1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the United States-Oman Free
Trade Agreement Implementation Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
Sec. 2. Purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO, THE AGREEMENT
Sec. 101. Approval and entry into force of
the Agreement.
Sec. 102. Relationship of the Agreement to
United States and State law.
Sec. 103. Implementing actions in
anticipation of entry into force and initial regulations.
Sec. 104. Consultation and layover
provisions for, and effective date of, proclaimed actions.
Sec. 105. Administration of dispute
settlement proceedings.
Sec. 106. Arbitration of
claims.
Sec. 107. Effective dates; effect of
termination.
TITLE II—CUSTOMS PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Tariff
modifications.
Sec. 202. Rules of origin.
Sec. 203. Customs user fees.
Sec. 204. Enforcement relating to trade in
textile and apparel goods.
Sec. 205. Reliquidation of
entries.
Sec. 206. Regulations.
TITLE III—RELIEF FROM IMPORTS
Sec. 301. Definitions.
Subtitle A—Relief From Imports Benefiting
From the Agreement
Sec. 311. Commencing of action for
relief.
Sec. 312. Commission action on
petition.
Sec. 313. Provision of relief.
Sec. 314. Termination of relief
authority.
Sec. 315. Compensation
authority.
Sec. 316. Confidential business
information.
Subtitle B—Textile and Apparel Safeguard
Measures
Sec. 321. Commencement of action for
relief.
Sec. 322. Determination and provision of
relief.
Sec. 323. Period of relief.
Sec. 324. Articles exempt from
relief.
Sec. 325. Rate after termination of import
relief.
Sec. 326. Termination of relief
authority.
Sec. 327. Compensation
authority.
Sec. 328. Confidential business
information.
TITLE IV—PROCUREMENT
Sec. 401. Eligible products.
2.The purposes of this Act are—
(1)to approve and
implement the Free Trade Agreement between the United States and Oman entered
into under the authority of section 2103(b) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion
Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803(b));
(2)to strengthen and
develop economic relations between the United States and Oman for their mutual
benefit;
(3)to establish free
trade between the 2 nations through the reduction and elimination of barriers
to trade in goods and services and to investment; and
(4)to lay the
foundation for further cooperation to expand and enhance the benefits of such
Agreement.
3.In this Act:
(1)The
term Agreement means the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1).
(2)The
term HTS means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States.
(3)The term textile or apparel good means
a good listed in the Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred
to in section 101(d)(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3511(d)(4)).
<enum>I</enum><header>APPROVAL OF, AND
GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, THE AGREEMENT</header>
<section id="IDDFBBBC9C578C48F8898D7E4EC8929358"><enum>101.</enum><header>Approval and
entry into force of the Agreement</header>
<subsection id="ID2C086D52654F470E97A1F0E63DC91D9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of
Agreement and Statement of Administrative Action</header><text>Pursuant to
section 2105 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C.
3805) and section 151 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of
1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2191), Congress approves—</text>
<paragraph id="ID0AFAFEBEB35548DD9430518CED0E9967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement entered into on January 19, 2006, with Oman
and submitted to Congress on June 26, 2006; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID01F458030EE9496CA7A2D583D5FF58A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the statement of
administrative action proposed to implement the Agreement that was submitted to
Congress on June 26, 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID805E5B78CB7F45E59210D2EF4587E88B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions for
Entry Into Force of the Agreement</header><text>At such time as the President
determines that Oman has taken measures necessary to bring it into compliance
with those provisions of the Agreement that are to take effect on the date on
which the Agreement enters into force, the President is authorized to exchange
notes with the Government of Oman providing for the entry into force, on or
after January 1, 2007, of the Agreement with respect to the United
States.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID41D6E927D82742DEA5C25D0B8C81169A"><enum>102.</enum><header>Relationship
of the Agreement to United States and State law</header>
<subsection id="IDF303C013FA9F4E889BE76D2CB81DE6EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Relationship of
Agreement to United States Law</header>
<paragraph id="IDC2EA04DE72A446638E965EDC00989EFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>United states
law to prevail in conflict</header><text>No provision of the Agreement, nor the
application of any such provision to any person or circumstance, which is
inconsistent with any law of the United States shall have effect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8C675708E2984DB195F6CD0AE363CA53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Construction</header><text>Nothing
in this Act shall be construed—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2197DEC4CD0B4487AB1E4B21277AF09D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to amend or
modify any law of the United States, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCA7E662280AB4FC7BA2C052890B381C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to limit any
authority conferred under any law of the United States,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">unless
specifically provided for in this Act.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1E6FB54566C643F2B6C1473448F10518"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relationship of
Agreement to State Law</header>
<paragraph id="IDC69898F23CAB4AB6B0BCBAFEFF453D74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Legal
challenge</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDB655288D24EB453AB9640887A15DAEFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition of
state law</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>State
law</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDD91338D64E524CE1843F0F7CD4DFB71E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any law of a
political subdivision of a State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE15E98B1B28A47DD8A45FCCEB0901F0F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State law
regulating or taxing the business of insurance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBA3695EEF9604FF5B57653E701A07CC4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of
Agreement With Respect to Private Remedies</header><text>No person other than
the United States—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEB4730DFAB5F4501B3E8D15296A9D9D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall have any
cause of action or defense under the Agreement or by virtue of congressional
approval thereof; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDC765C962BE5D4FA288C3CF28F9139757"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDA6418C0D92F94B63A50EBEE09612E223"><enum>103.</enum><header>Implementing
actions in anticipation of entry into force and initial regulations</header>
<subsection id="ID810CA57744994143B8C18E7FCA50E662"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Implementing
Actions</header>
<paragraph id="ID55F55D8AE5BB4C51831B7B1BD078B90C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proclamation
authority</header><text>After the date of the enactment of this Act—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID87BDFEDB05BC4F2C923FE85A5BF206A1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President may
proclaim such actions, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBA1454AAAEF6493581D5C0026362871B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other appropriate
officers of the United States Government may issue such regulations,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as may be
necessary to ensure that any provision of this Act, or amendment made by this
Act, that takes effect on the date on which 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 on which the Agreement enters
into force.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID62DA3B2BDBF74C41976785B8FD0B9E03"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date
of certain proclaimed actions</header><text>Any action proclaimed by the
President under the authority of this Act that is not subject to the
consultation and layover provisions under section 104 may not take effect
before the 15th day after the date on which the text of the proclamation is
published in the Federal Register.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID273FD6D596B64CBDA5A3067F5AE6CA3F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Waiver of
15-day restriction</header><text>The 15-day restriction in paragraph (2) on the
taking effect of proclaimed actions is waived to the extent that the
application of such restriction would prevent the taking effect on the date on
which the Agreement enters into force of any action proclaimed under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2440952C36AB4ECBA49817703CFFB3FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Initial
Regulations</header><text>Initial regulations necessary or appropriate to carry
out the actions required by or authorized under this Act or proposed in the
statement of administrative action submitted under section 101(a)(2) to
implement the Agreement shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within
1 year after the date on which the Agreement enters into force. In the case of
any implementing action that takes effect on a date after the date on which the
Agreement enters into force, initial regulations to carry out that action
shall, to the maximum extent feasible, be issued within 1 year after such
effective date.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID03B6105D2946453080A94FF08DF283AA"><enum>104.</enum><header>Consultation
