[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 643 Reported in Senate (RS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 148
107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 643

                          [Report No. 107-59]

  To implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free 
                              trade area.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 28, 2001

   Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Inouye, Mr. 
   Torricelli, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. 
     Lieberman, Mr. Rockefeller, Mrs. Feinstein, and Ms. Mikulski) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                          Committee on Finance

                           September 4, 2001

               Reported by Mr. Baucus, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
  To implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free 
                              trade area.

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

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Jordan Free 
Trade Area Implementation Act''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. PURPOSES.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    The purposes of this Act are--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to implement the agreement between the United 
        States and Jordan establishing a free trade area;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to strengthen and develop the economic 
        relations between the United States and Jordan for their mutual 
        benefit; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) to establish free trade between the 2 nations 
        through the removal of trade barriers.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For purposes of this Act:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement between the United States of America and the 
        Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the Establishment of a Free 
        Trade Area, entered into on October 24, 2000.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) HTS.--The term ``HTS'' means the Harmonized 
        Tariff Schedule of the United States.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>TITLE I--TARIFF MODIFICATIONS; RULES OF ORIGIN</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 101. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Tariff Modifications Provided for in the Agreement.--
The President may proclaim--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) such modifications or continuation of any 
        duty,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) such continuation of duty-free or excise 
        treatment, or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) such additional duties,</DELETED>
<DELETED>as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to 
carry out article 2.1 of the Agreement and the schedule of duty 
reductions with respect to Jordan set out in Annex 2.1 of the 
Agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Other Tariff Modifications.--The President may 
proclaim--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) such modifications or continuation of any 
        duty,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) such continuation of duty-free or excise 
        treatment, or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) such additional duties,</DELETED>
<DELETED>as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to 
maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous 
concessions with respect to Jordan provided for by the 
Agreement.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 102. RULES OF ORIGIN.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Eligible articles.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) In general.--The reduction or 
                elimination of any duty imposed on any article by the 
                United States provided for in the Agreement shall apply 
                only if--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) that article is imported 
                        directly from Jordan into the customs territory 
                        of the United States; and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) that article--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) is wholly the growth, 
                                product, or manufacture of Jordan; 
                                or</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) is a new or different 
                                article of commerce that has been 
                                grown, produced, or manufactured in 
                                Jordan and meets the requirements of 
                                subparagraph (B).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) Requirements.--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) General rule.--The 
                        requirements of this subparagraph are that with 
                        respect to an article described in subparagraph 
                        (A)(ii)(II), the sum of--</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (I) the cost or value of 
                                the materials produced in Jordan, 
                                plus</DELETED>
                                <DELETED>    (II) the direct costs of 
                                processing operations performed in 
                                Jordan,</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>is not less than 35 percent of the 
                        appraised value of such article at the time it 
                        is entered.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) Materials produced in united 
                        states.--If the cost or value of materials 
                        produced in the customs territory of the United 
                        States is included with respect to an article 
                        to which this paragraph applies, an amount not 
                        to exceed 15 percent of the appraised value of 
                        the article at the time it is entered that is 
                        attributable to such United States cost or 
                        value may be applied toward determining the 
                        percentage referred to in clause (i).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Exclusions.--No article may be considered to 
        meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) by virtue of having 
        merely undergone--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) simple combining or packaging 
                operations; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) mere dilution with water or mere 
                dilution with another substance that does not 
                materially alter the characteristics of the 
                article.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Direct Costs of Processing Operations.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--As used in this section, the term 
        ``direct costs of processing operations'' includes, but is not 
        limited to--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) all actual labor costs involved in the 
                growth, production, manufacture, or assembly of the 
                specific merchandise, including fringe benefits, on-
                the-job training, and the cost of engineering, 
                supervisory, quality control, and similar personnel; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) dies, molds, tooling, and depreciation 
                on machinery and equipment which are allocable to the 
                specific merchandise.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Excluded costs.--The term ``direct costs of 
        processing operations'' does not include costs which are not 
        directly attributable to the merchandise concerned, or are not 
        costs of manufacturing the product, such as--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) profit; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) general expenses of doing business 
                which are either not allocable to the specific 
                merchandise or are not related to the growth, 
                production, manufacture, or assembly of the 
                merchandise, such as administrative salaries, casualty 
                and liability insurance, advertising, and salesmen's 
                salaries, commissions, or expenses.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Textile and Apparel Articles.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--A textile or apparel article 
