1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act of 2013”.
Nicaraguan Tariff Preference Level Extension Act of 2013
A BILL
To authorize the extension of preferential tariff treatment for certain textile goods imported from Nicaragua.
2. Extension of tariff preference level program for Nicaragua
In general— The President shall proclaim an extension until December 31, 2024, of the preferential tariff treatment for apparel goods imported from Nicaragua—
described in U.S. Note 15 to subchapter XV of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States; and
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).
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.
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—
in paragraph (1)—
by striking “under Annex 3.28 of the Agreement” and inserting “under the Nicaraguan tariff preference level program”; and
by striking “provided in Annex 3.28 of the Agreement” and inserting “under the Nicaraguan tariff preference level program”;
in paragraph (2), by striking “provided in Annex 3.28 of the Agreement” and inserting “under the Nicaraguan tariff preference level program”; and
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.”