sectors, including the impact the agreement will have 
on the gross domestic product, exports and imports, 
aggregate employment and employment opportuni-
ties, the production, employment, and competitive 
position of industries likely to be significantly af-
fected by the agreement, and the interests of United 
States consumers. 
(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
RE-
PORTS.—The President shall— 
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(A) conduct environmental reviews of fu-
ture trade and investment agreements, con-
sistent with Executive Order 13141 (64 Fed. 
Reg. 63169), dated November 16, 1999, and its 
relevant guidelines; and 
(B) submit a report on those reviews and 
on the content and operation of consultative 
mechanisms established pursuant to section 
2(c) to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate at the time the 
President submits to Congress a copy of the 
final text of an agreement pursuant to section 
6(a)(1)(C). 
(2) EMPLOYMENT IMPACT REVIEWS AND RE-
PORTS.—The President shall— 
(A) review the impact of future trade 
agreements on United States employment, in-
cluding labor markets, modeled after Executive 
Order 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169) to the ex-
tent appropriate 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 
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of the Senate at the time the President submits 
to Congress a copy of the final text of an agree-
ment pursuant to section 6(a)(1)(C). 
(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 deter-
mined in accordance with section 4(c)(3)(B)— 
(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. 
(4) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The President 
shall make all reports required under this subsection 
available to the public. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the time the President 
submits to Congress a copy of the final text of an 
agreement pursuant to section 6(a)(1)(C), the Presi-
dent shall also submit to Congress a plan for imple-
menting and enforcing the agreement. 
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(2) ELEMENTS.—The implementation and en-
forcement plan required by paragraph (1) shall in-
clude the following: 
(A) 
BORDER
PERSONNEL
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A description of additional personnel 
required at border entry points, including a list 
of additional customs and agricultural inspec-
tors. 
(B) AGENCY STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.— 
A description of additional personnel required 
by Federal agencies responsible for monitoring 
and implementing the trade agreement, includ-
ing personnel required by the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative, the De-
partment of Commerce, the Department of Ag-
riculture (including additional personnel re-
quired to implement sanitary and phytosanitary 
measures in 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-
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ment and facilities needed by U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection. 
(D) IMPACT ON STATE AND LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENTS.—A description of the impact the 
trade agreement will have on State and local 
governments 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 
available to the public. 
(f) OTHER REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT ON PENALTIES.—Not later than 
one year after the imposition of a penalty or remedy 
by the United States permitted by a trade agree-
ment to which this Act applies, the President shall 
submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
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nance 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 be-
havior of the targeted party and whether the penalty 
or remedy had any adverse impact on parties or in-
terests 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, 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 enacted an implementing bill 
under trade authorities procedures since January 1, 
1984. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT
CONSULTATIONS
AND
RE-
PORTS.—(A) The United States Trade Representa-
tive shall consult with the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate after accept-
ance of a petition for review or taking an enforce-
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ment action in regard to an obligation under a trade 
agreement, including a labor or environmental obli-
gation. During such consultations, the United States 
Trade Representative shall describe the matter, in-
cluding the basis for such action and the application 
of any relevant legal obligations. 
(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 Con-
gress on enforcement actions taken pursuant to a 
United States trade agreement, as well as on any 
public reports issued by Federal agencies on enforce-
ment matters relating to a trade agreement. 
(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 
Representatives and any Member of the Senate may sub-
mit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate the views 
of that Member on any matter relevant to a proposed 
trade agreement, and the relevant Committee shall receive 
those views for consideration. 
SEC. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION
AND
SUBMISSION.—Any 
agreement entered into under section 3(b) shall 
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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 en-
ters into the trade agreement, notifies the 
House of Representatives and the Senate of the 
President’s intention to enter into the agree-
ment, and promptly thereafter publishes notice 
of such intention in the Federal Register; 
(B) 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 compli-
ance with the agreement; 
(C) 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, 
together with— 
(i) a draft of an implementing bill de-
scribed in section 3(b)(3); 
(ii) a statement of any administrative 
action proposed to implement the trade 
agreement; and 
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(iii) the supporting information de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(A); 
(D) the implementing bill is enacted into 
law; and 
(E) 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 infor-
mation required under paragraph (1)(C)(iii) 
consists 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-
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cable purposes, policies, priorities, and 
objectives of this Act; 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 commerce; and 
(dd) how the implementing 
bill meets the standards set forth 
in section 3(b)(3). 
(B) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Presi-
dent shall make the supporting information de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) available to the 
public. 
