) The extent to which the country provides 
internationally recognized worker rights, including— 
"(I) the right of association; 
"(II) the right to organize and bargain collec-
tively; 
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114 STAT. 285 
"(III) a prohibition on the use of any form 
of forced or compulsory labor; 
"(IV) a minimum age for the employment of 
children; and 
"(V) acceptable conditions of work with respect 
to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupa-
tional safety and health; 
"(iv) Whether the country has implemented its 
commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child 
labor, as defined in section 507(6) of the Trade Act 
of 1974. 
"(v) The extent to which the country has met the 
counter-narcotics certification criteria set forth in sec-
tion 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 229 Ij) for eligibility for United States assist-
ance. 
"(vi) The extent to which the country has taken 
steps to become a party to and implements the Inter-
American Convention Against Corruption. 
"(vii) The extent to which the country— 
"(I) applies transparent, nondiscriminatory, 
and 
competitive 
procedures 
in 
government 
procurement equivalent to those contained in the 
Agreement on Government Procurement described 
in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act; and 
"(II) contributes to efforts in international fora 
to develop and implement international rules in 
transparency in government procurement. 
"(C) CBTPA ORIGINATING GOOD.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—^The term 'CBTPA originating 
good' means a good that meets the rules of origin 
for a good set forth in chapter 4 of the NAFTA as 
implemented pursuant to United States law. 
"(ii) APPLICATION OF CHAPTER 4.—In applying 
chapter 4 of the NAFTA with respect to a CBTPA 
beneficiary country for purposes of this subsection— 
"(I) no country other than the United States 
and a CBTPA beneficiary country may be treated 
as being a party to the NAFTA; 
"(II) any reference to trade between the United 
States and Mexico shall be deemed to refer to 
trade between the United States and a CBTPA 
beneficiary country; 
"(III) any reference to a party shall be deemed 
to refer to a CBTPA beneficiary country or the 
United States; and 
"(IV) any reference to parties shall be deemed 
to refer to any combination of CBTPA beneficiary 
countries or to the United States and one or more 
CBTPA beneficiary countries (or any combination 
thereof). 
"(D) TRANSITION PERIOD,—^The term 'transition period' 
means, with respect to a CBTPA beneficiary country, the 
period that begins on October 1, 2000, and ends on the 
earlier of— 
"(i) September 30, 2008; or 
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"(ii) the date on which the FTAA or another free 
trade agreement that makes substantial progress in 
achieving the negotiating objectives set forth 
in 
108(b)(5) of PubUc Law 103-182 (19 U.S.C. 3317(b)(5)) 
enters into force with respect to the United States 
and the CBTPA beneficiary country. 
"(E) CBTPA.—The term 'CBTPA' means the United 
States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act. 
"(F) FTAA.—The term 'FTAA' means the Free Trade 
Area of the Americas.". 
(b) DETERMINATION REGARDING RETENTION OF DESIGNATION.— 
Section 212(e) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 
U.S.C. 2702(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
(B) by inserting "(A)" after "(1)"; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) The President may, after the requirements of subsection 
(a)(2) and paragraph (2) have been met— 
"(i) withdraw or suspend the designation of any country 
as a CBTPA beneficiary country; or 
"(ii) withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of pref-
erential treatment under section 213(b)(2) and (3) to any article 
of any country, 
if, after such designation, the President determines that, as a 
result of changed circumstances, the performance of such country 
is not satisfactory 
under the criteria set forth 
in 
section 
213(b)(5)(B)."; and 
(2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph: 
"(3) If preferential treatment under section 213(b)(2) and (3) 
is withdrawn, suspended, or limited with respect to a CBTPA bene-
ficiary country, such country shall not be deemed to be a 'party 
for the purposes of applying section 213(b)(5)(C) to imports of arti-
cles for which preferential treatment has been withdrawn, sus-
pended, or limited with respect to such country.". 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) Section 212(f) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
DeadHne. 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^Not later than December 31, 2001, and 
every 2 years thereafter during the period this title is in effect, 
the United States Trade Representative shall submit to Con-
gress a report regarding the operation of this title, including— 
"(A) with respect to subsections (b) and (c), the results 
of a general review of beneficiary countries based on the 
considerations described in such subsections; and 
"(B) the performance of each beneficiary country or 
CBTPA beneficiary country, as the case may be, under 
the criteria set forth in section 213(b)(5)(B). 
Federal Register, 
"(2) PUBLIC COMMENT.—Before submitting the 
report 
publication. 
described in paragraph (1), the United States Trade Represent-
ative shall publish a notice in the Federal Register requesting 
public comments on whether beneficiary countries are meeting 
the criteria listed in section 213(bX5)(B).". 
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114 STAT. 287 
(2) Section 203(f) of the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3202(f)) is amended— 
(A) by striking "TRIENNIAL REPORT" in the heading 
and inserting "REPORT"; and 
(B) by striking "On or before" and all that follows 
through "enactment of this title" and inserting "Not later 
than January 31, 2001". 
(d) INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION REPORTS.— 
(1) Section 215(a) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2704(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The United States International Trade 
Commission (in this section referred to as the 'Commission') 
shall submit to Congress and the President biennial reports 
regarding the economic impact of this title on United States 
industries and consumers and on the economy of the beneficiary 
countries. 
"(2) FIRST REPORT.—The first report shall be submitted Deadline, 
not later than September 30, 2001. 
"(3) TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO, ETC.—For purposes of 
this section, industries in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
and the insular possessions of the United States are considered 
to be United States industries.". 
(2) Section 206(a) of the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3204(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—^The United States International Trade 
Commission (in this section referred to as the 'Commission') 
shall submit to Congress and the President biennial reports 
regarding the economic impact of this title on United States 
industries and consumers, and, in conjunction with other agen-
cies, the effectiveness of this title in promoting drug-related 
crop eradication and crop substitution efforts of the beneficiary 
countries. 
"(2) SUBMISSION.—During the period that this title is in 
effect, the report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted 
on December 31 of each year that the report required by section 
215 of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act is not 
submitted. 
"(3) TREATMENT OF PUERTO RICO, ETC.—For purposes of 
this section, industries in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 
and the insular possessions of the United States are considered 
to be United States industries.". 
