1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
Strengthening America's Trade Laws
Act
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—Dispute Settlement
Subtitle A—Findings, purpose, and definitions
Sec. 101. Congressional findings and purpose.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Subtitle B—Participation in WTO panel proceedings
Sec. 111. Participation in WTO panel proceedings.
Subtitle C—Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute
Settlement
Sec. 121. Establishment of Commission.
Sec. 122. Duties of the Commission.
Sec. 123. Powers of the Commission.
Subtitle D—Congressional approval of regulatory action
relating to adverse WTO decisions
Sec. 131. Congressional approval of regulatory actions relating
to adverse WTO decisions.
Subtitle E—Clarification of rights and obligations through
negotiations
Sec. 141. Clarification of rights and obligations in the WTO
through negotiations.
TITLE II—Strengthening antidumping and countervailing duty
laws
Sec. 201. Export price and constructed export
price.
Sec. 202. Nonmarket economy methodology.
Sec. 203. Determinations on the basis of facts
available.
Sec. 204. Clarification of determination of material
injury.
Sec. 205. Revocation of nonmarket economy country
status.
TITLE III—Expansion of applicability of countervailing
duties
Sec. 301. Application of countervailing duties to nonmarket
economy countries and strengthening application of the law.
Sec. 302. Treatment of exchange-rate manipulation as
countervailable subsidy under Title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930.
Sec. 303. Affirmation of negotiating objective on border
taxes.
Sec. 304. Presidential certification; application of
countervailing duty law.
TITLE IV—Limitation on Presidential discretion in addressing
market disruption
Sec. 401. Standard for presidential action on ITC finding of
market disruption.
TITLE V—Strengthening enforcement of intellectual property rights
at U.S. borders
Subtitle A—Coordination of enforcement of intellectual
property rights
Sec. 501. Definitions.
Sec. 502. Director of Intellectual Property Rights
Enforcement.
Sec. 503. Strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual
property rights.
Sec. 504. CBP and ICE coordinators.
Subtitle B—Regulatory and policy improvements against
counterfeiting and piracy
Sec. 511. In general.
Sec. 512. Identification of certain unlawful goods.
Sec. 513. Training in new technologies.
Sec. 514. Disclosure of information and samples of shipments to
intellectual property owners.
Sec. 515. Improvements to recordation process.
Sec. 516. Identification of low-risk shippers.
Sec. 517. Watch List
database.
Sec. 518. Civil fines for importation of pirated or counterfeit
goods.
Subtitle C—Training enhancements
Sec. 521. International training and technical assistance
enhancements.
Subtitle D—New legal tools for border enforcement
Sec. 531. Expanded prohibitions on importation or exportation
of counterfeit or pirated goods.
Sec. 532. Declarations regarding counterfeit and infringing
merchandise.
Subtitle E—Regulatory authority
Sec. 541. Regulatory authority.
TITLE VI—Miscellaneous
Sec. 601. Application to Canada and Mexico.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dispute Settlement</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id163E067404A84A3381CBB4C6F7A7C723" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings, purpose, and definitions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0197715D1EE48FE83BFB46A74609ED0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional findings and purpose</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID135348FB2208441488B1CB9A754FF5A6"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5DC203DDF6CE4EC1AE701EFB6A4B5B65"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States joined the World Trade
Organization as an original member with the goal of creating an improved global
trading system and providing expanded economic opportunities for United States
workers, farmers, and businesses.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BEE7834635B469F9A0AA5AEF15F795A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The dispute settlement rules of the WTO
were created to enhance the likelihood that governments will observe their WTO
obligations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF86606D5194E4089BD0D18D378A75B92"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Successful operation of the WTO dispute
settlement system was critical to congressional approval of the Uruguay Round
Agreements and is critical to continued support by the United States for the
WTO. In particular, it is imperative that dispute settlement panels and the
Appellate Body—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID161650B61EF844B08E69F37060725941"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">operate with fairness and in an impartial
manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID336242FFDF3D4A6DBFDF16C6A84631BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strictly observe the terms of reference and
any applicable standard of review set forth in the Uruguay Round Agreements;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF100B5F1B17B469B97B2DA93BC778966"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not add to the obligations, or diminish the
rights, of WTO members under the Uruguay Round Agreements in violation of
Articles 3.2 and 19.2 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA5F7CBA42E1423F9C34A7D0898E0C61"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An increasing number of reports by dispute
settlement panels and the Appellate Body have raised serious concerns within
the Congress about the ability of the WTO dispute settlement system to operate
in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDF0F5A642D554BC9940FE92A275C8148"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In particular, several reports of dispute
settlement panels and the Appellate Body have added to the obligations and
diminished the rights of WTO members, particularly under the Agreement on
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994, the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the Agreement
on Safeguards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61BC0C48869249E292039A572158427B"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to come into compliance with
reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body that have been
adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body, the Congress may need to amend or
repeal statutes of the United States. In such cases, the Congress must have a
high degree of confidence that the reports are in accordance with paragraph
(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID692174D8330B4F4599EFF70F8EC1AA97"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress needs impartial, objective,
and juridical advice to determine the appropriate response to reports of
dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF36A38F0FF51479AAB9886BE2C56475F"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States remains committed to the
multilateral, rules-based trading system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA6FC58BBD6A4193BE10A17C009C33F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the purpose of this subtitle to
provide for the establishment of the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO
Dispute Settlement to provide objective and impartial advice to the Congress on
the operation of the dispute settlement system of the World Trade
Organization.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB10B56590F694226A86CA4C6B4EC4803" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE23C09EC42564570A1B55B57A2034184"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Adverse finding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>adverse finding</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFBBE111119E641DEB5A3CB353E898642"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a proceeding of a dispute settlement
panel or the Appellate Body that is initiated against the United States, a
finding by the panel or the Appellate Body that any law, regulation, practice,
or interpretation of the United States, or any State, is inconsistent with the
obligations of the United States under a Uruguay Round Agreement (or nullifies
or impairs benefits accruing to a WTO member under such an Agreement);
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5FF00476EF840D5924DC77350544E2D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in a proceeding of a panel or the Appellate
Body in which the United States is a complaining party, any finding by the
panel or the Appellate Body that a measure of the party complained against is
not inconsistent with that party’s obligations under a Uruguay Round Agreement
(or does not nullify or impair benefits accruing to the United States under
such an Agreement).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA51B6427E1D34753BCCE54A3F6867412"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appellate
body</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Appellate
Body</term> means the Appellate Body established by the Dispute Settlement Body
pursuant to Article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0C3E6859B3254DDEB1C03954874AAF56"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate congressional
committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means the Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE3EF01AC9F44D35A1A5B054FB698711"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dispute settlement body</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Dispute Settlement
Body</term> means the Dispute Settlement Body established pursuant to the
Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID158AC4B78CBF45F2B824DE0F09E49413"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dispute settlement panel;
panel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>dispute
settlement panel</term> and <term>panel</term> mean a panel established
pursuant to Article 6 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13A6A4A30DF94064AAAB579A0BDB161F"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dispute settlement
understanding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Dispute Settlement Understanding</term> means the Understanding on Rules
and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in section
101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56B7216C49354E26935AE09C326953DB"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Terms of reference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>terms of reference</term>
has the meaning given that term in the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID875E240BEF124BDAA5D6283CC9A4D8F3"><enum>(8)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Trade representative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Trade Representative</term>
means the United States Trade Representative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27F23E793FAD44BAADD325980E0A4C56"><enum>(9)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">United states person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States person</term>
means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5A07149C14464E44A3BFFA3EE1877515"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a United States citizen or an alien
admitted for permanent residence into the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6E93A51F04EB41888E485C4858F4327D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a corporation, partnership, labor
organization, or other legal entity organized under the laws of the United
States or of any State, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC858DF6AD3E9456BAD864D842006178A"><enum>(10)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Uruguay round agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Uruguay Round
Agreement</term> means any of the Agreements described in section 101(d) of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID527F31B0CFAC429E9B057995B00CA3AA"><enum>(11)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">World trade organization; wto</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>World Trade
Organization</term> and <term>WTO</term> mean the organization established
pursuant to the WTO Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55B1C83942A447EC8A861CAE88AF6925"><enum>(12)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">WTO agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>WTO Agreement</term> means
the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April
15, 1994.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID140B640ECCA446899CCBC369A9CA816B"><enum>(13)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">WTO member</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>WTO member</term> has the
meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(19 U.S.C. 3501(10)).</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="ID1990DAC3C6B84418A53A276059C5A591" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in WTO panel
proceedings</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0C540B0575864103810075B0ECD090F8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in WTO panel
proceedings</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3EBBCDE9335047A2B9F1CA2ADFF18973"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Trade Representative, in proceedings
before a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body of the WTO,
seeks—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9BA810110A3B4CBD8AB356D404B7D6E2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to enforce United States rights under a
multilateral trade agreement, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDABE698CD40194885BC5074AF4E169B8F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to defend an action or determination of the
United States Government that is challenged,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">a United States person that is
supportive of the United States Government’s position before the panel or
Appellate Body and that has a direct economic interest in the panel’s or
Appellate Body’s resolution of the matters in dispute shall be permitted to
participate in consultations and panel or Appellate Body proceedings. The Trade
Representative shall issue regulations, consistent with subsections (b) and
(c), ensuring full and effective participation by any such person.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2138920E2F30422DABA807E539D85F3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to Information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Trade Representative shall make
available to persons described in subsection (a) all information presented to
or otherwise obtained by the Trade Representative in connection with the WTO
dispute settlement proceeding in which such persons are participating. The
Trade Representative shall promulgate regulations to protect information
designated as confidential in the proceeding.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9F98424E1B1646AB8E36FABD24C5EB9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in Panel
Process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request from a
person described in subsection (a), the Trade Representative shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFC64A6CCAE7F46DF818375B8CEE8A78E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult in advance with such person
regarding the content of written submissions from the United States to the
panel or Appellate Body concerned or to the other member countries
involved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7B88DAB878A64596B6AA0B2961EC02F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include, if appropriate, such person or the
person's appropriate representative as an advisory member of the delegation in
sessions of the dispute settlement panel or Appellate Body;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BB84591AD76495EBA95601ADC78CE85"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow such person, if such person would
bring special knowledge to the proceeding, to appear before the panel or
Appellate Body, directly or through counsel, under the supervision of
responsible United States Government officials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38F674689C0F43549724EFF521D9F29D"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in proceedings involving confidential
information, allow the appearance of such person only through counsel as a
member of the special delegation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idE87A63BA485D40379213356E9CE3FC7F" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO
Dispute Settlement</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEA8D4022B83948E590E053B5BAC578CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID99A0C89D541C472094F374F4571F3F86"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a commission to be
known as the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement (in
this subtitle referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID193DBF0C7C924B7B8DF36B65A417DE9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Membership</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB33EDBD60D824EB9B1FC8852DDD5E9D7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall be composed of 5
members, all of whom shall be judges or former judges of the Federal judicial
circuits and shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives
and the President pro tempore of the Senate after considering the
recommendations of the Chairman and ranking member of each of the appropriate
congressional committees. Commissioners shall be chosen without regard to
political affiliation and solely on the basis of each Commissioner’s fitness to
perform the duties of a Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2A37E68D0FCF42D9BAA9343224C78E84"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The appointments of the initial members of
the Commission shall be made not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID69EEC1B1C8974EC79DD6F50D80A1CC43"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period of Appointment; Vacancies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70AD93C176A54CD0A3758654358A3ACE"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Commission shall each be
appointed for a term of 5 years, except that of the members first appointed, 3