and layover provisions for, and effective date of, proclaimed
actions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If a provision of this
Act provides that the implementation of an action by the President by
proclamation is subject to the consultation and layover requirements of this
section, such action may be proclaimed only if—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBD1DD885DE1F4D299853402C527A8798"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President has
obtained advice regarding the proposed action from—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCCCE20BF2D1D404982AB466B4ABECE56"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the appropriate
advisory committees established under section 135 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2155);
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID78BBD203EA79434EAB11448B0C0CB5A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the United States
International Trade Commission;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3B6BD8F6926B4A9F9B1FBED319D8F619"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the President has
submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives a report that sets forth—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID8787933F516241B0A1D42F659FE75310"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the action
proposed to be proclaimed and the reasons therefor; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEAB273EB40A245059482259FCA6073FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the advice
obtained under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID8F7C686A076443219287662D5413C2C6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a period of 60
calendar days, beginning on the first day on which the requirements set forth
in paragraphs (1) and (2) have been met has expired; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF40825D253B84144B89400E3CD1BEE83"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the President has
consulted with the Committees referred to in paragraph (2) regarding the
proposed action during the period referred to in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="ID7287014A550F44F8A7A3985B2C123AD0"><enum>105.</enum><header>Administration
of Dispute Settlement proceedings</header>
<subsection id="ID09BA15E4CC9C4B9C8A766E4BD55EFFA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
or Designation of Office</header><text>The President is authorized to establish
or designate within the Department of Commerce an office that shall be
responsible for providing administrative assistance to panels established under
chapter 20 of the Agreement. The office may not be considered to be an agency
for purposes of section 552 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDD5C6FE13090F477795C55911BF2412D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization
of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated for
each fiscal year after fiscal year 2006 to the Department of Commerce such sums
as may be necessary for the establishment and operations of the office
established or designated under subsection (a) and for the payment of the
United States share of the expenses of panels established under chapter 20 of
the Agreement.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID8C8548F0D21A47338E5C46F71C18865D"><enum>106.</enum><header>Arbitration of
claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The United States is
authorized to resolve any claim against the United States covered by article
10.15.1(a)(i)(C) or article 10.15.1(b)(i)(C) of the Agreement, pursuant to the
Investor-State Dispute Settlement procedures set forth in section B of chapter
10 of the Agreement.</text>
</section><section id="IDE5DBCFD3C52046E09C24D2F5FCE1ACF0"><enum>107.</enum><header>Effective
dates; effect of termination</header>
<subsection id="IDB96BD54B67944AE2B4115AF243FD5719"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effective
Dates</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), the provisions of
this Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on the date on which
the Agreement enters into force.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID6B523BF556294B329A0284C7F3E6B4D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Sections
1 through 3 and this title take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDA94898D0AA5D44FD9E3C639F710F5520"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
the Agreement</header><text>On the date on which the Agreement terminates, the
provisions of this Act (other than this subsection) and the amendments made by
this Act shall cease to be effective.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>CUSTOMS
PROVISIONS</header>
<section id="IDBD4569BB54A8433A97CB518B2D1B635D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Tariff
modifications</header>
<subsection id="ID15D5EA3FA000469E95E09E4DCA99925A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tariff
Modifications Provided for in the Agreement</header>
<paragraph id="IDC024DCB13D8941DF971B049F898E09B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proclamation
authority</header><text>The President may proclaim—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1789AEB04860424CADBC4C89969C9C8A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such
modifications or continuation of any duty,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDADF4BFFD651048BFACB03FEB6F2BC3D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such continuation
of duty-free or excise treatment, or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID10FD54001C6848ECB9A473C869F6E009"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such additional
duties,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">as the
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to carry out or apply
articles 2.3, 2.5, 2.6, 3.2.8, and 3.2.9, and Annex 2–B of the
Agreement.</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDDC641D1CB63F49B4B24E520605A927C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect on omani
gsp status</header><text>Notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2462(a)(1)), the President shall, on the date on which the Agreement enters
into force, terminate the designation of Oman as a beneficiary developing
country for purposes of title V of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act
of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2461 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDFF7CA993737F4AD68C2519D7CBB13660"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other Tariff
Modifications</header><text>Subject to the consultation and layover provisions
of section 104, the President may proclaim—</text>
<paragraph id="IDC52A656B088F46C399F1BCBCB885755D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such
modifications or continuation of any duty,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID462C54DCC05D4905BEFDC3688BD48DB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such
modifications as the United States may agree to with Oman regarding the staging
of any duty treatment set forth in Annex 2–B of the Agreement,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID86FF40F3745441409E0D20FDAF847CDC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>such continuation
of duty-free or excise treatment, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCD8BEFFC2EA840A39021564778855C83"><enum>(4)</enum><text>such additional
duties,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">as the
President determines to be necessary or appropriate to maintain the general
level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions with respect to Oman
provided for by the Agreement.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="IDE03B567F0AD645789E9667113DC4DCEC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conversion to
Ad Valorem Rates</header><text>For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), with
respect to any good for which the base rate in the Tariff Schedule of the
United States to Annex 2–B of the Agreement is a specific or compound rate of
duty, the President may substitute for the base rate an ad valorem rate that
the President determines to be equivalent to the base rate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID0DBD5FACAAA64D3EB0FD90274F3F9819"><enum>202.</enum><header>Rules of
origin</header>
<subsection id="IDC44C959ED49A4487945678213AC3FC82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application and
Interpretation</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID548F7843E7834754B995B27A9B397435"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tariff
classification</header><text>The basis for any tariff classification is the
HTS.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID380D71684BE24BB0AAB16149B85736B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reference to
hts</header><text>Whenever in this section there is a reference to a heading or
subheading, such reference shall be a reference to a heading or subheading of
the HTS.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBA7BF093165D4076A9F3CED0D99C13EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Originating
Goods</header>
<paragraph id="ID5947A3FE8EE94776926412A8FEA978A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of this Act and for purposes of implementing
the preferential tariff treatment provided for under the Agreement, a good is
an originating good if—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB44A5C9F10DB4154A72FF42A7B7B14B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the good is
imported directly—</text>
<clause id="ID29F472C2017547A9884C060338918C61"><enum>(i)</enum><text>from the
territory of Oman into the territory of the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID03505F830B044581A7D0643B805F2621"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>from the
territory of the United States into the territory of Oman; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID1150495D34D247BA8A653708533A0771"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID8CF10E4AA255478DB3DEB287635C3F7E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the good is a good
wholly the growth, product, or manufacture of Oman or the United States, or
