United States industry producing the 
product concerned; 
(bb) whether the products so iden-
tified face unjustified sanitary or 
phytosanitary restrictions, including 
those not based on scientific principles 
in 
contravention 
of 
the 
Uruguay 
Round Agreements; and 
(cc) whether the countries partici-
pating in the negotiations maintain 
export subsidies or other programs, 
policies, or practices that distort world 
trade in such products and the impact 
of such programs, policies, and prac-
tices on United States producers of the 
products; 
(III) request that the International 
Trade Commission prepare an assessment of 
the probable economic effects of any such 
tariff reduction on the United States indus-
try producing the product concerned and on 
the United States economy as a whole; and 
(IV) upon complying with subclauses 
(I), (II), and (III), notify the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Ag-
riculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate of those products 
identified under subclause (I) for which the 
Trade Representative intends to seek tariff 
liberalization in the negotiations and the 
reasons for seeking such tariff liberalization. 
(ii) If, after negotiations described in clause 
(i) are commenced— 
(I) the United States Trade Represent-
ative identifies any additional agricultural 
product described in clause (i)(I) for tariff 
reductions which were not the subject of a 
notification under clause (i)(IV), or 
(II) any additional agricultural prod-
uct described in clause (i)(I) is the subject 
of a request for tariff reductions by a party 
to the negotiations, 
the Trade Representative shall, as soon as prac-
ticable, notify the committees referred to in 
clause (i)(IV) of those products and the reasons 
for seeking such tariff reductions. 
(3) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE FISHING IN-
DUSTRY.—Before initiating, or continuing, negotia-
tions that directly relate to fish or shellfish trade with 
any country, the President shall consult with the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 
on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, 
and shall keep the Committees apprised of the nego-
tiations on an ongoing and timely basis. 
(4) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING TEXTILES.—Be-
fore initiating or continuing negotiations the subject 
matter of which is directly related to textiles and ap-
parel products with any country, the President 
shall— 
(A) assess whether United States tariffs on 
textile and apparel products that were bound 
under the Uruguay Round Agreements are lower 
than the tariffs bound by that country and 
whether the negotiation provides an opportunity 
to address any such disparity; and 
(B) consult with the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate con-
cerning the results of the assessment, whether it 
is appropriate for the United States to agree to 
further tariff reductions based on the conclusions
reached in the assessment, and how all applica-
ble negotiating objectives will be met. 
(5) ADHERENCE
TO
EXISTING
INTERNATIONAL 
TRADE
AND
INVESTMENT
AGREEMENT
OBLIGA-
TIONS.—In determining whether to enter into nego-
tiations with a particular country, the President shall 
take into account the extent to which that country has 
implemented, or has accelerated the implementation 
of, its international trade and investment commit-
ments to the United States, including pursuant to the 
WTO Agreement. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS BEFORE ENTRY 
INTO AGREEMENT.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—Before entering into any 
trade agreement under section 103(b), the President 
shall consult with— 
(A) the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate; 
(B) each other committee of the House and 
the Senate, and each joint committee of Congress, 
which has jurisdiction over legislation involving 
subject matters which would be affected by the 
trade agreement; and
(C) the House Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions and the Senate Advisory Group on Nego-
tiations convened under section 104(c). 
(2) SCOPE.—The consultation described in para-
graph (1) shall include consultation with respect to— 
(A) the nature of the agreement; 
(B) how and to what extent the agreement 
will achieve the applicable purposes, policies, 
priorities, and objectives of this title; and 
(C) the implementation of the agreement 
under section 106, including the general effect of 
the agreement on existing laws. 
(3) REPORT REGARDING UNITED STATES TRADE 
REMEDY LAWS.— 
(A) CHANGES IN CERTAIN TRADE LAWS.— 
The President, not less than 180 calendar days 
before the day on which the President enters into 
a trade agreement under section 103(b), shall re-
port to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate— 
(i) the range of proposals advanced in 
the negotiations with respect to that agree-
ment, that may be in the final agreement, 
and that could require amendments to title
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.) or to chapter 1 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et 
seq.); and 
(ii) how these proposals relate to the 
objectives described in section 102(b)(16). 
