12 2 STA T .4978PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 4 36—O CT. 16 , 2008 contr o l l i n gp ro du ction c a nd em on s trate t h at it has pur - chased f or the manufacture in an eligi b le countr y of articles li k e or similar to any article eligible for preferential treat- ment under subsection ( a ).T he S ecretary of C ommerce shall , if re q uested by a producer or entity controlling production, create and maintain an account for such pro- ducer or entity controlling production, into w hich such credits may be deposited. ‘ ‘( B ) Such producer or entity controlling production may redeem credits issued under subparagraph ( A ) for earned import allowance certificates reflecting such number of earned credits as the producer or entity may request and has a v ailable. ‘‘(C) Any te x tile mill or other entity located in the U nited States that exports qualifying fabric to an eligible country may submit, upon such export or upon request, the Shipper ’ s E xport D eclaration, or successor documenta- tion, to the Secretary of Commerce — ‘‘(i) verifying that the qualifying fabric was exported to a producer or entity controlling production in an eligible country
and ‘‘(ii) identifying such producer or entity controlling production, and the quantity and description of quali- fying fabric exported to such producer or entity control- ling production. ‘‘(D) The Secretary of Commerce may require that a producer or entity controlling production submit docu- mentation to verify purchases of qualifying fabric. ‘‘(E) The Secretary of Commerce may make available to each person or entity identified in the documentation submitted under subparagraph (C) or (D) information con- tained in such documentation that relates to the purchase of qualifying fabric involving such person or entity. ‘‘( F ) The program shall be established so as to allow, to the extent feasible, the submission, storage, retrieval, and disclosure of information in electronic format, including information with respect to the earned import allowance certificates required under subsection (a)( 1 ). ‘‘( G ) The Secretary of Commerce may reconcile discrep- ancies in the information provided under subparagraph (C) or (D) and verify the accuracy of such information. ‘‘( H ) The Secretary of Commerce shall establish proce- dures to carry out the program under this section by Sep- tember 30 , 2 00 8 , and may establish additional require- ments to carry out the program. ‘‘(c) D EFIN I T I O N S .—For purposes of this section— ‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on W ays and M eans of the House of R epresenta- tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; ‘‘(2) the term ‘eligible apparel articles’ means the following articles classified in chapter 6 2 of the HTS (and meeting the requirements of the rules relating to chapter 62 of the HTS contained in general note 2 9 (n) of the HTS) of cotton (but not of denim)
trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts, skirts and divided skirts, and pants; ‘‘(3) the term ‘eligible country’ means the Dominican Republic; and Procedu re s.D e a d lin e.
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