both;</text>
</clause><clause id="IDFFA8906B82F949508A02440E83DBAF6D" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the good (other than a good to
which clause (iii) applies) is a new or different article of commerce that has
been grown, produced, or manufactured in Oman or the United States, or both,
and meets the requirements of paragraph (2); or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7D2A9836C4064A0B94CBC414F16DB4A7" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID2D0B9B20E65E4E6282FD5EDCE1744386"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the good is a good
covered by Annex 3–A or 4–A of the Agreement;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="ID08E72477E24C462692D4049CC2AFE1C7" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="IDCD0304EC4A2F480F9AE01B4CD3C879D6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>each of the
nonoriginating materials used in the production of the good undergoes an
applicable change in tariff classification specified in such Annex as a result
of production occurring entirely in the territory of Oman or the United States,
or both; or</text>
</item><item id="ID5D4222F05EA0442ABAB22238678EB5CE" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the good otherwise satisfies the
requirements specified in such Annex; and</text>
</item></subclause><subclause id="ID11AE7DC8DC784AA5BFAD56194CED16B9" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the good satisfies all other
applicable requirements of this section.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDD875CC177DFD47C49F84163F8DE4BA17"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A
good described in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) is an originating good only if the sum
of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDF986959266914130AD49059681FE3639"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the value of each
material produced in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both,
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF96F9A6B9055468F857FC80FFA128597"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the direct costs
of processing operations performed in the territory of Oman or the United
States, or both,</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">is not less
than 35 percent of the appraised value of the good at the time the good is
entered into the territory of the United States.</continuation-text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDB8DC09FAB9B64CB6A414D7B231C4210D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cumulation</header>
<paragraph id="ID227A2840DC9E4C61AF70165CE2F8BD39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Originating
good or material incorporated into goods of other country</header><text>An
originating good, or a material produced in the territory of Oman or the United
States, or both, that is incorporated into a good in the territory of the other
country shall be considered to originate in the territory of the other
country.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3A8D2BB179E414D9BC11E7B5DF0ED26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiple
producers</header><text>A good that is grown, produced, or manufactured in the
territory of Oman or the United States, or both, by 1 or more producers, is an
originating good if the good satisfies the requirements of subsection (b) and
all other applicable requirements of this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF87F218F42624FD7A0976F00FAD48DDA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Value of
Materials</header>
<paragraph id="ID8926D606ED594BDD8515CFF6AFE58685"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the value of a
material produced in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both,
includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCAA318E1446443778680C3C47BDEA96F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The price
actually paid or payable for the material by the producer of the good.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID00F2929A471E421EA5D3ABD49D5CD6A0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The freight,
insurance, packing, and all other costs incurred in transporting the material
to the producer’s plant, if such costs are not included in the price referred
to in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID22A0A5B9A70247BEBE134C8B8EA033DB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The cost of waste
or spoilage resulting from the use of the material in the growth, production,
or manufacture of the good, less the value of recoverable scrap.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4FC3664D366A4C629B9B59A6DDC738F2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Taxes or customs
duties imposed on the material by Oman or the United States, or both, if the
taxes or customs duties are not remitted upon exportation from the territory of
Oman or the United States, as the case may be.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID9DDE685AA89A45DA9F3D1F36FF52C1C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If
the relationship between the producer of a good and the seller of a material
influenced the price actually paid or payable for the material, or if there is
no price actually paid or payable by the producer for the material, the value
of the material produced in the territory of Oman or the United States, or
both, includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6D544F616CEC4C9C9BAD766ACF746244"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All expenses
incurred in the growth, production, or manufacture of the material, including
general expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID891F415680BA458595AAA43F65C0374B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A reasonable
amount for profit.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDD0ED5AD6511E4A7DB54280475A120705"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Freight,
insurance, packing, and all other costs incurred in transporting the material
to the producer’s plant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID51E5FA73BD3D4063B4415809D0F237FF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Packaging and
Packing Materials and Containers for Retail Sale and for
Shipment</header><text>Packaging and packing materials and containers for
retail sale and shipment shall be disregarded in determining whether a good
qualifies as an originating good, except to the extent that the value of such
packaging and packing materials and containers has been included in meeting the
requirements set forth in subsection (b)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8ED35CCE7692439AA5D80CCBFCC28171"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Indirect
Materials</header><text>Indirect materials shall be disregarded in determining
whether a good qualifies as an originating good, except that the cost of such
indirect materials may be included in meeting the requirements set forth in
subsection (b)(2).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDBA74FFD4499A4A2BB687C2E53A8BB842"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Transit and
Transshipment</header><text>A good shall not be considered to meet the
requirement of subsection (b)(1)(A) if, after exportation from the territory of
Oman or the United States, the good undergoes production, manufacturing, or any
other operation outside the territory of Oman or the United States, other than
unloading, reloading, or any other operation necessary to preserve the good in
good condition or to transport the good to the territory of Oman or the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDB9A2FBAA42C744AEA5AD7C15FB0F16B3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Textile and
Apparel Goods</header>
<paragraph id="ID57DE6AA722C04C02B98FEBA8B1AEA99C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>De minimis
amounts of nonoriginating materials</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6C290CF2ED4348F6BCB41D73DBD6A224"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a textile or
apparel good that is not an originating good because certain fibers or yarns
used in the production of the component of the good that determines the tariff
classification of the good do not undergo an applicable change in tariff
classification set out in Annex 3–A of the Agreement shall be considered to be
an originating good if the total weight of all such fibers or yarns in that
component is not more than 7 percent of the total weight of that
component.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDFBD3E3E1A4DE46EEBC4510F974D6D71F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain textile
or apparel goods</header><text>A textile or apparel good containing elastomeric
yarns in the component of the good that determines the tariff classification of
the good shall be considered to be an originating good only if such yarns are
wholly formed in the territory of Oman or the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID437264B418E946CE8A5DE70FE7DC0D3B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Yarn, fabric,
or group of fibers</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, in the case of
a textile or apparel good that is a yarn, fabric, or group of fibers, the term
<term>component of the good that determines the tariff classification of the
good</term> means all of the fibers in the yarn, fabric, or group of
fibers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE16E9E329CFE444198525E501535E91B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Goods put up in
sets for retail sale</header><text>Notwithstanding the rules set forth in Annex
3–A of the Agreement, textile or apparel goods classifiable as goods put up in
sets for retail sale as provided for in General Rule of Interpretation 3 of the
HTS shall not be considered to be originating goods unless each of the goods in
the set is an originating good or the total value of the nonoriginating goods
in the set does not exceed 10 percent of the value of the set determined for
purposes of assessing customs duties.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID67F80E58BC3F4712A4E7B8190E8D3048"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="ID015A91134559486688964D208E1318EF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Direct costs of
