[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 380 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 380

   To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 17, 2011

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Andean Trade Preference Extension 
Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCE ACT.

    (a) Extension.--Section 208(a) of the Andean Trade Preference Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3206(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``February 12, 2011'' 
        and inserting ``November 30, 2012''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``February 12, 2011'' and 
        inserting ``November 30, 2012''.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Apparel Articles.--Section 204(b)(3) of 
the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) in subclause (II), by striking ``8 
                        succeeding 1-year periods'' and inserting ``10 
                        succeeding 1-year periods''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (III)(bb), by striking 
                        ``and for the succeeding 3-year period'' and 
                        inserting ``and for the succeeding 5-year 
                        period''; and
                    (B) in clause (v)(II), by striking ``7 succeeding 
                1-year periods'' and inserting ``9 succeeding 1-year 
                periods''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking ``February 12, 
        2011'' and inserting ``November 30, 2012''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to articles entered on or after the 15th day after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Retroactive application for certain liquidations and 
        reliquidations.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the 
                Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1514) or any other 
                provision of law and subject to subparagraph (B), any 
                entry of an article to which duty-free treatment or 
                other preferential treatment under the Andean Trade 
                Preference Act would have applied if the entry had been 
                made on February 12, 2011, that was made--
                            (i) after February 12, 2011; and
                            (ii) before the 15th day after the date of 
                        the enactment of this Act,
                shall be liquidated or reliquidated as though such 
                entry occurred on the date that is 15 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.
                    (B) Requests.--A liquidation or reliquidation may 
                be made under subparagraph (A) with respect to an entry 
                only if a request therefor is filed with U.S. Customs 
                and Border Protection not later than 180 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act that contains 
                sufficient information to enable U.S. Customs and 
                Border Protection--
                            (i) to locate the entry; or
                            (ii) to reconstruct the entry if it cannot 
                        be located.
                    (C) Payment of amounts owed.--Any amounts owed by 
                the United States pursuant to the liquidation or 
                reliquidation of an entry of an article under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be paid, without interest, not 
                later than 90 days after the date of the liquidation or 
                reliquidation (as the case may be).
            (3) Definition.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        ``entry'' includes a withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
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