PUBLIC LAW 109–53—AUG. 2, 2005
119 STAT. 481
authority of paragraph (1)(A), other than provisions of chapters 50 through 63, as included in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement. (B) ADDITIONAL PROCLAMATIONS.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), and subject to the consultation and layover provisions of section 104, the President may proclaim before the end of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, modifications to correct any typographical, clerical, or other nonsubstantive technical error regarding the provisions of chapters 50 through 63, as included in Annex 4.1 of the Agreement. (4) FABRICS, YARNS, OR FIBERS NOT AVAILABLE IN COMMERCIAL QUANTITIES IN THE CAFTA–DR COUNTRIES.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 3(A), the list of fabrics, yarns, and fibers set out in Annex 3.25 of the Agreement may be modified as provided for in this paragraph. (B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: (i) The term ‘‘interested entity’’ means the government of a CAFTA–DR country other than the United States, a potential or actual purchaser of a textile or apparel good, or a potential or actual supplier of a textile or apparel good. (ii) All references to ‘‘day’’ and ‘‘days’’ exclude Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. (C) REQUESTS TO ADD FABRICS, YARNS, OR FIBERS.— (i) An interested entity may request the President to determine that a fabric, yarn, or fiber is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA–DR countries and to add that fabric, yarn, or fiber to the list in Annex 3.25 of the Agreement in a restricted or unrestricted quantity. (ii) After receiving a request under clause (i), the President may determine whether— (I) the fabric, yarn, or fiber is available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA– DR countries; or (II) any interested entity objects to the request. (iii) The President may, within the time periods specified in clause (iv), proclaim that a fabric, yarn, or fiber that is the subject of a request submitted under clause (i) is added to the list in Annex 3.25 of the Agreement in an unrestricted quantity, or in any restricted quantity that the President may establish, if the President determines under clause (ii) that— (I) the fabric, yarn, or fiber is not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the CAFTA–DR countries; or (II) no interested entity has objected to the request. (iv) The time periods within which the President may issue a proclamation under clause (iii) are— (I) not later than 30 days after the date on which the request is submitted under clause (i); or (II) not later than 44 days after the request is submitted, if the President determines, within 30 days after the date on which the request is submitted, that
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