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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1042 

To extend trade promotion authority. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2007 

Mr. HENSARLING 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 extend trade promotion authority. 

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 ‘‘Trade Promotion Au5 thority Extension and Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY. 

7 Section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Au8 thority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)— 


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1 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

3 (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol4 lows: 

5 ‘‘(ii) July 1, 2016, and July 1 of each 

6 fifth calendar year thereafter, subject to 

7 subsection (c).’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C)— 

9 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘2005’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

11 (B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(ii) July 1, 2016, and July 1 of each 

14 fifth calendar year thereafter, subject to 

15 subsection (c).’’; and 

16 (3) in subsection (c)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

19 ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

20 (ii) by amending subparagraph (B) to 

21 read as follows: 

22 ‘‘(B) the trade authorities procedures shall 

23 be extended to implementing bills submitted 

24 with respect to trade agreements entered into 

25 under subsection (b) during the 5-year period 


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1 beginning on July 1, 2011, and during each 5- 

2 year period thereafter, unless the Congress 

3 adopts an extension disapproval resolution 

4 under paragraph (5) after April 1, and before 

5 July 1, of the year in which any such 5-year pe6 riod begins. 

7 If an extension disapproval resolution is adopted 

8 during the period specified in subparagraph (B), 

9 then trade authorities procedures shall not be ex10 tended with respect to trade agreements entered into 

11 during any 5-year period described in subsection (b) 

12 that begins on or after the date on which the resolu13 tion is adopted.’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘If the President’’ and 

16 all that follows through ‘‘extension,’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘The President shall submit to 

18 the Congress, not later than April 1, 2011, 

19 and not later than April 1 of each fifth 

20 year thereafter, a written report with re21 spect to the extension of trade authorities 

22 procedures during the 5-year period begin23 ning on July 1 of the year in which the re24 port is submitted,’’ ; and 


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1 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

2 flush sentence: 

3 ‘‘No report under this paragraph is required after a 

4 disapproval resolution is adopted under paragraph 

5 (5).’’; 

6 (C) by amending paragraph (3) to read as 

7 follows: 

8 ‘‘(3) OTHER REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 

9 ‘‘(A) REPORT BY THE ADVISORY COM10 MITTEE.—the Advisory Committee for Trade 

11 Policy and Negotiations established under sec12 tion 135 of the trade Act of 1974 shall, not 

13 later than June 1, 2011, and not later than 

14 June 1 of each fifth year thereafter, a written 

15 report that contains— 

16 ‘‘(i) its views regarding the progress 

17 that has been made in negotiations to 

18 achieve the purposes, policies, priorities, 

19 and objectives of this title; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) a statement of its views, and the 

21 reasons therefor, regarding whether the 

22 trade authorities procedures should be ex23 tended for the succeeding 5-year period 

24 under paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(B) REPORT BY ITC.—The International 

2 Trade Commission shall submit to the Con3 gress, not later than June 1, 2011, and not 

4 later than June 1 of each fifth year thereafter, 

5 a written report that contains a review and 

6 analysis of the economic impact on the United 

7 States of all trade agreements implemented on 

8 or after July 1 of the fifth preceding calendar 

9 year. 

10 ‘‘(C) TERMINATION OF REPORTING RE11 QUIREMENT.—No report under subparagraph 

12 (A) or (B) is required after a disapproval reso13 lution is adopted under paragraph (5).’’; and 

14 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and all that fol16 lows through the end of subparagraph (A) 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘(5) EXTENSION DISAPPROVAL RESOLU19 TIONS.—(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the 

20 term ‘extension disapproval resolution’ means a con21 current resolution of Congress, the sole matter after 

22 the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘That the 

23 Congress disapproves the extension of trade authori24 ties procedures under the Bipartisan Trade Pro25 motion Authority Act of 2002 to any implementing 


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1 bill submitted with respect to any trade agreement 

2 entered into under section 2103(b) of that Act on or 

3 after July 1, lll.’, with the blank space being 

4 filled with the year that begins the applicable 5-year 

5 period described in paragraph (1)(B).’’; and 

6 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(iii), by strik7 ing ‘‘after June 30, 2005’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘during the period beginning on July 1 of 

9 a year that begins a 5-year period de10 scribed in paragraph (1)(B) and ending on 

11 April 1 of the last year of that 5-year pe12 riod’’. 

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