(3) RECIPROCAL BENEFITS.—In order to en-
sure that a foreign country that is not a party to a 
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trade agreement entered into under section 3(b) 
does not receive benefits under the agreement unless 
the country is also subject to the obligations under 
the agreement, the implementing bill submitted with 
respect to the agreement shall provide that the bene-
fits and obligations under the agreement apply only 
to the parties to the agreement, if such application 
is consistent with the terms of the agreement. The 
implementing bill may also provide that the benefits 
and obligations under the agreement do not apply 
uniformly to all parties to the agreement, if such ap-
plication is consistent with the terms of the agree-
ment. 
(4) 
DISCLOSURE
OF
COMMITMENTS.—Any 
agreement or other understanding with a foreign 
government or governments (whether oral or in writ-
ing) that— 
(A) relates to a trade agreement with re-
spect to which Congress enacts an imple-
menting bill under trade authorities procedures; 
and 
(B) is not disclosed to Congress before an 
implementing bill with respect to that agree-
ment is introduced in either House of Congress, 
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shall not be considered to be part of the agreement 
approved by Congress and shall have no force and 
effect under United States law or in any dispute set-
tlement body. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON TRADE AUTHORITIES PROCE-
DURES.— 
(1) FOR
LACK
OF
NOTICE
OR
CONSULTA-
TIONS.— 
(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 
3(b) if during the 60-day period beginning on 
the date that one House of Congress agrees to 
a procedural disapproval resolution for lack of 
notice or consultations with respect to such 
trade agreement or agreements, the other 
House separately agrees to a procedural dis-
approval resolution with respect to such trade 
agreement or agreements. 
(B) PROCEDURAL DISAPPROVAL RESOLU-
TION.—(i) For purposes of this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘procedural disapproval resolution’’ means 
a resolution of either House of Congress, the 
sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
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(II) guidelines under section 4 have 
not been developed or met with respect to 
the negotiations, agreement, or agree-
ments; 
(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 
section 4(c)(4) with respect to the negotia-
tions, agreement, or agreements; or 
(IV) the agreement or agreements fail 
to make progress in achieving the pur-
poses, policies, priorities, and objectives of 
this Act. 
(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 Com-
mittee on Ways and Means and, in addi-
tion, to the Committee on Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either 
Committee; and 
(ii) in the Senate— 
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(I) may be introduced by any Member 
of the Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee 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 
resolutions in the House and Senate) apply to a pro-
cedural disapproval resolution introduced with re-
spect 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 5(b)(3)(B) with respect to that trade 
agreement has been reported in that House of Con-
gress by the Committee on Ways and Means or the 
Committee on Finance, as the case may be, pursu-
ant to the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) 
through (vii) of such section. 
(C) It is not in order for the House of Rep-
resentatives to consider any procedural disapproval 
resolution not reported by the Committee on Ways 
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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) FOR FAILURE TO MEET OTHER REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Not later than December 15, 2014, the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
the Attorney General, and the United States Trade 
Representative, shall transmit to Congress a report 
setting forth the strategy of the executive branch to 
address concerns of Congress regarding whether dis-
pute settlement panels and the Appellate Body of 
the World Trade Organization have added to obliga-
tions, or diminished rights, of the United States, as 
described in section 2(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. 
(c) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND 
SENATE.—Subsection (b) of this section, section 3(c), and 
section 5(b)(3) are enacted by Congress— 
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(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such are deemed a part of the 
rules of each House, respectively, and such proce-
dures supersede other rules only to the extent that 
they are inconsistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with the full recognition of the constitu-
tional 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 ex-
tent as any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 7. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR 
WHICH 
NEGOTIATIONS 
HAVE 
ALREADY 
BEGUN. 
(a) CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding the 
prenegotiation notification and consultation requirement 
described in section 5(a), if an agreement to which section 
3(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 
5(a)(1) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
(3) is entered into with the European Union, or 
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(4) is an agreement with respect to inter-
national trade in services entered into with WTO 
members with respect to which notifications have 
been made in a manner consistent with section 
5(a)(2) 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— 
(1) the applicability of the trade authorities 
procedures to implementing bills shall be determined 
without regard to the requirements of section 5(a) 
(relating only to notice prior to initiating negotia-
tions), and any procedural disapproval resolution 
under section 6(b)(1)(B) shall not be in order on the 
basis of a failure or refusal to comply with the provi-
sions of section 5(a); provided that 
(2) the President as soon as feasible after the 
date of the enactment of this Act— 
(A) notifies the Congress of the negotia-
tions described in subsection (a), the specific 
United States objectives in the negotiations, 
and whether the President is seeking a new 
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agreement or changes to an existing agreement; 
and 
(B) before and after submission of the no-
tice, consults regarding the negotiations with 
the committees referred to in section 5(a)(1)(B) 
and the House and Senate Advisory Groups on 
Negotiations convened under section 4(c). 
