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1 tion with respect to such industry in a supplemental report. 2 For purposes of subsection (b), the date on which the 3 President receives such supplemental report shall be treated as the date on which the President received the affirmative 5 finding of the Tariff Commission.

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SEC. 203. IMPORT RELIEF.-(a) If the President 7 determines pursuant to section 202 to provide import relief, 8 he shall, to the extent and for such time (not to exceed five 9 years) that he determines necessary to prevent or remedy 10 serious injury or the threat thereof to the industry in ques11 tion and to facilitate the orderly adjustment to new com12 petitive conditions by the industry in question

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(1) provide an increase in, or imposition of, any duty or other import restriction on the article causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry; or (2) suspend, in whole or in part, the application of items 806.30 or 807.00 of the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to such article; or

(3) negotiate orderly marketing agreements with foreign countries limiting the export from foreign countries and the import into the United States of the article causing or threatening to cause serious injury to such industry; or

(4) take any combination of such actions.

(b) Import relief provided pursuant to subsection (a).

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1 shall become initially effective no later than sixty days after 2 the President's determination under section 202 to provide 3 import relief, except that the applicable period within which 4 import relief such be initially provided shall be one hundred 5 and eighty days if the President announces at the time of his 6 determination to provide import relief his intention to nego7 tiate one or more orderly marketing agreements pursuant 8 to subsection (a) (3) of this section.

9 (c) In order to carry out an agreement concluded 10. under subsection (a) (3), the President is authorized to 11 issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from 12 warehouse of articles covered by such agreement. In addi13 tion, in order to carry out one or more agreements concluded 14 under subsection (a) (3) among countries accounting for a 15 significant part of United States imports of the article cov16 ered by such agreements, the President is also authorized 17 to issue regulations governing the entry or withdrawal from 18 warehouse of the like articles which are the product of 19 countries not parties to such agreements.

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20 (d) (1) Wherever the President has acted pursuant to 21 subsection (a) (1) or (2), he may at any time thereafter 22 while such import relief is in effect, negotiate orderly market23 ing agreements with foreign countries, and may, upon the 24 entry into force of such agreements, suspend or terminate, 25 in whole or in part, such other actions previously taken.

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1 (2) Any import relief provided pursuant to this sec2 tion (including relief provided under any orderly marketing 3 agreement) may be suspended, terminated, or reduced by 4 the President at any time and, unless renewed under sub5 section (d) (3), shall terminate not later than the close of 6 the date which is five years after the effective date of the 7 initial grant of any relief under this section.

8 (3) Any import relief provided pursuant to this sec

9 tion (including any orderly marketing agreements) shall

10 be phased out during the period of import relief and, in the

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case of a five-year term of import relief, the first reduction 12 of relief shall commence no later than the close of the date 13 which is three years after the effective date of the initial 14 grant of relief. The phasing out of an orderly marketing 15 agreement may be accomplished through increases in the 16 amounts of imports which may be entered during a year. 17 (4) Any import relief provided pursuant to this section 18 (including any orderly marketing agreements) may be 19 renewed in whole or in part by the President for one two20 year period if he determines, after taking into account the 21 advice received from the Tariff Commission under subsection 22 (e) (2) and after taking into account the factors described 23 in section 202 (b), that such renewal is in the national 24 interest.

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(e) (1) So long as any import relief pursuant to this

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1 section (including any orderly marketing agreements) re2 mains in effect, the Tariff Commission shall keep under 3 review developments with respect to the industry concerned 4 and upon request of the President shall make reports to the 5 President concerning such developments.

6 (2) Upon petition on behalf of the industry concerned, 7 filed with the Tariff Commission not earlier than the date 8 which is nine months, and not later than the date which is 9 six months, before the date any import relief is to terminate 10 fully by reason of the expiration of the applicable period 11 prescribed pursuant to subsection (d) (2), the Tariff Com12 mission shall report to the President its findings as to the 13 probable economic effect on such industry of such termina14 tion as well as the progress and specific efforts made by the 15 firms in the industry concerned to adjust to import competi16. tion during the initial period of import relief.

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(3) Advice by the Tariff Commission under subsection 18 (e) (2) shall be given on the basis of an investigation during 19 the course of which the Tariff Commission shall hold a hear20 ing at which interested persons shall be given a reasonable 21 opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be 22 heard.

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(f) No investigation for the purposes of section 201

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1 import relief under this section unless two years have elapsed 2 since the expiration of import relief under subsection (d).

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SUBCHAPTER A-PETITIONS AND DETERMINATIONS

SEC. 221. PETITIONS.-(a) A petition for a certifica6 tion of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance may be 7 filed with the Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this chapter 8 referred to as "the Secretary") by a group of workers or by 9 their certified or recognized union or other duly authorized 10 representative. Upon receipt of the petition, the Secretary 11 shall promptly publish notice in the Federal Register that 12 he has received the petition and initiated an investigation. (b) If the petitioner, or any other person found by the 14 Secretary to have a substantial interest in the proceedings, 15 submits not later than ten days after the Secretary's publi16 cation of notice under subsection (a) a request for a hearing, 17 the Secretary shall provide for a public hearing and afford 18 such interested persons an opportunity to be present, to pro19 duce evidence, and to be heard. The Secretary may request 20 the Tariff Commission to hold any hearing required by this 21 section and submit the transcript thereof and relevant infor22 mation and documents to him within a specified time. 23 SEC. 222. GROUP ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.—A 24 group of workers shall be certified as eligible to apply for ad25 justment assistance under this chapter if the Secretary deter

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