processing operations</header>
<subparagraph id="ID65C0F55C8DB244318721A2039B8FCBE3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>direct costs of processing
operations</term>, with respect to a good, includes, to the extent they are
includable in the appraised value of the good when imported into Oman or the
United States, as the case may be, the following:</text>
<clause id="IDD35A971EFBE2431388247CABB422FADD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>All
actual labor costs involved in the growth, production, or manufacture of the
good, including fringe benefits, on-the-job training, and the cost of
engineering, supervisory, quality control, and similar personnel.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5FF16F6077CE45238470BB47517E8424"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Tools, dies,
molds, and other indirect materials, and depreciation on machinery and
equipment that are allocable to the good.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9188CF30AD62424B838D34B11ABA5993"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Research,
development, design, engineering, and blueprint costs, to the extent that they
are allocable to the good.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDA2D56D79543444DC82FFA2253632A65A"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Costs of
inspecting and testing the good.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDF219858813CF4A3DAEE7112E8207321B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Costs of
packaging the good for export to the territory of the other country.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4DE7329A66AD47188F36C931AD448901"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The
term <term>direct costs of processing operations</term> does not include costs
that are not directly attributable to a good or are not costs of growth,
production, or manufacture of the good, such as—</text>
<clause id="IDA25FC72A97BE445083C018D5A5DCED70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>profit;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID3D2BDEAD786E4C9D98C88DAE357D8813"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>general expenses
of doing business that are either not allocable to the good or are not related
to the growth, production, or manufacture of the good, such as administrative
salaries, casualty and liability insurance, advertising, and sales staff
salaries, commissions, or expenses.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3DE45CC6679E441490E5AFA5EA361957"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Good</header><text>The
term <term>good</term> means any merchandise, product, article, or
material.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5C307B525BEF4877842D3980FE640875"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Good wholly the
growth, product, or manufacture of oman or the united states, or
both</header><text>The term <term>good wholly the growth, product, or
manufacture of Oman or the United States, or both</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID6EC16737E2BB441D9319E71B3FB7FAC6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a mineral good
extracted in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE6293AF617F04D518780CD7C2B84624F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a vegetable good,
as such a good is provided for in the HTS, harvested in the territory of Oman
or the United States, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA49C94E32DAA456D8D57C4A5D7001D11"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a live animal
born and raised in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCAFDFBE1C6A546C2A1EBC69578500486"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a good obtained
from live animals raised in the territory of Oman or the United States, or
both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID961AFD5DFCC446EFAF9755D9273D1EB8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a good obtained
from hunting, trapping, or fishing in the territory of Oman or the United
States, or both;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3E78507B7C274662A068A0386371B084"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a good (fish,
shellfish, and other marine life) taken from the sea by vessels registered or
recorded with Oman or the United States and flying the flag of that
country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID663AC8B267794F85B4DFB1C5641ACF55"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a good produced
from goods referred to in subparagraph (F) on board factory ships registered or
recorded with Oman or the United States and flying the flag of that
country;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID565CC282FDBB41F19B5436BE4B0B16C2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a good taken by
Oman or the United States or a person of Oman or the United States from the
seabed or beneath the seabed outside territorial waters, if Oman or the United
States, as the case may be, has rights to exploit such seabed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDF51AF1BE6E147E8AB2C29820F7F9E7C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a good taken from
outer space, if such good is obtained by Oman or the United States or a person
of Oman or the United States and not processed in the territory of a country
other than Oman or the United States;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDC02465ED348446168BA25287B133EEB2"><enum>(J)</enum><text>waste and scrap
derived from—</text>
<clause id="ID998C88DDAFB04926A5A8A8DC722C8F1E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>production or
manufacture in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID8091AB041D294950BB5AF4681CE7404A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>used goods
collected in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both, if such goods
are fit only for the recovery of raw materials;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDCC6B41BC7DCF452B8867E804DBAD8182"><enum>(K)</enum><text>a recovered good
derived in the territory of Oman or the United States from used goods and
utilized in the territory of that country in the production of remanufactured
goods; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBDB8505B3D8B4608B1260F916507AA9D"><enum>(L)</enum><text>a good produced
in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both, exclusively—</text>
<clause id="ID43CFB0E0E3F74677B120F32BA774F76F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>from goods
referred to in subparagraphs (A) through (J), or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDDF25E3A9FD1B4C789A7F0AA8D7B9BF07"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>from the
derivatives of goods referred to in clause (i),</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">at any
stage of production.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDFDF7DEF39E6A4C889A357AD9A2E6ED69"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Indirect
material</header><text>The term <term>indirect material</term> means a good
used in the growth, production, manufacture, testing, or inspection of a good
but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the
maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the
growth, production, or manufacture of a good, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID252C12D3950E4D53ABF98DF5185BBE68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>fuel and
energy;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID69BB16085865471B85040541B557B187"><enum>(B)</enum><text>tools, dies, and
molds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB0BB6EB9A8EE40F089E593311EB15D84"><enum>(C)</enum><text>spare parts and
materials used in the maintenance of equipment and buildings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDDC54A724F088432DA019A56B4D4AA501"><enum>(D)</enum><text>lubricants,
greases, compounding materials, and other materials used in the growth,
production, or manufacture of a good or used to operate equipment and
buildings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID53224CE1EA6247DAAE8F94CA32C094A3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>gloves, glasses,
footwear, clothing, safety equipment, and supplies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6E2F816DD6AA4825B42F04197E7C8364"><enum>(F)</enum><text>equipment,
devices, and supplies used for testing or inspecting the good;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID597E0EFA6C7E449084ACE564DFDA6C0E"><enum>(G)</enum><text>catalysts and
solvents; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDF78789EEEC8749038846BC7EFB5E6334"><enum>(H)</enum><text>any other goods
that are not incorporated into the good but the use of which in the growth,
production, or manufacture of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a
part of that growth, production, or manufacture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0F715ECB67D64AB38F71D4C772EE2C11"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Material</header><text>The
term <term>material</term> means a good, including a part or ingredient, that
is used in the growth, production, or manufacture of another good that is a new
or different article of commerce that has been grown, produced, or manufactured
in Oman or the United States, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID040E1A251BDE4C12B329C422CFFF527C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Material
produced in the territory of oman or the united states, or
both</header><text>The term <term>material produced in the territory of Oman or
the United States, or both</term> means a good that is either wholly the
growth, product, or manufacture of Oman or the United States, or both, or a new
or different article of commerce that has been grown, produced, or manufactured
in the territory of Oman or the United States, or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF379B9B070844AF6B07E6B6AC3F208C9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>New or
different article of commerce</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1EC9ECE1A61B4893960309CFDF8F31D9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>new or different article of
