Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 6.djvu/391

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PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 108 STAT. 4959 proclaim the imposition of a fee on the importation of such article from the country involved in such amount (not to exceed the amount of the subsidy determined under subsection (b)(2)(B)) as may be necessary to ensure that the duty-paid wholesale price of such article will not be less than the domestic wholesale market price of similar articles produced in the United States, and shall direct the Conunissioner of Customs to administer and enforce such fee. Any such fee imposed shall be in addition to any customs duty or other fee imposed bylaw.". (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 702 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 is amended by striking "of quota cheese" each place it appears and inserting "of cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty". (2) Section 702(c)(2) of such Act is amended— (A) by striking "the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations" and inserting "the Umted States Trade Representative", and (B) by striking "The Special Representative" and inserting "The United States Trade Representative". (3) Subsections (c)(3)(B) and (e) of section 702 of such Act are each amended by striking "or quantitative limitation". (4) Section 702(f) of such Act is amended— (A) by inserting "(as in effect on the day before the effective date of title II of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)" after "TariiOf Act of 1930", and (B) by striking "under title I of this Act" and inserting "under title VII of the Tariflf Act of 1930". (5) Section 702(g)(2) of such Act is amended by striking "or quantitative limitations". (6) Section 702(h) of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: "(4) CHEESE SUBJECT TO AN IN-QUOTA RATE OF DUTY. — The term 'cheese subject to an in-quota rate of duty] means the articles and the quantities of such articles provided for in the Additional U. S. Notes 14 through 23 of chapter 4 of Schedule XX (as defined in section 2(5) of the Uruguay Roimd Agreements Act). "(5) SECRETARY. — The term 'Secretary* means the Secretary of Agriculture.". SEC. 403. MEAT IMPORT ACT. The Meat Import Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2253 note) is repealed. SEC. 404. ADMIMSTKATION OF TARIFF-RATE QUOTAS. 19 USC 3601. (a) ORDERLY MARKETING. —In implementing the tariff-rate quotsis set out in Schedule XX for the entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption of goods in the United States, the President shall take such action as may be necessary to ensure that imports of agricultural products do not disrupt the orderly marketing of commodities in the United States. (b) INADEQUATE SUPPLY. —Where imports of an agricultural product are subject to a tariff-rate quota, and where the President determines £Uid proclaims that the supply of the same or directiy competitive or suDstitutable agricultural product will be inadequate, because of a natural disaster, disease, or major national market disruption, to meet domestic demand at reasonable prices, the President may temporarily increase the quantity of imports of the