(B) RESOLUTIONS.—(i) At any time after 
the transmission of the report under subpara-
graph (A), if a resolution is introduced with re-
spect to that report in either House of Congress, 
the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) through 
(vii) shall apply to that resolution if— 
(I) no other resolution with respect to 
that report has previously been reported in 
that House of Congress by the Committee on 
Ways and Means or the Committee on Fi-
nance, as the case may be, pursuant to those 
procedures; and 
(II) no procedural disapproval resolu-
tion under section 106(b) introduced with 
respect to a trade agreement entered into 
pursuant to the negotiations to which the 
report under subparagraph (A) relates has 
previously been reported in that House of 
Congress by the Committee on Ways and
Means or the Committee on Finance, as the 
case may be. 
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
term ‘‘resolution’’ means only a resolution of ei-
ther House of Congress, the matter after the re-
solving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the 
llll finds that the proposed changes to 
United States trade remedy laws contained in 
the report of the President transmitted to Con-
gress on llll under section 105(b)(3) of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
Accountability Act of 2015 with respect to 
llll, are inconsistent with the negotiating 
objectives described in section 102(b)(16) of that 
Act.’’, with the first blank space being filled with 
the name of the resolving House of Congress, the 
second blank space being filled with the appro-
priate date of the report, and the third blank 
space being filled with the name of the country 
or countries involved. 
(iii) Resolutions in the House of Represent-
atives— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the House;
(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means and, in addition, to 
the Committee on Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either 
Committee. 
(iv) Resolutions in the Senate— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Finance; and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(v) It is not in order for the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider any resolution that is 
not reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means and, in addition, by the Committee on 
Rules. 
(vi) It is not in order for the Senate to con-
sider any resolution that is not reported by the 
Committee on Finance. 
(vii) The provisions of subsections (d) and 
(e) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2192) (relating to floor consideration of 
certain resolutions in the House and Senate) 
shall apply to resolutions.
(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The report 
required under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(e)(1)) regarding any trade 
agreement entered into under subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 103 shall be provided to the President, Con-
gress, and the United States Trade Representative not 
later than 30 days after the date on which the Presi-
dent notifies Congress under section 103(a)(2) or 
106(a)(1)(A) of the intention of the President to enter 
into the agreement. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
COMMISSION
ASSESS-
MENT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO COMMIS-
SION.—The President, not later than 90 calendar 
days before the day on which the President enters into 
a trade agreement under section 103(b), shall provide 
the International Trade Commission (referred to in 
this subsection as the ‘‘Commission’’) with the details 
of the agreement as it exists at that time and request 
the Commission to prepare and submit an assessment 
of the agreement as described in paragraph (2). Be-
tween the time the President makes the request under 
this paragraph and the time the Commission submits 
the assessment, the President shall keep the Commis-
sion current with respect to the details of the agree-
ment. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 105 calendar 
days after the President enters into a trade agreement 
under section 103(b), the Commission shall submit to 
the President and Congress a report assessing the like-
ly impact of the agreement on the United States econ-
omy as a whole and on specific industry sectors, in-
cluding the impact the agreement will have on the 
gross domestic product, exports and imports, aggre-
gate employment and employment opportunities, the 
production, employment, and competitive position of 
industries likely to be significantly affected by the 
agreement, and the interests of United States con-
sumers. 
(3) REVIEW
OF
EMPIRICAL
LITERATURE.—In 
preparing the assessment under paragraph (2), the 
Commission shall review available economic assess-
ments regarding the agreement, including literature 
regarding any substantially equivalent proposed 
agreement, and shall provide in its assessment a de-
scription of the analyses used and conclusions drawn 
in such literature, and a discussion of areas of con-
sensus and divergence between the various analyses
and conclusions, including those of the Commission 
regarding the agreement. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall 
make each assessment under paragraph (2) available 
to the public. 
(d) REPORTS SUBMITTED
TO COMMITTEES WITH 
AGREEMENT.— 
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND REPORTS.— 
The President shall— 
(A) conduct environmental reviews of future 
trade and investment agreements, consistent with 
Executive Order No. 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169), 
dated November 16, 1999, and its relevant guide-
lines; and 
(B) submit a report on those reviews and on 
the content and operation of consultative mecha-
nisms established pursuant to section 102(c) to 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate at the time the President 
submits to Congress a copy of the final legal text 
of 
an 
agreement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
106(a)(1)(E). 
