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TREAS/DO RIN: 1505-AB81 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement 
Abstract: This document amends the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regulations on an interim basis to implement the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement entered into by the United States and the Kingdom of Bahrain. 
Agency: Department of the Treasury(TREAS)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 19 CFR 10    19 CFR 24    19 CFR 162 and 163    19 CFR 178   
Legal Authority: 19 USC 3805 note    19 USC 1202 (General Note 30)    19 USC 66    19 USC 1624    ...   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory  U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act  08/01/2007 

Overall Description of Deadline: The provisions of the BFTA were adopted by the United States with the enactment of the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the Act), Public Law 109-169, 119 Stat. 3581 (19 U.S.C. 3805 note), on January 11, 2006. Section 205 of the Act requires that regulations be prescribed as necessary within 1 year after the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  10/16/2007  72 FR 58511   
Interim Final Rule Effective  10/16/2007    
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  12/17/2007    
Final Action  07/23/2008  73 FR 42679   
Final Action Effective  08/22/2008  73 FR 42679   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Robert Abels
Operations Officer, Textiles Operation Branch
Department of the Treasury
United States Customs Service
Trade Policy and Programs, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20229-1142
Phone:202 863-6503

Seth Mazze
CBP Officer, Trade Agreements Branch
Department of the Treasury
Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20229
Phone:202 863-6567

Mark Hanson
Auditor, Regulatory Audit Division
Department of the Treasury
Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, 1400 L Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20229
Phone:202 325-0005

Karen Greene
Senior Attorney, Office of Regulations and Rulings
Department of the Treasury
Office of International Trade, Customs and Border Protection, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20229
Phone:202 572-8838