members shall each be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42E1FCB03BE940A89130A2606C438CFB"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vacancies</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4464FBAAFDB641089ACF165BD3D7AA48"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any vacancy on the Commission shall not
affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original
appointment was made and shall be subject to the same conditions as the
original appointment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8206A8B857D645C2B3F82301DCA5A755"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unexpired
term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An individual chosen to
fill a vacancy shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member
replaced.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAF11C8D899F84091BDE57AABCBDC3844"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Initial Meeting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date on
which all members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall
hold its first meeting.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID27F3BF7FAF434BC9ACBD129DD8F50DE8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Meetings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except for the initial meeting, the
Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairperson.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44CCDE465D9C4D1BB45106F245B953AA"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Quorum</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A majority of the members of the Commission
shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold
hearings.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8071B08B95924F05BCC36E433583B336"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chairperson and Vice
Chairperson</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from among its members.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID378DD080A6CD44239937F2A7C8370288"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of the Commission shall be allowed
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates authorized
for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United
States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the
performance of services for the Commission.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9267B53BCAD64FC1B4A2468E03C97A9F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of the Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD66A9AD2E97D4A109D14C917FADB5617"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Advising the Congress on the Operation of
the WTO Dispute Settlement System</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE0F42CD5161E4074AD3FE172A9FEA69F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall review—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7A3612CBE9D7416E8BB2F443D8E765C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all adverse findings that are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8A3207A08AE644BF883D25891D4981C0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86752C5ED3574A248999636F804A88CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the result of a proceeding initiated
against the United States by a WTO member; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3E118E307E94B48A88607CEED1BE406"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">upon the request of either of the
appropriate congressional committees—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC34A8511C3F8484C87CB74A66A1BF3C2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any adverse finding of a dispute settlement
panel or the Appellate Body—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85862CADB9504878B8370F214E7FF4DB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is adopted by the Dispute Settlement
Body; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID177B8F4F44214A02BB351BAFECD70027"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in which the United States is a complaining
party; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2BA4A9671DB5454D942E87BF2089D131"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other finding that is contained in a
report of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adopted by
the Dispute Settlement Body.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD8C81DBDE99458B95713AAAB5CAD8EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall advise the Congress in
connection with each adverse finding under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B)(i) or
other finding under paragraph (1)(B)(ii) on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A6127EE10E449F5BB41509CE650F522"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the dispute settlement panel or the
Appellate Body, as the case may be—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID054D3AA57404417A8ACB1CD80C237F66"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exceeded its authority or its terms of
reference;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID59AC5AE6075A49EA88012FD85B34955B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">added to the obligations, or diminished the
rights, of the United States under the Uruguay Round Agreement that is the
subject of the finding;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7E09289FE49949A1BC2B115F2B362DFE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">acted arbitrarily or capriciously, engaged
in misconduct, or demonstrably departed from the procedures specified for
panels and the Appellate Body in the applicable Uruguay Round Agreement;
or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1638E93A54254EFCB447F664FDAC0250"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deviated from the applicable standard of
review, including in antidumping, countervailing duty, and other trade remedy
cases, the standard of review set forth in Article 17.6 of the Agreement on
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEBBB81ED5A21488C81B791D6D375E2EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the finding is consistent with the
original understanding by the United States of the Uruguay Round Agreement that
is the subject of the finding as explained in the statement of administrative
action approved under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19
U.S.C. 3511(a)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID844F465EE5FD4B37BD588282557D6958"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">No deference</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In advising the Congress under paragraph
(2), the Commission shall not accord deference to findings of law made by the
dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID21733AC85A364D21BCC105DE80350712"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination; Report</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCBDCFC2FB180437EA31CCA879AD7F514"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9A0EBF95FBD2442D87CC9CA1B21925D5"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 150 days after the date on
which the Commission receives notice of a report or request under section
123(b), the Commission shall make a written determination with respect to the
matters described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), including a full analysis
of the basis for its determination. A vote by a majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a determination of the Commission, although the
members need not agree on the basis for their vote.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36E013638DDD45A5B910348DA2EE306D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dissenting or concurring
opinions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any member of the
Commission who disagrees with a determination of the Commission or who concurs
in such a determination on a basis different from that of the Commission or
other members of the Commission, may write an opinion expressing such
disagreement or concurrence, as the case may be.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID723D08104B954E4BB584B441487F7F5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall promptly report the
determinations described in paragraph (1)(A) to the appropriate congressional
committees. The Commission shall include with the report any opinions written
under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to the determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID67518E5F428844F3A1814774C6CF7400"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability to the Public</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each report of the Commission under
subsection (b)(2), together with the opinions included with the report, shall
be made available to the public.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8DC57369FABD4CD7BBC1D4AAC491D1C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>123.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Powers of the Commission</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID392D712EFA4B4A9EA95CDE78D97F80D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hearings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may hold a public hearing to
solicit views concerning an adverse finding or other finding described in
section 122(a)(1), if the Commission considers such hearing to be necessary to
carry out the purpose of this subtitle. The Commission shall provide reasonable
notice of a hearing held pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID86F5622E20104E5CBC7A6B36A4E99322"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information From Interested Parties and
Federal Agencies</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F6FB1FB44C24FFBB365D144EA3DBED2"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notice to commission</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1650F5F7C36545D2884CC414BDA2B4A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under section
<enum-in-header>122(a)(1)(A)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Trade Representative shall advise the
Commission not later than 5 business days after the date the Dispute Settlement
Body adopts an adverse finding that is to be reviewed by the Commission under
section 122(a)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBC58F94BE89F4A969D9E540218CF1F50"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under section
<enum-in-header>122(a)(1)(B)</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Either of the appropriate congressional
committees may make and notify the Commission of a request under section
122(a)(1)(B) not later than 1 year after the Dispute Settlement Body adopts the
adverse finding or other finding that is the subject of the request.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A192E16704D4F4EB3669E177C8E4C42"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Findings adopted prior to appointment of
commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to
any adverse finding or other finding to which section 122(a)(1)(B) applies and
that is adopted before the date on which the first members of the Commission
are appointed under section 121(b)(2), either of the appropriate congressional
committees may make and notify the Commission of a request under section
122(a)(1)(B) with respect to the adverse finding or other finding not later
than 1 year after the date on which the first members of the Commission are
appointed under section 121(b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID818D760EF3104A8B89503663596BC8E3"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Submissions and requests for
information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEAEE1ED1DAB140F99EF3F615014DD4F1"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall promptly publish in
the Federal Register notice of—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE3944E5DFC9A46518DA86519129E93A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the notice received under paragraph (1)
from the Trade Representative or either of the appropriate congressional
committees; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09D01DB8363A47FC8C4A381549EBA168"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an opportunity for interested parties to
submit written comments to the Commission.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id481E6ADD7DFF449E93A5B669F6822BE5"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comments available to public</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall make comments
submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB895FA87A3E84E8DA9B085FD3818877D"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information from Federal agencies and
departments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
may secure directly from any Federal department or agency such information as
the Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this
subtitle. Upon the request of the chairperson of the Commission, the head of
such department or agency shall furnish the information requested to the
Commission in a timely manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID44E76CAF3D9F495299516E4949D37C81"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to panel and appellate body
documents</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2AA3DD1EE8C148FBBCBD081763BA8D0D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Trade Representative shall make
available to the Commission all submissions and relevant documents relating to
an adverse finding described in section 122(a)(1), including any information
contained in such submissions and relevant documents identified by the provider
of the information as proprietary information or information designated as
confidential by a foreign government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD5EEE82C6D0741A8B6F8A799853E3862"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public access</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any document that the Trade Representative
submits to the Commission shall be available to the public, except information
that is identified as proprietary or confidential or the disclosure of which
would otherwise violate the rules of the WTO.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18C792A376AF49D8B7D9B741A27072E9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance From Federal Agencies;
Confidentiality</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID19A896CFFB6F43BC904DC73F23A4D4C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agency or department of the United
States that is designated by the President shall provide administrative
services, funds, facilities, staff, or other support services to the Commission
to assist the Commission with the performance of the Commission’s
functions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5286C01BE23D46E3A63026DCD635A397"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB6736CDD4FA04062A92D7000D12889FB"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Documents and information from
agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
protect from disclosure any document or information submitted to it by a
department or agency of the United States that the agency or department
requests be kept confidential.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2DD4A774BD34592BF046DCB2E3358C0"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disclosure of documents and information of
Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall not be considered to be an agency for purposes of section 552 of title 5,
United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="ID501EC3CB17B246F796190E763FAAB660" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional approval of regulatory action
relating to adverse WTO decisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc7c4bfa1dd2a479a9a4a4c20df8eef1f" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional approval of regulatory
actions relating to adverse WTO decisions</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A45857C8E5C4602B758A1AC86C49A63"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 123(g) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3533(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID812668af47a94965bb90cdf75f6e02ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49E32B9056F54ACA8DEFE23467994333"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E), by striking
<quote>and</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf05b7e23c2af4847abbeeda59d4df667"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (F) as
subparagraph (H); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe4795263e1834ab3bdb252b6b29de646"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (E) the
following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E1D037C170C4AC3948301FB82800A02" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc3ab7daae18434d96383546e5e9dcaf"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the appropriate congressional committees
have received the report on the determinations of the Congressional Advisory
Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement under section 122(b)(2) of the
Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act with respect to the relevant dispute
settlement panel or Appellate Body decision;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5be9f084deda4b4eb4a6e08741dae60b"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a joint resolution, described in paragraph
(2), approving the proposed modification or final rule is enacted into law
after the appropriate congressional committees receive the report on the
determinations of the Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute
Settlement under section 122(b)(2) of the Strengthening America's Trade Laws
Act; and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b133e0cb9c24ba3b80b1e27e6ea6729"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (2) to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B7C6830D95B42068B98FECCFB5297B7" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0d6dda2669ca49ce89fe1cd6110046cf"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint resolution to approve modification in
agency regulation or practice</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7D7E0F590FE44AA1924E1ABE99C6261C"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of paragraph (1)(G), a
joint resolution is a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of the Congress, the