        imported directly from Jordan into the customs territory of the 
        United States shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
        paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) only if--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the article is wholly obtained or 
                produced in Jordan;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the article is a yarn, thread, twine, 
                cordage, rope, cable, or braiding, and--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the constituent staple fibers 
                        are spun in Jordan, or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the continuous filament is 
                        extruded in Jordan;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the article is a fabric, including a 
                fabric classified under chapter 59 of the HTS, and the 
                constituent fibers, filaments, or yarns are woven, 
                knitted, needled, tufted, felted, entangled, or 
                transformed by any other fabric-making process in 
                Jordan; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) the article is any other textile or 
                apparel article that is wholly assembled in Jordan from 
                its component pieces.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1), an 
        article is ``wholly obtained or produced in Jordan'' if it is 
        wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Jordan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Special rules.--(A) Notwithstanding paragraph 
        (1)(D) and except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of 
        this paragraph, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1), 
        as appropriate, shall determine whether a good that is 
        classified under one of the following headings or subheadings 
        of the HTS shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
        paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a): 5609, 5807, 5811, 
        6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 6302, 6304, 6305, 6306, 
        6307.10, 6307.90, 6308, and 9404.90.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except as 
        provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this paragraph, a 
        textile or apparel article which is knit-to-shape in Jordan 
        shall be considered to meet the requirements of paragraph 
        (1)(A) of subsection (a).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), a good 
        classified under heading 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 of the HTS, except for a good classified under any 
        such heading as of cotton or of wool or consisting of fiber 
        blends containing 16 percent or more by weight of cotton, shall 
        be considered to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of 
        subsection (a) if the fabric in the good is both dyed and 
        printed in Jordan, and such dyeing and printing is accompanied 
        by 2 or more of the following finishing operations: bleaching, 
        shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, 
        weighting, permanent embossing, or moireing.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (D) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), a fabric 
        classified under the HTS as of silk, cotton, man-made fiber, or 
        vegetable fiber shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
        paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the fabric is both dyed 
        and printed in Jordan, and such dyeing and printing is 
        accompanied by 2 or more of the following finishing operations: 
        bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, decating, permanent 
        stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, or 
        moireing.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) Multicountry rule.--If the origin of a textile 
        or apparel article cannot be determined under paragraph (1) or 
        (3), then that article shall be considered to meet the 
        requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the most important assembly or 
                manufacturing process occurs in Jordan; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) if the applicability of paragraph 
                (1)(A) of subsection (a) cannot be determined under 
                subparagraph (A), the last important assembly or 
                manufacturing occurs in Jordan.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Exclusion.--A good shall not be considered to meet the 
requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the good--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) is imported into Jordan, and, at the time of 
        importation, would be classified under heading 0805 of the HTS; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) is processed in Jordan into a good classified 
        under any of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.30 of the 
        HTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury, after 
consultation with the United States Trade Representative, shall 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
section.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>TITLE II--RELIEF FROM IMPORTS</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Subtitle A--General Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    As used in this title:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the 
        United States International Trade Commission.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Jordanian article.--The term ``Jordanian 
        article'' means an article that qualifies for reduction or 
        elimination of a duty under section 102.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Subtitle B--Relief From Imports Benefiting From The 
                          Agreement</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 211. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Filing of Petition.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--A petition requesting action 
        under this part for the purpose of adjusting to the obligations 
        of the United States under the Agreement may be filed with the 
        Commission by an entity, including a trade association, firm, 
        certified or recognized union, or group of workers that is 
        representative of an industry. The Commission shall transmit a 
        copy of any petition filed under this subsection to the United 
        States Trade Representative.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Provisional relief.--An entity filing a 
        petition under this subsection may request that provisional 
        relief be provided as if the petition had been filed under 
        section 202(a) of the Trade Act of 1974.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Critical circumstances.--Any allegation that 
        critical circumstances exist shall be included in the 
        petition.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Investigation and Determination.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Upon the filing of a petition 
        under subsection (a), the Commission, unless subsection (d) 
        applies, shall promptly initiate an investigation to determine 
        whether, as a result of the reduction or elimination of a duty 
        provided for under the Agreement, a Jordanian article is being 
        imported into the United States in such increased quantities, 
        in absolute terms or relative to domestic production, and under 
        such conditions that imports of the Jordanian article alone 
        constitute a substantial cause of serious injury or threat 
        thereof to the domestic industry producing an article that is 
        like, or directly competitive with, the imported 
        article.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Causation.--For purposes of this part, a 
        Jordanian article is being imported into the United States in 
        increased quantities as a result of the reduction or 
        elimination of a duty provided for under the Agreement if the 
        reduction or elimination is a cause that contributes 
        significantly to the increase in imports. Such cause need not 
        be equal to or greater than any other cause.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Applicable Provisions.--The following provisions of 
section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252) apply with 
