Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
. (a) Extension.— Section 208 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3206) is amended by striking ``December 31, 2008´´ and inserting ``December 31, 2009´´.
(b) Treatment of Certain Apparel Articles.—
Section 204(b)(3) of such Act (19 U.S.C. 3203(b)(3)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (iii)—
(i) in subclause (II), by striking ``6 succeeding 1-year periods´´ and inserting ``7 succeeding 1-year periods´´; and
(ii) in subclause (III)(bb), by striking ``and for the succeeding 1-year period´´ and inserting ``and for the succeeding 2-year period´´; and
(B) in clause (v)(II), by striking ``5 succeeding 1-year periods´´ and inserting ``6 succeeding 1-year periods´´; and
(2) in subparagraph (E)(ii)(II), by striking ``December 31, 2008´´ and inserting ``December 31, 2009´´.
. (a) In General.— Title IV of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law 109-53; 119 Stat. 495) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``SEC. 404. EARNED IMPORT ALLOWANCE PROGRAM. ``(a) Preferential Treatment.— ``(1) IN GENERAL.— Eligible apparel articles wholly assembled in an eligible country and imported directly from an eligible country shall enter the United States free of duty, without regard to the source of the fabric or yarns from which the articles are made, if such apparel articles are accompanied by an earned import allowance certificate that reflects the amount of credits equal to the total square meter equivalents of fabric in such apparel articles, in accordance with the program established under subsection (b). ``(2) DETERMINATION OF QUANTITY OF SME.— For purposes of determining the quantity of square meter equivalents under paragraph (1), the conversion factors listed in `Correlation: U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry Category System with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States of America, 2008´, or its successor publications, of the , shall apply. ``(b) Earned Import Allowance Program.— ``(1) ESTABLISHMENT.— The Secretary of Commerce shall establish a program to provide earned import allowance certificates to any producer or entity controlling production of eligible apparel articles in an eligible country for purposes of subsection (a), based on the elements described in paragraph (2). ``(2) ELEMENTS.— The elements referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: ``(A) One credit shall be issued to a producer or an entity controlling production for every two square meter equivalents of qualifying fabric that the producer or entity controlling production can demonstrate that it has purchased for the manufacture in an eligible country of articles like or similar to any article eligible for preferential treatment under subsection (a). The Secretary of Commerce shall, if requested by a producer or entity controlling production, create and maintain an account for such producer or entity controlling production, into which such credits may be deposited. ``(B) Such producer or entity controlling production may redeem credits issued under subparagraph (A) for earned import allowance certificates reflecting such number of earned credits as the producer or entity may request and has available. ``(C) Any textile mill or other entity located in the United States that exports qualifying fabric to an eligible country may submit, upon such export or upon request, the Shipper's Export Declaration, or successor documentation, to the Secretary of Commerce— ``(i) verifying that the qualifying fabric was exported to a producer or entity controlling production in an eligible country; and ``(ii) identifying such producer or entity controlling production, and the quantity and description of qualifying fabric exported to such producer or entity controlling production. ``(D) The Secretary of Commerce may require that a producer or entity controlling production submit documentation to verify purchases of qualifying fabric. ``(E) The Secretary of Commerce may make available to each person or entity identified in the documentation submitted under subparagraph (C) or (D) information contained in such documentation that relates to the purchase of qualifying fabric involving such person or entity. ``(F) The program shall be established so as to allow, to the extent feasible, the submission, storage, retrieval, and disclosure of information in electronic format, including information with respect to the earned import allowance certificates required under subsection (a)(1).