[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3176 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3176

     To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide 
 preferential treatment for certain apparel articles that are both cut 
   (or knit to shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more 
 beneficiary countries under that Act from fabrics or yarn not widely 
                  available in commercial quantities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to provide 
 preferential treatment for certain apparel articles that are both cut 
   (or knit to shape) and sewn or otherwise assembled in one or more 
 beneficiary countries under that Act from fabrics or yarn not widely 
                  available in commercial quantities.

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

SECTION 1. PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN APPAREL ARTICLES UNDER 
              THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 213(b)(2)(A)(v) of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subclause:
                            ``(III) Apparel articles that are both cut 
                        (or knit to shape) and sewn or otherwise 
                        assembled in one or more CBTPA beneficiary 
                        countries from single knit 24 gauge jersey 
                        fabric with a jacquard attachment in chief 
                        weight of polyester staple, mixed with cotton 
                        and not more than 5 percent elastomeric 
                        weighing from 6.0 to 6.2 square meters per 
                        kilogram with a yarn size of 54.14 metric (32/1 
                        English), with an elastomeric core, dyed and 
                        properly classified under subheading 6006.32.00 
                        of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
                        States.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--This amendment made by subsection (a) 
        applies to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for 
        consumption, on or after January 3, 2005.
            (2) Retroactive application.--Notwithstanding section 514 
        of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other 
        provision of law, upon proper request filed with the Bureau of 
        Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland 
        Security before the 90th day after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act, any entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for 
        consumption, of any good--
                    (A) that was made on or after January 3, 2005, and 
                before the date of the enactment of this Act, and
                    (B) with respect to which there would have been no 
                duty or a lower rate of duty if the amendment made by 
                subsection (a) applied to such entry or withdrawal,
        shall be liquidated or reliquidated as if such amendment 
        applied to such entry or withdrawal.
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