respect to any investigation initiated under subsection (b):</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection 
        (b).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Subsection (c).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Subsection (d).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Articles Exempt From Investigation.--No investigation 
may be initiated under this section with respect to any Jordanian 
article if import relief has been provided under this part with respect 
to that article.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 212. COMMISSION ACTION ON PETITION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Determination.--By no later than 120 days (180 days if 
critical circumstances have been alleged) after the date on which an 
investigation is initiated under section 211(b) with respect to a 
petition, the Commission shall make the determination required under 
that section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Additional Finding and Recommendation if Determination 
Affirmative.--If the determination made by the Commission under 
subsection (a) with respect to imports of an article is affirmative, 
the Commission shall find, and recommend to the President in the report 
required under subsection (c), the amount of import relief that is 
necessary to remedy or prevent the injury found by the Commission in 
the determination and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic 
industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition. The 
import relief recommended by the Commission under this subsection shall 
be limited to that described in section 213(c).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Report to President.--No later than the date that is 
30 days after the date on which a determination is made under 
subsection (a) with respect to an investigation, the Commission shall 
submit to the President a report that shall include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a statement of the basis for the 
        determination;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) dissenting and separate views; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) any finding made under subsection (b) 
        regarding import relief.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Public Notice.--Upon submitting a report to the 
President under subsection (c), the Commission shall promptly make 
public such report (with the exception of information which the 
Commission determines to be confidential) and shall cause a summary 
thereof to be published in the Federal Register.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Applicable Provisions.--For purposes of this part, the 
provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 330(d) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)) shall be applied with respect to 
determinations and findings made under this section as if such 
determinations and findings were made under section 202 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252).</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 213. PROVISION OF RELIEF.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) In General.--No later than the date that is 30 days 
after the date on which the President receives the report of the 
Commission containing an affirmative determination of the Commission 
under section 212(a), the President shall provide relief from imports 
of the article that is the subject of such determination to the extent 
that the President determines necessary to prevent or remedy the injury 
found by the Commission and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic 
industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition, unless 
the President determines that the provision of such relief is not in 
the national economic interest of the United States or, in 
extraordinary circumstances, that the provision of such relief would 
cause serious harm to the national security of the United 
States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) National Economic Interest.--The President may 
determine under subsection (a) that providing import relief is not in 
the national economic interest of the United States only if the 
President finds that taking such action would have an adverse impact on 
the United States economy clearly greater than the benefits of taking 
such action.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Nature of Relief.--The import relief (including 
provisional relief) that the President is authorized to provide under 
this part with respect to imports of an article is--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the suspension of any further reduction 
        provided for under the United States Schedule to Annex 2.1 of 
the Agreement in the duty imposed on that article;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) an increase in the rate of duty imposed on 
        such article to a level that does not exceed the lesser of--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the column 1 general rate of duty 
                imposed under the HTS on like articles at the time the 
                import relief is provided; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the column 1 general rate of duty 
                imposed under the HTS on like articles on the day 
                before the date on which the Agreement enters into 
                force; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) in the case of a duty applied on a seasonal 
        basis to that article, an increase in the rate of duty imposed 
        on the article to a level that does not exceed the column 1 
        general rate of duty imposed under the HTS on the article for 
        the corresponding season occurring immediately before the date 
        on which the Agreement enters into force.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Period of Relief.--The import relief that the 
President is authorized to provide under this section may not exceed 4 
years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Rate After Termination of Import Relief.--When import 
relief under this part is terminated with respect to an article--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the rate of duty on that article after such 
        termination and on or before December 31 of the year in which 
        termination occurs shall be the rate that, according to the 
        United States Schedule to Annex 2.1 of the Agreement for the 
        staged elimination of the tariff, would have been in effect 1 
        year after the initiation of the import relief action under 
        section 211; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the tariff treatment for that article after 
        December 31 of the year in which termination occurs shall be, 
        at the discretion of the President, either--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the rate of duty conforming to the 
                applicable rate set out in the United States Schedule 
                to Annex 2.1; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) the rate of duty resulting from the 
                elimination of the tariff in equal annual stages ending 
                on the date set out in the United States Schedule to 
                Annex 2.1 for the elimination of the tariff.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 214. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) General Rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no import relief may be provided under this part after the date that is 
15 years after the date on which the Agreement enters into 
force.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exception.--Import relief may be provided under this 
part in the case of a Jordanian article after the date on which such 
relief would, but for this subsection, terminate under subsection (a), 
but only if the Government of Jordan consents to such 
provision.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 215. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the President under section 
213 shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of 
such Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 216. SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    A petition for import relief may be submitted to the 
Commission under--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) this part;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 
        1974; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) under both this part and such chapter 1 at the 
        same time, in which case the Commission shall consider such 
        petitions jointly.</DELETED>

