Sec. 4. Findings
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Congress finds the following: The fraudulent or illegal importation of textile and apparel articles into the United States results in significant revenue loss to the Department of the Treasury. The Textile and Trade Agreements division of the Office of International Trade within U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any subsequent division has, with respect to textile or apparel articles, the primary responsibility to ensure the proper enforcement of all customs and trade laws, rules, and regulations affecting textile and apparel articles.
The TTA has the authority to direct the implementation and enforcement of free trade agreements, multilateral agreements, bilateral textile agreements, trade preference programs, and all other customs and trade laws affecting textiles and apparel articles. The primary focus of the TTA is to ensure the effective implementation of all trade enforcement activities involving textile or apparel articles with its principal focus to prevent circumvention of the requirements to obtain preferential trade treatment under free trade agreements and trade preference programs in order to avoid quotas or duties.