[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5133 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5133

 To provide for expediting an investigation by the International Trade 
   Commission by providing for the monitoring of the importation of 
                 certain kinds of tomatoes and peppers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 1994

  Mr. Pombo (for himself and Mr. Thomas of California) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for expediting an investigation by the International Trade 
   Commission by providing for the monitoring of the importation of 
                 certain kinds of tomatoes and peppers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act Amendments of 1994''.

SEC. 2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION MONITORING OF CERTAIN VEGETABLES 
              INTENDED FOR FRESH MARKET USE.

    Section 316 of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3381), is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 316. MONITORING.

    ``For purposes of expediting an investigation concerning 
provisional relief under this title or section 202 of the Trade Act of 
1974 regarding--
    ``(1) fresh or chilled tomatoes suitable for fresh-market use 
provided for in heading 0702.00 of the HTS; and
    ``(2) fresh or chilled peppers, other than chili peppers, suitable 
for fresh-market use provided for in subheading 0709.60.00 of the HTS;
the International Trade Commission, until January 1, 2009, shall 
monitor imports of such goods as if proper requests for such monitoring 
had been made under subsection (d)(1)(C)(i) of section 202. At the 
request of the International Trade Commission, the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Commissioner of Customs shall provide to the 
International Trade Commission information relevant to the monitoring 
carried out under this section.''
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