     <DELETED>Subtitle C--Cases Under Title II of The Trade Act of 
                             1974</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 221. FINDINGS AND ACTION ON JORDANIAN IMPORTS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Effect of Imports.--If, in any investigation initiated 
under chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the Commission 
makes an affirmative determination (or a determination which the 
President may treat as an affirmative determination under such chapter 
by reason of section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930), the Commission 
shall also find (and report to the President at the time such injury 
determination is submitted to the President) whether imports of the 
article from Jordan are a substantial cause of serious injury or threat 
thereof.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Presidential Action Regarding Jordanian Imports.--In 
determining the nature and extent of action to be taken under chapter 1 
of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the President shall determine 
whether imports from Jordan are a substantial cause of the serious 
injury found by the Commission and, if such determination is in the 
negative, may exclude from such action imports from Jordan.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 222. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Section 202(a)(8) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2252(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``and part 1'' and inserting ``, 
        part 1''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting before the period at the end ``, 
        and title II of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Area 
        Implementation Act''.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>TITLE III--TEMPORARY ENTRY</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 301. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Upon the basis of reciprocity secured by the Agreement, an 
alien who is a national of Jordan (and any spouse or child (as defined 
in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)) of the alien, if accompanying or following to join the 
alien) shall be considered as entitled to enter the United States under 
and in pursuance of the provisions of the Agreement as a nonimmigrant 
described in section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), if the entrance is solely for a purpose 
described in clause (i) or (ii) of such section and the alien is 
otherwise admissible to the United States as such a 
nonimmigrant.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 401. RELATIONSHIP OF THE AGREEMENT TO UNITED STATES AND 
              STATE LAW.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Relationship of Agreement to United States Law.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) United states law to prevail in conflict.--No 
        provision of the Agreement, nor the application of any such 
        provision to any person or circumstance, that is inconsistent 
        with any law of the United States shall have effect.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to amend or modify any law of the 
                United States, or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to limit any authority conferred under 
                any law of the United States,</DELETED>
        <DELETED>unless specifically provided for in this 
        Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Relationship of Agreement to State Law.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Legal challenge.--No State law, or the 
        application thereof, may be declared invalid as to any person 
        or circumstance on the ground that the provision or application 
        is inconsistent with the Agreement, except in an action brought 
        by the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or 
        application invalid.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Definition of state law.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``State law'' includes--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) any law of a political subdivision of 
                a State; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) any State law regulating or taxing the 
                business of insurance.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effect of Agreement With Respect to Private 
Remedies.--No person other than the United States--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall have any cause of action or defense 
        under the Agreement; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) may challenge, in any action brought under any 
        provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, 
        agency, or other instrumentality of the United States, any 
        State, or any political subdivision of a State on the ground 
        that such action or inaction is inconsistent with the 
        Agreement.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal 
year after fiscal year 2001 to the Department of Commerce not more than 
$100,000 for the payment of the United States share of the expenses 
incurred in dispute settlement proceedings under article 17 of the 
Agreement.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    After the date of enactment of this Act--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the President may proclaim such actions, 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) other appropriate officers of the United 
        States may issue such regulations,</DELETED>
<DELETED>as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, 
or amendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date the 
Agreement enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, 
but no such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date 
earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Effective Dates.--Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act 
take effect on the date the Agreement enters into force.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exceptions.--Sections 1 through 3 and this title take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Termination of the Agreement.--On the date on which 
the Agreement ceases to be in force, the provisions of this Act (other 
than this subsection) and the amendments made by this Act, shall cease 
to have effect.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``United States-Jordan Free Trade Area 
Implementation Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to implement the agreement between the United States 
        and Jordan establishing a free trade area;
            (2) to strengthen and develop the economic relations 
        between the United States and Jordan for their mutual benefit; 
        and
            (3) to establish free trade between the 2 nations through 
        the removal of trade barriers.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Agreement.--The term ``Agreement'' means the Agreement 
        between the United States of America and the Hashemite Kingdom 
        of Jordan on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area, entered 
        into on October 24, 2000.
            (2) HTS.--The term ``HTS'' means the Harmonized Tariff 
        Schedule of the United States.

