Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 - Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend the temporary duty suspensions on certain wool products through FY 2010. Reduces the temporary duty on certain worsted wool.
Modifies the limitation on the quantity of imported worsted wool fabrics through FY 2005.
Extends the: (1) duty refund required by the U.S. Customs Service to importing and nonimporting manufacturers of certain wool products during calendar year 2005; and (2) Wool Research, Development, and Promotion Trust Fund through December 31, 2010.
Requires the Secretary of Commerce to provide grants in FY 2005 through 2010 to manufacturers of certain worsted wool fabric.
Amends the Wool Products Labeling Act of 1939 to specify additional misbranded wool products.
[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4287 Introduced in House (IH)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4287
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating
to imports of certain wool products, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 5, 2004
Mr. Houghton (for himself, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Emerson, Mr.
Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Reynolds, and Mr. Walsh) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating
to imports of certain wool products, 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 ``Wool Suit and Textile Trade
Extension Act of 2004''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF DUTY SUSPENSION ON WOOL PRODUCTS,
WOOL RESEARCH FUND, WOOL DUTY REFUNDS.
(a) Extension of Temporary Duty Reductions.--
(1) Heading 9902.51.11.--Heading 9902.51.11 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended--
(A) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010'';
and
(B) by striking ``17.5%'' and inserting ``10%''.
(2) Heading 9902.51.12.--Heading 9902.51.12 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
(3) Heading 9902.51.13.--Heading 9902.51.13 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
(4) Heading 9902.51.14.--Heading 9902.51.14 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by
striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2010''.
(b) Modification of Limitation on Quantity of Imports.--
(1) Note 15.--U.S. Note 15 to subchapter II of chapter 99
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' after ``2002,''; and
(B) by striking ``year 2003'' and all that follows
through the end period and inserting the following:
``years 2003 and 2004, and 5,500,000 square meter
equivalents in calendar year 2005 and each calendar
year thereafter for the benefit of persons who cut and
sew men's and boys' worsted wool suits and suit-like
jackets and trousers in the United States, allocated as
required by section 501(e)(1) of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000.''.
(2) Note 16.--U.S. Note 16 to subchapter II of chapter 99
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is
amended--
(A) by striking ``shall be limited to 1,500,000''
and inserting ``shall be limited to--
``(1) 1,500,000'';
(B) by striking ``and'' after ``2002,''; and
(C) by striking ``year 2003'' and all that follows
through the end 5period and inserting the following:
``years 2003 and 2004, 5,000,000 square meter
equivalents in calendar year 2005 and each calendar
year thereafter for the benefit of persons who cut and
sew men's and boys' worsted wool suits and suit-like
jackets and trousers in the United States, allocated as
required by section 501(e)(1) of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000; and
``(b) 2,000,000 square meter equivalents in calendar year
2005 and each calendar year thereafter for the benefit of
manufacturers who weave worsted wool fabric in the United
States suitable for use in men's and boys' suits, allocated as
required by section 501(e)(2) of the Trade and Development Act
of 2000.''.
(3) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Sunset staged reduction requirement.--Section
501(a)(2) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 299) is amended by
inserting before the period ``for goods entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before
January 1, 2005''.
(B) Allocation of tariff rate quotas.--Section
501(e) of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (Public
Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 300) is amended--
(i) by striking ``In implementing'' and
inserting ``(1) In implementing'';
(ii) by striking ``16'' and inserting
``16(a)''; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) In implementing the limitation on the quantity of
worsted wool fabrics under heading 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States, as required by U.S. Note
16(b) of subchapter II of chapter 99 of such Schedule, for the
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption, the
Secretary of Commerce shall adopt regulations to allocate
fairly such quantity to manufacturers who weave worsted wool
fabric in the United States suitable for use in men's and boys'
suits and who apply for an allocation.''.
(C) Sunset authority to modify limitation on
quantity.--Section 504(b) of the Trade and Development
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 301) is
repealed, effective January 1, 2005.
(c) Extension of Duty Refunds and Wool Research Trust Fund.--
(1) In general.--The United States Customs Service shall
pay to each manufacturer that receives a payment during
calendar year 2005 under section 505 of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 303), as
amended by section 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 Stat.
1041), and that provides an affidavit, no later than March 1 of
the year of the payment, that it remains a manufacturer in the
United States as of January 1 of the year of the payment, 5
additional payments, each payment equal to the payment received
for calendar year 2005 as follows:
(A) The first payment to be made after January 1,
2006, but on or before April 15, 2006.
