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 116 STAT. 988 PUBLIC LAW 107-210—AUG. 6, 2002 is consistent with international law and any international obligation of the United States. SEC. 345. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR REESTABLISH- MENT OF CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— T here is authorized to be appropriated for the restablishment of operations of the Customs Service in New York, New York, such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2003. (2) OPERATIONS DESCRIBED.— The operations referred to in paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Operations relating to the Port Director of New York City, the New York Customs Management Center (including the Director of Field Operations), and the Special Agent-In-Charge for New York. (B) Commercial operations, including textile enforcement operations and salaries and expenses of— (i) trade specialists who determine the origin and value of merchandise; (ii) analysts who monitor the entry data into the United States of textiles and textile products; and (iii) Customs officials who work with foreign governments to examine textile makers and verify entry information. (b) AVAILABILITY. —Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under subsection (a) are authorized to remain available until expended. CHAPTER 5—TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENT PROVISIONS SEC. 351. GAO AUDIT OF TEXTILE TRANSSHIPMENT MONITORING BY CUSTOMS SERVICE. (a) GAO AUDIT. —The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of the system established and carried out by the Customs Service to monitor transshipment. Deadline. (b) REPORT. — Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and Committee on Finance of the Senate a report that contains the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), including recommendations for improvements to the transshipment monitoring system if applicable. (c) TRANSSHIPMENT DESCRIBED. —Transshipment within the meaning of this section has occurred when preferential treatment under any provision of law has been claimed for a textile or apparel article on the basis of material false information concerning the country of origin, manufacture, processing, or assembly of the article or any of its components. For purposes of the preceding sentence, false information is material if disclosure of the true information would mean or would have meant that the article is or was ineligible for preferential treatment under the provision of law in question. SEC. 352. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR TEXTILE TRANS- SHIPMENT ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. — (1) IN GENERAL. — There is authorized to be appropriated for transshipment (as described in section 351(c)) enforcement

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