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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1876
To provide authority for the President to enter into trade agreements to
conclude the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend
tariff proclamation authority to carry out such agreements, and to apply
Congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures to a bill implementing such agree-
ments.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 28, 1993
Mr. ROSTENKOWSKI (for himself and Mr. GIBBONS) introduced the following
bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means
and Rules
A BILL
To provide authority for the President to enter into trade
agreements to conclude the Uruguay Round of multilat-
eral trade negotiations under the auspices of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend tariff procla-
mation authority to carry out such agreements, and to
apply Congressional ‘‘fast track’’ procedures to a bill
implementing such agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. EXTENSION OF URUGUAY ROUND TRADE
AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING AND PROCLAMA-
TION AUTHORITY AND OF ‘‘FAST TRACK’’ PRO-
CEDURES TO IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.
Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitive-
ness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by insert-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING URUGUAY
ROUND TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time
limitations in subsections (a) and (b), if the Uru-
guay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements by
May 31, 1993, the President may, during the period
after May 31, 1993, and before April 16, 1994,
enter into, under subsections (a) and (b), trade
agreements resulting from such negotiations.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF TARIFF PROCLAMATION
AUTHORITY.—No proclamation under subsection (a)
to carry out the provisions regarding tariff barriers
of a trade agreement that is entered into pursuant
to paragraph (1) may take effect before the effective
date of a bill that implements the provisions regard-
ing nontariff barriers of a trade agreement that is
entered into under such paragraph.
‘‘(3) APPLICATION
OF
IMPLEMENTING
AND
‘FAST TRACK’ PROCEDURES.—Section 1103 applies
to any trade agreement negotiated under subsection
(b) pursuant to paragraph (1), except that—
‘‘(A) in applying subsection (a)(1)(A) of
section 1103 to any such agreement, the phrase
‘at least 120 calendar days before the day on
which he enters into the trade agreement (but
not later than December 15, 1993),’ shall be
substituted for the phrase ‘at least 90 calendar
days before the day on which he enters into the
trade agreement; and
‘‘(B) no provision of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1103 other than paragraph (1)(A) applies
to any such agreement and in applying such
paragraph, ‘April 16, 1994;’ shall be sub-
stituted for ‘June 1, 1991;’.
‘‘(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The re-
port required under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade
Act of 1974 regarding any trade agreement provided
for under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the
President, the Congress, and the United States
Trade Representative not later than 30 days after
the date on which the President notifies the Con-
gress under section 1103(a)(1)(A) of his intention to
enter into the agreement (but before January 15,
1994).’’.
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