(2) EMPLOYMENT
IMPACT
REVIEWS
AND
RE-
PORTS.—The President shall—
(A) review the impact of future trade agree-
ments on United States employment, including 
labor markets, modeled after Executive Order No. 
13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169) to the extent appro-
priate in establishing procedures and criteria; 
and 
(B) submit a report on such reviews to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate at the time the President submits 
to Congress a copy of the final legal text of an 
agreement pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(E). 
(3) REPORT ON LABOR RIGHTS.—The President 
shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate, on a timeframe determined in 
accordance with section 104(c)(3)(B)(v)— 
(A) a meaningful labor rights report of the 
country, or countries, with respect to which the 
President is negotiating; and 
(B) a description of any provisions that 
would require changes to the labor laws and 
labor practices of the United States.
order to obtain market access for United States 
exports), the Department of Homeland Security, 
the Department of the Treasury, and such other 
agencies as may be necessary. 
(C) CUSTOMS INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A description of the additional equip-
ment and facilities needed by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
(D) IMPACT ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERN-
MENTS.—A description of the impact the trade 
agreement will have on State and local govern-
ments as a result of increases in trade. 
(E) COST
ANALYSIS.—An analysis of the 
costs associated with each of the items listed in 
subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
(3) BUDGET SUBMISSION.—The President shall 
include a request for the resources necessary to sup-
port the plan required by paragraph (1) in the first 
budget of the President submitted to Congress under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, after 
the date of the submission of the plan. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall 
make the plan required under this subsection avail-
able to the public. 
(f) OTHER REPORTS.—
(1) REPORT ON PENALTIES.—Not later than one 
year after the imposition by the United States of a 
penalty or remedy permitted by a trade agreement to 
which this title applies, the President shall submit to 
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate a report on the effectiveness of the penalty or 
remedy applied under United States law in enforcing 
United States rights under the trade agreement, 
which shall address whether the penalty or remedy 
was effective in changing the behavior of the targeted 
party and whether the penalty or remedy had any 
adverse impact on parties or interests not party to 
the dispute. 
(2) REPORT ON IMPACT OF TRADE PROMOTION 
AUTHORITY.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 5 
years thereafter, the United States International 
Trade Commission shall submit to the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on 
the economic impact on the United States of all trade 
agreements with respect to which Congress has en-
acted an implementing bill under trade authorities 
procedures since January 1, 1984.
(3) ENFORCEMENT
CONSULTATIONS
AND
RE-
PORTS.—(A) The United States Trade Representative 
shall consult with the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate after acceptance of a petition 
for review or taking an enforcement action in regard 
to an obligation under a trade agreement, including 
a labor or environmental obligation. During such 
consultations, the United States Trade Representative 
shall describe the matter, including the basis for such 
action and the application of any relevant legal obli-
gations. 
(B) As part of the report required pursuant to 
section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2213), the President shall report annually to Congress 
on enforcement actions taken pursuant to a trade 
agreement to which the United States is a party, as 
well as on any public reports issued by Federal agen-
cies on enforcement matters relating to a trade agree-
ment. 
(g) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH MEMBERS.— 
Any Member of the House of Representatives may submit 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and any Member of the Senate may submit to 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate the views of that
Member on any matter relevant to a proposed trade agree-
ment, and the relevant Committee shall receive those views 
for consideration. 
SEC. 106. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION AND SUBMISSION.—Any agree-
ment entered into under section 103(b) shall enter 
into force with respect to the United States if (and 
only if)— 
(A) the President, at least 90 calendar days 
before the day on which the President enters into 
the trade agreement, notifies the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate of the President’s in-
tention to enter into the agreement, and prompt-
ly thereafter publishes notice of such intention in 
the Federal Register; 
(B) the President, at least 60 days before 
the day on which the President enters into the 
agreement, publishes the text of the agreement on 
a publicly available Internet website of the Office 
of the United States Trade Representative; 
(C) within 60 days after entering into the 
agreement, the President submits to Congress a 
description of those changes to existing laws that 
the President considers would be required in
order to bring the United States into compliance 
with the agreement; 
(D) the President, at least 30 days before 
submitting to Congress the materials under sub-
paragraph (E), submits to Congress— 
(i) a draft statement of any adminis-
trative action proposed to implement the 
agreement; and 
(ii) a copy of the final legal text of the 
agreement; 
(E) after entering into the agreement, the 
President submits to Congress, on a day on 
which both Houses of Congress are in session, a 
copy of the final legal text of the agreement, to-
gether with— 
(i) a draft of an implementing bill de-
scribed in section 103(b)(3); 
(ii) a statement of any administrative 
action proposed to implement the trade 
agreement; and 
(iii) the supporting information de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A); 
(F) the implementing bill is enacted into 
law; and
(G) the President, not later than 30 days 
before the date on which the agreement enters 
into force with respect to a party to the agree-
ment, submits written notice to Congress that the 
President has determined that the party has 
taken measures necessary to comply with those 
provisions of the agreement that are to take effect 
on the date on which the agreement enters into 
force. 