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: <quote>That the
Congress approves the modifications to the regulation or practice of the United
States proposed in a report submitted to the Congress under subparagraph (D) or
(F) of section 123(g)(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3533(g)(1) (D) and (F)) on _______, relating to ______.</quote>, with the first
blank space being filled with the date on which the report is submitted to the
Congress and the second blank space being filled with the specific modification
proposed to the regulation or practice of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5546A0D78F0545BC87E83F4FBEEA1BB2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Procedural provisions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The procedural provisions of subsections
(d) through (i) of section 206 of the Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act
shall apply to a joint resolution described in subparagraph
(A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDabcf83766674403ca86513077338bad2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9E536FDEFDA453CB48F95DC5FF523FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1BD8CE69C7BB4759B29A022DA3909B97"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications made between January 1, 2007,
and the date of the enactment of this Act</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4EF51B3224BA4472A50AD17B13E2C50B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to any regulation or practice
of a department or agency of the United States made pursuant to the provisions
of section 123(g) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3533(g)) that
became effective on or after January 1, 2007, and before the date of the
enactment of this Act, shall be suspended upon the enactment of this Act and
have no effect.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA639E0B008C0421DA9D539340F879A6B"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Approval of modifications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On or after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Trade Representative and the head of the department or agency
within whose jurisdiction the modification described in subparagraph (A) falls
may seek approval of such modification pursuant to the procedures set out in
section 123(g)(1) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3533(g)(1)),
as amended by subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="idB41BDEDF25D747B9AE9F19A3C690FF33" level-type="subsequent" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of rights and obligations
through negotiations</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6AD468B50934F0DB23D6EE42019589A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of rights and obligations in
the WTO through negotiations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID55520294369f439082fb6e288be5c41b"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After an adverse finding, the United States
shall work within the World Trade Organization to obtain clarification of the
Uruguay Round Agreement to which the adverse finding applies to conform the
Agreement to the understanding of the United States regarding the rights and
obligations of the United States and shall not modify the law, regulation,
practice, or interpretation of the United States in response to the adverse
finding if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA6D9674A82745A1AD247C501B18096B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States has stated at the Dispute
Settlement Body that the adverse finding has created obligations never agreed
to by the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9838BFAC68C496FA4B19BA00001B549"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">either of the appropriate congressional
committees by resolution finds that the adverse finding has created obligations
never agreed to by the United States; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id746AF4ED3E14437E83C84AD1814E2308"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Congressional Advisory Commission on
WTO Dispute Resolution makes a determination under section 122(a)(2)(A)(ii)
that the adverse finding has created obligations never agreed to by the United
States.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID092c7cac148b45a7bdbbf68ab6c08600"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID95679b13605c483bb0c2e20f33d2e447"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply to any adverse
finding on or after January 1, 2002.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID42f13327238c430f96f19e86b827e5f0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on modification of regulation,
practice, or interpretation adopted before enactment of this Act</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB06FE0909B9F487BA7517E3DE4364F2D"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any agency that modified a regulation,
practice, or interpretation in response to an adverse finding between January
1, 2002, and the date of the enactment of this Act shall provide notice that
the modification shall cease to have force and effect on the date that is 30
days after the date of the enactment of this Act and such modification shall
cease to have force and effect on such date.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B0D84CACB4B44B2860CD63962C764AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Applicability in trade remedy
cases</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cessation of the
force and effect of the modification described in subparagraph (A) shall apply
with respect to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0E00F6D5F5864F578711D980866F1033"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">investigations initiated—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD60D738B8E954AD88C8A565756659136"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on the basis of petitions filed under
section 702(b), 732(b), or 783(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671a(b), 1673a(b), and 1677n(a)) or section 202(a), 221, 251(a), or 292(a) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2252(a), 2271, 2341(a), and 2401a(a)) after
the date on which the modification ceases to have force and effect under
subparagraph (A);</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id765B7A0902544638B145429D1E0EAC96"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the administering authority under
section 702(a) or 732(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671a(a) and
1673a(a)) after such date; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38CD545793AD4C08BEB21657473F97E6"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">under section 753 of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1675b) after such date;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF257E4808D884FDE991A9CCE3873A8DB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reviews initiated under section 751 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67AC1A80FA01442990961544540A253F"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by the administering authority or the
International Trade Commission on their own initiative after such date;
or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90B29403430847AAB0F53094AF4EB925"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pursuant to a request filed after such
date; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D25095EAADD4BB4948D3A51DF83318D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all proceedings conducted under section 129
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3538) commenced after such
date.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae6ad611e3c64204a2840b85e79d6f5b"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect on prior statutory changes</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id466C18B33DCD43E5841326FC1139CA5B"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (2)(A) shall not apply to
modifications to statutes of the United States made in response to adverse
findings.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0053B66F157494EA821E12C4F3353DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of United States
rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a statute of the
United States has been modified in response to an adverse finding, the United
States shall obtain clarification of the rights and obligations of the United
States affected by the adverse finding pursuant to subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strengthening antidumping and
countervailing duty laws</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d5ae9a95b2f4aa089c95888c9e0bb56" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Export price and constructed export
price</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 772(c)(2)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677a(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting
<quote>(including antidumping and countervailing duties imposed under this
title)</quote> after <quote>duties</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35A8470BAAB349BCA43C0ED808AA5BE2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nonmarket economy methodology</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 773(c)(4) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677b(c)(4)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCB9681960DB64C1D8803320597227862" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA2AAA8E464D44093A77BE78CCAAC1BFE"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Valuation of factors of production</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDC65B027B35F4D47BFAB90A0973DDD28"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority, in valuing
factors of production under paragraph (1), shall utilize, to the extent
possible, the prices or costs of factors of production in one or more market
economy countries that are—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEE10AD043DA144ACA477B5C364545A55"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at a level of economic development
comparable to that of the nonmarket economy country; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8CFF38C832EF41C3825AE76814FEEDE5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">significant producers of comparable
merchandise.</text>
</clause><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subparagraph">In this paragraph, the term
<term>surrogate</term> refers to the values, calculations, and market economy
countries used under this subparagraph.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC831B782DDEB40E8AC1909E7E6B58025"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Valuing materials used in
production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the
value of materials used in production under subparagraph (A), the following
applies:</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD43ADC1A02841409BA7A7308C270A32"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority may use the
value of inputs that are purchased from market economy suppliers and are not
suspected of being dumped or subsidized, only for the quantity of such
purchases.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF0F8C000A1AB443C86671572448B9275"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All materials purchased or otherwise
obtained from nonmarket economy countries shall be valued using surrogate
values under subparagraph (A).</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD04A25E2236143BFA1DA2FD839B9CE94"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A purchased material shall be viewed as
suspected of being subsidized if there are any affirmative findings by the
United States or another WTO member of export subsidy programs in the supplying
country.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5793EE73B54C4D24B4DE7A7B21CEA76F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A purchased material shall be viewed as
suspected of being dumped if there are any affirmative findings by the United
States or other WTO member of dumping in the general category of merchandise,
or if information supplied by the petitioner or otherwise of record suggests
significant underpricing to the purchaser in the nonmarket economy
country.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID744CB0E65D0E4983AD01AFAA7BCE434B"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Surrogate values for materials from a
market economy country shall be disregarded as not reflective of prices in that
surrogate market only if prices in that market are viewed as aberrational, such
as a case in which prices undersell or exceed any reported price in that
surrogate market by a large amount.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0F49FDA5BAA348EFA0699B297A642019"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be a presumption that the
administering authority will include all market prices from a surrogate market.
Prices that are high or low shall be excluded only when it is demonstrated that
the prices are not reflective of prices in the surrogate country for the
relevant category of merchandise.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID314D11C034AA4CD4AC13639EDA63B009"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If amounts pertaining to the cost of
production of imports into a surrogate country from market economy suppliers
are used for valuing the materials used, such amounts shall be valued on the
basis of CIF (cost, insurance, and freight), plus duties paid, to provide a
proxy for prices in the surrogate country competing with locally produced
goods. Such values shall not be reduced by the import duties.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4764B03F0A84E7DB31397009B695A22"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Valuing labor</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID32C66B695C1445518BE5A0A74BEC199A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority may use an
average of wage rates for market economies, but shall ensure that labor rates
used fully reflect all labor costs, including benefits, health care, and
pension costs.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00EE6139A9C24DF7A48486D62E227F0E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Labor shall be the total labor employed by
a nonmarket economy country producer or used by a nonmarket economy country
producer in the overall business, with allocations to other merchandise
produced or sold by that producer that is not subject merchandise.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID236DCB3BC1B64AE28FCFA622BE6730C3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Labor shall reflect the average labor for
all other producers in the nonmarket economy country that are producing the
particular merchandise subject to investigation or review, and shall not be
limited to operations used for export.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2419F5AA3DD94F9FA43C59F540381106"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Valuing factory overhead, selling, general,
and administrative expenses, and profit</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDD55D832355E43178892D782F88628F6"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority shall use the
best information available with respect to likely values of factory overhead,
selling, general, and administrative expenses, and profit from a surrogate
country. If the values determined under subparagraphs (B) and (C) for materials
used and labor consumed result in amounts that are demonstrably larger or
smaller than the amounts used in determining surrogate ratios from financial or
other reports from a surrogate country, adjustments shall be made to the ratios
to reflect fully the level of such costs and profits in the surrogate country
on a per item produced basis.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID881467F8CEA94A2B86A6AE7C0D38925E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ratios
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this
subparagraph, the term <term>ratios</term> means—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA754339C804B4E448BA76BE43E8722B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio of factory overhead to labor,
materials, and energy;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID057F1FD2D4064D3F8C025CAD56A0CDC5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio of selling, general, and
administrative costs to factory overhead, labor, materials, and energy;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID85ED670A28764F59B7E27F12CB0FD91C"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ratio of profit to selling, general,
and administrative costs, factory overhead, labor, materials, and
energy.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06100D81397447E589C3AC9A2F255DE0"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of confidential information from a
foreign producer in a surrogate country</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering authority shall generally
use publicly available information to value factors of production, except that,
in a case in which any foreign producer in the surrogate country that is
willing to provide information to the administering authority on factors of
production to produce the same class of merchandise and such information is
subject to verification, the administering authority shall accept and use such
information. The relationship of the foreign producer providing the information
to a party to the proceeding shall not be a basis for
disqualification.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H629CAEF69DC444E2AD002F99922CBEB9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Determinations on the basis of facts
available</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 776(a)(2)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677e(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H23D8EDAFF4844EA9A4D407BAE53D0CB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB7B76C50B9A496995D100A74F1CA8F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fails to provide such information by the
deadline for submission of the information or in the form and manner required,
and in conformity with prior administering authority determinations in the
proceeding and final judicial decisions in the proceeding, subject to
subsections (c)(1) and (e) of section
