(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 3(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 3(b) does not re-
ceive 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 benefits and obliga-
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tions 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 application is con-
sistent with the terms of the agreement. 
(4) DISCLOSURE OF COMMITMENTS.—Any agree-
ment or other understanding with a foreign govern-
ment or governments (whether oral or in writing) 
that— 
(A) relates to a trade agreement with re-
spect to which Congress enacts an implementing 
bill under trade authorities procedures; and 
(B) is not disclosed to Congress before an 
implementing bill with respect to that agreement 
is introduced in either House of Congress, 
shall not be considered to be part of the agreement ap-
proved by Congress and shall have no force and effect 
under United States law or in any dispute settlement 
body. 
(b) LIMITATIONS
ON TRADE AUTHORITIES PROCE-
DURES.— 
(1) FOR LACK OF NOTICE OR CONSULTATIONS.— 
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(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 no-
tice or consultations with respect to such trade 
agreement or agreements, the other House sepa-
rately agrees to a procedural disapproval resolu-
tion 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 is as 
follows: ‘‘That the President has failed or refused 
to notify or consult in accordance with the Bi-
partisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Ac-
countability Act of 2015 on negotiations with re-
spect to llllllll and, therefore, the 
trade authorities procedures under that Act shall 
not apply to any implementing bill submitted 
with respect to such trade agreement or agree-
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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 4 and 5 and this section 
with respect to the negotiations, agreement, 
or agreements; 
(II) guidelines under section 4 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 4(c)(4) with respect to the negotiations, 
agreement, or agreements; or 
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(IV) the agreement or agreements fail 
to make progress in achieving the purposes, 
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 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 
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