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 PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 114 STAT. 297 (C) any changes in United States law necessary to implement the agreement. (4) DISCLOSURE OF COMMITMENTS.— Any agreement or other understanding addressing agricultural trade with a foreign government or governments (whether oral or in writing) that relates to a trade agreement with respect to which Congress must enact implementing legislation and that is not disclosed to Congress before legislation implementing that agreement is introduced in either House of Congress shall not be considered to be part of the agreement approved by Congress and shall have no force and effect under United States law or in any dispute settlement body. (d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) granting the President trade negotiating authority is essential to the successful conclusion of the new round of World Trade Organization agricultural negotiations; (2) reaching a successful agreement on agriculture should be the top priority of United States negotiators; and (3) if by the conclusion of the negotiations, the primary agricultural competitors of the United States do not agree to reduce their trade distorting domestic supports and eliminate export subsidies in accordance with the negotiating objectives expressed in this section, the United States should take steps to increase the leverage of United States negotiators and level the playing field for United States producers. SEC. 410. ENTRY PROCEDURES FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPER- ATIONS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1484) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i) SPECIAL RULE FOR FOREIGN TRADE ZONE OPERATIONS. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (3), all merchandise (including merchandise of different classes, types, and categories), withdrawn from a foreign trade zone during any 7- day period, shall, at the option of the operator or user of the zone, be the subject of a single estimated entry or release filed on or before the first day of the 7-day period in which the merchandise is to be withdrawn from the zone. The estimated entry or release shall be treated as a single entry and a single release of merchandise for purposes of section 13031(a)(9)(A) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)(9)(A)) and all fee exclusions and limitations of such section 13031 shall apply, including the maximum and minimum fee amounts provided for under subsection (b)(8)(A)(i) of such section. The entry summary for the estimated entry or release shall cover only the merchandise actually withdrawn from the foreign trade zone during the 7-day period. " (2) OTHER REQUIREMENTS. — The Secretary of the Treasury may require that the operator or user of the zone— "(A) use an electronic data interchange approved by the Customs Service— "(i) to file the entries described in paragraph (1); and

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