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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5586

To authorize the negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement with the Republic

of Singapore, and to provide for expedited congressional consideration

of such an agreement.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 27, 2000

Mr. KNOLLENBERG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on

Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of

the committee concerned

A BILL

To authorize the negotiation of a Free Trade Agreement

with the Republic of Singapore, and to provide for expedited congressional consideration of such an agreement.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States-Singa5 pore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. NEGOTIATION OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH

2 SINGAPORE.

3 Subject to section 3, the President is authorized to

4 enter into a trade agreement with Singapore to seek the

5 elimination of tariff and nontariff barriers in order to

6 achieve more open market access, on a reciprocal basis,

7 to internationally traded goods and services. Such agree8 ment should address the following:

9 (1) National treatment and market access for

10 agricultural and industrial products.

11 (2) Rules for determining which goods originate

12 in the territory of the United States and Singapore.

13 (3) Customs procedures that facilitate trade

14 and collection of trade statistics, while ensuring the

15 validity of claims for preferential treatment.

16 (4) Science-based, nondiscriminatory sanitary,

17 phytosanitary, and technical standards, including

18 voluntary standards.

19 (5) Government procurement procedures.

20 (6) National treatment and rights of establish21 ment for foreign direct investors.

22 (7) National treatment and market access for

23 traded services, including consumption of services

24 abroad, cross-border provision of services, rights of

25 establishment of commercial presence, and the move26 ment of natural persons.
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1 (8) Protection of intellectual property.

2 (9) Transparency of legal and regulatory re3 gimes.

4 (10) Measures to promote electronic commerce.

5 SEC. 3. INTRODUCTION AND FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION

6 OF IMPLEMENTING BILL.

7 (a) PERMISSIBLE CONTENT IN IMPLEMENTING LEG8 ISLATION.—A bill to implement a trade agreement de9 scribed in section 2 shall contain provisions that are nec10 essary to implement the trade agreement.

11 (b) APPLICABILITY OF FAST TRACK PROCEDURES.—

12 Section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191)

13 is amended—

14 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘section 2

15 of the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agree16 ment Act of 2000,’’ after ‘‘the Omnibus Trade and

17 Competitiveness Act of 1988,’’; and

18 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘or section

19 282 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,’’ and

20 inserting ‘‘, section 282 of the Uruguay Round

21 Agreements Act, or section 2 of the United States22 Singapore Free Trade Agreement Act of 2000,’’.

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