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(2) the identity of the persons serving on the
panel; and
(3) whether there was any departure from the
rule of consensus with respect to the selection of
persons to serve on the panel.
(e) NOTICE OF APPEALS OF PANEL REPORTS.—If an
appeal is taken of a report of a panel in a proceeding de-
scribed in subsection (d), the Trade Representative shall,
promptly after the notice of appeal is filed, notify the ap-
propriate congressional committees of—
(1) the issues under appeal; and
(2) the identity of the persons serving on the
Appellate Body who are reviewing the report of the
panel.
(f) ACTIONS UPON CIRCULATION OF REPORTS.—
Promptly after the circulation of a report of a panel or
of the Appellate Body to WTO members in a proceeding
described in subsection (d), the Trade Representative
shall—
(1) notify the appropriate congressional com-
mittees of the report;
(2) in the case of a report of a panel, consult
with the appropriate congressional committees con-
cerning the nature of any appeal that may be taken
of the report; and
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(3) if the report is adverse to the United
States, consult with the appropriate congressional
committees concerning whether to implement the re-
port’s recommendation and, if so, the manner of
such implementation and the period of time needed
for such implementation.
(g) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCY ACTION.—
(1) CHANGES
IN
AGENCY
REGULATIONS
OR
PRACTICE.—In any case in which a dispute settle-
ment panel or the Appellate Body finds in its report
that a regulation or practice of a department or
agency of the United States is inconsistent with any
of the Uruguay Round Agreements, that regulation
or practice may not be amended, rescinded, or other-
wise modified in the implementation of such report
unless and until—
(A) the appropriate congressional commit-
tees have been consulted under subsection (f);
(B) the Trade Representative has sought
advice regarding the modification from relevant
private sector advisory committees established
under section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2155);
(C) the head of the relevant department or
agency has provided an opportunity for public
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comment by publishing in the Federal Register
the proposed modification and the explanation
for the modification;
(D) the Trade Representative has submit-
ted to the appropriate congressional committees
a report describing the proposed modification,
the reasons for the modification, and a sum-
mary of the advice obtained under subpara-
graph (B) with respect to the modification;
(E) the Trade Representative and the head
of the relevant department or agency have con-
sulted with the appropriate congressional com-
mittees on the proposed contents of the final
rule or other modification; and
(F) the final rule or other modification has
been published in the Federal Register.
(2) EFFECTIVE
DATE
OF
MODIFICATION.—A
final rule or other modification to which paragraph
(1) applies may not go into effect before the end of
the 60-day period beginning on the date on which
consultations under paragraph (1)(E) begin, unless
the President determines that an earlier effective
date is in the national interest.
(3) VOTE BY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—
During the 60-day period described in paragraph
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(2), the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Fi-
nance of the Senate may vote to indicate the agree-
ment or disagreement of the committee with the pro-
posed contents of the final rule or other modifica-
tion. Any such vote shall not be binding on the de-
partment or agency which is implementing the rule
or other modification.
(4) INAPPLICABILITY TO ITC.—This subsection
does not apply to any regulation or practice of the
International Trade Commission.
(h) CONSULTATIONS REGARDING REVIEW OF WTO
RULES AND PROCEDURES.—Before the review is con-
ducted of the dispute settlement rules and procedures of
the WTO that is provided for in the Decision on the Appli-
cation of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes, as such decision is
set forth in the Ministerial Declarations and Decisions
adopted on April 15, 1994, together with the Uruguay
Round Agreements, the Trade Representative shall con-
sult with the congressional committees regarding the pol-
icy of the United States concerning the review.
SEC. 124. ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WTO.
