HR 6180 IH 
and a reduction of the trade deficit by providing fair 
and transparent market access while preserving the 
ability of the United States— 
(A) to enforce domestic trade laws; and 
(B) to address the negative impacts of cur-
rency manipulation, financial instability, and 
high debt burdens on United States trade rela-
tionships. 
(2) The trade agreement shall preserve the abil-
ity of the United States and the government of any 
country that is a party to the agreement to foster 
and secure economic, social, and human development 
so that the people of the United States can benefit 
from— 
(A) strong environmental, labor, health, 
and safety laws; and 
(B) economic development policies designed 
to increase job availability and stable industries, 
revitalize the manufacturing base in the United 
States, and bring economic opportunity to com-
munities hard hit by past trade policies. 
(3) The trade agreement shall create a predict-
able structure for international trade without pro-
viding foreign investors with overreaching privileges 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00039
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS
HR 6180 IH 
and rights of private enforcement that distort invest-
ment decisions. 
(4) The trade agreement shall enable Federal, 
State, and local governments— 
(A) to regulate in the public interest; 
(B) to develop procurement policies that 
create and maintain good jobs; 
(C) to promote economic opportunity and 
development and achieve other legitimate social 
goals; and 
(D) to provide high-quality public services 
and regulate all essential services to protect the 
public interest. 
(5) The trade agreement shall ensure that prod-
ucts imported into the United States, including food, 
meet U.S. safety standards, are thoroughly in-
spected, and accurately labeled. 
(6) The trade agreement shall enable the public 
to participate meaningfully in the decisions of the 
Federal Government relating to trade, based on a 
process that is open, democratic, and fair. 
(7) The trade agreement shall specifically pro-
vide that the trade agreement does not allow for the 
preemption of the federalist system of the United 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00040
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS
HR 6180 IH 
States with respect to issues of State and local pol-
icy that are not related to international trade. 
(8) The trade agreement shall reflect the inter-
ests of the United States in preserving family farms 
and using best available management practices. 
(9) The trade agreement shall promote the abil-
ity of farmers to earn a fair price for their products, 
including by prohibiting export subsidies, cartels, 
and other anticompetitive practices and promoting 
inventory management to stabilize price volatility 
and to counter the oversupply problems that lead to 
dumping and depressed prices. 
(10) The trade agreement shall explicitly incor-
porate in the core text of the agreement a require-
ment to adopt into domestic law and effectively en-
force core labor standards. 
(11) The trade agreement shall— 
(A) allow any country that is a party to 
the agreement to follow environmental, health, 
and safety standards adopted in reliance on the 
precautionary principle, recognizing the legiti-
mate rights of governments to protect public 
health, safety, and the environment; 
(B) incorporate requirements to adopt into 
domestic law and enforce the major multilateral 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00041
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS
HR 6180 IH 
environmental agreements, which comprise the 
global consensus on basic environmental protec-
tion; and 
(C) prohibit the importation of any goods 
that are illegally harvested natural resources or 
products, or that are otherwise environmentally 
sensitive into the United States, and consider 
specific measures to enable customs agencies in 
all countries that are parties to the agreement, 
to meaningfully enforce those prohibitions, 
based in the principle that open trade does not 
mean illegal trade. 
(12) The trade agreement shall— 
(A) provide that failures to meet the labor 
and environmental standards required by the 
agreement are subject to dispute resolution and 
enforcement mechanisms and penalties that are 
at least as effective as the mechanisms and pen-
alties that apply to the commercial provisions of 
the agreement; and 
(B) ensure the availability of the resources 
necessary for oversight and enforcement of the 
labor, environmental, and intellectual property 
standards in the agreement. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00042
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS
HR 6180 IH 
(13) The trade agreement shall establish that, 
if the regulatory standards of the countries that are 
parties to the agreement need to be harmonized to 
facilitate trade, the harmonization shall be based on 
standards that are no less stringent than the stand-
ards of the United States. 
SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPROVING THE PROCESS 
FOR UNITED STATES TRADE NEGOTIATIONS. 
(a) It is the sense of Congress that if Congress con-
siders legislation to provide for special procedures for the 
consideration of bills to implement trade agreements, that 
legislation shall include— 
(1) readiness criteria for the President to use in 
determining whether a country— 
(A) is able to meet its obligations under a 
trade agreement; 
(B) meets the requirements described in 
section 3(c); and 
(C) is an appropriate country with which 
to enter into a trade agreement; 
(2) a process by which the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives review 
the determination of the President described in 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00043
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS
HR 6180 IH 
paragraph (1) to verify that the country meets the 
criteria; 
(3) requirements for consultation with Congress 
during trade negotiations that require more frequent 
consultations than required by the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3801 
et seq.), including a process for consultation with 
any committee of Congress with jurisdiction over 
any area covered by the negotiations; 
(4) binding negotiating objectives and require-
ments outlining what must and must not be included 
in a trade agreement, including the requirements de-
scribed in section 4(b); 
(5) a process for review and certification by 
Congress to ensure that the negotiating objectives 
described in paragraph (4) have been met during the 
negotiations; 
(6) a process— 
(A) by which a State may give informed 
consent to be bound by nontariff provisions in 
a trade agreement that relate to investment, the 
service sector, and procurement; and 
(B) that prevents a State from being 
bound by the provisions described in subpara-
graph (A) if the State has not consented; and 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
04:27 Jun 26, 2008
Jkt 069200
PO 00000
Frm 00044
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H6180.IH
H6180
wwoods2 on PRODPC68 with BILLS