Sec. 102. Increase in certain TTA positions and import specialist positions and biennial review of staff levels
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Not later than 180 days of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall ensure that— the Textile Enforcement Branch (or any successor or related branch) of the TTA shall consist of, at a minimum, one branch chief and 6 operations staff, of whom 3 operations staff shall be assigned to one of the CAFTA–DR countries for purposes of assisting U.S. Customs and Border Protection with verification of textile and apparel preferences claimed under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement; the Textile Policy Branch (or any successor or related division) of the TTA shall consist of, at a minimum, one division chief and 3 operations staff, and 2 textile trade analysts; and the Quota Branch (or any successor or related branch of the Interagency Collaboration Division) of the TTA shall consist of, at a minimum, one branch chief and 4 operations staff.
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall certify, with respect to the 15 largest (by value of entries) United States ports of entry for textile or apparel articles, that import specialists who are assigned to such ports of entry are trained in fraud, trade preference verification, classification, undervaluation, or other issues relating to imports of textile or apparel articles so that the number of such trained import specialist positions is not less than 150 percent of the number of trained import specialist positions as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner shall increase dedicated textile and import specialists by 25 percent at the 15 largest (by value of entries) United States ports of entry for textile or apparel articles over the number of such specialists as of the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the co-chairs of the Congressional Textile Caucus a report on the staffing levels specified in this section, including a determination of whether or not there is need for additional staff to carry out the duties of the TTA.