Not later than March 1 of each year beginning in
1996, the Trade Representative shall submit to the Con-
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gress a report describing, for the preceding fiscal year of
the WTO—
(1) the major activities and work programs of
the WTO, including the functions and activities of
the committees established under article IV of the
WTO Agreement, and the expenditures made by the
WTO in connection with those activities and pro-
grams;
(2) the percentage of budgetary assessments by
the WTO that were accounted for by each WTO
member country, including the United States;
(3) the total number of personnel employed or
retained by the Secretariat of the WTO, and the
number of professional, administrative, and support
staff of the WTO;
(4) for each personnel category described in
paragraph (3), the number of citizens of each coun-
try, and the average salary of the personnel, in that
category;
(5) each report issued by a panel or the Appel-
late Body in a dispute settlement proceeding regard-
ing Federal or State law, and any efforts by the
Trade Representative to provide for implementation
of the recommendations contained in a report that
is adverse to the United States;
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(6) each proceeding before a panel or the Ap-
pellate Body that was initiated during that fiscal
year regarding Federal or State law, the status of
the proceeding, and the matter at issue;
(7) the status of consultations with any State
whose law was the subject of a report adverse to the
United States that was issued by a panel or the Ap-
pellate Body; and
(8) any progress achieved in increasing the
transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial Con-
ference and the General Council, and of dispute set-
tlement proceedings conducted pursuant to the Dis-
pute Settlement Understanding.
SEC. 125. REVIEW OF PARTICIPATION IN THE WTO.
(a) REPORT ON THE OPERATION OF THE WTO.—
The first annual report submitted to the Congress under
section 124—
(1) after the end of the 5-year period beginning
on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters
into force with respect to the United States, and
(2) after the end of every 5-year period there-
after,
shall include an analysis of the effects of the WTO Agree-
ment on the interests of the United States, the costs and
benefits to the United States of its participation in the
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WTO, and the value of the continued participation of the
United States in the WTO.
(b) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF U.S. PARTICI-
PATION IN THE WTO.—
(1) GENERAL RULE.—The approval of the Con-
gress, provided under section 101(a), of the WTO
Agreement shall cease to be effective if, and only if,
a joint resolution described in subsection (c) is en-
acted into law pursuant to the provisions of para-
graph (2).
(2) PROCEDURAL
PROVISIONS.—(A) The re-
quirements of this paragraph are met if the joint
resolution is enacted under subsection (c), and
(i) the Congress adopts and transmits the
joint resolution to the President before the end
of the 90-day period (excluding any day de-
scribed in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of
1974), beginning on the date on which the Con-
gress receives a report referred to in subsection
(a), and
(ii) if the President vetoes the joint resolu-
tion, each House of Congress votes to override
that veto on or before the later of the last day
of the 90-day period referred to in clause (i) or
the last day of the 15-day period (excluding any
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day described in section 154(b) of the Trade
Act of 1974) beginning on the date on which
the Congress receives the veto message from the
President.
(B) A joint resolution to which this section ap-
plies may be introduced at any time on or after the
date on which the President transmits to the Con-
gress a report described in subsection (a), and be-
fore the end of the 90-day period referred to in sub-
paragraph (A).
(c) JOINT RESOLUTIONS.—
(1) JOINT RESOLUTIONS.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘joint resolution’’ means only a
joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the
matter after the resolving clause of which is as fol-
lows: ‘‘That the Congress withdraws its approval,
provided under section 101(a) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement as
defined in section 2(9) of that Act.’’.
(2) PROCEDURES.—(A) Joint resolutions may
be introduced in either House of the Congress by
any member of such House.
(B) Subject to the provisions of this subsection,
the provisions of subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of
section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
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Subtitle D—Related Provisions
SEC. 131. WORKING PARTY ON WORKER RIGHTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall seek the es-
tablishment in the GATT 1947, and, upon entry into force
of the WTO Agreement with respect to the United States,
in the WTO, of a working party to examine the relation-
ship of internationally recognized worker rights, as defined
in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, to the arti-
cles, objectives, and related instruments of the GATT
1947 and of the WTO, respectively.
(b) OBJECTIVES OF WORKING PARTY.—The objec-
tives of the United States for the working party described
in subsection (a) are to—
(1) explore the linkage between international
trade and internationally recognized worker rights,
as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of
1974, taking into account differences in the level of
development among countries;
(2) examine the effects on international trade of
the systematic denial of such rights;
(3) consider ways to address such effects; and
(4) develop methods to coordinate the work pro-
gram of the working party with the International
Labor Organization.