[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3066 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3066

To amend the Uruguay Round Agreements Act with respect to the rules of 
            origin for certain textile and apparel products.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 13, 1999

  Mr. Cardin introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Uruguay Round Agreements Act with respect to the rules of 
            origin for certain textile and apparel products.

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

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO 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 2 or more of the following finishing operations: 
        bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, permanent 
        stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, or moireing.
            ``(C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), goods classified 
        under HTS headings 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 2 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 consumption, on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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