[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2663 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2663

  To permit the designation of Israeli-Turkish qualifying industrial 
                                 zones.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 20, 2002

 Mr. Breaux (for himself, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. McCain) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To permit 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Turkey-Israel Economic Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF ISRAELI-TURKISH QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES.

    (a) In General.--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--
            (1) inserting ``Israel and Turkey,'' after ``territory 
        of''; and
            (2) inserting a comma after ``Jordan''.
    (b) Exclusion of Certain Products.--
            (1) In general.--Section 9(a)(1) of the United States-
        Israel Free Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 
        2112 note), is amended by striking ``The'' and inserting 
        ``Except as provided in subsection (g), the''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--The United States-Israel Free 
        Trade Area Implementation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note), is 
        amended by adding at the end of section 9, the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Articles That May Not Be Exempted From Duty.--The President 
may not proclaim under subsection (a) the 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 one 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 articles that the President determines to 
        be import-sensitive.''.
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