[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1136 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1136

To authorize the extension of preferential tariff treatment for certain 
                 textile goods imported from Nicaragua.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 11, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the extension of preferential tariff treatment for certain 
                 textile goods imported from Nicaragua.

    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 ``Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level 
Extension Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TARIFF PREFERENCE LEVEL PROGRAM FOR NICARAGUA.

    (a) In General.--The President shall proclaim an extension until 
December 31, 2024, of the preferential tariff treatment for apparel 
goods imported from Nicaragua--
            (1) described in U.S. Note 15 to subchapter XV of chapter 
        99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and
            (2) provided for under Annex 3.28 of the Dominican 
        Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement and 
        the letters described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 
        1634(a)(2) of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections 
        Act of 2006 (title XIV of Public Law 109-280; 120 Stat. 1167).
    (b) Limitation on Application of One-for-One Purchasing Rule for 
Cotton Woven Trousers.--The limitation specified in clause (iv) of 
paragraph (7)(b) of the letter described in section 1634(a)(2)(A) of 
the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 shall 
apply with respect to the one-for-one purchasing rule described in 
paragraph (7)(b) of that letter in each year after the extension 
pursuant to subsection (a) of the preferential tariff treatment 
described in that subsection.
    (c) Amendment to Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act 
of 2006.--Section 1634(c) of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical 
Corrections Act of 2006 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``under Annex 3.28 of the 
                Agreement'' and inserting ``under the Nicaraguan tariff 
                preference level program''; and
                    (B) by striking ``provided in Annex 3.28 of the 
                Agreement'' and inserting ``under the Nicaraguan tariff 
                preference level program'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``provided in Annex 3.28 
        of the Agreement'' and inserting ``under the Nicaraguan tariff 
        preference level program''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Nicaraguan tariff preference level program defined.--
        In this subsection, the term `Nicaraguan tariff preference 
        level program' means the preferential tariff treatment provided 
        for under Annex 3.28 of the Agreement and extended pursuant to 
        the Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act of 
        2013.''.
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