TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

SEC. 135. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN INFORMATION UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE PROTECTIVE ORDERS. (a) In General.— Section 333 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1333) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(h) Administrative Protective Orders.— Any correspondence, private letters of reprimand, and other documents and files relating to violations or possible violations of administrative protective orders issued by the Commission in connection with investigations or other proceedings under this title shall be treated as information described in section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.”. (b) Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Investigations.— Section 777 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677f) is amended— 104 STAT. 652 (1) by adding the following sentences at the end of subsection (c)(1)(A): “Customer names obtained during any investigation which requires a determination under section 705(b) or 735(b) may not be disclosed by the administering authority under protective order until either an order is published under section 706(a) or 736(a) as a result of the investigation or the investigation is suspended or terminated. The Commission may delay disclosure of customer names under protective order during any such investigation until a reasonable time prior to any hearing provided under section 774.”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(g) Information Relating to Violations of Protective Orders and Sanctions.— The administering authority and the Commission may withhold from disclosure any correspondence, private letters of reprimand, settlement agreements, and documents and files com-piled in relation to investigations and actions involving a violation or possible violation of a protective order issued under subsection (c) or (d), and such information shall be treated as information described in section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.”. (c) Application of Amendments to Products of Canadian Origin.— For purposes of section 404 of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988, the amendments made by subsection (b) also apply with respect to investigations under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 involving products of Canadian origin.