PUBLIC LAW 106-200—MAY 18, 2000 114 STAT. 301 (b) WOOL FIBER AND WOOL TOP WITH AVERAGE DIAMETERS OF 18.5 MICRON OR LESS. —Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in numerical sequence the following new heading: Wool fiber, waste, gametted stock, combed wool, or wool top, having average fiber diameters of 18.5 micron or less (provided for in subheading 5101.11, 5101.19, 5101.21, 5101.29, 5101.30, 5103.10, 5103.20, 5104.00, 5105.21, or 5105.29) No change No change On or before 12/31/2003 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by this section Applicability. apply with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after January 1, 2001. SEC. 503. SEPARATE TARIFF LINE TREATMENT FOR WOOL YARN AND President. MEN'S OR BOYS' SUITS AND SUIT-TYPE JACKETS AND TROUSERS OF WORSTED WOOL FABRIC. (a) SEPARATE TARIFF LINE TREATMENT. —The President shall proclaim 8-digit tariff categories, without changes in existing duty rates, in chapters 51 and 62 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States in order to provide separate tariff treatment for— (1) wool yam made of wool fiber with an average fiber diameter of 18.5 micron or less, and wool fabrics made from yams with an average fiber diameter of 18.5 micron or less; and (2) men's or boys' suits, suit-type jackets, and trousers of worsted wool fabric, made of wool yam having an average diameter of 18.5 micron or less. (b) CONFORMING CHANGES. —The President is authorized to make conforming changes in headings 9902.51.11, 9902.51.12, 9902.51.13, and 9902.51.14 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to take into account the new permanent tariff categories proclaimed under subsection (a). SEC. 504. MONITORING OF MARKET CONDITIONS AND AUTHORITY TO MODIFY TARIFF REDUCTIONS. (a) MONITORING OF MARKET CONDITIONS. —Beginning on the President. date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall monitor Effective date. market conditions in the United States, including domestic demand, domestic supply, and increases in domestic production, of worsted wool fabrics and their components in the market for— (1) men's or boys' worsted wool suits, suit-type jackets, and trousers; (2) worsted wool fabric and yarn used in the manufacture of such suits, jackets, and trousers; and (3) wool used in the production of such fabrics and yam. (b) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY LIMITATION ON QUANTITY OF WOR- STED WOOL FABRICS SUBJECT TO TARIFF REDUCTION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The President shall, on an annual basis, consider requests made by United States manufacturers of apparel products made of worsted wool fabrics described in subsection (a) to modify the limitation on the quantity of imports of worsted wool fabrics under headings 9902.51.11 and
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