TRADE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

SEC. 9001. TRADE TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. (a) In General.— (1) Section 121 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2131) is amended by striking out “(d) There are” and inserting in lieu thereof “There are”. (2) (A) Paragraph (6) of section 203(e) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2253(e)) is amended— (i) by striking out “(A) the application” in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “(i) the application”, and (ii) by striking out “(B) the designation” in subparagraph (B) and inserting in lieu thereof “(ii) the designation”. (B) Paragraph (2) of section 1214(j) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended— (i) by striking out “Section 203(f)” and inserting in lieu thereof “Paragraph (6) of section 203(e)”, (ii) by striking out “in paragraph (1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “in subparagraph (A)(i)”, and (iii) by striking out “in paragraph (3)” and inserting in lieu thereof “in subparagraph (B)(i)”. (3) Section 1215 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended by striking out “1212(j)(1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “1214(j)(1)”. (4) Section 771B of the Tariff Act of 1930 is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 771B. CALCULATION OF SUBSIDIES ON CERTAIN PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. “In the case of an agricultural product processed from a raw agricultural product in which— “(1) the demand for the prior stage product is substantially dependent on the demand for the latter stage product, and “(2) the processing operation adds only limited value to the raw commodity.102 STAT. 3807 subsidies found to be provided to either producers or processors of the product shall be deemed to be provided with respect to the manufacture, production, or exportation of the processed product.”. (5) Paragraph (19) of section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677), as added by section 1335 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, is redesignated as paragraph (20). (6) Subsection (e) of section 1337 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended by striking out “1321(b)” and inserting in lieu thereof “1322”. (7) Paragraph (6) of section 1342(a) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended by striking out “by paragraph (5)(B)” and inserting in lieu thereof “by paragraph (5)(A)”. (8) Section 204 of the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively (9) Subsection (d) of section 701 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671) is amended by redesignating the subsection (d) relating to a cross reference as subsection (f). (10) Subsection (a) of section 162 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2212(a)) is amended— (A) by striking out “chapter 1 or”, and (B) by inserting “or under section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988” after “or 124”. (11) Item 735.24 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by striking out “5.52% ad val.” and inserting in lieu thereof “4.64% ad val.”. (12) Subparagraph (B) of section 337(n)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337(n)(2)(B)) is amended by striking out “under subsection (h)” and inserting in lieu thereof “under subsection (j)”. (13) Subsection (g) of section 1214 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended to read as follows: “(g) COBRA of 1985.— Section 13031 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c) is amended— (1) by striking out ‘schedule 8 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States except item 806.30 or 807.00’ in subsection (a)(9)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘chapter 98 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, except subheading 9802.00.60 or 9802.00.80’; (2) by striking out ‘General Headnote 3(e) (vi) or (vii)’ in subsection (a)(9)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘general note 3(c)(v)’; (3) by striking out ‘Schedules’ in subsection (a)(9)(C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘Schedule’; (4) by striking out ‘item 806.30’ wherever it appears in subsection (b)(8)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof ’subparagraph 9802.00.60’; (5) by striking out ‘item 807.00’ wherever it appears in subsection (b)(8)(A) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘subparagraph 9802.00.80’; and (6) by striking out ‘headnote 2 of the General Headnotes and Rules of Interpretation of the Tariff Schedules of the United States’ in subsection (c)(3) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘general note 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States’.”. 102 STAT. 3808 (14) Subparagraph (D) of section 1214(q)(2) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended— (A) by striking out “TSUS” in clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof “TSUS;”, (B) by striking out “HTS” in clause (iv) and inserting in lieu thereof “HTS; and”, and (C) by striking out “subparagraph (E)” in clause (vi) and inserting in lieu thereof “subparagraph (D)”. (15) Section 330(c)(3)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1330(c)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking out “most recently appointed to” and inserting in lieu thereof “with the shortest period of service on”. (16) Subsection (g) of section 332 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)) is amended by striking out “report to Congress, on the first” and inserting in lieu thereof “report to Congress on the first”. (17) Subsection (i) of section 1121 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 is amended by striking out “subsection (c) apply” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsection (f) apply.” “(l8) Subsection (b) of section 1902 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 1313) is amended by striking out “1987” and inserting in lieu thereof “1988”. (19) Item 909.35 of the Appendix to the Tariff Schedules of the United States is amended by striking out “3.6% ad val. (I)”. (20) Subparagraph (B) of section 236(a)(6) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2296(a)(6)(B)) is amended by striking out “in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)” and inserting in lieu thereof “in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A)”. (21) Subsection (g) of section 1430 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 1257) is amended by striking out “apply to with” and inserting in lieu thereof “apply with”. (b) Effective Date.— The amendments made by this section shall be applied as if such amendments took effect on August 23, 1988.