commerce</term> means, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a good
that—</text>
<clause id="IDEB20523FA333473F8939EB509481FC2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has
been substantially transformed from a good or material that is not wholly the
growth, product, or manufacture of Oman or the United States, or both;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID877E81194C234616B27CE9855D3648C7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has a new name,
character, or use distinct from the good or material from which it was
transformed.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID663646AFEE2F409FAECC919114A6FB42"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>A
good shall not be considered a new or different article of commerce by virtue
of having undergone simple combining or packaging operations, or mere dilution
with water or another substance that does not materially alter the
characteristics of the good.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID327962E749744B779EAD1DA8CC9B5607"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Recovered
goods</header><text>The term <term>recovered goods</term> means materials in
the form of individual parts that result from—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDDE0AB736A6904ED892D9876D51C18728"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the disassembly
of used goods into individual parts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3BB6EBB5C9794C76847AB172D48A2AD3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cleaning,
inspecting, testing, or other processing of those parts as necessary for
improvement to sound working condition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID7F686A7061C94D8EA0708FEF7094BEC7"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Remanufactured
good</header><text>The term <term>remanufactured good</term> means an
industrial good that is assembled in the territory of Oman or the United States
and that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID7A340B3F88C04177BCAFEA6E8B07C3B5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is entirely or
partially comprised of recovered goods;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID64F2CE64457B46D2BCBF5A0A8B57FA56"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a similar
life expectancy to a like good that is new; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDB87C63AF241A453CA3D5135215FE9B04"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enjoys a factory
warranty similar to that of a like good that is new.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID19524021249B4FE3917C1ECCBD88A87E"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Simple
combining or packaging operations</header><text>The term <term>simple combining
or packaging operations</term> means operations such as adding batteries to
devices, fitting together a small number of components by bolting, gluing, or
soldering, and repacking or packaging components together.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID04906C6FE5944A468558886F4CF18897"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Substantially
transformed</header><text>The term <term>substantially transformed</term>
means, with respect to a good or material, changed as the result of a
manufacturing or processing operation so that—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDCCBC9EB442F74BC09193C4236BCE467F"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="ID9F46FBC205504BF696A0BFFA7E36183F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the good or material is
converted from a good that has multiple uses into a good or material that has
limited uses;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7A97AE083CB647DFBC6C682F63040AD8" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the physical properties of the
good or material are changed to a significant extent; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID622AD998979B455E8878F19AF1031FE0" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the operation undergone by the
good or material is complex by reason of the number of different processes and
materials involved and the time and level of skill required to perform those
processes; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID30E7456D6F5C41FF9C2F98EE37296BB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the good or
material loses its separate identity in the manufacturing or processing
operation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID8600BC1B4401417F82932A8516BFC063"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Presidential
Proclamation Authority</header>
<paragraph id="IDC96D046396BD499AA9B71764D9C76D77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President is authorized to proclaim, as part of the
HTS—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDAA67BEEA9FCA450596B190E30658023C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the provisions
set forth in Annex 3–A and Annex 4–A of the Agreement; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0AE81C1C853C4C4B931553D96C18DB78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any additional
subordinate category that is necessary to carry out this title, consistent with
the Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0258192275C54B55957F48222CE587D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications</header>
<subparagraph id="ID40ED9B3933C2447C9E251708A8F87FBF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to the consultation and layover provisions of
section 104, the President may proclaim modifications to the provisions
proclaimed under the authority of paragraph (1)(A), other than provisions of
chapters 50 through 63 of the HTS (as included in Annex 3–A of the
Agreement).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDAB8EC35543C84003A694CC0AD6BB6CD8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional
proclamations</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), and subject to
the consultation and layover provisions of section 104, the President may
proclaim—</text>
<clause id="ID3EE7A5E635E342EBB5D733AD120C50D8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>modifications to
the provisions proclaimed under the authority of paragraph (1)(A) as are
necessary to implement an agreement with Oman pursuant to article 3.2.5 of the
Agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID7C8435BDF97E4078B6F0CA022ED782E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>before the end
of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,
modifications to correct any typographical, clerical, or other nonsubstantive
technical error regarding the provisions of chapters 50 through 63 of the HTS
(as included in Annex 3–A of the Agreement).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDCBCEEDDFE30E400FA8F1E8DF0476C542"><enum>203.</enum><header>Customs user
fees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13031(b) of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)) is
amended by adding after paragraph (16) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID4DF2254B4EC14FA4A7A4D9118A2B8C20" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID96B00D461BFD486587AFAAC860535B9D" indent="up1"><enum>(17)</enum><text>No fee may be charged under
subsection (a) (9) or (10) with respect to goods that qualify as originating
goods under section 202 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act. Any service for which an exemption from such fee is
provided by reason of this paragraph may not be funded with money contained in
the Customs User Fee
Account.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="IDC3D119C2318D44368FECC0DB9F48E88D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Enforcement
relating to trade in textile and apparel goods</header>
<subsection id="ID6366449CA0D042F4A92089B040082A6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Action During
Verification</header>
<paragraph id="ID77F55776AE6C442A9D35616696B82C01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the Secretary of the Treasury requests the Government
of Oman to conduct a verification pursuant to article 3.3 of the Agreement for
purposes of making a determination under paragraph (2), the President may
direct the Secretary to take appropriate action described in subsection (b)
while the verification is being conducted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0AB731791BB34AA698DF0A1A0D66547C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>A
determination under this paragraph is a determination—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC6641CFA42E64FA2B5588A265684C078"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that an exporter
or producer in Oman is complying with applicable customs laws, regulations,
procedures, requirements, or practices affecting trade in textile or apparel
goods; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID34558ACE61B44913A8F978AFE3034A81"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that a claim that
a textile or apparel good exported or produced by such exporter or
producer—</text>
<clause id="ID5404803576AE430FB790B98D764C9F2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>qualifies as an
originating good under section 202, or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID920D490F76954A88A71B3CC976765E5B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is
a good of Oman,</text>
</clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">is
accurate.</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDF53E2420F2404939BE6D0D6C4CAF9B1D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appropriate
Action Described</header><text>Appropriate action under subsection (a)(1)
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1FC6BAF29D8440E9A8AC11587CB098C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>suspension of
liquidation of the entry of any textile or apparel good exported or produced by
the person that is the subject of a verification referred to in subsection
(a)(1) regarding compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A), in a case in
which the request for verification was based on a reasonable suspicion of
unlawful activity related to such good; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDBF88FAFB74A84F95913C17BAD5546717"><enum>(2)</enum><text>suspension of