(e) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) Section 211 of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701) is amended by inserting 
"(or other preferential treatment)" after "treatment". 
(B) Section 213(a)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic 
Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 
"and except as provided in subsection (b)(2) and (3)," after 
"Tax Reform Act of 1986,". 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 212(a)(1) of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(a)(1)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: 
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"(D) The term 'NAFTA' means the North American 
Free Trade Agreement entered into between the United 
States, Mexico, and Canada on December 17, 1992. 
"(E) The terms 'WTO' and 'WTO member' have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2 of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).". 
SEC. 212, DUTY-FREE TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN BEVERAGES MADE 
WITH CARIBBEAN RUM. 
Section 213(a) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act 
(19 U.S.C. 2703(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking "chapter" and inserting 
"title"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the duty-free treatment 
provided under this title shall apply to liqueurs and spirituous 
beverages produced in the territory of Canada from rum if— 
"(A) such rum is the growth, product, or manufacture of 
a beneficiary country or of the Virgin Islands of the United 
States; 
"(B) such rum is imported directly from a beneficiary 
country or the Virgin Islands of the United States into the 
territory of Canada, and such liqueurs and spirituous beverages 
are imported directly from the territory of Canada into the 
customs territory of the United States; 
"(C) when imported into the customs territory of the United 
States, such liqueurs and spirituous beverages are classified 
in subheading 2208.90 or 2208.40 of the HTS; and 
"(D) such rum accounts for at least 90 percent by volume 
of the alcoholic content of such liqueurs and spirituous bev-
erages.". 
19 use 2701 
SEC. 213. MEETINGS OF TRADE MINISTERS AND USTR. 
Ptesident. 
(a) SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS.—The President shall take the 
necessary steps to convene a meeting with the trade ministers 
of the CBTPA beneficiary countries in order to establish a schedule 
of regular meetings, to commence as soon as is practicable, of 
the trade ministers and the Trade Representative, for the purpose 
set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) PURPOSE.—^The purpose of the meetings scheduled under 
subsection (a) is to reach agreement between the United States 
and CBTPA beneficiary countries on the likely timing and proce-
dures for initiating negotiations for CBTPA beneficiary countries 
to enter into mutually advantageous free trade agreements with 
the United States that contain provisions comparable to those in 
the NAFTA and would make substantial progress in achieving 
the negotiating objectives set forth in section 108(b)(5) of Public 
Law 103-182 (19 U.S.C. 3317(b)(5)). 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term "CBTPA beneficiary 
country" has the meaning given that term in section 213(b)(5)(B) 
of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act. 
TITLE III—NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS 
19 use 2434 
SEC. 301. NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR ALBANIA. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
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114 STAT. 289 
(1) Albania has been found to be in full compliance with 
the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV of the 
Trade Act of 1974. 
(2) Since its emergence from communism, Albania has 
made progress toward democratic rule and the creation of a 
free-market economy. 
(3) Albania has concluded a bilateral investment treaty 
with the United States. 
(4) Albania has demonstrated a strong desire to build a 
friendly relationship with the United States and has been very 
cooperative with NATO and the international community 
during and after the Kosova crisis. 
(5) The extension of unconditional normal trade relations 
treatment to the products of Albania will enable the United 
States to avail itself of all rights under the World Trade 
Organization with respect to Albania when that country 
becomes a member of the World Trade Organization. 
(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE 
ACT OF 1974 TO ALBANIA.— 
(1) 
PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTENSIONS OF 
NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—^Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 
et seq.), the President may— 
(A) determine that such title should no longer apply 
to Albania; and 
(B) after making a determination under subparagraph 
(A) with respect to Albania, proclaim the extension of non-
discriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treat-
ment) to the products of that country. 
(2) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—On or after 
the effective date of the extension under paragraph (1)(B) of 
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Albania, title 
rV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that country. 
SEC. 302. NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS FOR KYRGYZSTAN. 
19USC2434 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Kyrgyzstan has been found to be in full compliance 
with the freedom of emigration requirements under title IV 
of the Trade Act of 1974. 
(2) Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, 
Kyrgyzstan has made great progress toward democratic rule 
and toward creating a free-market economic system. 
(3) Kjn'gyzstan concluded a bilateral investment treaty with 
the United States in 1994. 
(4) K3n"gyzstan has demonstrated a strong desire to build 
a friendly and cooperative relationship with the United States. 
(5) The extension of unconditional normal trade relations 
treatment to the products of Kyrgyzstan will enable the United 
States to avail itself of all rights under the World Trade 
Organization with respect to Kyrgyzstan. 
(b) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE TRADE 
ACT OF 1974 TO KYRGYZSTAN.— 
(1) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATIONS AND EXTENSIONS OF 
NONDISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT.—^Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 
et seq.), the President may— 
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(A) determine that such title should no longer apply 
to Kyrgyzstan; and 
(B) after making a determination under subparagraph 
(A) with respect to Kyrgyzstan, proclaim the extension 
of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
treatment) to the products of that country. 
(2) TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV.—On or after 
the effective date of the extension under paragraph (1)(B) of 
nondiscriminatory treatment to the products of Kyrgyzstan, 
title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply to that 
country. 
TITLE IV—OTHER TRADE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. REPORT ON EMPLOYMENT AND TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Deadline. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 9 months after the date of 
the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to Congress a report regarding the efficiency 
and effectiveness of Federal and State coordination of employment 
and retraining activities associated with the following programs 
and legislation: 
(1) Trade adjustment assistance (including NAFTA trade 
adjustment assistance) provided for under title II of the Trade 
Act of 1974. 
(2) The Job Training Partnership Act. 
(3) The Workforce Investment Act of 1998. 
(4) Unemployment insurance. 
(b) PERIOD COVERED.—^The report shall cover the activities 
involved in the programs and legislation listed in subsection (a) 
from January 1, 1994, to December 31, 1999. 