SEC. 4. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT.

    Congress approves the Agreement between the United States of 
America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on the establishment of a 
free trade area, entered into on October 24, 2000, and submitted to 
Congress on January 6, 2001.

             TITLE I--TARIFF MODIFICATIONS; RULES OF ORIGIN

SEC. 101. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.

    (a) Tariff Modifications Provided for in the Agreement.--The 
President may proclaim--
            (1) such modifications or continuation of any duty,
            (2) such continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or
            (3) such additional duties,
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out 
article 2.1 of the Agreement and the schedule of duty reductions with 
respect to Jordan set out in Annex 2.1 of the Agreement.
    (b) Other Tariff Modifications.--The President may proclaim--
            (1) such modifications or continuation of any duty,
            (2) such continuation of duty-free or excise treatment, or
            (3) such additional duties,
as the President determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain 
the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions 
with respect to Jordan provided for by the Agreement.

SEC. 102. RULES OF ORIGIN.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Eligible articles.--
                    (A) In general.--The reduction or elimination of 
                any duty imposed on any article by the United States 
                provided for in the Agreement shall apply only if--
                            (i) that article is imported directly from 
                        Jordan into the customs territory of the United 
                        States; and
                            (ii) that article--
                                    (I) is wholly the growth, product, 
                                or manufacture of Jordan; or
                                    (II) is a new or different article 
                                of commerce that has been grown, 
                                produced, or manufactured in Jordan and 
                                meets the requirements of subparagraph 
                                (B).
                    (B) Requirements.--
                            (i) General rule.--The requirements of this 
                        subparagraph are that with respect to an 
                        article described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II), 
                        the sum of--
                                    (I) the cost or value of the 
                                materials produced in Jordan, plus
                                    (II) the direct costs of processing 
                                operations performed in Jordan,
                        is not less than 35 percent of the appraised 
                        value of such article at the time it is 
                        entered.
                            (ii) Materials produced in united states.--
                        If the cost or value of materials produced in 
                        the customs territory of the United States is 
                        included with respect to an article to which 
                        this paragraph applies, an amount not to exceed 
                        15 percent of the appraised value of the 
                        article at the time it is entered that is 
                        attributable to such United States cost or 
                        value may be applied toward determining the 
                        percentage referred to in clause (i).
            (2) Exclusions.--No article may be considered to meet the 
        requirements of paragraph (1)(A) by virtue of having merely 
        undergone--
                    (A) simple combining or packaging operations; or
                    (B) mere dilution with water or mere dilution with 
                another substance that does not materially alter the 
                characteristics of the article.
    (b) Direct Costs of Processing Operations.--
            (1) In general.--As used in this section, the term ``direct 
        costs of processing operations'' includes, but is not limited 
        to--
                    (A) all actual labor costs involved in the growth, 
                production, manufacture, or assembly of the specific 
merchandise, including fringe benefits, on-the-job training, and the 
cost of engineering, supervisory, quality control, and similar 
personnel; and
                    (B) dies, molds, tooling, and depreciation on 
                machinery and equipment which are allocable to the 
                specific merchandise.
            (2) Excluded costs.--The term ``direct costs of processing 
        operations'' does not include costs which are not directly 
        attributable to the merchandise concerned, or are not costs of 
        manufacturing the product, such as--
                    (A) profit; and
                    (B) general expenses of doing business which are 
                either not allocable to the specific merchandise or are 
                not related to the growth, production, manufacture, or 
                assembly of the merchandise, such as administrative 
                salaries, casualty and liability insurance, 
                advertising, and salesmen's salaries, commissions, or 
                expenses.
    (c) Textile and Apparel Articles.--
            (1) In general.--A textile or apparel article imported 
        directly from Jordan into the customs territory of the United 
        States shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
        paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) only if--
                    (A) the article is wholly obtained or produced in 
                Jordan;
                    (B) the article is a yarn, thread, twine, cordage, 
                rope, cable, or braiding, and--
                            (i) the constituent staple fibers are spun 
                        in Jordan, or
                            (ii) the continuous filament is extruded in 
                        Jordan;
                    (C) the article is a fabric, including a fabric 
                classified under chapter 59 of the HTS, and the 
                constituent fibers, filaments, or yarns are woven, 
                knitted, needled, tufted, felted, entangled, or 
                transformed by any other fabric-making process in 
                Jordan; or
                    (D) the article is any other textile or apparel 
                article that is wholly assembled in Jordan from its 
                component pieces.
            (2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1), an article 
        is ``wholly obtained or produced in Jordan'' if it is wholly 
        the growth, product, or manufacture of Jordan.
            (3) Special rules.--
                    (A) Certain made-up articles, textile articles in 
                the piece, and certain other textiles and textile 
                articles.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except 
                as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this 
                paragraph, subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph 
                (1), as appropriate, shall determine whether a good 
                that is classified under one of the following headings 
                or subheadings of the HTS shall be considered to meet 
                the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a): 
                5609, 5807, 5811, 6209.20.50.40, 6213, 6214, 6301, 
                6302, 6304, 6305, 6306, 6307.10, 6307.90, 6308, and 
                9404.90.
                    (B) Certain knit-to-shape textiles and textile 
                articles.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D) and except 
                as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of this 
                paragraph, a textile or apparel article which is knit-
                to-shape in Jordan shall be considered to meet the 
                requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a).
                    (C) Certain dyed and printed textiles and textile 
                articles.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(D), a good 
                classified under subheading 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 of the HTS, except 
                for a good classified under any such subheading as of 
                cotton or of wool or consisting of fiber blends 
                containing 16 percent or more by weight of cotton, 
                shall be considered to meet the requirements of 
                paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the fabric in the 
                good is both dyed and printed in Jordan, and such 
                dyeing and printing is accompanied by 2 or more of the 
                following finishing operations: bleaching, shrinking, 
                fulling, napping, decating, permanent stiffening, 
                weighting, permanent embossing, or moireing.
                    (D) Fabrics of silk, cotton, manmade fiber or 
                vegetable fiber.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(C), a 
                fabric classified under the HTS as of silk, cotton, 
                man-made fiber, or vegetable fiber shall be considered 
                to meet the requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of 
                subsection (a) if the fabric is both dyed and printed 
                in Jordan, and such dyeing and printing is accompanied 
                by 2 or more of the following finishing operations: 
                bleaching, shrinking, fulling, napping, 
decating, permanent stiffening, weighting, permanent embossing, or 
moireing.
            (4) Multicountry rule.--If the origin of a textile or 
        apparel article cannot be determined under paragraph (1) or 
        (3), then that article shall be considered to meet the 
        requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if--
                    (A) the most important assembly or manufacturing 
                process occurs in Jordan; or
                    (B) if the applicability of paragraph (1)(A) of 
                subsection (a) cannot be determined under subparagraph 
                (A), the last important assembly or manufacturing 
                occurs in Jordan.
    (d) Exclusion.--A good shall not be considered to meet the 
requirements of paragraph (1)(A) of subsection (a) if the good--
            (1) is imported into Jordan, and, at the time of 
        importation, would be classified under heading 0805 of the HTS; 
        and
            (2) is processed in Jordan into a good classified under any 
        of subheadings 2009.11 through 2009.30 of the HTS.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation 
with the United States Trade Representative, shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

