PUBLIC LAW 109–53—AUG. 2, 2005
119 STAT. 485
TRADE AGREEMENT.—If the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection or the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement finds indications of a pattern of conduct by an importer, exporter, or producer of false or unsupported representations that goods qualify under the rules of origin set out in section 203 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, in accordance with regulations issued by the Secretary of the Treasury, may suspend preferential tariff treatment under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement to entries of identical goods covered by subsequent representations by that importer, exporter, or producer until the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection determines that representations of that person are in conformity with such section 203.’’. SEC. 207. RELIQUIDATION OF ENTRIES.
Subsection (d) of section 520 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1520(d)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or section 202 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, section 202 of the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, or section 203 of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act’’; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or certifications’’ after ‘‘other certificates’’. SEC. 208. RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 508 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1508) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection: ‘‘(g) CERTIFICATIONS OF ORIGIN FOR GOODS EXPORTED UNDER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-CENTRAL AMERICA-UNITED STATES FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.— ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: ‘‘(A) RECORDS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.—The term ‘records and supporting documents’ means, with respect to an exported good under paragraph (2), records and documents related to the origin of the good, including— ‘‘(i) the purchase, cost, and value of, and payment for, the good; ‘‘(ii) the purchase, cost, and value of, and payment for, all materials, including indirect materials, used in the production of the good; and ‘‘(iii) the production of the good in the form in which it was exported. ‘‘(B) CAFTA–DR CERTIFICATION OF ORIGIN.—The term ‘CAFTA–DR certification of origin’ means the certification established under article 4.16 of the Dominican RepublicCentral America-United States Free Trade Agreement that a good qualifies as an originating good under such Agreement. ‘‘(2) EXPORTS TO CAFTA–DR COUNTRIES.—Any person who completes and issues a CAFTA–DR certification of origin for a good exported from the United States shall make, keep, and, pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the
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