(c) DATA AND RECOMMENDATIONS.—The report shall at a min-
imum include specific data and recommendations regarding— 
(1) the compatibility of program requirements related to 
the employment and retraining of dislocated workers in the 
United States, with particular emphasis on the trade adjust-
ment assistance programs provided for under title II of the 
Trade Act of 1974; 
(2) the compatibility of application procedures related to 
the emplo5mtient and retraining of dislocated workers in the 
United States; 
(3) the capacity of the programs in addressing foreign trade 
and the transfer of production to other countries on workers 
in the United States measured in terms of loss of employment 
and wages; 
(4) the capacity of the programs in addressing foreign trade 
and the transfer of production to other countries on secondary 
workers in the United States measured in terms of loss of 
employment and wages; 
(5) how the impact of foreign trade and the transfer of 
production to other countries would have changed the number 
of beneficiaries covered under the trade adjustment assistance 
program if the trade adjustment assistance program covered 
secondary workers in the United States; and 
(6) the effectiveness of the programs described in subsection 
(a) in achieving reemployment of United States workers and 
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114 STAT. 291 
maintaining wage levels of United States workers who have 
been dislocated as a result of foreign trade and the transfer 
of production to other countries. 
SEC. 402. TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS REQUIRED FOR 
DECOMMISSIONING OR CLOSURE OF FACILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law or any decision by the Secretary of Labor denying certifi-
cation or eligibility for certification for adjustment assistance 
under title II of the Trade Act of 1974, a qualified worker 
described in paragraph (2) shall be certified by the Secretary 
as eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under such title 
II. 
(2) QUALIFIED WORKER.—For purposes of this subsection, 
a "qualified worker" means a worker who— 
(A) was determined to be covered under Trade Adjust-
ment Assistance Certification TA-W-28,438; and 
(B) was necessary for the decommissioning or closure 
of a nuclear power facility. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 403. RELIQUroATION OF CERTAIN NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 514 of the Tariff Deadline. 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other provision of law, upon 
proper request filed with the Secretary of the Treasury not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall— 
(1) reliquidate as free of duty the entries listed in sub-
section (b); and 
(2) refund any duties paid with respect to such entries 
as shown on Customs Service Collection Receipt Number 
527006753. 
(b) ENTRIES.—The entries referred to in subsection (a) are 
as follows: 
Entry number 
Date of entry 
062-2320014-5 
January 16, 1996 
062-2320085-5 
February 13, 1996 
839-4030989-7 
November 25, 1996 
839-4031053-1 
December 2, 1996 
839-4031591-0 
January 21, 1997. 
SEC. 404. REPORTS TO THE FINANCE AND WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT-
TEES. 
(a) REPORTS REGARDING INITL^TIVES TO UPDATE THE INTER-
NATIONAL MONETARY FUND.—Section 607 of the Foreign Operations, 
Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Act, 1999 (as con-
tained in section 101(d) of division A of the Omnibus Consolidated 
and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999) (Public 
Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-224), relating to international fman- 22USC262r 
cial programs and reform, is amended— 
°ote. 
(1) by inserting "Finance," after "Foreign Relations,"; and 
(2) by inserting ", Ways and Means," before "and Banking 
and Financial Services". 
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(b) REPORTS ON FINANCIAL STABILIZATION PROGRAMS.—Section 
1704(b) of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 
262r-3(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
Deadline. 
"(b) TIMING.—Not later than March 15, 1999, and semiannually 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the 
Committees on Banking and Financial Services, Ways and Means, 
and International Relations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committees on Finance, Foreign Relations, and Banking, 
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a report on the matters 
described in subsection (a).". 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE INTERNATIONAL 
FINANCIAL SYSTEM, IMF REFORM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH IMF 
AGREEMENTS.—Section 
1705(a) of the International 
Financial 
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-4(a)) is amended by striking "Com-
mittee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate" 
and inserting "Committees on Banking and Financial Services and 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committees on Finance and on Foreign Relations of the Senate". 
(d) AUDITS OF THE IMF.—Section 1706(a) of the International 
Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-5(a)) is amended by 
striking "Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate" and inserting "Committees on Banking and Financial 
Services and on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Finance and on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate". 
(e) 
REPORT 
ON PROTECTION OF BORDERS 
AGAINST 
DRUG 
TRAFFIC.—Section 629 of the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(h) of division 
A of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999) (PubUc Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-
522), relating to general provisions, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
"(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'appropriate 
congressional committees' includes the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives.". 
SEC. 405. CLARIFICATION OF SECTION 334 OF THE URUGUAY ROUND 
AGREEMENTS ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 334(b)(2) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3592(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses 
(i) and (ii), respectively; 
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as redesignated), 
by striking "Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D)" and inserting 
"(A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except as provided 
in subparagraphs (B) and (C)"; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), fabric classified 
under the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or vegetable 
fiber shall be considered to originate in, and be the growth, 
product, or manufacture of, the country, territory, or possession 
in which the fabric is both dyed and printed when accompanied 
by two or more of the following finishing operations: bleaching, 
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shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, 
weighting, permanent embossing, or moireing. 
"(C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), goods classified 
under HTS heading 6117.10, 6213.00, 6214.00, 6302.22, 
6302.29, 6302.52, 6302.53, 6302.59, 6302.92, 6302.93, 6302.99, 
6303.92, 6303.99, 6304.19, 6304.93, 6304.99, 9404.90.85, or 
9404.90.95, except for goods classified under such headings 
as of cotton or of wool or consisting of fiber blends containing 
16 percent or more by weight of cotton, shall be considered 
to originate in, and be the growth, product, or manufacture 
of, the country, territory, or possession in which the fabric 
is both dyed and printed when accompanied by two or more 
of the following finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, 
fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, 
permanent embossing, or moireing.". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consump-
tion, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 406. CHIEF AGRICULTURAL NEGOTIATOR. 
Section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) is 
amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (b)(2) to read as follows: 
"(2) There shall be in the Office three Deputy United States 
Trade Representatives and one Chief Agricultural Negotiator 
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. As an exercise of the rule-
making power of the Senate, any nomination of a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative or the Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, 
and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the Committee 
on Finance. Each Deputy United States Trade Representative 
and the Chief Agricultural Negotiator shall hold office at the 
pleasure of the President and shall have the rank of Ambas-
sador."; and 
(2) in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(5) The principal function of the Chief Agricultural Nego-
tiator shall be to conduct trade negotiations and to enforce 
trade agreements relating to United States agricultural prod-
ucts and services. The Chief Agricultural Negotiator shall be 
a vigorous advocate on behalf of United States agricultural 
interests. The Chief Agricultural Negotiator shall perform such 
other functions as the United States Trade Representative may 
direct.". 