782,</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9252DCE736641A39927B1C3AB017546" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of determination of material
injury</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9300D97EB8684C128DC5BD2FB6D0AA14"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(7) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1677(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1A5842844ED44D3FB133E37CCD510787" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a4d1078582e47c2b0db5e9d3680d029"><enum>(J)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clarification of determination of material
injury</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining if
there is material injury, or threat of material injury, by reason of imports of
the subject merchandise, the Commission shall make the Commission's
determination without regard to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0bbc5972de484ed78ae66b31cf78728a"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether other imports would have replaced
or are likely to replace imports of the subject merchandise if an order were
issued or a suspension agreement were accepted under this title, or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID660426265ad3442a9f1abd88c945a3ea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effect of a potential order or
suspension agreement on the domestic industry, except for a finding required by
section
771(7)(F)(ii).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF82169A3F78642F488324B3CD40694C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of material inquiry</header><text>Section 752(a)(4)
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675a(a)(4)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: <quote>In reaching a decision as to whether revocation of an
order or termination of a suspended investigation is likely to lead to a
continuation or recurrence of material injury, the Commission shall make its
determination without regard to whether other imports are likely to replace
imports of the subject merchandise if an order is revoked or a suspension
agreement terminated under this title.</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3934AFD7BBCC41029B8368D0657B69F1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Revocation of nonmarket economy country
status</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H642A32A6203B48A5B8827FE4566163DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendment of definition of <quote>nonmarket
economy country</quote></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)(C)(i)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8B99530E32C94C3281B0467A40581108" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92CB15712896449AA1B64C4C73195DB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any determination that a foreign country is
a nonmarket economy country shall remain in effect until—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8079830DDAF94E08BDEBBB636D288215"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the administering authority makes a final
determination to revoke the determination under subparagraph (A); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7A4DAAC1D74A4FCCB9F65621AD5A0C21"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a joint resolution is enacted into law
pursuant to section 206 of the Strengthening America's Trade Laws
Act.</text>
</subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD611D9C84F7463783392C67027F5FF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notification by President; joint
resolution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whenever the
administering authority makes a final determination under section
771(18)(C)(i)(I) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)(C)(i)(I)) to
revoke the determination that a foreign country is a nonmarket economy
country—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA3BBA86057AB425292AE1305B40847E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President shall notify the Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives of that determination not later than 10 days after the
publication of the administering authority's final determination in the Federal
Register;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA12240C3AD334E95AB46440E5C0B338F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the President shall transmit to the
Congress a request that a joint resolution be introduced pursuant to this
section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFD6E29C356664ADDAA038D04D06F4B12"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a joint resolution shall be introduced in
the Congress pursuant to this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BB406F043884FB4A70669A0993B21D9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>joint resolution</term> means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of
the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows:
<quote>That the Congress approves the change of nonmarket economy status with
respect to the products of _____ transmitted by the President to the Congress
on _____.</quote>, the first blank space being filled in with the name of the
country with respect to which a determination has been made under section
771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(18)(C)(i)), and the
second blank space being filled with the date on which the President notified
the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives under subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DD579C0F2814216B1BF13FAEDD1158"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Introduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A joint resolution shall be introduced (by
request) in the House by the majority leader of the House, for himself, or by
Members of the House designated by the majority leader of the House, and shall
be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate,
for himself, or by Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader of
the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12539A101CE04DC8BA673DA14D3BE86F"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments prohibited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No amendment to a joint resolution shall be
in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate, and no motion to
suspend the application of this subsection shall be in order in either House,
nor shall it be in order in either House for the presiding officer to entertain
a request to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous
consent.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D01C2D80DD042768572F18425E69593"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Period for committee and floor
consideration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE0F698CF10A4B33A85E98FD77C040E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the committee or committees of either
House to which a joint resolution has been referred have not reported the joint
resolution at the close of the 45th day after its introduction, such committee
or committees shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of
the joint resolution and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote
on final passage of the joint resolution shall be taken in each House on or
before the close of the 15th day after the joint resolution is reported by the
committee or committees of that House to which it was referred, or after such
committee or committees have been discharged from further consideration of the
joint resolution. If, prior to the passage by one House of a joint resolution
of that House, that House receives the same joint resolution from the other
House, then—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF219E293BC4F4558BA00B747A68C1621"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the procedure in that House shall be the
same as if no joint resolution had been received from the other House,
but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F0DFD3B366B42C7BE47E44C006285F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the vote on final passage shall be on the
joint resolution of the other House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H554EB983CB4547A78FA87E73069EA2EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Computation of days</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraph (1), in computing
a number of days in either House, there shall be excluded any day on which that
House is not in session.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF629AE0F6A346A3B2D81226D812B08"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Floor consideration in the House</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1247D0B357844AB1A7027C564D2E519F"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motion privileged</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion in the House of Representatives to
proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution shall be highly privileged
and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall
it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to
or disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB566FB0F1EAD495BA1A5B1B000E9259C"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate
limited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate in the House
of Representatives on a joint resolution shall be limited to not more than 20
hours, which shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing
the joint resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable.
It shall not be in order to move to recommit a joint resolution or to move to
reconsider the vote by which a joint resolution is agreed to or disagreed
to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1D3B7BB5D7B4FF49D2B8188DDB46C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motions to postpone</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motions to postpone, made in the House of
Representatives with respect to the consideration of a joint resolution, and
motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA0A5B4F53A846CBA1B3BC00D679B8E9"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appeals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All appeals from the decisions of the Chair
relating to the application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the
procedure relating to a joint resolution shall be decided without
debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CD9068A6E3F43A690878D9723956DAF"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except to the extent specifically provided
in the preceding provisions of this subsection, consideration of a joint
resolution shall be governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives
applicable to other bills and resolutions in similar circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H193C574234AE4AB99E0619C598675C72"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Floor consideration in the Senate</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20A54996016B4406AB675E5BD58B038C"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Motion privileged</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion in the Senate to proceed to the
consideration of a joint resolution shall be privileged and not debatable. An
amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move
to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0BFF2A11651543EE97127EC359907600"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate
limited</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate in the Senate
on a joint resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 hours. The time shall be
equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the
minority leader or their designees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CEB89F41AC34A8E88C8C3DB9BB6FC75"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Control of debate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Debate in the Senate on any debatable
motion or appeal in connection with a joint resolution shall be limited to not
more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the mover
and the manager of the joint resolution, except that in the event the manager
of the joint resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in
opposition thereto shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee.
Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control on the
passage of a joint resolution, allot additional time to any Senator during the
consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FCAA8B7854E47E18366194EB0B8C14B"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other motions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A motion in the Senate to further limit
debate is not debatable. A motion to recommit a joint resolution is not in
order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2840D7312ECF420C00DC57249D073029"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rules of House of Representatives and
Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsections (c)
through (h) are enacted by the Congress—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H436CD7EDFC264A2DBF3669EEACBE8EAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such
subsections (c) through (h) are deemed a part of the rules of each House,
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed
in that House in the case of joint resolutions described in subsection (c), and
subsections (c) through (h) supersede other rules only to the extent that they
are inconsistent therewith; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E7DC728CD5C49B5B48BA6A3913FF3A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure
of that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the
case of any other rule of that House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expansion of applicability of
countervailing duties</header>
<section id="IDb3263abd225f4ac0b6ecec70b129cdd9"><enum>301.</enum><header>Application of
countervailing duties to nonmarket economy countries and strengthening
application of the law</header>
<subsection id="ID17be685743d34cf6a4f2f46cf3695641"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of
countervailing duties to nonmarket economies</header><text>Section 701(a)(1) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671(a)(1)) is amended by inserting
<quote>(including a nonmarket economy country)</quote> after
<quote>country</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID7ee5426c98bc4c8a890d65d5a1989864"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recognition of
countervailable subsidies in nonmarket economy
countries</header><text>Section771(5)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(5)(E)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC95F077B2EE844E9983319E455EE6C02" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID950722d2d700438caa1c5c91c098dbc9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other
factors</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id83730937DE9643AD8459C387F2FC77CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The determination of
whether a subsidy exists shall be made without regard to—</text>
<subclause id="IDa412fe62875b4c3195384ba2181d79da" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>whether the recipient of the subsidy is
publicly or privately owned;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="IDefe392a5b52f4ac58cc3767524bc8740" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>whether the subsidy is provided directly
or indirectly on the manufacture, production, or export of merchandise;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="id8D28CC862A26440EAE7AF78A80BC6D24" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><item commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id81FFC050FF6A4E13A781378942B5CC92"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>whether the country is
a nonmarket economy country, or</text>
</item><item id="ID076f17f76f4844d38554015883a5c2b4" indent="up1"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the level of economic reforms in a
country that is a nonmarket economy country, at the time the subsidy is
provided.</text>
</item></subclause></clause><clause id="ID2db02c0103444cc2b063b53f74a3870b" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The administering authority is not
required to consider the effect of the subsidy in determining whether a subsidy
exists under this
paragraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID9b1c3f7c168a4ea7a6aefca9e5d23be8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of
alternate methodologies involving China</header><text>Section 771(5)(E) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 U.S.C. 1677(5)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id636FC499A8714970B4087A01165E8FD8" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">If the
administering authority encounters special difficulties in identifying and
calculating the amount of a benefit under clauses (i) through (iv) with respect
to an investigation or review involving the People’s Republic of China,
irrespective of whether the administering authority determines that China is a
nonmarket economy country under paragraph (18) of this section, the
administering authority shall use methodologies to identify and calculate the
amount of the benefit that take into account the possibility that terms and
conditions prevailing in China may not always be available as appropriate
benchmarks. In applying such methodologies, where practicable, the
administering authority should take into account and adjust terms and
conditions prevailing in China before using terms and conditions prevailing
outside of China. If the administering authority has determined that China is a
nonmarket economy country under paragraph (18) of this section, the
administering authority shall presume that special difficulties exist in
calculating the amount of a benefit under clauses (i) through (iv) with respect
to an investigation or review involving China and that it is not practicable to
take into account and adjust terms and conditions prevailing in China, and the
administering authority shall use terms and conditions prevailing outside of
China.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe3d88d83e27149a5a15200a72d634a69"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Subsidies
provided to state-Owned enterprises in the People’s Republic of
