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 93 STAT. 240

18 USC 1001.

PUBLIC LAW 96-39—JULY 26, 1979 (2) PENALTIES FOR FRAUDULENT CONDUCT.—In addition to any other provisions of law which may be applicable, section 1001 of title 18, United States Code, shall apply to fraudulent conduct with respect to the origin of products for purposes of qualifying for a waiver under section 301 or avoiding a prohibition under section 302. (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON RULES OF ORIGIN.— (1) DOMESTIC ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES.—As

soon as practicable after the close of the two-year period beginning on the date on which any waiver under section 301(a) first takes effect, the President shall prepare and transmit to Congress a report containing an evaluation of administrative practices under any provision of law which requires determinations to be made of the country of origin of goods, products, commodities, or other articles of commerce. Such evaluation shall be accompanied by the President's recommendations for legislative and executive measures required to improve and simplify and to make more uniform and consistent such practices. Such evaluation and recommendations shall take into account the special problems affecting insular possessions of the United States with respect to such practices. (2) FOREIGN ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES.—The report required under paragraph (1) shall contain an evaluation of the administrative practices under the laws of each major industrial country which require determinations to be made of the country of origin of goods, products, commodities, or other articles of commerce, including an assessment of such practices on the exports of the United States. SEC. 306. LABOR SURPLUS AREA STUDIES. 19 USC 2516.

Report to President.

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19 USC 2517.

(a) EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY.—Prior to the renegotiations provided

for in part IX, paragraph 6, of the Agreement, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report which assesses the economic impact, including the impact on employment in various regions of the United States, of the waiver of the provisions of title III of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), commonly referred to as the Buy American Act, in the procurement of products produced in labor surplus areas and of the waiver of procurement set-asides for labor surplus areas. (b) EFFECT ON TARGETS.—On or before July 1, 1981, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a report which assesses the effect of the waiver of the provisions of such title III in the procurement of products produced in labor surplus areas and the waiver of procurement set-asides for labor surplus areas on the fulfillment of the objectives of Executive Order 12073, issued August 16, 1978, relating to the encouragement of procurement in labor surplus areas, including an assessment of such waiver on the procurement targets set by the Administrator of the General Services Administration pursuant to such Executive order. On or before January 1, 1980, the President shall begin consultation with and provide interim reports to the congressional committees referred to in section 302(c)(l) concerning the report required by the preceding sentence. SEC. 307. AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESSIONAL ADVISERS. The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations shall make available to the Members of Congress designated as official advisers

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