SEC. 407. REVISION OF RETALIATION UST OR OTHER REMEDIAL 
ACTION. 
Section 306(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2416(b)(2)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking "If the" and inserting the following: 
"(A) 
FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT RECOMMENDATION.—If 
the"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(B) REVISION OF RETALIATION LIST AND ACTION.— 
"(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause 
(ii), in the event that the United States initiates a 
retaliation list or takes any other action described in 
Applicability. 
19 use 3592 
note. 
President. 
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section 301(c)(1)(A) or (B) against the goods of a foreign 
country or countries because of the failure of such 
country or countries to implement the recommendation 
made pursuant to a dispute settlement proceeding 
under the World Trade Organization, the Trade Rep-
resentative shall periodically revise the list or action 
to affect other goods of the country or countries that 
have failed to implement the recommendation. 
"(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Trade Representative is not 
required to revise the retaliation list or the action 
described in clause (i) with respect to a country, i
f
— 
"(I) the Trade Representative determines that 
implementation of a recommendation made pursu-
ant to a dispute settlement proceeding described 
in clause (i) by the country is imminent; or 
"(II) the Trade Representative together with 
the petitioner involved in the initial investigation 
under this chapter (or if no petition was filed, 
the affected United States industry) agree that 
it is unnecessary to revise the retaliation list. 
DeadUne. 
"(C) SCHEDULE FOR REVISING LIST OR ACTION.—The 
Trade Representative shall, 120 days after the date the 
retaliation list or other section 301(a) action is first taken, 
and every 180 days thereafter, review the list or action 
taken and revise, in whole or in part, the list or action 
to affect other goods of the subject country or countries. 
"(D) 
STANDARDS FOR REVISING LIST OR ACTION.—In 
revising any list or action against a country or countries 
under this subsection, the Trade Representative shall act 
in a manner that is most likely to result in the country 
or countries implementing the recommendations adopted 
in the dispute settlement proceeding or in achieving a 
mutually satisfactory solution to the issue that gave rise 
to the dispute settlement proceeding. The Trade Represent-
ative shsJl consult with the petitioner, if any, involved 
in the initial investigation under this chapter. 
"(E) RETALIATION LIST.—The term 'retaliation list' 
means the list of products of a foreign country or countries 
that have failed to comply with the report of the panel 
or Appellate Body of the WTO and with respect to which 
the Trade Representative is imposing duties above the 
level that would otherwise be imposed under the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 
"(F) REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE RECIPROCAL GOODS ON 
RETALIATION LIST.—^The Trade Representative shall include 
on the retaliation list, and on any revised lists, reciprocal 
goods of the industries affected by the failure of the foreign 
country or countries to implement the recommendation 
made pursuant to a dispute settlement proceeding under 
the World Trade Organization, except in cases where 
existing retaliation and its corresponding preliminary 
retaliation list do not already meet this requirement.". 
SEC. 408. REPORT ON TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR AGRICUL-
TURAL COMMODITY PRODUCERS. 
Deadline. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, in consultation 
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with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, 
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
a report that— 
(1) examines the applicability to agricultural commodity 
producers of trade adjustment assistance programs established 
under title II of the Trade Act of 1974; and 
(2) sets forth recommendations to improve the operation 
of those programs as the programs apply to agricultural com-
modity producers or to establish a new trade adjustment assist-
ance program for agricultural commodity producers. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In preparing the report required by subsection 
(a), the Secretary of Labor shall— 
(1) assess the degree to which the existing trade adjustment 
assistance programs address the adverse effects on agricultural 
commodity producers due to price suppression caused by 
increased imports of like or directly competitive agricultural 
commodities; and 
(2) examine the effectiveness of the program benefits 
authorized under subchapter B of chapter 2 and chapter 3 
of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 in remedying the adverse 
effects, including price suppression, caused by increased imports 
of like or directly competitive agricultural commodities. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY.—^The term "agricultural 
commodity" means any agricultural commodity, including live-
stock, fish or harvested seafood in its raw or natural state. 
(2) AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRODUCER.—The term "agri-
cultural commodity producer" means any person who is engaged 
in the production and sale of an agricultural commodity in 
the United States and who owns or shares the ownership 
and risk of loss of the agricultural commodity. 
SEC. 409. AGRICULTURAL TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES AND CON- 
7 USC 1736r 
SULTATIONS WITH CONGRESS. 
note. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) United States agriculture contributes positively to the 
United States balance of trade and United States agricultural 
exports support in excess of 1,000,000 United States jobs; 
(2) United States agriculture competes successfully world-
wide despite the fact that United States producers are at a 
competitive disadvantage because of the trade distorting sup-
port and subsidy practices of other countries and despite the 
fact that significant tariff and nontariff barriers exist to United 
States exports; and 
(3) a successful conclusion of the current World Trade 
Organization agricultural negotiations is critically important 
to the United States agricultural sector. 
