Not later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President receives the report of the Commission in which the Commission's determination under section 4062(a) of this title is affirmative, or which contains a determination under section 4062(a) of this title that the President considers to be affirmative under paragraph (1) of section 1330(d) of this title, the President, subject to subsection (b), shall provide relief from imports of the article that is the subject of such determination to the extent that the President determines necessary to remedy or prevent the injury found by the Commission and to facilitate the efforts of the domestic industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition.
The President is not required to provide import relief under this section if the President determines that the provision of the import relief will not provide greater economic and social benefits than costs.
The import relief that the President is authorized to provide under this section with respect to imports of an article is as follows:
If the period for which import relief is provided under this section is greater than 1 year, the President shall provide for the progressive liberalization (described in article 8.2.3 of the Agreement) of such relief at regular intervals during the period of its application.
Subject to paragraph (2), any import relief that the President is authorized to provide under this section may not, in the aggregate, be in effect for more than 4 years.
If the initial period for any import relief provided under this section is less than 4 years, the President, after receiving a determination from the Commission under subparagraph (B) that is affirmative, or which the President considers to be affirmative under paragraph (1) of section 1330(d) of this title, may extend the effective period of any import relief provided under this section, subject to the limitation under paragraph (1), if the President determines that-
When import relief under this section is terminated with respect to an article-
No import relief may be provided under this section on-
19 U.S.C. § 4063
Termination of SectionFor termination of section by section 107(d) of Pub. L. 109-53 see Effective and Termination Dates note below.
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Trade Act of 1974, referred to in subsec. (f)(1), is Pub. L. 93-618, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1978. Chapter 1 of title II of the Act is classified generally to part 1 (§2251 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 12 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 2101 of this title and Tables.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE AND TERMINATION DATESSection effective on the date the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement enters into force (Mar. 1, 2006) and to cease to have effect on the date the Agreement ceases to be in force with respect to the United States, and, during any period in which a country ceases to be a CAFTA-DR country, to cease to have effect with respect to such country, see section 107 of Pub. L. 109-53 set out as a note under section 4001 of this title.
- Agreement
- The term "Agreement" means the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement approved by the Congress under section 4011(a)(1) of this title.
- Commission
- The term "Commission" means the United States International Trade Commission.
- HTS
- The term "HTS" means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States.