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19 U.S.C. § 4051 — Compensation authority
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For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974 ([19 U.S.C. 2133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim)), any import relief provided by the President under this part shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of that Act [[19 U.S.C. 2251](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2251&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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For purposes of section 123 of the Trade Act of 1974 ([19 U.S.C. 2133](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2133&num=0&edition=prelim)), any import relief provided by the President under this part shall be treated as action taken under chapter 1 of title II of that Act [[19 U.S.C. 2251](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2251&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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**(a) National trade estimates**
(1) **In general** — For calendar year 1988, and for each succeeding calendar year, the United States Trade Representative, through the interagency trade organization established pursuant to [section 1872(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1872/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and with the assistance of the interagency advisory committee established under [section 2171(d)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2171/d/2&num=0&edition=prelim), shall—
(A) identify and analyze acts, policies, or practices of each foreign country which constitute significant barriers to, or distortions of—
(i) United States exports of goods or services (including agricultural commodities; and property protected by trademarks, patents, and copyrights exported or licensed by United States persons),
(ii) foreign direct investment by United States persons, especially if such investment has implications for trade in goods or services; 11 So in original. The semicolon probably should be a comma. and
(iii) United States electronic commerce,22 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon.
(B) make an estimate of the trade-distorting impact on United States commerce of any act, policy, or practice identified under subparagraph (A); and
(C) make an estimate, if feasible, of—
(i) the value of additional goods and services of the United States,
(ii) the value of additional foreign direct investment by United States persons, and
(iii) the value of additional United States electronic commerce,
that would have been exported to, or invested in or transacted with,,33 So in original. each foreign country during such ca
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There are authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. This authorization does not imply approval or disapproval by the Congress of all articles of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
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**(a) Creation of Trust Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund”, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund as provided in this section.
**(b) Transfer to Trust Fund**
(1) **In general** — There are appropriated to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 3.08 percent of the amounts received in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States during fiscal years 2008 through 2011 attributable to the duties collected on articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.
(2) **Amounts based on estimates** — The amounts appropriated under this section shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury of the United States to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred.
(3) **Limitation on transfers to Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund** — No amount may be appropriated to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund on and after the date of any expenditure from the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund which is not permitted by this section. The determination of whether an expenditure is so permitted shall be made without regard to—
(A) any provision of law which is not contained or referenced in this subchapter or in a revenue Act, and
(B) whether such provision of law is a subsequently enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive the application of t
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**(a) Reports to Congress**
(1) **In general** — Not later than the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date the Agreement enters into force, and not later than the end of each 2-year period thereafter during the succeeding 14-year period, the President shall report to the Congress on the progress made by the CAFTA–DR countries in—
(A) implementing Chapter Sixteen and Annex 16.5 of the Agreement; and
(B) implementing the White Paper.
(2) **White Paper** — In this section, the term “White Paper” means the report of April 2005 of the Working Group of the Vice Ministers Responsible for Trade and Labor in the Countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic entitled “The Labor Dimension in Central America and the Dominican Republic - Building on Progress: Strengthening Compliance and Enhancing Capacity”.
(3) **Contents of reports** — Each report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of the progress made by the Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism established by article 16.5 and Annex 16.5 of the Agreement, and the Labor Affairs Council established by article 16.4 of the Agreement, in achieving their stated goals, including a description of the capacity-building projects undertaken, funds received, and results achieved, in each CAFTA–DR country.
(B) Recommendations on how the United States can facilitate full implementation of the recommendations contained in the White Paper.
(C) A description of the work done by the CAFTA–DR countries with the International Labor Organization to implement the recommendations contained in the White Paper, and the efforts of the CAFTA–DR countries with international organizations, through the Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism referred to in subparagraph (
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**(a) Petitions and adjustment plans**
(1) A petition requesting action under this part for the purpose of facilitating positive adjustment to import competition may be filed with the Commission by an entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized union, or group of workers, which is representative of an industry.
(2) A petition under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall include a statement describing the specific purposes for which action is being sought, which may include facilitating the orderly transfer of resources to more productive pursuits, enhancing competitiveness, or other means of adjustment to new conditions of competition; and
(B) may—
(i) subject to subsection (d)(1)(C)(i), request provisional relief under subsection (d)(1); or
(ii) request provisional relief under subsection (d)(2).
(3) Whenever a petition is filed under paragraph (1), the Commission shall promptly transmit copies of the petition to the Office of the United States Trade Representative and other Federal agencies directly concerned.
(4) A petitioner under paragraph (1) may submit to the Commission and the United States Trade Representative (hereafter in this part referred to as the “Trade Representative”), either with the petition, or at any time within 120 days after the date of filing of the petition, a plan to facilitate positive adjustment to import competition.