(b) OBJECTIVES.—^The agricultural trade negotiating objectives 
of the United States with respect to the current World Trade 
Organization agricultural negotiations include as matters of the 
highest priority— 
(1) the expeditious elimination of all export subsidies world-
wide while maintaining bona fide food aid and preserving 
United States market development and export credit programs 
that allow the United States to compete with other foreign 
export promotion efforts; 
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(2) leveling the playing field for United States producers 
of agricultural products by eliminating blue box subsidies and 
disciplining domestic supports in a way that forces producers 
to face world prices on all production in excess of domestic 
food security needs while allowing the preservation of nontrade 
distorting programs to support family farms and rural commu-
nities; 
(3) the elimination of state trading enterprises or the adop-
tion of rigorous disciplines that ensure operational trans-
parency, competition, and the end of discriminatory pricing 
practices, including policies supporting cross-subsidization and 
price undercutting in export markets; 
(4) affirming that the World Trade Organization Agreement 
on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 
applies to new technologies, including biotechnology, and that 
labeling requirements to allow consumers to make choices 
regarding biotechnology products or other regulatory require-
ments may not be used as disguised barriers to trade; 
(5) increasing opportunities for United States exports of 
agricultural products by reducing tariffs to the same levels 
that exist in the United States or to lower levels and by elimi-
nating all nontariff barriers, including— 
(A) restrictive or trade distorting practices, including 
those that adversely impact perishable or cyclical products; 
(B) restrictive rules in the administration of tariff-
rate quotas; and 
(C) other barriers to agriculture trade, including 
unjustified 
restrictions 
or 
commercial 
requirements 
affecting new technologies, including biotechnology; 
(6) eliminating government policies that create price-
depressing surpluses; and 
(7) strengthening dispute settlement procedures to ensure 
prompt compliance by foreign governments with their World 
Trade Organization obligations including commitments not to 
maintain unjustified restrictions on United States exports. 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) CONSULTATION BEFORE OFFER MADE.—In developing and 
before submitting an initial or revised negotiating proposal 
that would reduce United States tariffs on agricultural products 
or require a change in United States agricultural law, the 
United States Trade Representative shall consult with the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Agri-
culture and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL TRADE ADVISERS.— 
Prior to and during the course of current negotiations on agri-
cultural trade, the United States Trade Representative shall 
consult closely with the congressional trade advisers. 
(3) CONSULTATION BEFORE AGREEMENT INITIALED.—^Not less 
than 48 hours before initialing an agreement reached as part 
of current World Trade Organization agricultural negotiations, 
the United States Trade Representative shall consult closely 
with the committees referred to in paragraph (1) regarding— 
(A) the details of the agreement; 
(B) the potential impact of the agreement on United 
States agricultural producers; and 
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(C) any changes in United States law necessary to 
implement the agreement. 
(4) DISCLOSURE OF COMMITMENTS.—^Any agreement or other 
understanding addressing agricultural trade with a foreign 
government or governments (whether oral or in writing) that 
relates to a trade agreement with respect to which Congress 
must enact implementing legislation and that is not disclosed 
to Congress before legislation implementing that agreement 
is introduced in either House of Congress shall not be consid-
ered to be part of the agreement approved by Congress and 
shall have no force and effect under United States law or 
in any dispute settlement body. 
(d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that— 
(1) granting the President trade negotiating authority is 
essential to the successful conclusion of the new round of World 
Trade Organization agricultural negotiations; 
(2) reaching a successful agreement on agriculture should 
be the top priority of United States negotiators; and 
(3) if by the conclusion of the negotiations, the primary 
agricultural competitors of the United States do not agree to 
reduce their trade distorting domestic supports and eliminate 
export subsidies in accordance with the negotiating objectives 
expressed in this section, the United States should take steps 
to increase the leverage of United States negotiators and level 
the playing field for United States producers. 
SEC. 
410. 
ENTRY PROCEDURES FOR 
FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPER-
ATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 
U.S.C. 1484) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
"(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATIONS.— 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law and except as provided in paragraph (3), all merchandise 
(including merchandise of different classes, types, and cat-
egories), withdrawn from a foreign trade zone during any 7-
day period, shall, at the option of the operator or user of 
the zone, be the subject of a single estimated entry or release 
filed on or before the first day of the 7-day period in which 
the merchandise is to be withdrawn from the zone. The esti-
mated entry or release shall be treated as a single entry and 
a single release of merchandise for purposes of section 
13031(a)(9)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(9)(A)) and all fee exclusions 
and limitations of such section 13031 shall apply, including 
the maximum and minimum fee amounts provided for under 
subsection (b)(8)(A)(i) of such section. The entry summary for 
the estimated entry or release shall cover only the merchandise 
actually withdrawn from the foreign trade zone during the 
7-day period. 
"(2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—^The Secretary of the Treasury 
may require that the operator or user of the zone— 
"(A) use an electronic data interchange approved by 
the Customs Service— 
"(i) to file the entries described in paragraph (1); 
and 
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"(ii) to pay the applicable duties, fees, and taxes 
with respect to the entries; and 
"(B) satisfy the Customs Service that accounting, 
transportation, and other controls over the merchandise 
are adequate to protect the revenue and meet the require-
ments of other Federal agencies. 
"(3) EXCEPTION.—^The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to merchandise the entry of which is prohibited by law 
or merchandise for which the filing of an entry summary is 
required before the merchandise is released from customs cus-
tody. 
"(4) FOREIGN TRADE ZONE; ZONE.—In this subsection, the 
terms 'foreign trade zone' and 'zone' mean a zone established 
pursuant to the Act of June 18, 1934, commonly known as 
the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81a et seq.).". 
19USC1484 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by this section 
'^ote. 
shall take effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 411. GOODS MADE WITH FORCED OR INDENTURED CHILD LABOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 
(19 
U.S.C. 1307) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: "For purposes of this section, the term 'forced labor or/ 
and indentured labor' includes forced or indentured child labor.". 
19 use 1307 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by this section 
^ote. 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 412. WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 502(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 
.(19 U.S.C. 2462(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after subparagraph (G) the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(H) Such country has not implemented its commit-
ments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor."; and 
(2) in the flush paragraph at the end, by striking "and 
(G)" and inserting "(G), and (H) (to the extent described in 
section 507(6)(D))". 
(b) DEFINITION OF WORST FORMS O F CHILD LABOR.—Section 
507 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(6) WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR.—^The term 'worst forms 
of child labor' means— 
"(A) all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, 
such as the sale or trafficking of children, debt bondage 
and serfdom, or forced or compulsory labor, including forced 
or compulsory recruitment of children for use in armed 
conflict; 
"(B) the use, procuring, or offering of a child for pros-
titution, for the production of pornography or for porno-
graphic purposes; 
"(C) the use, procuring, or offering of a child for illicit 
activities in particular for the production and trafficking 
of drugs; and 
"(D) work which, by its nature or the circumstances 
in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health, 
safety, or morals of children. 