(2) SUPPORTING INFORMATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The supporting informa-
tion required under paragraph (1)(E)(iii) con-
sists of— 
(i) an explanation as to how the im-
plementing bill and proposed administra-
tive action will change or affect existing 
law; and 
(ii) a statement— 
(I) asserting that the agreement 
makes progress in achieving the appli-
cable purposes, policies, priorities, and 
objectives of this title; and 
(II) setting forth the reasons of the 
President regarding—
(aa) how and to what extent 
the agreement makes progress in 
achieving the applicable purposes, 
policies, and objectives referred to 
in subclause (I); 
(bb) whether and how the 
agreement changes provisions of 
an agreement previously nego-
tiated; 
(cc) how the agreement serves 
the interests of United States com-
merce; and 
(dd) how the implementing 
bill meets the standards set forth 
in section 103(b)(3). 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall make the supporting information described 
in subparagraph (A) available to the public. 
(3) RECIPROCAL BENEFITS.—In order to ensure 
that a foreign country that is not a party to a trade 
agreement entered into under section 103(b) does not 
receive benefits under the agreement unless the coun-
try is also subject to the obligations under the agree-
ment, the implementing bill submitted with respect to 
the agreement shall provide that the benefits and obli-
ments.’’, with the blank space being filled with a 
description of the trade agreement or agreements 
with respect to which the President is considered 
to have failed or refused to notify or consult. 
(ii) For purposes of clause (i) and para-
graphs (3)(C) and (4)(C), the President has 
‘‘failed or refused to notify or consult in accord-
ance with the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’ on 
negotiations with respect to a trade agreement or 
trade agreements if— 
(I) the President has failed or refused 
to consult (as the case may be) in accord-
ance with sections 104 and 105 and this 
section with respect to the negotiations, 
agreement, or agreements; 
(II) guidelines under section 104 have 
not been developed or met with respect to 
the negotiations, agreement, or agreements; 
(III) the President has not met with 
the House Advisory Group on Negotiations 
or the Senate Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions pursuant to a request made under sec-
tion 104(c)(4) with respect to the negotia-
tions, agreement, or agreements; or
(IV) the agreement or agreements fail 
to make progress in achieving the purposes, 
policies, priorities, and objectives of this 
title. 
(2) PROCEDURES
FOR
CONSIDERING
RESOLU-
TIONS.—(A) Procedural disapproval resolutions— 
(i) in the House of Representatives— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the House; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means and, in addition, to 
the Committee on Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either 
Committee; and 
(ii) in the Senate— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Finance; and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(B) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of 
section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) 
(relating to the floor consideration of certain resolu-
tions in the House and Senate) apply to a procedural 
disapproval resolution introduced with respect to a
trade agreement if no other procedural disapproval 
resolution with respect to that trade agreement has 
previously been reported in that House of Congress by 
the Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee 
on Finance, as the case may be, and if no resolution 
described in clause (ii) of section 105(b)(3)(B) with 
respect to that trade agreement has been reported in 
that House of Congress by the Committee on Ways 
and Means or the Committee on Finance, as the case 
may be, pursuant to the procedures set forth in 
clauses (iii) through (vii) of such section. 
(C) It is not in order for the House of Represent-
atives to consider any procedural disapproval resolu-
tion not reported by the Committee on Ways and 
Means and, in addition, by the Committee on Rules. 
(D) It is not in order for the Senate to consider 
any procedural disapproval resolution not reported by 
the Committee on Finance. 