(B) The second, third, fourth, and fifth payments
to be made after January 1, but on or before April 15,
of each of the following four calendar years.
(2) Successor-in-interest.--Any manufacturer that becomes a
successor-in-interest to a claimant of a payment under section
505 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, as amended by
section 5101 of the Trade Act of 2002, because of--
(A) an assignment of the claim,
(B) an assignment of the original claimant's right
to manufacture under the same trade name,
(C) a reorganization,
or otherwise, shall be eligible to claim the payment as if the
successor manufacturer were the original claimant, without
regard to section 3727 of title 31, United States Code. Such
right to claim payment as a successor shall be effective as if
the right were included in section 505 of the Trade and
Development Act of 2000.
(3) Extension of wool research, development, and promotion
trust fund.--Section 506(f) of the Trade and Development Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-200; 114 Stat. 303), as amended by section
5102(c)(2) of the Trade Act of 2002 (116 Stat. 1047), is
amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``2011''.
(4) Commerce authority to promote domestic employment.--
(A) Grants to manufacturers of worsted wool
fabrics.--The Secretary of Commerce shall provide to--
(i) persons who were, during calendar years
1999, 2000, and 2001, manufacturers of worsted
wool fabric of the kind described in heading
9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States, and
(ii) persons who were, during such calendar
years, manufacturers of worsted wool fabric of
the kind described in heading 9902.51.11 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States,
grants in each of calendar years 2005 through 2010 in
the amounts determined under subparagraph (B).
(B) Amounts.--(i) The total amount of grants to
manufacturers under subparagraph (A)(i) shall be
$2,666,000 each calendar year, allocated among such
manufacturers on the basis of the percentage of each
manufacturer's production of the fabric described in
heading 9902.51.12 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States for calendar years 1999, 2000, and
2001, compared to the production of such fabric by all
such manufacturers who qualify under subparagraph
(A)(i) for such grants.
(ii) The total amount of grants to manufacturers
under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be $2,666,000 each
calendar year, allocated among such manufacturers on
the basis of the percentage of each manufacturer's
production of the fabric described in heading
9902.51.11 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States for calendar years 1999, 2000, and 2001,
compared to the production of such fabric by all
manufacturers who qualify under subparagraph (A)(ii)
for such grants.
(iii) Any grant awarded by the Secretary under this
paragraph shall be final and not subject to appeal or
protest.
(5) Authorization.--There are authorized to be appropriated
and are hereby appropriated out of amounts in the general fund
of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as are
necessary to carry out this subsection.
(d) Effective Date for Duty Reduction.--The amendment made by
subsection (a)(1)(B) shall apply to goods entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2005.
SEC. 3. LABELING OF WOOL PRODUCTS TO FACILITATE COMPLIANCE AND PROTECT
CONSUMERS.
(a) In General.--Section 4 of the Wool Products Labeling Act of
1939 (15 U.S.C. 68b(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(5) In the case of a wool product stamped, tagged,
labeled, or otherwise identified as--
``(A) `Super 80's' or `80's', if the average fiber
diameter thereof does not average 19.5 microns or
finer;
``(B) `Super 90's' or `90's', if the average fiber
diameter thereof does not average 19.0 microns or
finer;
``(C) `Super 100's' or `100's', if the average
fiber diameter thereof does not average 18.5 microns or
finer;
``(D) `Super 110's' or `110's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 18.0
microns or finer;
``(E) `Super 120's' or `120's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 17.5
microns or finer;
``(F) `Super 130's' or `130's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 17.0
microns or finer;
``(G) `Super 140's' or `140's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 16.5
microns or finer;
``(H) `Super 150's' or `150's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 16.0
microns or finer;
``(I) `Super 160's' or `160's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 15.5
microns or finer;
``(J) `Super 170's' or `170's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 15.0
microns or finer;
``(K) `Super 180's' or `180's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 14.5
microns or finer;
``(L) `Super 190's' or `190's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 14.0
microns or finer;
``(M) `Super 200's' or `200's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 13.5
microns or finer; and
``(N) `Super 210's' or `210's', if the average
diameter of wool fiber thereof does not average 13.0
microns or finer.
In each such case, the average fiber diameter may be subject to
a variation of 0.25 microns, and may be subject to such other
standards or deviations therefrom as adopted by regulation by
the Commission.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to wool products manufactured on or after January 1, 2005.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E748-749)
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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