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114 STAT. 299 
The work referred to in subparagraph (D) shall be determined 
by the laws, regulations, or competent authority of the bene-
ficiary developing country involved.". 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.^^ection 504 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2464) is amended by inserting ", including the findings 
of the Secretary of Labor with respect to the beneficiary country's 
implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the 
worst forms of child labor" before the end period. 
TITLE V—IMPORTS OF CERTAIN WOOL 
ARTICLES 
SEC. 501. TEMPORARY DUTY REDUCTIONS. 
(a) CERTAIN WORSTED WOOL FABRICS WITH AVERAGE FIBER 
DIAMETERS GREATER THAN 18.5 MICRON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by 
inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading: 
Fabrics, of worsted wool, 
with average fiber diame-
ters greater than 18.5 mi-
cron, all the foregoing 
certified by the importer 
as suitable for use in 
making suits, suit-type 
jackets, or trousers (pro-
vided for in subheading 
5111.11.70, 5111.19.60, 
5112.11.20, or 5112.19.90) 
19.3% 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2003 
(2) STAGED RATE REDUCTIONS.—^Any staged rate reduction 
of a rate of duty set forth in subheading 6203.31.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff* Schedule of the United States that is pro-
claimed by the President shall also apply to the corresponding 
rate of duty set forth in heading 9902.51.11 of such Schedule, 
as added by paragraph (1). 
(b) CERTAIN WORSTED WOOL FABRICS WITH AVERAGE FIBER 
DIAMETERS OF 18.5 MICRON OR LESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by 
inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading: 
Fabrics, of worsted wool, 
with average fiber diame-
ters of 18.5 micron or 
less, all the foregoing cer-
tified by the importer as 
suitable for use in mak-
ing suits, suit-type jack-
ets, or trousers (provided 
for in subheading 
5111.11.70,5111.19.60, 
5112.11.20, or 5112.19.90) 6% 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2003 
(2) EQUALIZATION WITH CANADIAN DUTY RATES.—The Presi-
dent is authorized to proclaim a reduction in the rate of duty 
applicable to imports of worsted wool fabrics classified under 
subheading 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States, as added by paragraph (1), that is necessary 
to equalize such rate of duty with the most favored nation 
Applicability. 
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rate of duty applicable to imports of worsted wool fabrics of 
the kind described in such subheading imported into Canada. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—^The U.S. Notes to subchapter II of chapter 
99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States are 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
"13. For purposes of headings 9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12, the 
term 'suit' has the meaning given such term under note 3(a) of 
chapter 62 for purposes of headings 6203 and 6204. 
"14. For purposes of headings 9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12, the 
term 'making' means cut and sewn in the United States.". 
(d) LIMITATION ON QUANTITY OF IMPORTS.—^The U.S. Notes 
to subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States, as amended by subsection (c), are further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
"15. The aggregate quantity of worsted wool fabrics entered 
under heading 9902.51.11 from January 1 to December 31 of each 
year, inclusive, shall be limited to 2,500,000 square meter equiva-
lents, or such other quantity proclaimed by the President pursuant 
to section 504(b)(3) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. 
"16. The aggregate quantity of worsted wool fabrics entered 
under subheading 9902.51.12 from January 1 to December 31 of 
each year, inclusive, shall be limited to 1,500,000 square meter 
equivalents, or such other quantity proclaimed by the President 
pursuant to section 504(b)(3) of the Trade and Development Act 
of 2000.". 
President. 
(e) ALLOCATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS.—In implementing the 
limitation on the quantity of imports of worsted wool fabrics under 
headings 9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States, as required by U.S. Notes 15 and 
16 of subchapter II of chapter 99 of such Schedule, respectively, 
for the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, the 
President, consistent with United States international obligations, 
shall take such action as determined appropriate by the President 
to ensure that such fabrics are fairly allocated to persons (including 
firms, corporations, or other legal entities) who cut and sew men's 
and boys' worsted wool suits and suit-like jackets and trousers 
in the United States and who apply for an allocation based on 
the amount of such suits cut and sewn during the prior calendar 
year. 
Applicability. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, on or after January 1, 2001. 
SEC. 502. TEMPORARY DUTY SUSPENSIONS. 
(a) 
WOOL YARN WITH AVERAGE FIBER DIAMETERS OF 
18.5 
MICRON OR LESS.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading: 
Yam, of combed wool, not 
put up for retail sale, con-
taining 85 percent or 
more by weight of wool, 
formed with wool fibers 
having diameters of 18.5 
micron or less (provided 
for in subheading 
5107.10.00) 
Free 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2003 
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114 STAT. 301 
(b) WOOL FIBER AND WOOL TOP WITH AVERAGE DIAMETERS 
OF 18.5 MICRON OR LESS.—Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by 
inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading: 
Wool fiber, waste, 
gametted stock, combed 
wool, or wool top, having 
average fiber diameters of 
18.5 micron or less (pro-
vided for in subheading 
5101.11, 5101.19, 
5101.21, 5101.29, 
5101.30, 5103.10, 
5103.20, 5104.00, 
5105.21, or 5105.29) 
No change 
No change 
On or before 
12/31/2003 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section Applicability. 
apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse 
for consumption, on or after January 1, 2001. 
SEC. 503. SEPARATE TARIFF LINE TREATMENT FOR WOOL YARN AND President. 
MEN'S OR BOYS' SUITS AND SUIT-TYPE JACKETS AND 
TROUSERS OF WORSTED WOOL FABRIC. 
(a) SEPARATE TARIFF LINE TREATMENT.—The President shall 
proclaim 8-digit tariff categories, without changes in existing duty 
rates, in chapters 51 and 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
of the United States in order to provide separate tariff treatment 
for— 
(1) wool yam made of wool fiber with an average fiber 
diameter of 18.5 micron or less, and wool fabrics made from 
yams with an average fiber diameter of 18.5 micron or less; 
and 
(2) men's or boys' suits, suit-type jackets, and trousers 
of worsted wool fabric, made of wool yam having an average 
diameter of 18.5 micron or less. 
(b) CONFORMING CHANGES.—The President is authorized to 
make conforming changes in headings 9902.51.11, 9902.51.12, 
9902.51.13, and 9902.51.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States to take into account the new permanent tariff 
categories proclaimed under subsection (a). 
