[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1665 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1665

To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay and Uruguay to 
the list of countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary 
  countries and ATPDEA beneficiary countries, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 14, 2009

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Andean Trade Preference Act to add Paraguay and Uruguay to 
the list of countries that are eligible to be designated as beneficiary 
  countries and ATPDEA beneficiary countries, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``ATPDEA Expansion and Extension Act 
of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT.

    (a) Addition of Paraguay and Uruguay to List of Eligible 
Countries.--Section 203(b)(1) of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 
U.S.C. 3202(b)(1)) is amended by inserting after ``Colombia'' the 
following:
    ``Paraguay
    ``Uruguay''.
    (b) Certain Articles From Certain ATPDEA Beneficiary Countries 
Eligible for Preferential Treatment.--Section 204(b)(3)(B) of the 
Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)(B)) is amended by 
redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix) and inserting after clause 
(vii) the following:
                            ``(viii) Certain wool textiles.--
                                    ``(I) General rule.--Any apparel 
                                article classifiable under a subheading 
                                of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 
                                described in subclause (II), if the 
                                article is both cut and sewn or 
                                otherwise assembled in the United 
                                States, or one or more ATPDEA 
                                beneficiary country, or both.
                                    ``(II) Subheadings described.--A 
                                subheading described in this subclause 
                                means any of the following subheadings 
                                of the HTS:


``5111.11.70.........................  6105.90.10...................  6203.41.12
 5111.19.60..........................  6106.90.10...................  6203.41.20
 5111.20.90..........................  6107.29.20...................  6204.11.00
 5111.30.90..........................  6107.99.20...................  6204.21.00
 5111.90.90..........................  6108.39.10...................  6204.31.10
 5112.11.30..........................  6108.99.20...................  6204.31.20
 5112.11.60..........................  6109.90.15...................  6204.41.10
 5112.19.60..........................  6110.11.00...................  6204.41.20
 5112.19.95..........................  6111.90.05...................  6204.51.00
 5112.20.30..........................  6114.90.05...................  6204.61.10
 5112.30.30..........................  6115.94.00...................  6204.61.10
 5112.90.90..........................  6116.91.00...................  6204.61.90
 6101.90.05..........................  6117.10.10...................  6204.61.90
 6102.10.00..........................  6201.11.00...................  6205.90.05
 6103.10.10..........................  6201.91.10...................  6205.90.07
 6103.29.05..........................  6201.91.20...................  6206.20.10
 6103.31.00..........................  6202.11.00...................  6206.20.20
 6103.41.10..........................  6202.91.10...................  6206.20.30
 6103.41.20..........................  6202.91.20...................  6207.99.20
 6104.19.50..........................  6203.11.60...................  6207.99.40
 6104.29.05..........................  6203.29.10...................  6208.99.20
 6104.31.00..........................  6203.29.15...................  6209.90.05
 6104.41.00..........................  6203.31.50...................  6214.20.00
 6104.51.00..........................  6203.31.90...................  6216.00.80
 6104.61.00..........................  6203.41.05...................  ..........................................
 

                                    ``(III) Other requirements.--Rules 
                                similar to the rules described in 
                                clause (vi) shall apply to articles 
                                eligible for preferential treatment 
                                under this clause.''.
    (c) Termination of Duty-Free Treatment.--Section 208(a)(1) of such 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3206(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or Peru'' and inserting ``, Paraguay, 
        Uruguay, or Peru''; and
            (2) by striking ``December 31, 2009'' and inserting 
        ``December 31, 2012''.
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