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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 2990

PUBLIC LAW 98-573—OCT. 30, 1984

"(2) the petition and application procedures, and the appropriate filing dates, with respect to such remedies and benefits. "(b) Each agency responsible for administering a trade law shall provide technical assistance to eligible small businesses to enable them to prepare and file petitions and applications (other than those which, in the opinion of the agency, are frivolous) to obtain the remedies and benefits that may be available under that law. "(c) For purposes of this section— "(1) The term 'eligible small business' means any business concern which, in the agency's judgment, due to its small size, has neither adequate internal resources nor financial ability to obtain qualified outside assistance in preparing and filing petitions and applications for remedies and benefits under trade laws. In determining whether a business concern is an 'eligible small business', the agency may consult with the Small Business Administration, and shall consult with any other agency that has provided assistance under subsection (b) to that business concern. An agency decision regarding whether a business concern is an eligible small business for purposes of this section is not reviewable by any other agency or by any court. "(2) The term 'trade laws' means— "(A) chapter 1 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq., relating to relief caused by import competition); "(B) chapters 2 and 3 of such title II (relating to adjust19 USC 2271 et seq., 2341 et seq. ment assistance for workers and firms); "(C) chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq., relating to relief from foreign import restrictions and export subsidies); "(D) title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq., relating to the imposition of countervailing duties and antidumping duties); "(E) section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862, relating to the safeguarding of national security); and "(F) section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337, relating to unfair practices in import trade)." (b) Section 339 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (as added by subsection (a)) Effective date. 19 USC 1339 shall take effect on the 90th day after the date of the enactment of note. this Act. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Provisions SEC. 231. FOREIGN TRADE ZONE PROVISIONS.

Bicycle components.

(a)(1) The Congress finds that a delicate balance of the interests of the bicycle industry and the bicycle component parts industry has been reached through repeated revision of the Tariff Schedules of the United States so as to allow duty free import of those categories of bicycle component parts which are not manufactured domestically. The Congress further finds that this balance would be destroyed by exempting otherwise dutiable bicycle component parts from the customs laws of the United States through granting foreign trade zone status to bicycle manufacturing and assembly plants in the United States and that the preservation of such balance is in the public interest and in the interest of the domestic bicycle industry. (2) Section 3 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the Foreign Trade Zones Act (19 U.S.C. 81c)), is amended—