                     TITLE II--RELIEF FROM IMPORTS

                     Subtitle A--General Provisions

SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this title:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the United 
        States International Trade Commission.
            (2) Jordanian article.--The term ``Jordanian article'' 
        means an article that qualifies for reduction or elimination of 
        a duty under section 102.

     Subtitle B--Relief From Imports Benefiting From The Agreement

SEC. 211. COMMENCING OF ACTION FOR RELIEF.

    (a) Filing of Petition.--
            (1) In general.--A petition requesting action under this 
        subtitle for the purpose of adjusting to the obligations of the 
        United States under the Agreement may be filed with the 
        Commission by an entity, including a trade association, firm, 
        certified or recognized union, or group of workers that is 
        representative of an industry. The Commission shall transmit a 
        copy of any petition filed under this subsection to the United 
        States Trade Representative.
            (2) Provisional relief.--An entity filing a petition under 
        this subsection may request that provisional relief be provided 
        as if the petition had been filed under section 202(a) of the 
        Trade Act of 1974.
            (3) Critical circumstances.--Any allegation that critical 
        circumstances exist shall be included in the petition.
    (b) Investigation and Determination.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the filing of a petition under 
        subsection (a), the Commission, unless subsection (d) applies, 
        shall promptly initiate an investigation to determine whether, 
        as a result of the reduction or elimination of a duty provided 
        for under the Agreement, a Jordanian article is being imported 
        into the United States in such increased quantities, in 
        absolute terms or relative to domestic production, and under 
        such conditions that imports of the Jordanian article alone 
        constitute a substantial cause of serious injury or threat 
        thereof to the domestic industry producing an article that is 
        like, or directly competitive with, the imported article.
            (2) Causation.--For purposes of this subtitle, a Jordanian 
        article is being imported into the United States in increased 
        quantities as a result of the reduction or elimination of a 
        duty provided for under the Agreement if the reduction or 
        elimination is a cause that contributes significantly to the 
        increase in imports. Such cause need not be equal to or greater 
        than any other cause.
    (c) Applicable Provisions.--The following provisions of section 202 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252) apply with respect to any 
investigation initiated under subsection (b):
            (1) Paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) of subsection (b).
            (2) Subsection (c).
            (3) Subsection (d).
    (d) Articles Exempt From Investigation.--No investigation may be 
initiated under this section with respect to any Jordanian article if 
import relief has been provided under this subtitle with respect to 
that article.