SEC. 8. SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN EVENT OF 
CONFLICT.—No provision of any trade agreement entered 
into under section 3(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 3(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-
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ment entered into under section 3(b) shall have no binding 
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. 
SEC. 9. INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress 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 
assigned 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 Com-
petitiveness shall be responsible for ensuring that the in-
terests of small businesses are considered in all trade ne-
gotiations in accordance with the objective described in 
section 2(a)(8). 
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; APPLICATION OF 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(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)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2103(a) or (b) of the Bipartisan 
Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of sec-
tion 3 of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’; 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 3(b) of the Bipartisan Con-
gressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 
2103(a)(3)(A) of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 3(a)(4)(A) of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 
2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Au-
thority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
3(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Pri-
orities Act of 2014’’. 
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(2) HEARINGS.—Section 132 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2152) is amended by striking 
‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3 of 
the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 
2014’’. 
(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 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 3 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities Act of 2014’’. 
(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 appears and inserting ‘‘section 3 of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’. 
(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 Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
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‘‘section 3 of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’; 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 3 of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Prior-
ities Act of 2014’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘not later than 
the date on which the President noti-
fies 
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 Con-
gress under section 6(a)(1)(A) of the 
Bipartisan Congressional Trade Prior-
ities Act of 2014’’; 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 2 of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’. 
(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 
6(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities Act of 2014’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2105(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 6(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’. 
(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 3 of the Bipar-
tisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act of 2014’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—For 
purposes of applying sections 125, 126, and 127 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136, and 2137)— 
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(1) any trade agreement entered into under sec-
tion 3 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 
section 3 shall be treated as a proclamation or Exec-
utive 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. 11. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE.—The term 
‘‘Agreement on Agriculture’’ means the agreement 
referred 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 
referred 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-
sidies and Countervailing Measures’’ means the 
agreement referred to in section 101(d)(12) of the 
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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 sec-
tion 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 Under-
standing. 
(6) COMMON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL 
AGREEMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘common 
multilateral environmental agreement’’ means 
any agreement specified in subparagraph (B) or 
included under subparagraph (C) to which both 
the United States and one or more other par-
ties to the negotiations are full parties, includ-
ing any current or future mutually agreed upon 
protocols, amendments, annexes, or adjust-
ments to such an agreement. 
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(B) AGREEMENTS SPECIFIED.—The agree-
ments specified in this subparagraph are the 
following: 
(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 
Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar Feb-
ruary 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). 
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(vi) The International Convention for 
the Regulation of Whaling, done at Wash-
ington December 2, 1946 (62 Stat. 1716). 
(vii) The Convention for the Estab-
lishment 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 
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(E) the elimination of discrimination in re-
spect of employment and occupation. 
(8) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING.— 
The term ‘‘Dispute Settlement Understanding’’ 
means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes referred to in 
section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments 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 
Participation of Developing Countries (L/4903), 
adopted November 28, 1979, under GATT 1947 (as 
defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments 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 
regulations enforceable by action of the Federal Gov-
ernment. 
(11) GATT 1994.—The term ‘‘GATT 1994’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 2 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
(12) GENERAL
AGREEMENT
ON
TRADE
IN 
SERVICES.—The term ‘‘General Agreement on Trade 
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in Services’’ means the General Agreement on Trade 
in Services (referred to in section 101(d)(14) of the 
Uruguay 
Round 
Agreements 
Act 
(19 
U.S.C. 
3511(d)(14))). 
(13) GOVERNMENT
PROCUREMENT
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Government Procurement Agree-
ment’’ means the Agreement on Government Pro-
curement 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 Agree-
ments, 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 De-
cember 31, 1994; or 
(B) which was subject to a tariff rate 
quota on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(16) 
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
AGREE-
MENT.—The term ‘‘Information Technology Agree-
ment’’ means the Ministerial Declaration on Trade 
in Information Technology Products of the World 
Trade Organization, agreed to at Singapore Decem-
ber 13, 1996. 
(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 di-
rectly related to core labor standards as well as 
other labor protections for children and minors and 
acceptable conditions of work with respect to min-
imum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety 
and health, and for the United States, includes Fed-
eral statutes and regulations addressing those stand-
ards, protections, or conditions but does not include 
State or local labor laws. 
(19) UNITED
STATES
PERSON.—The term 
‘‘United States person’’ means— 
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(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 
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 mean-
ing 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 
Agreement’’ means the Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization entered into on April 15, 
1994. 
(23) WTO MEMBER.—The term ‘‘WTO mem-
ber’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
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2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
U.S.C. 3501(10)). 
Æ 
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