(3) CONSIDERATION IN SENATE OF CONSULTA-
TION
AND
COMPLIANCE
RESOLUTION
TO
REMOVE 
TRADE AUTHORITIES PROCEDURES.— 
(A) REPORTING OF RESOLUTION.—If, when 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate meets on 
whether to report an implementing bill with re-
spect to a trade agreement or agreements entered
into under section 103(b), the committee fails to 
favorably report the bill, the committee shall re-
port a resolution described in subparagraph (C). 
(B) APPLICABILITY OF TRADE AUTHORITIES 
PROCEDURES.—The trade authorities procedures 
shall not apply in the Senate to any imple-
menting bill submitted with respect to a trade 
agreement or agreements described in subpara-
graph (A) if the Committee on Finance reports 
a resolution described in subparagraph (C) and 
such resolution is agreed to by the Senate. 
(C) RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—A resolution 
described in this subparagraph is a resolution of 
the Senate originating from the Committee on 
Finance the sole matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘‘That the President has 
failed or refused to notify or consult in accord-
ance with the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 on ne-
gotiations with respect to lllll and, 
therefore, the trade authorities procedures under 
that Act shall not apply in the Senate to any 
implementing bill submitted with respect to such 
trade agreement or agreements.’’, with the blank 
space being filled with a description of the trade
agreement or agreements described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(D) PROCEDURES.—If the Senate does not 
agree to a motion to invoke cloture on the motion 
to proceed to a resolution described in subpara-
graph (C), the resolution shall be committed to 
the Committee on Finance. 
(4) CONSIDERATION
IN
THE
HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES OF A CONSULTATION AND COMPLIANCE 
RESOLUTION.— 
(A) QUALIFICATIONS FOR REPORTING RESO-
LUTION.—If— 
(i) the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives reports an 
implementing bill with respect to a trade 
agreement or agreements entered into under 
section 103(b) with other than a favorable 
recommendation; and 
(ii) a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives has introduced a consultation 
and compliance resolution on the legislative 
day following the filing of a report to ac-
company the implementing bill with other 
than a favorable recommendation,
then the Committee on Ways and Means shall 
consider a consultation and compliance resolu-
tion pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
(B) COMMITTEE
CONSIDERATION
OF
A 
QUALIFYING
RESOLUTION.—(i) Not later than 
the fourth legislative day after the date of intro-
duction of the resolution, the Committee on Ways 
and Means shall meet to consider a resolution 
meeting the qualifications set forth in subpara-
graph (A). 
(ii) After consideration of one such resolu-
tion by the Committee on Ways and Means, this 
subparagraph shall not apply to any other such 
resolution. 
(iii) If the Committee on Ways and Means 
has not reported the resolution by the sixth legis-
lative day after the date of its introduction, that 
committee shall be discharged from further con-
sideration of the resolution. 
(C) CONSULTATION AND COMPLIANCE RESO-
LUTION DESCRIBED.—A consultation and com-
pliance resolution— 
(i) is a resolution of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the sole matter after the resolv-
ing clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the
President has failed or refused to notify or 
consult in accordance with the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Ac-
countability Act of 2015 on negotiations 
with respect to lllll and, therefore, 
the trade authorities procedures under that 
Act shall not apply in the House of Rep-
resentatives to any implementing bill sub-
mitted with respect to such trade agreement 
or agreements.’’, with the blank space being 
filled with a description of the trade agree-
ment or agreements described in subpara-
graph (A); and 
(ii) shall be referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means. 
(D) APPLICABILITY OF TRADE AUTHORITIES 
PROCEDURES.—The trade authorities procedures 
shall not apply in the House of Representatives 
to any implementing bill submitted with respect 
to a trade agreement or agreements which are 
the object of a consultation and compliance reso-
lution if such resolution is adopted by the House. 
(5) FOR FAILURE TO MEET OTHER REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than December 15, 2015, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the At-
torney General, and the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, shall transmit to Congress a report set-
ting forth the strategy of the executive branch to ad-
dress concerns of Congress regarding whether dispute 
settlement panels and the Appellate Body of the 
World Trade Organization have added to obligations, 
or diminished rights, of the United States, as de-
scribed in section 102(b)(15)(C). Trade authorities 
procedures shall not apply to any implementing bill 
with respect to an agreement negotiated under the 
auspices of the World Trade Organization unless the 
Secretary of Commerce has issued such report by the 
deadline specified in this paragraph. 