SEC. 212. COMMISSION ACTION ON PETITION.

    (a) Determination.--By no later than 120 days (180 days if critical 
circumstances have been alleged) after the date on which an 
investigation is initiated under section 211(b) with respect to a 
petition, the Commission shall make the determination required under 
that section.
    (b) Additional Finding and Recommendation if Determination 
Affirmative.--If the determination made by the Commission under 
subsection (a) with respect to imports of an article is affirmative, 
the Commission shall find, and recommend to the President in the report 
required under subsection (c), the amount of import relief that is 
necessary to remedy or prevent the injury found by the Commission in 
the determination and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic 
industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition. The 
import relief recommended by the Commission under this subsection shall 
be limited to that described in section 213(c).
    (c) Report to President.--Not later than the date that is 30 days 
after the date on which a determination is made under subsection (a) 
with respect to an investigation, the Commission shall submit to the 
President a report that shall include--
            (1) a statement of the basis for the determination;
            (2) dissenting and separate views; and
            (3) any finding made under subsection (b) regarding import 
        relief.
    (d) Public Notice.--Upon submitting a report to the President under 
subsection (c), the Commission shall promptly make public such report 
(with the exception of information which the Commission determines to 
be confidential) and shall cause a summary thereof to be published in 
the Federal Register.
    (e) Applicable Provisions.--For purposes of this subtitle, the 
provisions of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 330(d) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)) shall apply with respect to 
determinations and findings made under this section as if such 
determinations and findings were made under section 202 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252).

SEC. 213. PROVISION OF RELIEF.

    (a) In General.--Not later than the date that is 30 days after the 
date on which the President receives the report of the Commission 
containing an affirmative determination of the Commission under section 
212(a), the President shall provide relief from imports of the article 
that is the subject of such determination to the extent that the 
President determines necessary to prevent or remedy the injury found by 
the Commission and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic industry 
to make a positive adjustment to import competition, unless the 
President determines that the provision of such relief is not in the 
national economic interest of the United States or, in extraordinary 
circumstances, that the provision of such relief would cause serious 
harm to the national security of the United States.
    (b) National Economic Interest.--The President may determine under 
subsection (a) that providing import relief is not in the national 
economic interest of the United States only if the President finds that 
taking such action would have an adverse impact on the United States 
economy clearly greater than the benefits of taking such action.
    (c) Nature of Relief.--The import relief (including provisional 
relief) that the President is authorized to provide under this subtitle 
with respect to imports of an article is--
            (1) the suspension of any further reduction provided for 
        under the United States Schedule to Annex 2.1 of the Agreement 
        in the duty imposed on that article;
            (2) an increase in the rate of duty imposed on such article 
        to a level that does not exceed the lesser of--
                    (A) the column 1 general rate of duty imposed under 
                the HTS on like articles at the time the import relief 
                is provided; or
                    (B) the column 1 general rate of duty imposed under 
                the HTS on like articles on the day before the date on 
                which the Agreement enters into force; or
            (3) in the case of a duty applied on a seasonal basis to 
        that article, an increase in the rate of duty imposed on the 
        article to a level that does not exceed the column 1 general 
        rate of duty imposed under the HTS on the article for the 
        corresponding season occurring immediately before the date on 
        which the Agreement enters into force.
    (d) Period of Relief.--The import relief that the President is 
authorized to provide under this section may not exceed 4 years.
    (e) Rate After Termination of Import Relief.--When import relief 
under this subtitle is terminated with respect to an article--
            (1) the rate of duty on that article after such termination 
        and on or before December 31 of the year in which termination 
        occurs shall be the rate that, according to the United States 
        Schedule to Annex 2.1 of the Agreement for the staged 
        elimination of the tariff, would have been in effect 1 year 
        after the initiation of the import relief action under section 
        211; and
            (2) the tariff treatment for that article after December 31 
        of the year in which termination occurs shall be, at the 
        discretion of the President, either--
                    (A) the rate of duty conforming to the applicable 
                rate set out in the United States Schedule to Annex 
                2.1; or
                    (B) the rate of duty resulting from the elimination 
                of the tariff in equal annual stages ending on the date 
                set out in the United States Schedule to Annex 2.1 for 
                the elimination of the tariff.

SEC. 214. TERMINATION OF RELIEF AUTHORITY.

    (a) General Rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no import 
relief may be provided under this subtitle after the date that is 15 
years after the date on which the Agreement enters into force.
    (b) Exception.--Import relief may be provided under this subtitle 
in the case of a Jordanian article after the date on which such relief 
would, but for this subsection, terminate under subsection (a), but 
only if the Government of Jordan consents to such provision.