China</header><text>Section 771(5A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677(5A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B2458DFB40A4EFBB9D8B28DA80DE0EA" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="paragraph">For
purposes of this paragraph, subsidies provided to state-owned enterprises in
the People’s Republic of China shall be deemed to be specific if, inter alia,
state-owned enterprises are the predominant recipients of such subsidies or
state-owned enterprises receive disproportionately large amounts of such
subsidies.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID837e9fa6f3324c229b7d4dcf17d269d2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Antidumping
provisions not affected</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall
not affect the status of a country as a nonmarket economy country for the
purposes of any matter relating to antidumping duties under subtitle B of title
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673 et seq.). In cases involving a
nonmarket economy country, no offset or reduction shall be made to the amount
of either the antidumping or countervailing duty imposed based on the finding
of a domestic subsidy and the simultaneous application of antidumping
duties.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID22F6A9F08B8C4EB98BD10CAF66A7567C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Treatment of exchange-rate manipulation as
countervailable subsidy under Title <enum-in-header>VII</enum-in-header> of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name></header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF7525E6378ED4F689D643CEFAD39CA4A"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to Definition of Countervailable
Subsidy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(5)(D) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677(5)(D)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID704E90922A8541B69539FD3CAAD5A2EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>The term</quote> and
inserting <quote>(i) The term</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID83B857B5E8E142B9A8AEB656B3B955B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (i) through (iv)
as subclauses (I) through (IV), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD9AD62A7B74D4788A711A2784DD85A2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID18548F7DF1944EFEABF96652C4F9FD04" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2F31276A33D445EA9EBC9F35B95A5DAC" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>provides a financial
contribution</term> includes engaging in exchange-rate manipulation (as defined
in paragraph
(5C)).</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC8A8F2BB694A451199232BFC2C0DB667"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of Exchange-Rate
Manipulation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771 of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677) is amended by inserting after paragraph (5B) the following new
paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC278759A5B6841F4AAD82D5B1DE5B5C9" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID808DB76BDDFD43378ABF03CC550E2E17"><enum>(5C)<?LEXA-Enum (5C)?></enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of exchange-rate
manipulation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7CF629480FCA4D71AACFD3D83F652FA9"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of paragraphs (5) and (5A),
the term <term>exchange-rate manipulation</term> means protracted large-scale
intervention by a country to undervalue the country's currency in the exchange
market that prevents effective balance-of-payments adjustment or that gains an
unfair competitive advantage over any other country.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID36E48159D83049EF839E66D1AD8B7E01"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Factors</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether exchange-rate
manipulation is occurring and a benefit thereby conferred, the administering
authority in each case—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6F1E9DB63EE0488E8B2F1E635C683021"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consider the exporting
country’s—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID83844C791C1742BC919A7E785F7298CE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bilateral balance-of-trade surplus or
deficit with the United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6D971E02E6EB4571AACD995223F7C3B3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">balance-of-trade surplus or deficit with
its other trading partners individually and in the aggregate;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8FB712E9B8794FDA9236516560B7CC8A"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foreign direct investment in its
territory;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD6E28F4EB43E403FB1282B7569D724FA"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">currency-specific and aggregate amounts of
foreign currency reserves; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AE1CE10A790446284B413937DFC30D6"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mechanisms employed to maintain its
currency at a fixed exchange rate relative to another currency and,
particularly, the nature, duration, monetary expenditures, and potential
monetary expenditures of those mechanisms;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA3373E849EA94863AF9C7EAD5FEA23BE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may consider such other economic factors as
are relevant; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1D7707B303447D48D7A17FF63737E0A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall measure the trade surpluses or
deficits described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) with reference to
the trade data reported by the United States and the other trading partners of
the exporting country, unless such trade data are not available or are
demonstrably inaccurate, in which case the exporting country’s trade data may
be relied upon if shown to be sufficiently accurate and trustworthy.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7547BBF9979F42018CBA5247502B588C"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Type of economy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A country found to be engaged in
exchange-rate manipulation may have—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87AB395D7BD14A169885E13CE4FC0FC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a market economy;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7828FA6F30A84A9A97C8D3C405470CEB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a nonmarket economy; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD89FA3E9B3ED4EECB07F9F9E2953FFB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a combination
thereof.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DEF94AA10B149A6A7007DD2F06E3C88" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Affirmation of negotiating objective on
border taxes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress
reaffirms the negotiating objective relating to border taxes set forth in
section 2102(b)(15) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19
U.S.C. 3802(b)(15)).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD5365192CFA8440085AE375EB516B669" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Presidential certification; application of
countervailing duty law</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA6625D2EFE24F778DB54C70A47FDA47"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Certification by the President</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id279FDA2586A44A1D9C97007267D29909"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President shall certify to the Congress
by January 1, 2014, that, under the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures or subsequent agreement of the World Trade Organization, the full or
partial exemption, remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of
direct taxes is treated in the same manner as the full or partial exemption,
remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of indirect
taxes.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA8C77F7F2934A2FBF5936037D90510B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effect of failure to certify</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the President does not make the
certification to Congress required by paragraph (1) by January 1, 2014, the
Secretary of Commerce, in any investigation conducted under subtitle A of title
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) to determine whether a
countervailable subsidy is being provided with respect to a product of a
country that provides the full or partial exemption, remission, or deferral
specifically related to exports of indirect taxes on products exported from
that country, shall treat as a countervailable subsidy the full or partial
exemption, remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of indirect
taxes paid on that product.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA456E5FA02D64E238D0062B845AE643E"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A0D10E00564435DAFE483C87F9F53DC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agreement on subsidies and countervailing
measures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures</term> means the
agreement referred to in section 101(d)(12) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
(19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(12)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1F75C961EBDB4A1FB49E26CD76D2B230"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Direct taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>direct taxes</term> means
taxes on wages, profits, interest, rents, royalties, and all other forms of
income, and taxes on the ownership of real property.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C2FA4BE5FBB46699B6E25792DC581AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Import
charges</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>import
charges</term> means tariffs, duties, and other fiscal charges that are levied
on imports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF434F2CBD984A28A8D084C3AFCE4720"><enum>(4)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indirect
taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>indirect
taxes</term> means sales, excise, turnover, value added, franchise, stamp,
transfer, inventory, and equipment taxes, border taxes, and all taxes other
than direct taxes and import charges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H654B16909B55490B91C1CB9BC221FC9C"><enum>(5)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Full or partial exemption, remission, or
deferral specifically related to exports of direct taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>full or partial exemption,
remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of direct taxes</term>
means direct taxes that are paid to the United States Government by a business
concern and are fully or partially exempted, remitted, or deferred by the
Government by reason of the export by that business concern of its products
from the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB64E3A051269464BA2BE425C17254CCD"><enum>(6)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Full or partial exemption, remission, or
deferral specifically related to exports of indirect taxes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>full or partial exemption,
remission, or deferral specifically related to exports of indirect taxes</term>
means indirect taxes that are paid to the government of a country by a business
concern and are fully or partially exempted, remitted, or deferred by that
government by reason of the export by that business concern of its products
from that country.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF38414480F5F447D81C59100F95C6EEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective period</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall cease to be effective
on the date on which the President makes a certification described in
subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Limitation on
Presidential discretion in addressing market disruption</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF62804C14974B6E9156AEE5993D9942" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Standard for
presidential action on ITC finding of market disruption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2451) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H67E5432182BD47CABD96DB7D42C95525"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H658C77E51DF540E3A521BE47DA2CF82C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>any</quote> before <quote>increased duties</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H071B87F9E13B41668FFD5D06F016B6B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, to the extent and for such period</quote> and all that follows to the
end period and inserting <quote>recommended by the International Trade
Commission</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE57B8A1933094D32B1F44B5EF3474C80"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
in the second sentence, by striking <quote>agreed upon by either group</quote>
and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>shall be considered
an affirmative determination under subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H485F7EE425AD4CFBBC43EFC8528066D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF1507539412C48568311BF07DD5860B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">on Proposed
Remedies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">for Relief</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4B52AE646C94EB3BAEE95EC6BB7B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<clause id="HDD99E6FFE8E847D7B257CB2E3D655B66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the President or Trade Representative may consider as</quote>
and inserting <quote>is to be considered</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA1ECDFAF759E4A44BFE4BEAD35356075"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the Commission shall propose</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Commission shall recommend</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C440EA4381E4A32B2ED00744927A086"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>proposed action</quote> and inserting
<quote>recommended action</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5B3119AB2003412D9EBFD09275AB844E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H25383FFCDB29494C8DDC4C39AF41A4FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or may be considered by the President or the Trade Representative
as</quote> and inserting <quote>or if the determination is considered to
be</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2098C99D83DC460987D5FC001E5F5FCD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>on proposed remedies</quote> and inserting <quote>for
relief</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H343E0A13AA3B42868B835132CB78AF00"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0416F3343A1F40C0B28B4F26C7006C3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Proposed measure
and recommendation to the President</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Recommended Relief and
Report by Trade Representative</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA355A0C9AAAC46F0BEA01454EF04ABB6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="H30B6DC40A7214B20986CDD988BC03D3F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>measure proposed by the Trade Representative to be taken
pursuant to subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>relief recommended by
the Commission under subsection (f)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H611F47C7248C49E7AA48DEA35BA7BFCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>proposed measure</quote> and inserting <quote>recommended
relief</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H60DD123400E24CB09C5C8B2917FFB818"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>on the measure proposed by the Trade Representative</quote>
and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>, shall transmit a
report to the President recommending what action to take under subsection
(k)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H11B64B0D6F3D4AA68B4099F56DE45B11"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3DF4F605523A44A9A776E6172D87DCE4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFC79F0F4802942789B626ED6F3603BF" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Trade Representative, after
submitting a report to the President under paragraph (2), shall promptly make
the report available to the public, excluding any proprietary or confidential
information. The Trade Representative shall publish a summary of the report in
the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D4BBBD1C8EF4B67909E079346EB648"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in
subsection (i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H276D6C146F2C4D2A938D93DF21FEC1E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the flush
sentence at the end of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>agreed upon by either
group</quote> and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>shall
be considered an affirmative determination of the Commission</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE247A7318DF94C96BEF5B3DF193762C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H63EA235E27014A25A2727232FFA40062" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H662BB340C5BF40239E33D2E688BB78D7" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On the date on which the Commission
completes its determinations under paragraph (1), the Commission shall transmit
a report on the determinations to the President and the Trade Representative,
including the reasons for its determinations. If the determinations under
paragraph (1) are affirmative or if the determinations are considered to be
affirmative under paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in its report its
recommendations on provisional relief to be taken to prevent or remedy the
market disruption. Only those members of the Commission who agreed to the
affirmative determinations under paragraph (1) are eligible to vote on the
recommended provisional relief to prevent or remedy market disruption. Members
