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PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4849 " (a) DETERMINATION BY COMMISSION OF REASONABLE INDICA- TION OF INJURY. — "(1) GENERAL RULE. —Except in the case of a petition dismissed by the administering authority under section 732(c)(3), the Commission, within the time specified in paragraph (2), shall determine, based on the information available to it at the time of the determination, whether there is a reasonable indication that— "(A) an industry in the United States— "(i) is materially injured, or "(ii) is threatened with material injuiy, or "(B) the establishment of an industty in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports of the subject merchandise and that imports of the subject merchandise are not negUgible. If the , Commission fiiids that imports of the subject merchandise are neghgible or otherwise makes a negative determination under this pars^aph, the investigation shall be terminated. (2) TIME FOR COMMISSION DETERMINATION. — The Commission shall make the determination described in paragraph (1)— "(A) in the case of a petition filed under section 732(b)— "(i) within 45 days after the date on which the petition is filed, or "(ii) if the time has been extended pursuant to section 732(c)(l)(B), within 25 days after the date on which the Commission receives notice from the administering authority of initiation of the investigation, and

    • (B) in the case of an investigation initiated under

section 732(a), within 45 days after the date on which the Commission receives notice from the administering authority that an investigation has been initiated under such section " (B) Section 735(b)(1) (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following: "If the Commission determines that imports of the subject merj chandise are negUgible, the investigation shall be terminated.". j (C) Section 733(b)(1) (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)(l)) is I amended— I (i) in subparagraph (A)— j (I) by striking "160 days after the date on j which a petition is filed under section 732(b)" and inserting "140 days after the date on which the administering authority initiates an investigation under section 732(c)"; £uad 1 (II) by striking *l3est information" and insert- \ ing "information"; and 1 (ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) by striking "120" and inserting "100"; (II) by striking "160" and inserting "140"; (III) by striking "100" and inserting "80"; and (IV) by striking "160" and inserting^l40". (D) Section 733(c)(1) (19 U.S.C. 1673b(c)(l)) is amended . by striking "210th day after the date on which a petition . is filed under section 732(b)" and inserting "190th day Eifter the date on which the administering authority initiates an investigation under section 732(c)".