SEC. 504. MONITORING OF MARKET CONDITIONS AND AUTHORITY TO 
MODIFY TARIFF REDUCTIONS. 
(a) MONITORING OF MARKET CONDITIONS.—Beginning on the President. 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall monitor 
Effective date. 
market conditions in the United States, including domestic demand, 
domestic supply, and increases in domestic production, of worsted 
wool fabrics and their components in the market for— 
(1) men's or boys' worsted wool suits, suit-type jackets, 
and trousers; 
(2) worsted wool fabric and yarn used in the manufacture 
of such suits, jackets, and trousers; and 
(3) wool used in the production of such fabrics and yam. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY LIMITATION ON QUANTITY OF WOR-
STED WOOL FABRICS SUBJECT TO TARIFF REDUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, on an annual basis, 
consider requests made by United States manufacturers of 
apparel products made of worsted wool fabrics described in 
subsection (a) to modify the limitation on the quantity of 
imports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.51.11 and 
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9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States, as required by U.S. Notes 15 and 16 of subchapter 
II of chapter 99 of such Schedule, respectively. 
(2) CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN MARKET CONDITIONS.—In 
determining whether to modify the limitation on the quantity 
of imports of worsted wool fabrics described in paragraph (1), 
the President shall consider the following United States market 
conditions: 
(A) Increases or decreases in sales of the domestically-
produced worsted wool fabrics described in subsection (a). 
(B) Increases or decreases in domestic production of 
such fabrics. 
(C) Increases or decreases in domestic production and 
consumption of the apparel items described in subsection 
(a). 
(D) The ability of domestic producers of worsted wool 
fabrics described in subsection (a) to meet the needs of 
domestic manufacturers of the apparel items described in 
subsection (a) in terms of quantity and ability to meet 
market demands for the apparel items. 
(E) Evidence that domestic manufacturers of worsted 
wool fabrics have lost sales due to the temporary duty 
reductions on certain worsted wool fabrics under headings 
9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized 
Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (as added by subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 501). 
(F) Evidence that domestic manufacturers of apparel 
items described in subsection (a) have lost sales due to 
the inability to purchase adequate supplies of worsted wool 
fabrics on a cost competitive basis. 
(G) Price per square meter of imports and domestic 
sales of worsted wool fabrics. 
(3) MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON QUANTITY OF FAB-
RICS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the President determines that the 
limitation on the quantity of imports of worsted wool fabrics 
under headings 9902.51.11 and 9902.51.12 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States should be 
modified, the President shall proclaim such changes to 
U.S. Note 15 or 16 to subchapter II of chapter 99 of such 
Schedule (as added by section 501(d)), as the President 
determines to be appropriate. 
(B) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In any calendar year, 
any modification of the limitation on the quantity of 
imports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.51.11 
and 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States shall not exceed— 
(i) 1,000,000 square meter equivalents for worsted 
wool fabrics under heading 9902.51.11; and 
(ii) 1,000,000 square meter equivalents for worsted 
wool fabrics under heading 9902.51.12. 
Regulations. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—^The President shall issue regulations 
necessary to implement the provisions of this section. 
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SEC. 505. REFUND OF DUTIES PAID ON IMPORTS OF CERTAIN WOOL 
ARTICLES. 
(a) WORSTED WOOL FABRICS.—In each of the calendar years 
2000, 2001, and 2002, a manufacturer of men's or boys' suits, 
suit-type jackets, or trousers (not a broker or other individual 
acting on behalf of the manufacturer to process the import) of 
imported worsted wool fabrics of the kind described in heading 
9902.51.11 or 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States shall be eligible for a refund of duties paid 
on entries of such fabrics in each such calendar year in an amount 
equal to one-third of the amount of duties paid by the importer 
on such worsted wool fabrics (without regard to micron level) 
imported in calendar year 1999. 
(b) WOOL YARN.—In each of the calendar years 2000, 2001, 
and 2002, a manufacturer of worsted wool fabrics who imports 
wool yarn of the kind described in heading 9902.51.13 of the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule of the United States shall be eligible for 
a refund of duties paid on entries of such wool yarn in each 
such calendar year in an amount equal to one-third of the amount 
of duties paid by the manufacturer on such wool yarn (without 
regard to micron level) imported in calendar year 1999. 
(c) WOOL FIBER AND WOOL TOP.—In each of the calendar years 
2000, 2001, and 2002, a manufacturer of wool yarn or wool fabric 
who imports wool fiber or wool top of the kind described in heading 
9902.51.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
shall be eligible for a refund of duties paid on entries of such 
wool fiber in each such calendar year in an amount equal to one-
third of the amount of duties paid by the manufacturer on such 
wool fiber (without regard to micron level) imported in calendar 
year 1999. 
(d) PROPER IDENTIFICATION AND APPROPRIATE CLAIM.—^Any per-
son applying for a rebate under this section shall properly identify 
and make appropriate claim to the United States Customs Service 
for each entry involved. 
SEC. 506. WOOL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND PROMOTION TRUST 
7 USC 7101 note. 
FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—^There is hereby established within the 
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the 
Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund (hereafter 
in this section referred to as the "Trust Fund"), consisting of such 
amounts as may be transferred to the Trust Fund under subsection 
(b)(1) and any amounts as may be credited to the Trust Fund 
under subsection (c)(2). 
(b) TRANSFER OF AMOUNTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—^The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Trust Fund out of the general fund of the 
Treasury of the United States amounts determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury to be equivalent to the amounts 
received into such general fund that are attributable to the 
duty received on articles under chapters 51 and 52 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, subject to 
the limitation in paragraph (2). 
(2) LIMITATION.—^The Secretary shall not transfer more 
than $2,250,000 to the Trust Fund in any fiscal year. 
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(3) 
TRANSFERS 
BASED ON ESTIMATES.—The amounts 
required to be transferred under paragraph (1) shall be trans-
ferred at least quarterly from the general fund of the Treasury 
of the United States to the Trust Fund on the basis of estimates 
made by the Secretary of the Treasury of the amounts referred 
to in paragraph (1) that are received into the Treasury. Proper 
adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently trans-
ferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of, or less 
than, the amounts required to be transferred. 
