SPECIAL TARIFF PROVISIONS FOR CANADIAN FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

SEC. 308. SPECIAL TARIFF PROVISIONS FOR CANADIAN FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. (a) In general.— Section 301(a) of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2112 note) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking “promptly” in the flush sentence at the end thereof and inserting “immediately”, (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (9) as paragraphs (3) through (10), respectively, (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: “(2) No later than 6 days after publication in the Federal Register of the notice described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall decide whether to recommend the imposition of a temporary duty to the President, and if the Secretary decides to make such a recommendation, the recommendation shall be forwarded immediately to the President.”, (4) in paragraph (5), as redesignated by paragraph (2). by striking “paragraph (3)” and inserting “paragraph (4)”, and (5) by amending paragraph (9), as redesignated by paragraph (2), to read as follows: “(9) For purposes of assisting the Secretary in carrying out this subsection— “(A) the Commissioner of Customs and the Director of the Bureau of Census shall cooperate in providing the Secretary with timely information and data relating to the importation of Canadian fresh fruits and vegetables, and “(B) importers shall report such information relating to Canadian fresh fruits and vegetables to the Commis-107 STAT. 2105sioner of Customs at such time and in such manner as the Commissioner requires.”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.