(6) LIMITATIONS
ON
PROCEDURES
WITH
RE-
SPECT
TO
AGREEMENTS
WITH
COUNTRIES
NOT
IN 
COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION 
ACT OF 2000.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The trade authorities 
procedures shall not apply to any implementing 
bill submitted with respect to a trade agreement 
or trade agreements entered into under section 
103(b) with a country to which the minimum 
standards for the elimination of trafficking are 
applicable and the government of which does not
fully comply with such standards and is not 
making significant efforts to bring the country 
into compliance (commonly referred to as a ‘‘tier 
3’’ country), as determined in the most recent 
annual report on trafficking in persons sub-
mitted under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 
7107(b)(1)). 
(B) MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE ELIMI-
NATION
OF
TRAFFICKING
DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘‘minimum standards for 
the elimination of trafficking’’ means the stand-
ards set forth in section 108 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106). 
(c) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SEN-
ATE.—Subsection (b) of this section, section 103(c), and sec-
tion 105(b)(3) are enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 
and as such are deemed a part of the rules of each 
House, respectively, and such procedures supersede 
other rules only to the extent that they are incon-
sistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with the full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change the rules (so far as re-
lating 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. 
SEC. 107. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS 
FOR WHICH NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY 
BEGUN. 
(a) CERTAIN
AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding the 
prenegotiation notification and consultation requirement 
described in section 105(a), if an agreement to which section 
103(b) applies— 
(1) is entered into under the auspices of the 
World Trade Organization, 
(2) is entered into with the Trans-Pacific Part-
nership countries with respect to which notifications 
have been made in a manner consistent with section 
105(a)(1)(A) as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act, 
(3) is entered into with the European Union, 
(4) is an agreement with respect to international 
trade in services entered into with WTO members 
with respect to which a notification has been made in 
a manner consistent with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act, or 
(5) is an agreement with respect to environ-
mental goods entered into with WTO members with
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respect to which a notification has been made in a 
manner consistent with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, 
and results from negotiations that were commenced before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (b) shall 
apply. 
(b) TREATMENT OF AGREEMENTS.—In the case of any 
agreement to which subsection (a) applies, the applicability 
of the trade authorities procedures to implementing bills 
shall be determined without regard to the requirements of 
section 105(a) (relating only to notice prior to initiating 
negotiations), and any resolution under paragraph (1)(B), 
(3)(C), or (4)(C) of section 106(b) shall not be in order on 
the basis of a failure or refusal to comply with the provi-
sions of section 105(a), if (and only if) the President, as 
soon as feasible after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) notifies Congress of the negotiations described 
in subsection (a), the specific United States objectives 
in the negotiations, and whether the President is seek-
ing a new agreement or changes to an existing agree-
ment; and 
(2) before and after submission of the notice, 
consults regarding the negotiations with the commit-
tees referred to in section 105(a)(1)(B) and the House
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and Senate Advisory Groups on Negotiations con-
vened under section 104(c). 
SEC. 108. SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN EVENT OF 
CONFLICT.—No provision of any trade agreement entered 
into under section 103(b), nor the application of any such 
provision to any person or circumstance, that is incon-
sistent with any law of the United States, any State of the 
United States, or any locality of the United States shall 
have effect. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
OR MODIFICATIONS
OF UNITED 
STATES LAW.—No provision of any trade agreement en-
tered into under section 103(b) shall prevent the United 
States, any State of the United States, or any locality of 
the United States from amending or modifying any law 
of the United States, that State, or that locality (as the case 
may be). 
(c) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS.—Reports, in-
cluding findings and recommendations, issued by dispute 
settlement panels convened pursuant to any trade agree-
ment entered into under section 103(b) shall have no bind-
ing effect on the law of the United States, the Government 
of the United States, or the law or government of any State 
or locality of the United States.
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SEC. 109. INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the United States Trade Representative 
should facilitate participation by small businesses in 
the trade negotiation process; and 
(2) the functions of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative relating to small busi-
nesses should continue to be reflected in the title of the 
Assistant United States Trade Representative as-
signed the responsibility for small businesses. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF SMALL BUSINESS INTER-
ESTS.—The Assistant United States Trade Representative 
for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competi-
tiveness shall be responsible for ensuring that the interests 
of small businesses are considered in all trade negotiations 
in accordance with the objective described in section 
102(a)(8). 