(c) INVESTMENT OF TRUST FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the Secretary 
of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Trust Fund as 
is not, in the Secretary's judgment, required to meet current 
withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-
bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations 
guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United 
States. For such purpose, such obligations may be acquired 
on original issue at the issue price or by purchase of outstanding 
obligations at the market price. Any obligation acquired by 
the Trust Fund may be sold by the Secretary of the Treasury 
at the market price. 
(2) INTEREST AND PROCEEDS FROM SALE OR REDEMPTION 
OF OBLIGATIONS.—^The interest on, and the proceeds from the 
sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the Trust Fund 
shall be credited to and form a part of the Trust Fund. 
(d) 
AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS FROM 
TRUST 
FUND.—From 
amounts available in the Trust Fund (including any amounts not 
obligated in previous fiscal years), the Secretary of Agriculture 
is authorized to provide grants to a nationally-recognized council 
established for the development of the United States wool market 
for the following purposes: 
(1) Assist United States wool producers to improve the 
quality of wool produced in the United States, including to 
improve wool production methods. 
(2) Disseminate information on improvements described 
in paragraph (1) to United States wool producers generally. 
(3) Assist United States wool producers in the development 
and promotion of the wool market. 
(e) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—^The Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare 
and submit to Congress an annual report on the financial condition 
and the results of the operations of the Trust Fund, including 
a description of the use of amounts of grants provided under sub-
section (d), during the preceding fiscal year and on its expected 
condition and operations during the next fiscal year. 
Effective date. 
(f) SUNSET PROVISION.—Effective January 1, 2004, the Trust 
Fund shall be abolished and all amounts in the Trust Fund on 
such date shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury 
of the United States. 
PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 
114 STAT. 305 
TITLE VI—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. APPLICATION OF DENIAL OF FOREIGN TAX CREDIT 
REGARDING TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH RESPECT TO 
CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 901(j) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (relating to denial of foreign tax credit, etc., regarding 26USC901. 
trade and investment with respect to certain foreign countries) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(5) WAIVER OF DENIAL.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply with 
respect to taxes paid or accrued to a country if the 
President— 
"(i) determines that a waiver of the application 
of such paragraph is in the national interest of the 
United States and will expand trade and investment 
opportunities for United States companies in such 
country; and 
"(ii) reports such waiver under subparagraph (B). 
"(B) REPORT.—Not less than 30 days before the date Deadline, 
on which a waiver is granted under this paragraph, the 
President shall report to Congress— 
"(i) the intention to grant such waiver; and 
"(ii) the reason for the determination 
under 
subparagraph (A)(i).". 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendment made by this section 
shall apply on or after February 1, 2001. 
SEC. 602. ACCELERATION OF COVER OVER PAYMENTS TO PUERTO 
RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS. 
(a) INITIAL PAYMENT.—Section 512(b) of the Ticket to Work 
and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 is amended— 
(1) by striking "October 1, 2000," in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1) and inserting "the first day of the month within 
which the date of the enactment of the Trade and Development 
Act of 2000 occurs,"; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following 
new paragraph: 
"(2) SECOND TRANSFER OF INCREMENTAL INCREASE IN COVER 
OVER ATTRIBUTABLE TO PERIODS BEFORE RESUMPTION OF REG-
ULAR PAYMENTS.—^The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer 
on the first payment date after the date of the enactment 
of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 an amount equal 
to the excess of— 
"(A) the amount of such increase otherwise required 
to be covered over after June 30, 1999, and before the 
first day of the month within which such date of enactment 
occurs, over 
"(B) the amount of the transfer described in paragraph 
(1).". 
(b) 
CLARIFICATION OF 
DISPOSITION OF TAXES TO VIRGIN 
ISLANDS.—So much of paragraph (3) of section 7652(b) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to Virgin Islands) as pre- 
26 USC 7652. 
cedes subparagraph (B) thereof is amended to read as follows: 
"(3) DISPOSITION OF INTERNAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS.—^The 
Secretary shall determine the amount of all taxes imposed 
Deadline. 
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note. 
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by, and collected under the internal revenue laws of the United 
States on articles produced in the Virgin Islands and trans-
ported to the United States. The amount so determined less 
1 percent and less the estimated amount of refunds or credits 
shall be subject to disposition as follows: 
"(A) The payment of an estimated amount shall be 
made to the government of the Virgin Islands before the 
commencement of each fiscal year as set forth in section 
4(c)(2) of the Act entitled 'An Act to authorize appropria-
tions for certain insular areas of the United States, and 
for other purposes', approved August 18, 1978 (48 U.S.C. 
1645), as in effect on the date of the enactment of the 
Trade and Development Act of 2000. The pa3anent so made 
shall constitute a separate fund in the treasury of the 
Virgin Islands and may be expended as the legislature 
may determine.". 
(c) RESOLUTION OF STATUTORY CONFLICT.—Section 7652 of the 
26 use 7652. 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to shipments to the United 
States) is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
"(h) MANNER OF COVER OVER OF TAX MUST BE DERIVED FROM 
THIS TITLE.—^No amount shall be covered into the treasury of Puerto 
Rico or the Virgin Islands with respect to taxes for which cover 
over is provided under this section unless made in the manner 
specified in this section without regard to— 
"(1) any provision of law which is not contained in this 
title or in a revenue Act; and 
"(2) whether such provision of law is a subsequently 
enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive the 
application of this subsection.". 
Applicability. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this section 
26 use 7652 
shall apply with respect to transfers or payments made after the 
°°^®- 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
Approved May 18, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 434 (S. 1387): 
H O U S E REPORTS: Nos. 106-19, Pt. 1 (Comm. on International Relations) and, Pt. 
2 (Comm. on Ways and Means), and 106-606 (Comm. of Con-
Terence). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-112 accompanying S. 1387 (Comm. on Finance). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: 
Vol. 145 (1999): July 16, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 27-29, Nov. 1-3, considered and passed Senate, 
amended. 
Vol. 146 (2000): May 4, House agreed to conference report. 
May 10, 11, Senate considered and agreed to conference 
report. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 36 (2000): 
May 18, Presidential remarks.