(5)
(A) Before submitting an adjustment plan under paragraph (4), the petitioner and other entities referred to in paragraph (1) that wish to participate may consult with the Trade Representative and the officers and employees of any Federal agency that is considered appropriate by the Trade Representative, for purposes of evaluating the adequacy of the proposals being considered for inclusion
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 2133
domestic consumption of such article and like
or similar articles of domestic manufacture or
production.
(g) Suspension, modification, or termination of
proclamations
The President may at any time, consistent
with the provisions of this section, suspend,
modify, or terminate, in whole or in part, any
proclamation under this section either during
the initial 150-day period of effectiveness or as
extended by subsequent Act of Congress.
(h) Termination of tariff concessions
No provision of law authorizing the termi-
nation of tariff concessions shall be used to im-
pose a surcharge on imports into the United
States.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 122, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat.
1987.)
§ 2133. Compensation authority
(a) New concessions
Whenever—
(1) any action taken under part 1 of sub-
chapter II or subchapter III, or under part 2 of
subchapter IV of this chapter; or
(2) any judicial or administrative tariff re-
classification that becomes final after August
23, 1988;
increases or imposes any duty or other import
restriction, the President—
(A) may enter into trade agreements with
foreign countries or instrumentalities for the
purpose of granting new concessions as com-
pensation in order to maintain the general
level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous
concessions; and
(B) may proclaim such modification or con-
tinuance of any existing duty, or such con-
tinuance of existing duty-free or excise treat-
ment, as he determines to be required or ap-
propriate to carry out any such agreement.
(b) Reductions in rates of duty
(1) No proclamation shall be made pursuant to
subsection (a) decreasing any rate of duty to a
rate which is less than 70 percent of the existing
rate of duty.
(2) Where the rate of duty i
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 2251
an Effective Date note under former section 3461 of this
title.
CONSTRUCTION OF 2016 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 114–125, title VI, § 610(b)(3), Feb. 24, 2016, 130
Stat. 192, provided that: ‘‘Nothing in this subsection
[amending this section and enacting provisions set out
as a note below] or the amendment made by this sub-
section shall be construed as limiting the authority of
the President or the United States Trade Representa-
tive to develop action plans other than action plans de-
scribed in section 182(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 [19
U.S.C. 2242(g)], as amended by paragraph (1), or to take
any action otherwise authorized by law in response to
the failure of a foreign country to provide adequate and
effective protection and enforcement of intellectual
property rights.’’
USE OF TRADE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUNDS TO FACILI-
TATE
COMPLIANCE
WITH
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
PROTECTION BENCHMARKS BY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Pub. L. 114–125, title VI, § 610(b)(2), Feb. 24, 2016, 130
Stat. 192, provided that:
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Amounts from the Trade Enforce-
ment Trust Fund established under section 611 [19
U.S.C. 4405] may be expended by the United States
Trade Representative, only as provided by appropria-
tions Acts, to provide assistance to any developing
country to which an action plan applies under section
182(g) of the Trade Act of 1974 [19 U.S.C. 2242(g)], as
amended by paragraph (1), to facilitate the efforts of
the developing country to comply with the benchmarks
contained in the action plan. Such assistance may in-
clude capacity building, activities designed to increase
awareness of intellectual property rights, and training
for officials responsible for enforcing intellectual prop-
erty rights in the developing country
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 4051
1 See References in Text note below.
(1) denial of preferential tariff treatment
under the Agreement with respect to—
(A) any textile or apparel good exported or
produced by the person that is the subject of
a verification under subsection (a)(1) regard-
ing
compliance
described
in
subsection
(a)(2)(A), if the Secretary determines there
is insufficient information to support, or
that the person has provided incorrect infor-
mation to support, any claim for pref-
erential tariff treatment that has been made
with respect to any such good; or
(B) the textile or apparel good for which a
claim of preferential tariff treatment has
been
made
that
is
the
subject
of
a
verification under subsection (a)(1) regard-
ing a claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B),
if the Secretary determines there is insuffi-
cient information to support, or that a per-
son has provided incorrect information to
support, that claim; and
(2) denial of entry into the United States of
any textile or apparel good exported or pro-
duced by the person that is the subject of a
verification under subsection (a)(1) regarding
compliance described in subsection (a)(2)(A) or
a claim described in subsection (a)(2)(B), if the
Secretary determines there is insufficient in-
formation to determine, or that the person has
provided incorrect information as to, the
country of origin of any such good.
(e) Publication of name of person
The Secretary may publish the name of any
person that the Secretary has determined—
(1) is engaged in intentional circumvention
of applicable laws, regulations, or procedures
affecting trade in textile or apparel goods; or
(2) has failed to demonstrate that it pro-
duces, or is capable of producing, textile or ap-
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