Sec. 202. Electronic preference verification system for origin of textile or apparel articles under CAFTA–DR, NAFTA, and other free trade agreements
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting through the Commissioner and in coordination with the head of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce, shall establish an electronic verification system for tracking textile or apparel articles imported or exported under the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, the North American Free Trade Agreement, or any other free trade agreement to which the United States is a party, to ensure compliance with the respective requirements of such agreements.
The President shall seek to enter into consultations and agreements, as appropriate, with the government of each foreign country that is a party to an agreement referred to in subsection
(a)for purposes of implementing the electronic verification system established under that subsection. The electronic verification system established under subsection
(a)shall ensure that proprietary information, such as information about supply chain participants, is coded so that only U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Office of Textiles and Apparel personnel can access the information. It is the sense of Congress that the President should seek to make the integration of the electronic verification system established under subsection
(a)in future free trade agreements a priority in negotiations for such agreements.