SEC. 110. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; APPLICATION OF 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADVICE
FROM
UNITED
STATES
INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.—Section 131 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2151) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)—
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(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2103(a) or (b) of the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 
of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Pri-
orities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2103(b) of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 103(b) of the Bipartisan Con-
gressional Trade Priorities and Account-
ability Act of 2015’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 
2103(a)(3)(A) of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 103(a)(4)(A) of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 
2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Author-
ity Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103(a) of 
the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
and Accountability Act of 2015’’.
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(2) HEARINGS.—Section 132 of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2152) is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Author-
ity Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bi-
partisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Account-
ability Act of 2015’’. 
(3) PUBLIC HEARINGS.—Section 133(a) of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2153(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(4) PREREQUISITES FOR OFFERS.—Section 134 
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2154) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015’’. 
(5) INFORMATION
AND
ADVICE
FROM
PRIVATE 
AND PUBLIC SECTORS.—Section 135 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section
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103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Pri-
orities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 2103 of 
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Au-
thority Act of 2002’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Prior-
ities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘not later than 
the date on which the President notifies 
the 
Congress 
under 
section 
2105(a)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and 
inserting ‘‘not later than the date that 
is 30 days after the date on which the 
President notifies Congress under sec-
tion 106(a)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Ac-
countability Act of 2015’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2102 of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and insert-
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ing ‘‘section 102 of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015’’. 
(6) PROCEDURES RELATING TO IMPLEMENTING 
BILLS.—Section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2191) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘section 
2105(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
2105(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(7) TRANSMISSION
OF
AGREEMENTS
TO
CON-
GRESS.—Section 162(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2212(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2103 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability 
Act of 2015’’.
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(b) APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—For pur-
poses of applying sections 125, 126, and 127 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136, and 2137)— 
(1) any trade agreement entered into under sec-
tion 103 shall be treated as an agreement entered into 
under section 101 or 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2111 or 2112), as appropriate; and 
(2) any proclamation or Executive order issued 
pursuant to a trade agreement entered into under sec-
tion 103 shall be treated as a proclamation or Execu-
tive order issued pursuant to a trade agreement en-
tered into under section 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2112). 
SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AGREEMENT
ON
AGRICULTURE.—The term 
‘‘Agreement on Agriculture’’ means the agreement re-
ferred to in section 101(d)(2) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(2)). 
(2) AGREEMENT
ON
SAFEGUARDS.—The term 
‘‘Agreement on Safeguards’’ means the agreement re-
ferred to in section 101(d)(13) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(13)). 
(3) AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTER-
VAILING MEASURES.—The term ‘‘Agreement on Sub-
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sidies and Countervailing Measures’’ means the agree-
ment referred to in section 101(d)(12) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(12)). 
(4) 
ANTIDUMPING
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘Antidumping Agreement’’ means the Agreement on 
Implementation of Article VI of the General Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred to in section 
101(d)(7) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
U.S.C. 3511(d)(7)). 
(5) APPELLATE
BODY.—The term ‘‘Appellate 
Body’’ means the Appellate Body established under 
Article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding. 
(6) COMMON
MULTILATERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL 
AGREEMENT.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘common mul-
tilateral environmental agreement’’ means any 
agreement specified in subparagraph (B) or in-
cluded under subparagraph (C) to which both the 
United States and one or more other parties to 
the negotiations are full parties, including any 
current or future mutually agreed upon proto-
cols, amendments, annexes, or adjustments to 
such an agreement.
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(B) AGREEMENTS SPECIFIED.—The agree-
ments specified in this subparagraph are the fol-
lowing: 
(i) The Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
Fauna and Flora, done at Washington 
March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249). 
(ii) The Montreal Protocol on Sub-
stances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, done 
at Montreal September 16, 1987. 
(iii) The Protocol of 1978 Relating to 
the International Convention for the Pre-
vention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, done 
at London February 17, 1978. 
(iv) The Convention on Wetlands of 
International Importance Especially as Wa-
terfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar February 
2, 1971 (TIAS 11084). 
(v) The Convention on the Conserva-
tion of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, 
done at Canberra May 20, 1980 (33 UST 
3476). 