liquidation of the entry of a textile or apparel good for which a claim has
been made that is the subject of a verification referred to in subsection
(a)(1) regarding a claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID06A6C336FCC545AB9353961CC1AF61E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Action When
Information Is Insufficient</header><text>If the Secretary of the Treasury
determines that the information obtained within 12 months after making a
request for a verification under subsection (a)(1) is insufficient to make a
determination under subsection (a)(2), the President may direct the Secretary
to take appropriate action described in subsection (d) until such time as the
Secretary receives information sufficient to make a determination under
subsection (a)(2) or until such earlier date as the President may
direct.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8733CB05805B4E998188A07B02A86969"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appropriate
Action Described</header><text>Appropriate action referred to in subsection (c)
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="IDBF13C52D1CC24772A65BFFBEAEFC2676"><enum>(1)</enum><text>publication of
the name and address of the person that is the subject of the
verification;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD90350626C034C1C8F2A54301C6CC6AF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>denial of
preferential tariff treatment under the Agreement to—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDBC5A660825364BC8B33A891DFE565EDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any textile or
apparel good exported or produced by the person that is the subject of a
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in
subsection (a)(2)(A); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID724791E5D8614764A890D7FE5F7B4DBF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a textile or
apparel good for which a claim has been made that is the subject of a
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in
subsection (a)(2)(B); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDE320686D88D5456DBFCE643981FD786F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>denial of entry
into the United States of—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1F224B121CED403ABBCE4971A9A1C0F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any textile or
apparel good exported or produced by the person that is the subject of a
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) regarding compliance described in
subsection (a)(2)(A); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID055482BCCE9148F98860E0A9A7FA6B06"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a textile or
apparel good for which a claim has been made that is the subject of a
verification referred to in subsection (a)(1) regarding a claim described in
subsection (a)(2)(B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID589C5196E8CA465CA945651FF6451E84"><enum>205.</enum><header>Reliquidation
of entries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (d) of
section 520 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name>
(19 U.S.C. 1520(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID058F6FF69D754D359B6F982D9194E1AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDE4BCCA085FFE4F159716ABFED5277501"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDA27EEABE0BA04C8AA7BACC4B6A05796D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>for which</quote> and inserting <quote>, or section 202 of the United
States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act for which</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDFF4F15AA02444063A173835D32307C0E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>and information</quote> after
<quote>documentation</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDAF3DBD655CC54D29BCB6159BB6EDA2F6"><enum>206.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out—</text>
<paragraph id="ID70119097D7C0485ABB4E3D830956AB24"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subsections (a)
through (i) of section 202;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDE0F03E5B368A4F08A006B1830F4B2DB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amendment
made by section 203; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2138DCAB21F14D76B1823F595F057E42"><enum>(3)</enum><text>proclamations
issued under section 202(j).</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>RELIEF FROM
IMPORTS</header>
<section id="IDADEDBD16A4314AF8A527BAE10DC98D82"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="ID39398DC75BC24EF4856FDA8C69298BEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Omani
article</header><text>The term <term>Omani article</term> means an article
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID449BF66998534C0A91294CCD2031F3EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>qualifies as an
originating good under section 202(b); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID0DF5B61BFC60476396C96987A417FCBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>receives
preferential tariff treatment under paragraphs 8 through 11 of article 3.2 of
the Agreement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1A4FBE3055E6454497C2539039D1A798"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Omani textile
or apparel article</header><text>The term <term>Omani textile or apparel
article</term> means an article that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID10A47D6BDFAE4FBF99D4259791F7296D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is listed in the
Annex to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section
101(d)(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4));
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDEC8047DEE0CC47B2BC5CB7CF119A73D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is an Omani
article.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDBDEC27C369EF4C37934AB2EEC4A75CF6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>Commission</term> means the United States International Trade
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></section><subtitle id="IDABCAAD7404B640348A35966FC1DF8F6B"><enum>A</enum><header>Relief From
Imports Benefiting From the Agreement</header>
<section id="ID65D2051275264D33BA001A5B96375BB5"><enum>311.</enum><header>Commencing of
action for relief</header>
<subsection id="IDC1823F43D98C4B3996E01B59DB14D6FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Filing of
Petition</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID128CAC0039F441E99AE5CCBDADE1E171"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigation
and Determination</header><text>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, an Omani 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
Omani article 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDE2550EA92A1E407F975F18C2C9E73B41"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicable
Provisions</header><text>The following provisions of section 202 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2252)
apply with respect to any investigation initiated under subsection (b):</text>
<paragraph id="IDD19B521D5B1348E6A73EA804BB0185AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Paragraphs (1)(B)
and (3) of subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFA6FE58AD75B43F59A467F78338228AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Subsection
(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6A514A9227BE45188CABF0ADB254B31B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subsection
(i).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD7435D98DD1D452A8D6531A717303150"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Articles Exempt
From Investigation</header><text>No investigation may be initiated under this
section with respect to any Omani article if, after the date on which the
Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States, import relief
has been provided with respect to that Omani article under this
subtitle.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID42AD05AEB54C469694CB136CF44FC57A"><enum>312.</enum><header>Commission
action on petition</header>
<subsection id="IDD6DB64FE93674572A0A7154AF1EC1BD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>Not
later than 120 days after the date on which an investigation is initiated under
section 311(b) with respect to a petition, the Commission shall make the
determination required under that section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID268024CCF0BC422298AD9C28EC3899E0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicable
Provisions</header><text>For purposes of this subtitle, the provisions of
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 330(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)
(1), (2), and (3)) 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 <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(19 U.S.C. 2252).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID27081BC7D21144AF928599DFEC230EA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
Finding and Recommendation if Determination Affirmative</header>
<paragraph id="ID1CD2B326DD7848669AE4AA8ED5914E0B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the determination made by the Commission under
subsection (a) with respect to imports of an article is affirmative, or if the
President may consider a determination of the Commission to be an affirmative
determination as provided for under paragraph (1) of section 330(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1330(d)), the Commission shall find, and recommend to the President in the
report required under subsection (d), 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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDD7B7A717E74D4E4D8B96775A000EA149"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
relief</header><text>The import relief recommended by the Commission under this
subsection shall be limited to that described in section 313(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID156D78CA84BB43A1B833CFD66CCFFDEC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Voting;
