(3) NEGOTIATIONS
REGARDING
THE
FISHING 
INDUSTRY.—Before initiating, or continuing, nego-
tiations that directly relate to fish or shellfish trade 
with any country, the President shall consult with 
the Committee on Ways and Means and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate, and shall keep the Committees 
apprised of the negotiations on an ongoing and time-
ly 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 oppor-
tunity 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-
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cerning the results of the assessment, whether 
it is appropriate for the United States to agree 
to further tariff reductions based on the conclu-
sions reached in the assessment, and how all 
applicable 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 im-
plementation of, its international trade and invest-
ment commitments 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 3(b), the President 
shall consult with— 
(A) the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee 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 
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involving subject matters which would be af-
fected by the trade agreement; and 
(C) the House Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions and the Senate Advisory Group on Nego-
tiations convened under section 4(c). 
(2) SCOPE.—The consultation described in 
paragraph (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 Act; and 
(C) the implementation of the agreement 
under section 6, 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 3(b), shall 
report to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate— 
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(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 2(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 Con-
gress, 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 
Finance, as the case may be, pursuant to 
those procedures; and 
(II) no procedural disapproval resolu-
tion under section 6(b) introduced with re-
spect to a trade agreement entered into 
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