EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION.

SEC. 209. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. Section 628 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1628) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(c) The Secretary may authorize the Customs Service to exchange information with any government agency of a NAFTA country, as defined in section 2(4) of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, if the Secretary— “(1) reasonably believes the exchange of information is necessary to implement chapter 3, 4, or 5 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and “(2) obtains assurances from such country that the information will be held in confidence and used only for governmental purposes.”.