[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2394 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2394

To amend section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to clarify the 
       rules of origin with respect to certain textile products.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 1998

  Mr. Roth (for himself and Mr. Moynihan) (by request) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act to clarify the 
       rules of origin with respect to certain textile products.

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

SECTION 1. RULES OF ORIGIN FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 334(b)(2) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3592(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Special rules.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) 
                and except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C)--
                            ``(i) the origin of a good that is 
                        classified under one of the following HTS 
                        headings or subheadings shall be determined 
                        under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of 
                        paragraph (1), as appropriate: 5609, 5807, 
                        5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 6302, 
                        6303, 6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10, 6307.90, 6308, 
                        or 9404.90; and
                            ``(ii) a textile or apparel product which 
                        is knit to shape shall be considered to 
                        originate in, and be the growth, product, or 
                        manufacture of, the country, territory, or 
                        possession in which it is knit.
                    ``(B) Certain other textiles.--Fabric 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 dyed and printed if 
                at least 2 of the following finishing operations are 
                performed in such country, territory, or possession: 
                bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, 
                permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, 
                or moireing.
                    ``(C) Silk accessories.--
                            ``(i) Cut and assembled in a single 
                        country.--Silk accessories classified in HTS 
                        subheading 6117.10, 6213.10, or 6214.10 shall 
                        be considered to originate in, and be the 
                        growth, product, or manufacture of, the single 
                        country, territory, or possession in which the 
                        fabric for the accessory is cut into parts and 
                        assembled into a completed good.
                            ``(ii) Exception.--If the fabric of a silk 
                        accessory classified in HTS subheading 6117.10, 
                        6213.10, or 6214.10 is not cut into parts and 
                        assembled in a single country, territory, or 
                        possession, the silk accessory shall be 
                        considered to originate in the country, 
                        territory, or possession in which the fabric 
                        for the accessory originates.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section applies to 
goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
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