[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5002 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5002

To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 
    1985 to allow for the designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying 
                           industrial zones.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 24, 2002

  Mr. Crane (for himself, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Armey, Mr. Lantos, and Mr. 
  Sessions) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the United States-Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 
    1985 to allow for the designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying 
                           industrial zones.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF ISRAELI-TURKISH QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES.

    Section 9(e)(1) of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area 
Implementation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note), is amended by 
striking ``Israel and Jordan'' and inserting ``Israel and Turkey, 
Israel and Jordan,''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS OF QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES 
              FROM PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.

    Section 9 of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area 
Implementation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in subsection (f), the''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Articles That May Not be Exempted From Duty.--The President 
may not proclaim under subsection (a) elimination or modification of 
any existing duty with respect to any article that is wholly the 
growth, product, or manufacture of a qualifying industrial zone that 
encompasses portions of the territory of Israel and Turkey or is a new 
and different article of commerce that has been grown, produced, or 
manufactured in a qualifying industrial zone that encompasses portions 
of the territory of Israel and Turkey, if such article is within any of 
the following categories of import-sensitive articles:
            ``(1) Textile and apparel articles that were not eligible 
        articles for purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 on 
        January 1, 1994, as such title was in effect on such date.
            ``(2) Footwear, handbags, luggage, flat goods, work gloves, 
        and leather wearing apparel that were not eligible articles for 
        purposes of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 on January 1, 
        1995, as such title was in effect on such date.
            ``(3) Any other article that the President determines to be 
        import-sensitive.''.
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