SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO 
LABOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT. 
(a) LIMITATIONS ON PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT 
TO LABOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—Section 106(b) of 
the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Ac-
countability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4205(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) LIMITATIONS ON PROCEDURES WITH RE-
SPECT
TO
LABOR
AND
THE
ENVIRONMENT.—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) unless upon the submission of such 
bill to Congress the United States Trade Represent-
ative certifies to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate that such trade agree-
ment— 
‘‘(A) meets the applicable objectives with 
respect to labor and the environment described 
in section 102(b)(10); and 
‘‘(B) includes a mechanism or mechanisms 
to implement and enforce any provision in such 
agreement relating to labor or the environ-
ment.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Paragraph (7) of section 
106(b) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4205(b)), as 
added by subsection (a) of this Act, shall apply to trade 
agreements entered into or renegotiated beginning on the 
date that is one year after the date of the enactment of 
this section. 
SEC. 3. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. 
(a) CERTIFICATION
OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.— 
Upon the submission of an implementing bill concerning 
a trade agreement or trade agreements, the United States 
Trade Representative shall certify to the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate that such trade 
agreement or trade agreements entered into by the United 
States— 
(1) meet the applicable objectives with respect 
to labor and the environment described in section 
102(b)(10) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 
4202(b)(10)); and 
(2) include a mechanism or mechanisms to im-
plement and enforce any provision in such agree-
ment relating to labor or the environment. 
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(b) APPLICATION.—Subsection (a) shall apply to im-
plementing bills submitted with respect to trade agree-
ments entered into on or after— 
(1) July 1, 2018, if the requirements of section 
103(c)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 
4202(c)(1)(A)) are not satisfied; or 
(2) 
the 
date 
set 
forth 
under 
section 
103(c)(1)(B) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 
4202(c)(1)(B)). 
(c) IMPLEMENTING BILL DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘implementing bill’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 103(b)(3) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 
U.S.C. 4202(b)(3)). 
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