SEC. 215. COMPENSATION AUTHORITY.

    For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2133), any import relief provided by the President under section 213 
shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of such 
Act.

SEC. 216. SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS.

    A petition for import relief may be submitted to the Commission 
under--
            (1) this subtitle;
            (2) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974; or
            (3) under both this subtitle and such chapter 1 at the same 
        time, in which case the Commission shall consider such 
        petitions jointly.

       Subtitle C--Cases Under Title II of The Trade Act of 1974

SEC. 221. FINDINGS AND ACTION ON JORDANIAN IMPORTS.

    (a) Effect of Imports.--If, in any investigation initiated under 
chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the Commission makes an 
affirmative determination (or a determination which the President may 
treat as an affirmative determination under such chapter by reason of 
section 330(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930), the Commission shall also 
find (and report to the President at the time such injury determination 
is submitted to the President) whether imports of the article from 
Jordan are a substantial cause of serious injury or threat thereof.
    (b) Presidential Action Regarding Jordanian Imports.--In 
determining the nature and extent of action to be taken under chapter 1 
of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, the President shall determine 
whether imports from Jordan are a substantial cause of the serious 
injury found by the Commission and, if such determination is in the 
negative, may exclude from such action imports from Jordan.

SEC. 222. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.

    Section 202(a)(8) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(a)(8)) 
is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``and part 1'' and inserting ``, part 1''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end ``, and title 
        II of the United States-Jordan Free Trade Area Implementation 
        Act''.

                       TITLE III--TEMPORARY ENTRY

SEC. 301. NONIMMIGRANT TRADERS AND INVESTORS.

    Upon the basis of reciprocity as provided for by the Agreement, an 
alien who is a national of Jordan (and any spouse or child (as defined 
in section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)) of the alien, if accompanying or following to join the 
alien) shall be considered to be entitled to enter the United States 
under and in pursuance of the provisions of the Agreement as a 
nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)), if the entry is solely for a 
purpose described in clause (i) or (ii) of such section and the alien 
is otherwise admissible to the United States as such a nonimmigrant.

                      TITLE IV--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 401. RELATIONSHIP OF THE AGREEMENT TO UNITED STATES AND STATE LAW.

    (a) Relationship of Agreement to United States Law.--
            (1) United states law to prevail in conflict.--No provision 
        of the Agreement, nor the application of any such provision to 
        any person or circumstance, that is inconsistent with any law 
        of the United States shall have effect.
            (2) Construction.--Nothing in this Act shall be construed--
                    (A) to amend or modify any law of the United 
                States, or
                    (B) to limit any authority conferred under any law 
                of the United States,
        unless specifically provided for in this Act.
    (b) Relationship of Agreement to State Law.--
            (1) Legal challenge.--No State law, or the application 
        thereof, may be declared invalid as to any person or 
        circumstance on the ground that the provision or application is 
        inconsistent with the Agreement, except in an action brought by 
        the United States for the purpose of declaring such law or 
        application invalid.
            (2) Definition of state law.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term ``State law'' includes--
                    (A) any law of a political subdivision of a State; 
                and
                    (B) any State law regulating or taxing the business 
                of insurance.
    (c) Effect of Agreement With Respect to Private Remedies.--No 
person other than the United States--
            (1) shall have any cause of action or defense under the 
        Agreement; or
            (2) may challenge, in any action brought under any 
        provision of law, any action or inaction by any department, 
        agency, or other instrumentality of the United States, any 
        State, or any political subdivision of a State on the ground 
        that such action or inaction is inconsistent with the 
        Agreement.

SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after 
fiscal year 2001 to the Department of Commerce not more than $100,000 
for the payment of the United States share of the expenses incurred in 
dispute settlement proceedings under article 17 of the Agreement.

SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.

    After the date of enactment of this Act--
            (1) the President may proclaim such actions, and
            (2) other appropriate officers of the United States may 
        issue such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, or 
amendment made by this Act, that takes effect on the date the Agreement 
enters into force is appropriately implemented on such date, but no 
such proclamation or regulation may have an effective date earlier than 
the date the Agreement enters into force.

SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION.

    (a) Effective Dates.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
provisions of this Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect 
on the date the Agreement enters into force.
    (b) Exceptions.--Sections 1 through 4 and this title take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
    (c) Termination of the Agreement.--On the date on which the 
Agreement ceases to be in force, the provisions of this Act (other than 
this subsection) and the amendments made by this Act, shall cease to 
have effect.




                                                       Calendar No. 148

107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                                 S. 643

                          [Report No. 107-59]

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                                 A BILL

  To implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free 
                              trade area.

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                           September 4, 2001

                       Reported with an amendment