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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4375 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4375

To provide negotiating authority for a trade agreement with Chile, but 
to apply fast track procedures only to such an agreement that contains 
   certain provisions relating to worker rights and the environment.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 1994

 Mr. Gephardt (for himself, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Levin, 
   and Mr. Borski) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means and Rules

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                                 A BILL

 
To provide negotiating authority for a trade agreement with Chile, but 
to apply fast track procedures only to such an agreement that contains 
   certain provisions relating to worker rights and the environment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Chile Free Trade Agreement 
Negotiating Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY FOR TRADE AGREEMENT WITH 
              CHILE AND OF ``FAST TRACK'' PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENTING 
              LEGISLATION.

    Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 
(19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Special Provisions Regarding Trade Negotiations With Chile.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the time limitation in 
        subsection (c)(1), the President may, before January 1, 1997, 
        enter into a trade agreement with Chile under subsection (c).
            ``(2) Application of fast track procedures.--
                    ``(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), section 
                1103 applies to any trade agreement negotiated under 
                subsection (c) pursuant to paragraph (1), but only if 
                the President certifies to the Congress, at the time 
                the implementing bill is submitted with respect to the 
                trade agreement, that the trade agreement--
                            ``(i) contains provisions requiring the 
                        parties to adhere to internationally recognized 
                        worker rights (as defined in section 502(a)(4) 
                        of the Trade Act of 1974);
                            ``(ii) requires the parties to enforce 
                        their environmental laws and to take steps to 
                        adopt appropriate higher environmental 
                        standards; and
                            ``(iii) includes dispute resolution 
                        mechanisms to enforce effectively the 
                        requirements contained in clauses (i) and (ii).
                    ``(B) No provision of subsection (b) of section 
                1103 other than paragraph (1)(A) applies to any trade 
                agreement described in subparagraph (A). In applying 
                such paragraph, `January 1, 1997,' shall be substituted 
                for `June 1, 1991'.
                    ``(C) The fast track procedures (as used in section 
                1103) shall not apply to an implementing bill submitted 
                with respect to a trade agreement described in 
                subparagraph (A) if the Committee on Rules of the House 
                of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
                Administration of the Senate, within 15 days after the 
                implementing bill is submitted to the Congress, 
                disapproves the President's certification under 
                subparagraph (A) that is included with the implementing 
                bill. Such 15-day period shall be computed in the 
                manner prescribed in section 1103(e).
            ``(3) Advisory committee reports.--The report required 
        under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding any 
        trade agreement provided for under paragraph (1), shall be 
        provided to the President, the Congress, and the United States 
        Trade Representative not later than 30 days after the date on 
        which the President notifies the Congress under section 
        1103(a)(1)(A) of his intention to enter into the agreement (but 
        before September 1, 1996).
            ``(4) Rules of house of representatives and senate.--This 
        subsection is enacted by the Congress--
                    ``(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
                House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 
                and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each 
                House, respectively, and such procedures supersede 
                other rules only to the extent that they are 
                inconsistent with such other rules; and
                    ``(B) with the full recognition of the 
                constitutional right of either House to change the 
                rules (so far as relating to the procedures of that 
                House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same 
                extent as any other rule of that House.''.

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