II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1665 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 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.

1.

Short title

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

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: 5111.11.706105.90.106203.41.12  5111.19.606106.90.106203.41.20  5111.20.906107.29.206204.11.00  5111.30.906107.99.206204.21.00  5111.90.906108.39.106204.31.10  5112.11.306108.99.206204.31.20  5112.11.606109.90.156204.41.10  5112.19.606110.11.006204.41.20  5112.19.956111.90.056204.51.00  5112.20.306114.90.056204.61.10  5112.30.306115.94.006204.61.10  5112.90.906116.91.006204.61.90  6101.90.056117.10.106204.61.90  6102.10.006201.11.006205.90.05  6103.10.106201.91.106205.90.07  6103.29.05 6201.91.206206.20.10  6103.31.006202.11.006206.20.20  6103.41.106202.91.106206.20.30  6103.41.206202.91.206207.99.20  6104.19.506203.11.606207.99.40  6104.29.056203.29.106208.99.20  6104.31.006203.29.156209.90.05  6104.41.006203.31.506214.20.00  6104.51.006203.31.906216.00.80  6104.61.006203.41.05 (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.