(vi) The International Convention for 
the Regulation of Whaling, done at Wash-
ington December 2, 1946 (62 Stat. 1716).
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(vii) The Convention for the Establish-
ment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna 
Commission, done at Washington May 31, 
1949 (1 UST 230). 
(C) ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS.—Both the 
United States and one or more other parties to 
the negotiations may agree to include any other 
multilateral 
environmental 
or 
conservation 
agreement to which they are full parties as a 
common multilateral environmental agreement 
under this paragraph. 
(7) CORE LABOR STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘core 
labor standards’’ means— 
(A) freedom of association; 
(B) the effective recognition of the right to 
collective bargaining; 
(C) the elimination of all forms of forced or 
compulsory labor; 
(D) the effective abolition of child labor and 
a prohibition on the worst forms of child labor; 
and 
(E) the elimination of discrimination in re-
spect of employment and occupation. 
(8) DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT
UNDERSTANDING.— 
The term ‘‘Dispute Settlement Understanding’’ means
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the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Gov-
erning the Settlement of Disputes referred to in sec-
tion 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)). 
(9) ENABLING
CLAUSE.—The term ‘‘Enabling 
Clause’’ means the Decision on Differential and More 
Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Par-
ticipation of Developing Countries (L/4903), adopted 
November 28, 1979, under GATT 1947 (as defined in 
section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
U.S.C. 3501)). 
(10) ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.—The term ‘‘envi-
ronmental laws’’, with respect to the laws of the 
United States, means environmental statutes and reg-
ulations enforceable by action of the Federal Govern-
ment. 
(11) GATT 1994.—The term ‘‘GATT 1994’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 2 of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
(12) GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERV-
ICES.—The term ‘‘General Agreement on Trade in 
Services’’ means the General Agreement on Trade in 
Services (referred to in section 101(d)(14) of the Uru-
guay 
Round 
Agreements 
Act 
(19 
U.S.C. 
3511(d)(14))).
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(13) 
GOVERNMENT
PROCUREMENT
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Government Procurement Agree-
ment’’ means the Agreement on Government Procure-
ment referred to in section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17)). 
(14) ILO.—The term ‘‘ILO’’ means the Inter-
national Labor Organization. 
(15) IMPORT
SENSITIVE
AGRICULTURAL
PROD-
UCT.—The term ‘‘import sensitive agricultural prod-
uct’’ means an agricultural product— 
(A) with respect to which, as a result of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements, the rate of duty 
was the subject of tariff reductions by the United 
States and, pursuant to such Agreements, was 
reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate that was 
not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that 
applied to such article on December 31, 1994; or 
(B) which was subject to a tariff rate quota 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(16) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT.— 
The term ‘‘Information Technology Agreement’’ means 
the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information 
Technology Products of the World Trade Organiza-
tion, agreed to at Singapore December 13, 1996.
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(17) 
INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED
CORE 
LABOR STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘internationally rec-
ognized core labor standards’’ means the core labor 
standards only as stated in the ILO Declaration on 
Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its 
Follow-Up (1998). 
(18) LABOR
LAWS.—The term ‘‘labor laws’’ 
means the statutes and regulations, or provisions 
thereof, of a party to the negotiations that are directly 
related to core labor standards as well as other labor 
protections for children and minors and acceptable 
conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, 
hours of work, and occupational safety and health, 
and for the United States, includes Federal statutes 
and regulations addressing those standards, protec-
tions, or conditions, but does not include State or 
local labor laws. 
(19) 
UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The 
term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen; 
(B) a partnership, corporation, or other 
legal entity that is organized under the laws of 
the United States; and 
(C) a partnership, corporation, or other 
legal entity that is organized under the laws of
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a foreign country and is controlled by entities 
described in subparagraph (B) or United States 
citizens, or both. 
(20) URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS.—The term 
‘‘Uruguay Round Agreements’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 2(7) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(7)). 
(21) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; WTO.—The 
terms ‘‘World Trade Organization’’ and ‘‘WTO’’ 
mean the organization established pursuant to the 
WTO Agreement. 
(22) WTO AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘WTO Agree-
ment’’ means the Agreement Establishing the World 
Trade Organization entered into on April 15, 1994. 
(23) WTO MEMBER.—The term ‘‘WTO member’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2(10) of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3501(10)). 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H.R. 2146 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO 
SENATE AMENDMENT