of the Commission who did not agree to the affirmative determinations may
submit, in the report, dissenting or separate views regarding the determination
and any recommendation of provisional relief referred to in this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64D373719099430AB703764283406700" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provisional relief referred to in
paragraph (2) may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84DFF9EBF00F40E285068029C6ED69CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the imposition of or increase in any
duty;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC251FBF4F9574EFEA7006647F25B35C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any modification, or imposition of any
quantitative restriction on the importation of any article into the United
States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6D09B3F54DA4C0C9B07114C13F500E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any combination of actions under
subparagraph (A) or (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H30DEF9FC553F45CEB8777B22D1F6DE7" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the determinations under paragraph
(1) are affirmative or if the determinations are considered to be affirmative
under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall, within 10 days after
receipt of the Commission's report, transmit a report to the President
recommending what action to take with respect to provisional relief under
subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37E0A37432594524844EB81D0000A0B5" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFF4DBA30393245DBBAE9B4874736D652"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The President shall
proclaim any provisional relief recommended by the Commission not later than 10
days after the date the President receives the report described in paragraph
(4) from the Trade Representative.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDD2C6D00A9541008837B225570021FE" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any provisional relief proclaimed by
the President pursuant to a determination of critical circumstances shall
remain in effect for a period not to exceed 200 days.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFEDEB38CF2D4605888D87021FA0500" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Provisional relief shall cease to
apply upon the effective date of relief proclaimed under subsection (a), upon a
decision by the President not to provide such relief under subsection (k), or
upon a negative determination by the Commission under subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H02BA95742A054682A0F9B16883859967"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0525E7F483CB4119A42827BDCCBE26EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>which the Trade Representative considers to be</quote> and
inserting <quote>that is considered to be</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H75EF984E671B4CC7B119DEC2D7E1ADD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC0F9A913C644E829123CAC5A2B5A9E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4CA1B61FB730448CB4A21B5B861C3741" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If no agreement is reached with the
People’s Republic of China pursuant to consultations under paragraph (1) in the
time required for Presidential action under subsection (k), or if the President
determines that an agreement reached pursuant to such consultations is not
preventing or remedying the market disruption at issue in the time required for
Presidential action under subsection (k), the President shall provide import
relief in accordance with subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B69B4797ACD4DEC8B004D005D70B2D8"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84BD3616F4D7499393DE7F5F69A679F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by
striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Standard for
presidential action</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Timing for presidential
action; exceptions</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8A63DFE39D14145B0CEBA222EC360AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>a recommendation from the Trade Representative</quote> and
all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>a report from the Trade
Representative under subsection (h)(2), the President shall, pursuant to
subsection (a), proclaim the relief recommended by the Commission</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H755FE32750CE4ADBAC03C64221D73ED0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD98B15F4684D4836995F81D90CB1E30" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD1A14418CD1C4DD9A1A00B948D39B87" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The President may decline to proclaim
relief pursuant to subsection (a), may proclaim relief pursuant to subsection
(a) that differs from the relief recommended by the Commission, may decline to
proclaim provisional relief pursuant to subsection (i), or may proclaim
provisional relief pursuant to subsection (i) that differs from the relief
recommended by the Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DF376975B7B48A092AB4987F235ED98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>only in extraordinary cases;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CA77B08919648B1972C38A0EBBBB115"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">only if the President determines that
providing relief or provisional relief pursuant to subsection (a) or (i) or
providing relief recommended by the Commission pursuant to subsection (a) or
(i) would cause serious harm to the economic interests or to the national
security of the of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1C95E7F44844C6CA719A89BCA68973"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection (l),
by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B4F8686A45749FBB731A4CF7D3058EB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB1B5F6465FF54B20A7F74E3CDB058D2F" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The President’s decision under
subsection (k) shall be submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and shall be
published in the Federal Register within 15 days of the decision. In the
submission to the committees and in publication in the Federal Register, the
President shall include the reasons for the decision and the scope and duration
of any action taken. If the President takes action that differs from the action
recommended by the Commission under subsection (f) or declines to take action
pursuant to subsection (k)(2), the President shall state in detail the reasons
for such action or
inaction.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB0321A9E89B84F3D8401896EFE4D9820"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (m) through (o) as subsections (n) through (p),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2690C84A47E4080B63C4400E391C662"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (l) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBACD76A6CE2F41098DA29748A870B7E4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H41AE5980439D4BBA9B8983B42689D68"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Implementation of
action recommended by Commission</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4DD63DC1C6B14FFFB200CB1DEA860005"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the President takes
action that differs from the action recommended by the Commission under
subsection (f) or declines to take action pursuant to subsection (k)(2)(B)(i),
the action recommended by the Commission under subsection (f) shall take effect
(as provided in subsection (n)(2)) upon the enactment of a joint resolution
described in paragraph (2) within the 90-day period beginning on the date on
which the President’s decision is transmitted to the Congress pursuant to
subsection (l).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCFD7F7E628B3494DBA05A16E11AAAD2D" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the
term <term>joint resolution</term> means a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of
the Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: <quote>That the Congress does not approve the action taken by, or the
determination of, the President under section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974,
notice of which was transmitted to the Congress on ______.</quote>, with the
blank space being filled with the appropriate case number and date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0432BE59BBBC49BBBDBF0644A3317FAA" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provisions of section 152(b),
(c), (d), (e), and (f) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(b), (c), (d),
(e), and (f)) shall apply to joint resolutions under this
section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC0CE433F766D4EC489A3D2B6ADA91471"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in subsection
(n), as redesignated, by striking <quote>Import relief under this
section</quote> and all that follows to the end period and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DBDF1E7021D497B8DE47CCF6C036D94" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94654A33674846619213D633FA57E609" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2),
import relief under this section shall take effect not later than 15 days after
the President’s determination to provide such relief.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H313797DDB65440A18F008316AB4912AE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the action recommended by the
Commission takes effect pursuant to subsection (m), the President shall, within
15 days after the date of the enactment of the joint resolution referred to in
subsection (m), proclaim the action recommended by the Commission under
subsection (f). Such action shall take effect not later than 15 days after the
date of the President’s
proclamation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H170F2628C84A4190906B51015F7C2FB4"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in subsection
(o), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8ADE25B031A04CE692F262F938252081"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>6-month</quote> and inserting <quote>1-year</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4674D95076784C85974763966200043E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>or (m)</quote> after <quote>subsection (k)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD41E1C3DABF148B1954CB618FF8981D0"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in subsection
(p), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2019D9F6197E413500519364E805CC51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or (m)</quote> after <quote>subsection (k);</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91852430FDA949FAA3C01290A74D877D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>subsection (m)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(n)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Strengthening
enforcement of intellectual property rights at U.S. borders</header>
<subtitle id="id6A572DF274EC4EE6BF75AF538EE8B7A8"><enum>A</enum><header>Coordination of
enforcement of intellectual property rights</header>
<section id="H31F126E9ECA3494D008BAC66409727E5"><enum>501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H0E801D953946478B925E7001797EE893"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Assistant
Secretary for ICE</header><text>The term <term>Assistant Secretary for
ICE</term> means the Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7C2A47EDCBB4FEC9294FBDE84CED747"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commissioner</header><text>The
term <term>Commissioner</term> means the Commissioner responsible for U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF65511DE792546A8A5F5F93DF01265F2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Counterfeiting;
counterfeit goods</header>
<subparagraph id="H858BB5E108D14C8184167C17BDA544C8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Counterfeiting</header><text>The
term <term>counterfeiting</term> means activities related to production of or
trafficking in goods, including packaging, that bear a spurious mark or
designation that is identical to or substantially indistinguishable from a mark
or designation protected under the trademark laws or related
legislation. </text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EAFD0B785EB4339A03837D15FD4EC68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Counterfeit
goods</header><text>The term <term>counterfeit goods</term> means those goods
described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H04015C0F61604B57AAADB91F4C57FB1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>CBP</header><text>The
term <term>CBP</term> means U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7C5737AAAA74825A58D74FCDBB9B6F1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Director</term> means the
Director of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement of the Department of the
Treasury established in section 502.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0473A27FAC1048CA9E20D52C8512836E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Enforcement of
intellectual property rights</header><text>The term <term>enforcement of
intellectual property rights</term> means activities to enforce copyrights,
patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property, including
activities to control counterfeiting and piracy, and activities to enforce
exclusion orders issued by the United States International Trade Commission by
reason of any of subparagraphs (B) through (E) of subsection (a)(1) of section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)(B) through (E)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H679EB146F32140BF96F5BD632368DF8D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Exclusion
order</header><text>The term <term>exclusion order</term> means an order of the
United States International Trade Commission issued under section 337(d) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 to exclude goods from entry into the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7513397748B1480A9FD1B1421FC6C06"><enum>(8)</enum><header>ICE</header><text>The
term <term>ICE</term> means U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C6B7BC5F02A469492D85C7C9F53A466"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Piracy; pirated
goods</header>
<subparagraph id="H69548261E357494AA23FD2E748291724"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Piracy</header><text>The
term <term>piracy</term> means activities related to production of or
trafficking in unauthorized copies or phonorecords of works protected under
copyright law or related legislation.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD80743DC7254C739D6D539DB343CB9D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Pirated
goods</header><text>The term <term>pirated goods</term> means those copies or
phonorecords described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H5619528C76D440C78494D10736021C"><enum>502.</enum><header>Director of
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAD9460460894695AADBD3DFB2000068"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established within the Department of the Treasury the position of Director
of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H413F62C941164D168F6479EFABDFC5CA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text>The
Director shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and shall be
responsible to and shall report directly to the Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B35C80446BF44929B7FC1FA27D121C5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Director shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H7DBF07FFAAB64C74B6AA4474297BBD0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate all
activities of the Department of the Treasury involving the enforcement of
intellectual property rights, with particular reference to the activities of
CBP and ICE;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8901BBAD01AF441C9D7F20543219E00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>oversee the
development and implementation of the strategic plan for the enforcement of
intellectual property rights required under section 503;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B256A34304640529C381DB44B082469"><enum>(3)</enum><text>coordinate the
policy and regulatory changes set forth in subtitle D;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAA2FCFDEB484305B3AB9EF4C4F01D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>serve as staff
representative of the Department of the Treasury in interagency bodies with
responsibility for coordination of activities involving the enforcement of
intellectual property rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H081C842C9DDF44C2A000D0402375A4B7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>conduct an
evaluation of the effectiveness of the organizational structure of CBP for
reducing the entry into the United States of counterfeit or pirated goods,
goods in violation of exclusion orders, and other goods in violation of other
intellectual property rights; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1822D7FC2F24A1792AF78EA9055E5D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out other duties, as assigned by the
Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, to improve the effectiveness of
the efforts of the Department of the Treasury under the laws within its
jurisdiction with respect to enforcement of intellectual property
rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA57D99FF79954249952B69DCD16C906D"><enum>503.</enum><header>Strategic plan
for the enforcement of intellectual property rights</header>
<subsection id="HFF2BFDDC09B94F328D43AB9CE9B663D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall
develop, for approval by the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, an annual
strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9CE710CA01F4413285AE3822AF008D3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In
developing the annual strategic plan required under subsection (a), the
Director shall consult with—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E2DA91054DE4BD2903C2459516FFD7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the CBP
coordinator of intellectual property enforcement activities and the ICE
