EXCLUSION OF ORIGINATING GOODS OF USMCA COUNTRIES FROM SPECIAL AGRICULTURE SAFEGUARD AUTHORITY.

SEC. 201. EXCLUSION OF ORIGINATING GOODS OF USMCA COUNTRIES FROM SPECIAL AGRICULTURE SAFEGUARD AUTHORITY. (a) In General.—Section 405(e) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3602(e)) is amended to read as follows: “(e) Exclusion of Originating Goods of USMCA Countries.— “(1) In general.—The President shall exempt from any duty imposed under this section any good that qualifies as an originating good under section 202 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act of a USMCA country with respect to which preferential tariff treatment is provided under the USMCA. “(2) Definitions.—In this subsection, the terms ‘preferential tariff treatment’, ‘USMCA’, and ‘USMCA country’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.” . (b) [19 U.S.C. 3602 note] Effective Date.— (1) In general.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall— (A) take effect on the date on which the USMCA enters into force; and (B) apply with respect to a good entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after that date. (2) Transition from nafta treatment.—In the case of a good entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before the date on which the USMCA enters into force— (A) the amendment made by subsection (a) to section 405(e) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3602(e)) shall not apply with respect to the good; and (B) section 405(e) of such Act, as in effect on the day before that date, shall continue to apply on and after that date with respect to the good.