Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 2.djvu/292

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105 STAT. 1244 PUBLIC LAW 102-182—DEC. 4, 1991 /> (2) each calendar year occurring thereafter until duty-free - treatment under this title is terminated under section 208(b). For purposes of this section, industries in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the insular possessions of the United States shall be ? considered to be United States industries. •' (b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS. —(1) Each report required under subsection (a) shall include, but not be limited to, an assessment by the Commission regarding— (A) the actual effect, during the period covered by the report, of this title on the United States economy generally as well as on those specific domestic industries which produce articles that are like, or directly competitive with, articles being imported into the United States from beneficiary countries; (B) the probable future effect that this title will have on the United States economy generally, as well as on such domestic

  • industries, before the provisions of this title terminate; and

(C) the estimated effect that this title has had on the drugrelated crop eradication and crop substitution efforts of the beneficiary countries. (2) In preparing the assessments required under paragraph (1), the Commission shall, to the extent practicable— (A) analyze the production, trade and consumption of United States products affected by this title, taking into consideration employment, profit levels, and use of productive facilities with respect to the domestic industries concerned, and such other economic factors in such industries as it considers relevant, including prices, wages, sales, inventories, patterns of demand, capital investment, obsolescence of equipment, and diversification of production; and (B) describe the nature and extent of any significant change in employment, profit levels, and use of productive facilities, and such other conditions as it deems relevant in the domestic industries concerned, which it believes are attributable to this title. (c) SUBMISSION DATES; PUBLIC COMMENT.—(1) Each report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted to the Congress before the close of the 9-month period beginning on the day after the last day of the period covered by the report. (2) The Commission shall provide an opportunity for the submission by the public, either orally or in writing, or both, of information relating to matters that will be addressed in the reports. Reports. SEC. 207. IMPACT STUDY BY SECRETARY OF LABOR 19 USC 3205. rpjjg Secretary of Labor, in consultation with other appropriate Federal agencies, shall undertake a continuing review and analysis of the impact that the implementation of the provisions of this title has with respect to United States labor; and shall make an annual written report to Congress on the results of such review and analysis. 19 USC 3206. SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION OF DUTY-FREE TREAT - MENT. -^ (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—T h is title shall take effect on the date of enactment. (b) TERMINATION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT. —No duty-free treatment extended to beneficiary countries under this title shall remain in effect 10 years after the date of the enactment of this title.