Modification of special rules for Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act

(a) Eligibility requirements Section 213A(d)(4) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(d)(4)) is amended— (1) by striking Any interested party and inserting the following: (A) In general Any interested party; (2) by striking paragraph (1), and inserting paragraph (1).; (3) by striking and the President shall provide for this purpose and inserting the following: (C) Applicable procedures The President shall provide for the purpose of subparagraph (A) and the purpose of subparagraph (B); and (4) by inserting after subparagraph (A) (as so designated) the following: (B) Compliance with core labor standards and with the labor laws of haiti Any interested party may file a request to have the status of individual producers reviewed with respect to compliance with core labor standards and with the labor laws of Haiti that directly relate to and are consistent with core labor standards and with the labor laws of Haiti that relate to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages and hours of work.. (b) Technical assistance improvement and compliance needs assessment and remediation program Section 213A(e)(4)(B) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703a(e)(4)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (i)— (A) by striking a biennial basis and inserting an annual basis; and (B) by adding at the end before the period the following: or with the labor laws of Haiti that relate to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages and hours of work; (2) in clause (ii)— (A) in the first sentence, by adding at the end before the period the following: and with the labor laws of Haiti that relate to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages and hours of work; and (B) by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: The President may withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of preferential treatment under subsection (b) to articles of such producer during the period in which assistance described in the preceding sentence is being provided to the producer.; and (3) in clause (iii), by inserting after and are consistent with core labor standards the following: and with the labor laws of Haiti that relate to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages and hours of work.