Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term Agreement on Textiles and Clothing means the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing referred to in section 101(d)(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act ( 19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(4) ). The terms category and textile and apparel category number mean the number assigned under the U.S. Textile and Apparel Category System of the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the Department of Commerce, as listed in the HTS under the applicable heading or subheading (as in effect on January 22, 2020).
The term core labor standards means— freedom of association; the effective recognition of the right to bargain collectively; the elimination of all forms of compulsory or forced labor; the effective abolition of child labor and a prohibition on the worst forms of child labor; and the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. The term entered means entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, in the customs territory of the United States. The term entity means— a natural person, corporation, company, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, whether or not for-profit; any governmental entity or instrumentality of a government; and any successor, subunit, or subsidiary of any entity described in subparagraph
(A)or (B). The term HTS means the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. The term Reconstruction Opportunity Zone means any area described in subparagraph
(B)that— has been designated by the competent authorities in Pakistan or Afghanistan, as the case may be, as an area in which merchandise may be introduced without payment of duty or excise tax; and has been designated by the President as a Reconstruction Opportunity Zone pursuant to section 4(a). An area described in this subparagraph is an area that solely encompasses portions of the territory of the following: Afghanistan. One or more of the following areas of Pakistan: The 7 tribal agencies formerly known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and also known as the newly merged districts . Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Areas of Baluchistan that are within 100 miles of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The term USMCA means the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, which is— attached as an Annex to the Protocol Replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement with the Agreement between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018, as amended by the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada, done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019; and approved by Congress under section 101(a)(1) of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act.
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