separate views</header><text>Only those members of the Commission who voted in
the affirmative under subsection (a) are eligible to vote on the proposed
action to remedy or prevent the injury found by the Commission. Members of the
Commission who did not vote in the affirmative may submit, in the report
required under subsection (d), separate views regarding what action, if any,
should be taken to remedy or prevent the injury.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDD0AD573D025C41EDA85C447D33CB2E06"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report to
President</header><text>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
includes—</text>
<paragraph id="ID2E7B848CD5B54C9EBFA0D7B3EB1674E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the determination
made under subsection (a) and an explanation of the basis for the
determination;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDCFA154C69A7E40118C9BCFB4594DE53B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the
determination under subsection (a) is affirmative, any findings and
recommendations for import relief made under subsection (c) and an explanation
of the basis for each recommendation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0D27175D73F94B07A67215A9A6870765"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any dissenting or
separate views by members of the Commission regarding the determination and
recommendation referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1CC21BFEAEBF46119B050AF29E2FD925"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public
Notice</header><text>Upon submitting a report to the President under subsection
(d), 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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDD8A01B53F73F48D190D02BA7075ACFF3"><enum>313.</enum><header>Provision of
relief</header>
<subsection id="ID56DB095F760944C39CF10B414882C32B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Not later than the date that is 30 days after the date on
which the President receives the report of the Commission in which the
Commission’s determination under section 312(a) is affirmative, or which
contains a determination under section 312(a) that the President considers to
be affirmative under paragraph (1) of section 330(d) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1330(d)(1)), the President, subject to subsection (b), shall provide relief
from imports of the article that is the subject of such determination to the
extent that the President determines necessary to remedy or prevent the injury
found by the Commission and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic industry
to make a positive adjustment to import competition.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID028B296A377B4EE696D8DF1DCBD2C810"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The
President is not required to provide import relief under this section if the
President determines that the provision of the import relief will not provide
greater economic and social benefits than costs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID23A9DB73A2044C44804272D5BACD20E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Nature of
Relief</header>
<paragraph id="ID65B176B342504E768779F95F924CB62C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The import relief that the President is authorized to
provide under this section with respect to imports of an article is as
follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID33F50FCEFDE242B282820F1753738350"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The suspension of
any further reduction provided for under Annex 2–B of the Agreement in the duty
imposed on such article.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID80CF80E6E4924BA09A59AC5068DA0F19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An increase in
the rate of duty imposed on such article to a level that does not exceed the
lesser of—</text>
<clause id="ID836BA875A980411A8BA29A25627BE3F7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
column 1 general rate of duty imposed under the HTS on like articles at the
time the import relief is provided; or</text>
</clause><clause id="IDD932AEEB896C446F8A7511EF1374A8D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4E609FD3F6B7401D83401A3840C3CB91"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Progressive
liberalization</header><text>If the period for which import relief is provided
under this section is greater than 1 year, the President shall provide for the
progressive liberalization of such relief at regular intervals during the
period in which the relief is in effect.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2F8BCA5DB6BC4218BF547BE246983A79"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Period of
Relief</header>
<paragraph id="IDAEA9F027FBB04E4C8DE549CEC4491D79"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), any import relief that the
President provides under this section may not, in the aggregate, be in effect
for more than 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDFA9C4C903CDB4EE6B97A7345A46835DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension</header>
<subparagraph id="IDDCA4DCF2BDC54D10AF32352727EB591A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If the initial period for any import relief provided
under this section is less than 3 years, the President, after receiving a
determination from the Commission under subparagraph (B) that is affirmative,
or which the President considers to be affirmative under paragraph (1) of
section 330(d) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of
1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 1330(d)(1)), may extend the effective period of any
import relief provided under this section, subject to the limitation under
paragraph (1), if the President determines that—</text>
<clause id="ID92E9D448996A41629668F4BEB093BA55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the
import relief continues to be necessary to remedy or prevent serious injury and
to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import competition;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="IDAA076819875A4790869EAD8138FAEE87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>there is
evidence that the industry is making a positive adjustment to import
competition.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8DDEEF233E7649CF975B693AAC801D92"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Action by
commission</header>
<clause id="ID0A2ED9BE22B94A42B16AFEF4450BF3AE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Investigation</header><text>Upon
a petition on behalf of the industry concerned that is filed with the
Commission not earlier than the date which is 9 months, and not later than the
date which is 6 months, before the date any action taken under subsection (a)
is to terminate, the Commission shall conduct an investigation to determine
whether action under this section continues to be necessary to remedy or
prevent serious injury and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to
import competition and whether there is evidence that the industry is making a
positive adjustment to import competition.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDB7E9040BB9B843D8B8EC691AFC0308B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Notice and
hearing</header><text>The Commission shall publish notice of the commencement
of any proceeding under this subparagraph in the Federal Register and shall,
within a reasonable time thereafter, hold a public hearing at which the
Commission shall afford interested parties and consumers an opportunity to be
present, to present evidence, and to respond to the presentations of other
parties and consumers, and otherwise to be heard.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID407EAB2195AD409B993F4AC26FFB3893"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Commission shall transmit to the President a report on its investigation and
determination under this subparagraph not later than 60 days before the action
under subsection (a) is to terminate, unless the President specifies a
different date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID9A5165A6F7414C11B6BBED3ED5239C9A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Rate After
Termination of Import Relief</header><text>When import relief under this
section is terminated with respect to an article, the rate of duty on that
article shall be the rate that would have been in effect, but for the provision
of such relief, on the date on which the relief terminates.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9D33C8CC5EF3411099A1AE09D260985C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Articles Exempt
From Relief</header><text>No import relief may be provided under this section
on any article that has been subject to import relief under this subtitle after
the date on which the Agreement enters into force.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID1E61CC08DE284DC78A8C10180C044F18"><enum>314.</enum><header>Termination of
relief authority</header>
<subsection id="ID0B5D5F61D5CB4234A50E7712FFBD94F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
Rule</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), no import relief may be provided
under this subtitle after the date that is 10 years after the date on which the
Agreement enters into force.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID8474F51D93CD4C71A52751622CE71AE4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presidential
Determination</header><text>Import relief may be provided under this subtitle
in the case of an Omani article after the date on which such relief would, but
for this subsection, terminate under subsection (a), if the President
determines that Oman has consented to such relief.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID27EA25C5441847D5ADF4F57B88B1F9DD"><enum>315.</enum><header>Compensation
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of
section 123 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(19 U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the President under section 313
shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of such Act (19
U.S.C. 2251 et seq.).</text>
</section><section id="IDF1B61E8CF00A4D6DBCF4B43EFD09D414"><enum>316.</enum><header>Confidential