coordinator of intellectual property enforcement authorities appointed under
section 504;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51BDB30B526A4F019655857CC4C181D3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all other entities within the Department of
the Treasury with expertise and experience in the enforcement of intellectual
property rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1F92B3792CFC45CA8E029D83E19E8BE1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Advisory
Committee;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7531AA36913145A4B269853C532C23CB"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other agencies of the executive branch
engaged in the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including any
officials designated to coordinate such enforcement efforts on an interagency
basis; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H649AD0D0B97F45B7A4DA13889F2CC4D3"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">officials from foreign law enforcement
agencies and international organizations, including the World Customs
Organization, with experience and expertise in border control measures relating
to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H30704E1B627C4AEEAE8800B7511021E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents of
plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The annual strategic
plan shall set forth objectives, goals, and strategies for more effective use
of the authorities of CBP and ICE relating to the enforcement of intellectual
property rights, and shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC547EE2F55714A00B33184FD544B0044"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide for
specific measurement of the current effectiveness of enforcement tools,
including targeting, examination, post-entry auditing, and penalty
actions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37F9F0B9B854433593006639C3F88C4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>give priority to
those enforcement tools determined under paragraph (1) to be most
effective;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7896DD8D64DA4D5C9FF4602E2D2D703D"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify best practices, both in the United
States and abroad, in the enforcement of intellectual property rights, taking
into account the practices of enforcement authorities of other countries, and
implement those practices;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H163678D93AC948A59C218423B69899D3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and apply the specific performance
measures to be used to evaluate the progress of CBP and ICE in improving the
effectiveness of its efforts relating to the enforcement of intellectual
property rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7DC42FBC6F22476AB1418EA8ECCBD8"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address border control programs
administered by CBP and ICE at ports of entry for passengers and freight, and
at points of entry for postal and courier services, as well as for goods in
transit through United States ports and in the process of being exported from
the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H782335974A014EA3ADDA5E67156D2DAB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommend the optimal feasible allocation
of human, financial, physical, and technological resources that CBP and ICE
should use to achieve the goals of the annual strategic plan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C10834C3067424DACFE44A23B480534"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report on the key activities of CBP and ICE
during the preceding year in the enforcement of intellectual property rights ;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4263A27052AF40D5B4E5FCC9C3604809"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contain such other information as the
Director considers appropriate to convey what CBP and ICE will do, over the
ensuing year, with respect to the enforcement of intellectual property rights
and reduce the costs that violations of intellectual property rights impose on
the United States economy and public safety.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF99C049262374F57BBD306247DDCA374"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission to
Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the approval by
the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury of the annual strategic plan, after
ensuring its consistency with relevant interagency strategic plans for the
enforcement of intellectual property rights, the Deputy Secretary of the
Treasury shall transmit the annual strategic plan to the Committee on Finance
of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives, along with any recommendations of the Department of the
Treasury for statutory changes or funding authorizations needed to improve the
effectiveness of the Department’s efforts in the enforcement of intellectual
property rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFB54288DFA004192A02EB68118E6EC58"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury shall submit the annual strategic plan under
subsection (d) not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act and annually thereafter.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEEB5F8E09329466AA989C6F025A8C22F"><enum>504.</enum><header>CBP and ICE
coordinators</header>
<subsection id="HE803CDD3367A4D6282D6600026BABAEC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>CBP
Coordinators</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAC9D8C63C294D84ACF40086267BC614"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner shall appoint a CBP
coordinator of intellectual property rights enforcement activities (in this
subtitle referred to as the <term>CBP Coordinator</term>), who shall report
directly to the Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H459219D192394B00BCCF08F421575CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
CBP Coordinator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83FB0680CA034D179D03C0C3E5B5B6C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist the
Director of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement of the Department of the
Treasury in the development of the annual strategic plan, and coordinate the
implementation of those aspects of the plan that involve CBP;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4CA6046E5C9B4A9B9FC246BF004C034F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate all efforts, at all ports of
entry and elsewhere, carried out by CBP in the enforcement of intellectual
property rights, including training and staffing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF0DF9799D9D45538EB0E9767D0014D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supervise the
implementation of those aspects of the regulatory and policy reforms set out in
this title that involve CBP; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C50FDC0375F487B802E0629C8CCC990"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out such other duties, as assigned by
the Commissioner, the purpose of which is to improve the performance of CBP in
the enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76C18EC5C04746B5A8A2DF4985A75FFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>ICE
coordinator</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C37DDED771C45ADB6D9063E3498BF3E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appointment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary for United States
Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall appoint an ICE coordinator of
intellectual property enforcement activities (referred to in this subtitle as
the <term>ICE Coordinator</term>), who shall report directly to the Assistant
Secretary for ICE.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H892C221542114A5D83EE129F293D2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
ICE Coordinator shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC0C559EF97594A15BB005387B59C5435"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assist the
Director of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement of the Department of the
Treasury in the development of the annual strategic plan, and coordinate the
implementation of those aspects of the plan that involve ICE;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79A6C9A501D841DB8D913F09C9857B3E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate all efforts carried out by ICE
the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including training and
staffing;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55AA9FE7210449AC8E7E05BC115131F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>supervise the
implementation of those aspects of the regulatory and policy reforms set out in
this title that involve ICE; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00B93C53617E4A1DB28465D39D00BB62"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out such other duties, as assigned by
the Assistant Secretary for ICE, the purpose which is to improve the
performance of ICE in the enforcement of intellectual property rights.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idF479E859500B4C5DB617A15BDCBAC55E"><enum>B</enum><header>Regulatory and
policy improvements against counterfeiting and piracy</header>
<section id="HD149479EE3E944249F3971E6EC483EF0"><enum>511.</enum><header>In
general</header>
<subsection id="HF150BA5F3D544054BA618322DC232E87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Commissioner’s
responsibilities</header><text>The Commissioner, acting through the CBP
Coordinator, shall undertake the initiatives provided in this subtitle.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF578A35DB8A4B54A2804B80935C1CFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CBP
Coordinator’s responsibilities</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in
this subtitle, the CBP Coordinator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H9FC030D14F274B1494F699B61E45AAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare an annual
report on activities carried out under this subtitle; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F886385BE4F44B994EB9935B72C803C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provide the annual
report to the Director of Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement of the
Department of the Treasury in a timely manner that will permit its inclusion in
the annual strategic plan prepared under section 503.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H2609B173A0EF43E9B14FBFAEA28800AD"><enum>512.</enum><header>Identification
of certain unlawful goods</header>
<subsection id="HE803ABA54F7944FCA12CBBFC5BF4B2A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury, acting through the
Commissioner, shall accelerate efforts to apply risk assessment modeling
techniques to border enforcement activities to combat counterfeiting and
piracy. These efforts shall include, but not be limited to—</text>
<paragraph id="H18A79440B78E44AAB6BB0196EC2FFB56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>preparing a report
and evaluation on CBP’s pilot project in risk assessment modeling with respect
to shipments of counterfeit or pirated products;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB415BBB0EB6B4FC6BA460033F5C5D7F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>expanding the pilot
project to include development of a rule set for the Automated Targeting
System; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB09C263BD69E498E907021EACFE895D0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developing a plan
for the development, testing, evaluation, and continuous improvement of risk
assessment modeling techniques for purposes of targeting goods that violate
intellectual property rights.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5F111AE34EF043C7B92E86AB9F25ADB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in
strategic plan</header><text>The report specified in subsection (a)(1), and the
plan specified in subsection (a)(3), shall be included in the annual strategic
plan that is prepared under section 503.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HD57D77114ADB4B298BE02472D9BE4502"><enum>513.</enum><header>Training in new
technologies</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCA3E74B87C1940BE8922B2CF25E61300"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Training of
personnel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner
shall consult with the Advisory Committee to determine the feasibility of
training CBP personnel in the use of new technological means for detecting and
identifying, at ports of entry, counterfeit and pirated goods, and goods that
are the subject of exclusion orders, whether for entry into the United States
or in transit to other destinations.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H814875D4ED0A450093926D25C8E6B637"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Identification
of technologies and sources of training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the Advisory
Committee, the Commissioner shall identify—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCF5CB065094248E499F600E4ACFED4D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">new technologies with the cost-effective
capability to detect and identify goods described in subsection (a) at ports of
entry; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB63C683AD844080B89DCD005E837D38"><enum>(2)</enum><text>economical sources
of training CBP personnel in using such new technologies,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text commented="no" continuation-text-level="subsection">to the extent such training is
determined to be feasible under subsection (a).</continuation-text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7084888598F34D3185609D044300B29E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulatory and
policy changes</header><text>The United States Government Accountability Office
shall provide to the Congress a report analyzing the costs and benefits of
allowing necessary regulatory and policy changes to enable the receipt of
donations of hardware, software, equipment, and similar technologies, and the
acceptance of training and other support services, from the private sector, to
facilitate the achievement of the purposes of this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2F68C9F434B845C798F9BE53521B808"><enum>514.</enum><header>Disclosure of
information and samples of shipments to intellectual property
owners</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commissioner shall
make the necessary regulatory and policy changes to—</text>
<paragraph id="H8139895D56C74EBEA602BB75779C7319"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increase
disclosure to owners of copyrights, trademarks, patents, and other forms of
intellectual property of information about shipments of goods that have been
detained at ports of entry on suspicion that their importation into, or transit
through, the United States would violate the intellectual property rights of
the owners of those rights, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE19A8FB220BC4420ADE58FB41870403F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>disclosure of the
identities and contact information of all parties involved in the shipments,
including importers, exporters, declarants, consignees, freight forwarders, and
warehouse owners;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1CFA52B0D2D645E0008008DA3B515DC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing
documents relating to the shipments; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B41B42715FC4ED7ADD239CDA5E4038C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifying points
of origin and destination of the shipments; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF5619540BDA466484A100127B504633"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve the process of making available to
representatives of owners of copyrights, trademarks, patents, and other forms
of intellectual property, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, samples of
shipments of goods suspected of infringing intellectual property rights, for
the purpose of inspection or analysis.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H14A8F1677A944AF2B0BF2E720098CAAF"><enum>515.</enum><header>Improvements to
recordation process</header>
<subsection id="HA42C4026606E42A38020FA1B84731EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improvements in
recordation process</header><text>The Commissioner shall make the necessary
regulatory and policy changes to ensure that the system for recordation of
copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual property that may be
subject to recordation does not impede the rapid seizure of goods that infringe
the rights of the owners of such copyrights, trademarks, and other forms of
intellectual property.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EDDA6165064415A9EFD2C814DA5A3C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Simultaneous
recordation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H329F95E9C39E4376AFD0C4B756E69808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark
Office, and the Register of Copyrights, the Commissioner shall provide a system
whereby trademarks may be recorded with CBP simultaneously with the issuance of
trademark registration, and whereby copyrights of audiovisual works and sound
recordings may be recorded with CBP simultaneously with the filing of an
application for a certificate of copyright registration or an application for
registration of another intellectual property right under title 17, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H70A89AB2D3874E9EAA3E467B001EC660"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection, the terms <term>audiovisual works</term> and <term>sound
recordings</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 101 of title
17, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC5B07876D5BF4F1691008CF704EEB9EA"><enum>516.</enum><header>Identification
of low-risk shippers</header>
<subsection id="H0D7587241B9F493EBE75CA91EEE00022"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Voluntary
certification program</header><text>The Commissioner shall create a voluntary
certification program for low-risk shippers that have taken specific measures
to strengthen and protect their supply chains to prevent the infiltration of
