in progress conducted under this Act, and 
the nature of any changes in the laws of 
the United States or the administration of 
those laws that may be recommended to 
Congress to carry out any trade agreement 
or any requirement of, amendment to, or 
recommendation under, that agreement; 
and 
(ii) the sharing of detailed and timely 
information with Members of Congress, 
and their staff with proper security clear-
ances as appropriate, regarding those ne-
gotiations and pertinent documents related 
to those negotiations (including classified 
information), and with committee staff 
with proper security clearances as would be 
appropriate in the light of the responsibil-
ities of that committee over the trade 
agreements programs affected by those ne-
gotiations. 
(C) DISSEMINATION.—The United States 
Trade Representative shall disseminate the 
guidelines developed under subparagraph (A) to 
all Federal agencies that could have jurisdiction 
over laws affected by trade negotiations. 
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(b) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL ADVISERS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.— 
(A) HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—In 
each Congress, any Member of the House of 
Representatives may be designated as a con-
gressional adviser on trade policy and negotia-
tions by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, after consulting with the chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Ways 
and Means and the chairman and ranking 
member of the committee from which the Mem-
ber will be selected. 
(B) SENATE.—In each Congress, any 
Member of the Senate may be designated as a 
congressional adviser on trade policy and nego-
tiations by the President pro tempore of the 
Senate, after consultation with the chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Fi-
nance and the chairman and ranking member 
of the committee from which the Member will 
be selected. 
(2) CONSULTATIONS WITH DESIGNATED CON-
GRESSIONAL ADVISERS.—In the course of negotia-
tions conducted under this Act, the United States 
Trade Representative shall consult closely and on a 
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timely basis (including immediately before initialing 
an agreement) with, and keep fully apprised of the 
negotiations, the congressional advisers for trade 
policy and negotiations designated under paragraph 
(1). 
(3) ACCREDITATION.—Each Member of Con-
gress designated as a congressional adviser under 
paragraph (1) shall be accredited by the United 
States Trade Representative on behalf of the Presi-
dent as an official adviser to the United States dele-
gations to international conferences, meetings, and 
negotiating sessions relating to trade agreements. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY GROUPS ON NEGO-
TIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not 
later than 30 days after the convening of each Con-
gress, the chairman of the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives shall convene 
the House Advisory Group on Negotiations and the 
chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate shall convene the Senate Advisory Group on Ne-
gotiations (in this subsection referred to collectively 
as the ‘‘congressional advisory groups’’). 
(2) MEMBERS AND FUNCTIONS.— 
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