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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds the following:
(1) Since January 1, 2001, the United States textiles and
apparel industries have lost 345,000 jobs.
(2) Under the terms of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing of the World Trade Organization, on January 1, 2005,
the United States will be required to eliminate all quotas on
textiles and apparel products maintained against other World
Trade Organization members, including the People's Republic of
China.
(3) Job losses are expected to continue, and to accelerate
after the elimination of United States quotas, with at least
one study estimating that an additional 630,000 United States
jobs in the textiles and apparel sector will be lost by the end
of 2006.
(4) Many analysts believe that the People's Republic of
China's dominance of the United States textiles and apparel
market will grow after the elimination of quotas, with some
studies indicating that imports from the People's Republic of
China will account for more than two-thirds of total United
States consumption by 2006.
(5) President Clinton negotiated the right to use a special
textiles and apparel safeguard as an integral part of the
agreement allowing the People's Republic of China to join the
World Trade Organization. The safeguard allows the United
States to impose quotas on exports to the United States of
textiles and apparel products of the People's Republic of China
if such exports result in or threaten disruption of the United
States market.
(6) The current Administration delayed in applying the
special textiles and apparel safeguard by failing to implement
it for 17 months after the accession to the World Trade
Organization of the People's Republic of China. During this
delay, exports to the United States of textiles and apparel
products of the People's Republic of China increased
substantially, while significant numbers of United States
textiles and apparel workers lost their jobs.
(7) When the executive branch finally issued procedures to
implement the safeguard on May 21, 2003, those procedures
severely restricted the ability of the United States textiles
and apparel industries and their workers to employ the
safeguard in ways not required by the Accession Agreement of
the People's Republic of China to the World Trade Organization.
(8) To date, the executive branch has refused to self-
initiate a case under the special textiles and apparel
safeguard, notwithstanding the significant increase in exports
to the United States of textiles and apparel products of the
People's Republic of China and concurrent job losses in the
United States in the textiles and apparel industries.
(9) Large bipartisan groups of Members of the House of
Representatives and Senate urged the President to support a
special session of the World Trade Organization to discuss the
impact that expiration of textiles and apparel quotas will have
on trade and employment in this sector throughout the world.
(10) Despite studies showing major employment loss in the
United States and disruptions in trade throughout the world,
the President did not support such a special session at the
World Trade Organization and has not created a comprehensive
plan to address the expiration of the quota regime.
(11) As part of the Doha Round negotiations of the World
Trade Organization, the President has proposed to eliminate
textiles and apparel tariffs.

SEC. 3. MODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS.

The President shall, upon the enactment of this Act, modify the
procedures for considering requests from the public for safeguard
actions on imports of textiles and apparel products of the People's
Republic of China, as published in the Federal Register on May 21,
2003, so that import relief will be provided, in accordance with the
Accession Agreement of the People's Republic of China to the World
Trade Organization, if a claim is supported by data showing that
imports of textiles or apparel products of Chinese origin are, due
either to market disruption, or to the threat of market disruption,
threatening to impede the orderly development of trade in such
products, including products not produced in the United States if such
products include components of United States origin.

SEC. 4. COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTS.

The President shall, upon the enactment of this Act, initiate
consultations with the People's Republic of China for the purpose of
reaching an agreement with that country on the application of
quantitative limitations on imports into the United States of all
textiles and apparel products that--
(1) are products of the People's Republic of China;
(2) as of September 1, 2004, are subject to quotas under
the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing of the World Trade
Organization; and
(3) meet the requirements for applying safeguards on such
imports, as modified under section 3.

SEC. 5. IMPOSITION OF QUANTITATIVE LIMITATIONS.

If, within 90 days after consultations under section 4 are
initiated, an agreement described in section 4 is not reached, the
President shall impose the quantitative limitations provided for in the
Accession Agreement referred to in section 3 on imports of all textiles
and apparel products that were the subject of the consultations.
A:
Textiles and Apparel China Safeguard Act - Requires the President to modify the procedures for considering requests from the public for safeguard actions on imports of textiles and apparel products of the People's Republic of China (PRC), as published in the Federal Register on May 21, 2003, so that import relief will be provided, in accordance with the Accession Agreement of the PRC to the World Trade Organization (WTO), if a claim is supported by data showing that imports of textiles or apparel products of Chinese origin are threatening to impede the orderly development of trade in such products, including products not produced in the United States if such products include components of U.S. origin.

Requires the President to: (1) initiate consultations with the PRC to reach an agreement on the application of quantitative limitations on U.S. imports of all PRC textiles and apparel products that are subject, as of September 1, 2004, to quotas under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing of the WTO, and meet the requirements for applying safeguards on such imports; and (3) impose the quantitative limitations on such textiles and apparel products provided for in the Accession Agreement if, after consultations are inititated, an agreement is not reached.