counterfeit and pirated goods, goods that are the subject to exclusions orders,
and goods that violate other forms of intellectual property rights.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H77F713E196824C8393A7D82404096BC5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Self
certifications; verifications</header><text>The program under subsection (a)
shall generally operate on a self-certification basis, except that the
Commissioner shall identify any circumstances in which third party
verifications and attestations are required for inclusion in the program, which
may include importations from the People’s Republic of China.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC1409F69FC6E43AA911F1BC0ABD9342"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expedited
movement</header><text>The Commissioner shall create incentives for shippers to
participate in the certification program, including providing expedited
movement of the goods of the shippers through the customs inspection
process.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFAD7E08FE34145F88B85AB9E1D687BB7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In
this section, the term <term>international supply chain</term> means the
end-to-end process for transporting goods to or from the United States
beginning with the point of origin (including manufacturer, supplier, or
vendor) through the point of distribution to the destination.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H33B05305B4584BFFB77F95E2B7DFD5B2"><enum>517.</enum><header><quote>Watch
List</quote> database</header>
<subsection id="HA2E11699221B4B2A813D63A7E4839835"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commissioner
shall prepare a plan for the implementation of a <term>Watch List</term>
database of importers, shippers, freight forwarders, and other participants in
the import, export, and transshipment process, whose activities merit
additional scrutiny at ports of entry with respect to the risk of importation
or transshipment of counterfeit or pirated goods and goods that are the subject
to exclusions orders.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H43765BC084E149A891F8309C2E6BE406"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Working
groups</header><text>The Commissioner shall consult with the Advisory Committee
on the development of criteria for the <term>Watch List</term> database.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H432C2983AF76499ABCF73EDD86CDE204"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information
sources</header><text>The plan under subsection (a) shall identify legitimate
information sources for the database from within CBP, from other law
enforcement sources, and from the private sector.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED41C8787F8647CC864CDBDD8477FCE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Criteria for
access to database</header><text>The plan under subsection (a) shall specify
criteria under which the database should be made available to qualified CBP and
other law enforcement officers, for intelligence purposes, and for use in
flagging and diverting for enhanced scrutiny shipments to ports of entry that
are associated with entities listed in the database.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2DD528BEA80B41448C5BEB1E877C752C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other
matters</header><text>The plan under subsection (a) shall identify any
regulatory or policy changes that the Department of the Treasury would make in
order to bring the database into operation, as well as any recommendations for
needed changes to legislation to make the database more effective. The plan
shall also include budget estimates for implementation and operation of the
database, and for evaluation of its effectiveness, and a timetable for such
implementation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF15E9DF9A8F84858AA81FB72CB49A87E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The
Commissioner shall complete the plan in a timely fashion that will permit its
inclusion in the first annual strategic plan prepared under section 503.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6BA7C7B3D4EF4854BDF23DBFBC510219"><enum>518.</enum><header>Civil fines for
importation of pirated or counterfeit goods</header>
<subsection id="H7BB1C21CBCC44293B8A41D00466CB3CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation on
mitigation, dismissal, and vacation of fines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless otherwise ordered by a court of
competent jurisdiction, any civil fine imposed pursuant to section 526(f) of
the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1526(f))—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F59FFB6B7944CC9BD6FCA6C7852F5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may not be
mitigated, except pursuant to regulations issued by the Commissioner;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1AD78611D254FC5B0DB527CF01ED58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may not be
dismissed or vacated, except pursuant to regulations issued by the Commissioner
that require the specific approval of the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s
designee for such dismissal or vacation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B68987EACBC48E00000D5AB56270023"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extraordinary
cases</header><text>In issuing regulations under subsection (a), the
Commissioner shall ensure that the mitigation, dismissal, or vacation of civil
fines for involvement in the importation, exportation, or transshipment of
pirated or counterfeit goods is limited to extraordinary cases in which the
interests of justice will clearly be served by such action.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED3661F2F94B42D2885B4D8453D24C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to
Congress</header><text>The Commissioner shall, not later than 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, report to the Committee on Finance of
the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HC8D53CC457DA49AEB108611483001BB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Whether CBP
currently has the authority to employ effective collection techniques for
collecting civil fines it imposes on participants in the importation,
exportation, or transshipment of pirated or counterfeit goods.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF59F4C07CF9F422C8CD87027D5E2DDB7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If CBP lacks such
authority, the Commissioner’s recommendations for legislation to provide CBP
with such authority.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E58299E70F84D41A660BF045962FFD0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If CBP has such
authority, how CBP is using such authority, and with what results in terms of
increased collections of fines imposed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5021ECBEA8FB469F91BA37005F399FB3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Commissioner’s
recommendations on whether, in specific cases, copyright or trademark owners
should be authorized to pursue and collect fines imposed because of activities
that infringe their intellectual property rights, and whether such copyright or
trademark owners should be allowed to retain some or all of the funds that they
collect.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H375C6DCD30A744BFAA21401E661524CC"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Any other
recommendations for statutory, regulatory, or policy changes not under the
control of CBP that would improve the ability of CBP to impose civil fines, at
deterrent levels, on participants in trafficking in counterfeit or pirated
goods, and to collect the fines imposed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H396EE361525E4192832627DF8BC6C2FB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in subsection (c), the term
<term>effective collection techniques</term> includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H149AEB7508BE4BB68F95F7AAC1AB0045"><enum>(1)</enum><text>confiscation of
the proceeds of acts for which civil fines can be imposed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9300B29857104428B81C859680F2F924"><enum>(2)</enum><text>seizure of and
execution upon property acquired with such proceeds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10ACD9D762C141EDBC4C724222DA3DEB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>imposition of
liens on the real or personal property of persons upon whom civil fines are
imposed;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA1A37DE6F934F7A89781134E633B6AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>use of bonds to
secure full payment of fines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CB8BC23A41E49BFB2EE8F3DAAB90800"><enum>(5)</enum><text>piercing the
corporate veil of corporations upon which civil fines are imposed, in order to
satisfy the fine from the assets of natural persons or of other legal persons;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F24071F82A14D89BA34C6A0CE3EFF8D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>engaging private
sector entities to collect civil fines imposed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id1F6C7CD7B3AB45B782CB02CE0161FD09"><enum>C</enum><header>Training
enhancements</header>
<section id="HC355A6A9393D4989A840CB22B6353F92"><enum>521.</enum><header>International
training and technical assistance enhancements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury shall take the
necessary steps—</text>
<paragraph id="H259C08BD6B104193AC6030C648317F92"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to increase staffing and resources of
offices of CBP and ICE engaged in providing training and technical assistance
to the customs services and enforcement agencies of other countries in order to
improve the effectiveness of such foreign services and agencies in detecting,
intercepting, and imposing deterrent penalties upon the export, import, or
transshipment of counterfeit or pirated goods, goods that are the subject to
exclusions orders, and goods that violate other forms of intellectual property
rights;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H86EEB82F988140F1B640008324CCBFDA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure that the Director, in order to
make the most efficient and effective use of training and technical assistance
resources—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE630BDE8541749AB8669CD64159116C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinates the
international training and technical assistance activities of CBP and ICE as
part of the Director’s coordination responsibilities under section 502;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E0BA1ECD0104F7D8766B4F93FAC1023"><enum>(B)</enum><text>gives priority to
such activities in those countries where such programs can be carried out most
effectively and with the greatest benefit to protecting the intellectual
property rights of United States right holders;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H201100DEF839497BADEE710578C35006"><enum>(C)</enum><text>takes steps to
minimize duplication, overlap, or inconsistency of international training and
technical assistance efforts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83906197FBFE495DB1AB00223C86BF3D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinates such activities of the
Department of the Treasury with international training and technical assistance
activities against counterfeiting and piracy carried out by other agencies, and
enhances the participation of Department of the Treasury personnel in
interagency training and technical assistance activities in this field.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idADB68136FEAD4355BF05D3B341265A28"><enum>D</enum><header>New legal tools
for border enforcement</header>
<section id="H0C1F9BD403A149C2AC3C19778750A43C"><enum>531.</enum><header>Expanded
prohibitions on importation or exportation of counterfeit or pirated
goods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 526 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1526) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9E28B621FBE4490CB48047B1002500EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section
heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">or
protected by copyright</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">trademark</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF336EB927BB74710B067BE6CAB7DC04B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e),
by inserting <quote>or exported from the United States</quote> after
<quote>imported into the United States</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H44B75E159E654B7C8414EC183E0300AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f),
by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H847A44AC518E4B33949396796F5BD34B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4DFCE71793E345A79F49154841CC008C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Any person who
engages in, directs, assists financially or otherwise, or aids and abets the
importation or exportation of merchandise that is seized under subsection (e)
of this section, or under regulations issued pursuant to section 603(c) of
title 17, United States Code, shall be subject to a civil
fine.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9AD3FFDE993F451AB87B213384E404F0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D3057C4230646F88E864DF22FE223E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF90E09ED6304C9D82BD4504B27B3E51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H4B92486CF68B4488B7EEDAA49F99E293" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9EEE4EF753404FD1BC44D3D7C92956B2" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>When the seizure giving rise to the
civil fine is made under circumstances indicating that the importation or
exportation was for the purpose of sale or public distribution of the good
seized, the maximum fine amounts set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be
tripled.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1059247A6AB54702BF95D04C8052C1B"><enum>532.</enum><header>Declarations
regarding counterfeit and infringing merchandise</header>
<subsection id="HA46C2016B89D40FCB500E6B46423E569"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declarations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 485(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(19 U.S.C. 1485(a)), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4AB8CA3B40FD4165A4BFDD100883CED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Whether</quote> and inserting
<quote>whether</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H476619B8254F428FAA3EF7DC83CA9FA6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>That</quote> and inserting <quote>that</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB4A190955C0449DA4E47625DEBA9BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FA5E8FE87DA42A089C5222022334051"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>That</quote> and inserting <quote>that</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAE76675CFF7E4470894BE26CA24000F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD34CAC67A26048CDA6CCA702717B3521"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEB56E3A03E654CE8AFFF38EA236EDC47"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>That</quote> and inserting <quote>that</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H28A5994A180841D49514D76179F7165C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0A033220810842B1A71000B142811604"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF830EC7A8AF54174A9FC4A6B7A02FB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE884AB8337A14687830028932EA0EDA2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>that the
merchandise being imported does not bear a mark that is counterfeit as that
term is defined in section 45 of the of July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as
the <quote><act-name>Trademark Act of 1946</act-name></quote>; 15 U.S.C.
1127);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED8A7C9BDAF04D999BA4EEB867271D1C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>that the
merchandise is not an infringing copy or phonorecord or one whose making would
have constituted an infringement of copyright if title 17, United States Code,
had applied; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBB446659974342B2838CE01E377F8268"><enum>(7)</enum><text>that the
merchandise does not violate—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3260C91C32E46ED95FF35E0AB110570"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not violate
an exclusion order of the United States International Trade Commission under
section 337(d) by reason of any of subparagraphs (B) through (E) of subsection
(a)(1) of section 337; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9D124A007BED4C1888052D6D501DD9B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>infringe any other
intellectual property right not covered by subparagraph (A) or by paragraph (5)
or
(6).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5D67854D04664A76A42EB2C8128B7D82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
Secretary of the Treasury shall issue regulations requiring that the
declarations required by paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of section 485(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 be made by all persons arriving in the United States with
respect to articles carried on their person or contained in their
baggage.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id2FC2225C74D444DBBDE97ECB93363B1B"><enum>E</enum><header>Regulatory
authority</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3AAF51268964B5BAF00114020AFFD79" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>541.</enum><header>Regulatory
authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may
issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out this title.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC15206FB0C2C4BF0B7A45607AF681D23" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>601.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Application to Canada and
Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Pursuant to article
1902 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. 3438), this Act and
the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to goods from Canada
and Mexico.</text>
</section>