                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                  CHAPTER 21--NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE
 
    SUBCHAPTER III--APPLICATION OF AGREEMENT TO SECTORS AND SERVICES
 
                           Part A--Safeguards
 
        subpart 1--relief from imports benefiting from agreement
 
Sec. 3352. Commencing of action for relief


(a) Filing of petition

                           (1) In general

        A petition requesting action under this subpart for the purpose 
    of adjusting to the obligations of the United States under the 
    Agreement may be filed with the International Trade Commission by an 
    entity, including a trade association, firm, certified or recognized 
    union, or group of workers, that is representative of an industry. 
    The International Trade Commission shall transmit a copy of any 
    petition filed under this subsection to the Trade Representative.

                       (2) Provisional relief

        An entity filing a petition under this subsection may request 
    that provisional relief be provided as if the petition had been 
    filed under section 2252(a) of this title.

                     (3) Critical circumstances

        An allegation that critical circumstances exist must be included 
    in the petition or made on or before the 90th day after the date on 
    which the investigation is initiated under subsection (b) of this 
    section.

(b) Investigation and determination

    Upon the filing of a petition under subsection (a) of this section, 
the International Trade Commission, unless subsection (d) of this 
section applies, shall promptly initiate an investigation to determine 
whether, as a result of the reduction or elimination of a duty provided 
for under the Agreement, a Canadian article or a Mexican article, as the 
case may be, is being imported into the United States in such increased 
quantities (in absolute terms) and under such conditions so that imports 
of the article, alone, constitute a substantial cause of--
        (1) serious injury; or
        (2) except in the case of a Canadian article, a threat of 
    serious injury;

to the domestic industry producing an article that is like, or directly 
competitive with, the imported article.

(c) Applicable provisions

    The provisions of--
        (1) paragraphs (1)(B), (3) \1\ (except subparagraph (A)), and 
    (4) \1\ of subsection (b);
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        (2) subsection (c); and
        (3) subsection (d),

of section 2252 of this title apply with respect to any investigation 
initiated under subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Articles exempt from investigation

    No investigation may be initiated under this section with respect 
to--
        (1) any Canadian article or Mexican article if import relief has 
    been provided under this subpart with respect to that article; or
        (2) any textile or apparel article set out in Appendix 1.1 of 
    Annex 300-B of the Agreement.

(Pub. L. 103-182, title III, Sec. 302, Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2100.)

                       References in Text

    Paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 2252 of this 
title, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), were repealed and a new paragraph 
(3) was added by Pub. L. 103-465, title III, Sec. 301(c), Dec. 8, 1994, 
108 Stat. 4932.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3353, 3354 of this title.