business information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
202(a)(8) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(19 U.S.C. 2252(a)(8)) is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<paragraph id="IDEB4F5E0EF8F7422EA8C8DC0A4C993FE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID13E3C33622A14EE1B2BFB6BD59246FD9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period at the end <quote>, and title III of the United States-Oman
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="IDAC311E2B209A475482C9F51BCF98B0FD"><enum>B</enum><header>Textile and
Apparel Safeguard Measures</header>
<section id="IDFBEF2E5256994E3093FFE230EC30998C"><enum>321.</enum><header>Commencement
of action for relief</header>
<subsection id="ID3CA5D59D814242E3A93F1075D884D354"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>A request under this subtitle for the purpose of
adjusting to the obligations of the United States under the Agreement may be
filed with the President by an interested party. Upon the filing of a request,
the President shall review the request to determine, from information presented
in the request, whether to commence consideration of the request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID179E935B6C674071989588D505BBA7A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication of
Request</header><text>If the President determines that the request under
subsection (a) provides the information necessary for the request to be
considered, the President shall cause to be published in the Federal Register a
notice of commencement of consideration of the request, and notice seeking
public comments regarding the request. The notice shall include a summary of
the request and the dates by which comments and rebuttals must be
received.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDCFD8786FEBB2484EBFD1D5B8F10F51B8"><enum>322.</enum><header>Determination
and provision of relief</header>
<subsection id="ID4E1ADF3F64524046A6C9EEF6F27D1C07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<paragraph id="IDE278719988DD4F638F7E6FBA20B701B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a positive determination is made under section 321(b),
the President shall determine whether, as a result of the reduction or
elimination of a duty under the Agreement, an Omani textile or apparel article
is being imported into the United States in such increased quantities, in
absolute terms or relative to the domestic market for that article, and under
such conditions as to cause serious damage, or actual threat thereof, to a
domestic industry producing an article that is like, or directly competitive
with, the imported article.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57270C62991E4E77B4635A1EEF51C7C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Serious
damage</header><text>In making a determination under paragraph (1), the
President—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDC1F6373F96BD4DA0B4D55448C879ECEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall examine the
effect of increased imports on the domestic industry, as reflected in changes
in such relevant economic factors as output, productivity, utilization of
capacity, inventories, market share, exports, wages, employment, domestic
prices, profits, and investment, none of which is necessarily decisive;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID65F67DAFD9D64DBD93DD676976593D35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not
consider changes in technology or consumer preference as factors supporting a
determination of serious damage or actual threat thereof.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID17F10740B0964804983812D711FF3BF5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of
Relief</header>
<paragraph id="ID3407B19E76824FB38FFA5D72C3924594"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>If a determination under subsection (a) is affirmative,
the President may provide relief from imports of the article that is the
subject of such determination, as described in paragraph (2), to the extent
that the President determines necessary to remedy or prevent the serious damage
and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import
competition.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0781C5B3E00945D79CBFB70046623D7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nature of
relief</header><text>The relief that the President is authorized to provide
under this subsection with respect to imports of an article is an increase in
the rate of duty imposed on the article to a level that does not exceed the
lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDB78E3875D0724D938E5834868908FB2C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the column 1
general rate of duty imposed under the HTS on like articles at the time the
import relief is provided; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDBA5444EC7E884A0AA9CEF34AC80296F0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDE2B8D25CDA9347CD9FE94B947A72707D"><enum>323.</enum><header>Period of
relief</header>
<subsection id="ID9C63EE727C5647068BA346A02F2247A7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), any import relief that the
President provides under subsection (b) of section 322 may not, in the
aggregate, be in effect for more than 3 years.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDF83E462BC8034824B1C80E2AA0B56764"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>If
the initial period for any import relief provided under section 322 is less
than 3 years, the President may extend the effective period of any import
relief provided under that section, subject to the limitation set forth in
subsection (a), if the President determines that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDF45B4C0E5FA34E25A5D14ED37ACE29F2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the import relief
continues to be necessary to remedy or prevent serious damage and to facilitate
adjustment by the domestic industry to import competition; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID2F2B6F2405E24712B1916AA0C466DD0F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>there is evidence
that the industry is making a positive adjustment to import competition.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID13930F512C044E5F9D547F12C9039961"><enum>324.</enum><header>Articles
exempt from relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President may not provide import relief under this subtitle with respect to any
article if—</text>
<paragraph id="ID7A5B55FFC9B6491BAD29347BEE1A41D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the article has
been subject to import relief under this subtitle after the date on which the
Agreement enters into force; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0D3BF7BCE81D4AEF9E527C834806F9CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the article is
subject to import relief under chapter 1 of title II of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C. 2251 et
seq.).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="IDC18A4512FFB949CD95CE2DF6229DE8B7"><enum>325.</enum><header>Rate after
termination of import relief</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">When import relief under this subtitle is
terminated with respect to an article, the rate of duty on that article shall
be the rate that would have been in effect, but for the provision of such
relief, on the date on which the relief terminates.</text>
</section><section id="IDD268DB60D72D4A1DA5C65897F597EE28"><enum>326.</enum><header>Termination of
relief authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No import
relief may be provided under this subtitle with respect to any article after
the date that is 10 years after the date on which duties on the article are
eliminated pursuant to the Agreement.</text>
</section><section id="ID534D882ABBAC4E038588746B4E2D407F"><enum>327.</enum><header>Compensation
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of
section 123 of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(19 U.S.C. 2133), any import relief provided by the President under this
subtitle shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of such
Act.</text>
</section><section id="IDF7388025E1FE4A2E8FB55E8DC3CF5913"><enum>328.</enum><header>Confidential
business information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
President may not release information that is submitted in a proceeding under
this subtitle and that the President considers to be confidential business
information unless the party submitting the confidential business information
had notice, at the time of submission, that such information would be released,
or such party subsequently consents to the release of the information. To the
extent a party submits confidential business information to the President in a
proceeding under this subtitle, the party shall also submit a nonconfidential
version of the information, in which the confidential business information is
summarized or, if necessary, deleted.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>PROCUREMENT</header>
<section id="ID1FD12F94EB3B4C65A973E801CD3808A3"><enum>401.</enum><header>Eligible
products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308(4)(A) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TAA79">Trade Agreements Act of 1979</act-name> (19
U.S.C. 2518(4)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5D2AAFDAED914189B715759AA00C6488"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (iv);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7BD78D7308234432ACB0BE33D2B280D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of clause (v) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDF3902CDCDBEC448BBD4E55E610F10C80"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block id="ID53226F5DAD9648BB8ED15326B37AA3E2" style="OLC">
<clause id="ID5E67AB8D16A34CDC8994825DD68CE901"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a party to the
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, a product or service of that country
or instrumentality which is covered under that Agreement for procurement by the
United
States.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>
June 28, 2006
Reported without amendment