H. R. 1876

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

To provide authority for the President to enter into trade agreements to conclude

the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under the auspices of

the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend tariff proclamation authority to carry out such agreements, and to apply congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures

to a bill implementing such agreements.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. EXTENSION OF URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENT

NEGOTIATING AND PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY 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 inserting at the end the

following new subsection:

‘‘(e) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING URUGUAY ROUND TRADE

NEGOTIATIONS.—

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time limitations

in subsections (a) and (b), if the Uruguay Round of multilateral

trade negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement

on Tariffs and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements

by May 31, 1993, the President may, during the period after

May 31, 1993, and before April 16, 1994, enter into, under

subsections (a) and (b), trade agreements resulting from such

negotiations.

‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF TARIFF PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY.—

No proclamation under subsection (a) to carry out the provisions

regarding tariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered

into pursuant to paragraph (1) may take effect before the

effective date of a bill that implements the provisions regarding

nontariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into

under such paragraph.

‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF IMPLEMENTING AND ‘FAST TRACK’

PROCEDURES.—Section 1103 applies to any trade agreement

negotiated under subsection (b) pursuant to paragraph (1),

except that—

‘‘(A) in applying subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1103

to any such agreement, the phrase ‘at least 120 calendar

days before the day on which he enters into the trade

agreement (but not later than December 15, 1993),’ shall

be substituted for the phrase ‘at least 90 calendar days

before the day on which he enters into the trade agreement,’; and
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‘‘(B) no provision of subsection (b) of section 1103 other

than paragraph (1)(A) applies to any such agreement and

in applying such paragraph, ‘April 16, 1994;’ shall be substituted for ‘June 1, 1991;’.

‘‘(4) 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 January 15, 1994).’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.