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PUBLIC LAW 109–53—AUG. 2, 2005

(6) ‘‘Nicaragua’’, effective on the date the President terminates the designation of Nicaragua as a beneficiary country pursuant to section 201(a)(3). (c) MATERIALS OF, OR PROCESSING IN, FORMER BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES.—Section 213(a)(1) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands’’ and inserting ‘‘the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any former beneficiary country’’. (d) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—Section 213(b)(5) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: ‘‘(G) FORMER CBTPA BENEFICIARY COUNTRY.—The term ‘former CBTPA beneficiary country’ means a country that ceases to be designated as a CBTPA beneficiary country under this title because the country has become a party to a free trade agreement with the United States. ‘‘(H) ARTICLES THAT UNDERGO PRODUCTION IN A CBTPA BENEFICIARY COUNTRY AND A FORMER CBTPA BENEFICIARY COUNTRY.—(i) For purposes of determining the eligibility

of an article for preferential treatment under paragraph (2) or (3), references in either such paragraph, and in subparagraph (C) of this paragraph to— ‘‘(I) a ‘CBTPA beneficiary country’ shall be considered to include any former CBTPA beneficiary country, and ‘‘(II) ‘CBTPA beneficiary countries’ shall be considered to include former CBTPA beneficiary countries, if the article, or a good used in the production of the article, undergoes production in a CBTPA beneficiary country. ‘‘(ii) An article that is eligible for preferential treatment under clause (i) shall not be ineligible for such treatment because the article is imported directly from a former CBTPA beneficiary country. ‘‘(iii) Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), an article that is a good of a former CBTPA beneficiary country for purposes of section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1304) or section 334 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3592), as the case may be, shall not be eligible for preferential treatment under paragraph (2) or (3), unless— ‘‘(I) it is an article that is a good of the Dominican Republic under either such section 304 or 334; and ‘‘(II) the article, or a good used in the production of the article, undergoes production in Haiti.’’. 19 USC 4111.

SEC. 403. PERIODIC REPORTS AND MEETINGS ON LABOR OBLIGATIONS AND LABOR CAPACITY-BUILDING PROVISIONS.

(a) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date the Agreement enters into force, and not later than the end of each 2-year period thereafter during the succeeding 14-year period, the President shall report to the Congress on the progress made by the CAFTA–DR countries in—

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