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shall be considered as entitled to enter the United States
under and in pursuance of the provisions of the Agreement
as a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(E) of
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(E)), if the entry is solely for a purpose de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii) of such section and the alien
is otherwise admissible to the United States as such a non-
immigrant.
TITLE IV—GENERAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 401. RELATIONSHIP OF THE AGREEMENT TO UNITED
STATES AND STATE LAW.
(a) RELATIONSHIP
OF AGREEMENT
TO UNITED
STATES LAW.—
(1) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN CON-
FLICT.—No provision of the Agreement, nor the ap-
plication of any such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance, that is inconsistent with any law of the
United States shall have effect.
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act shall
be construed—
(A) to amend or modify any law of the
United States, or
(B) to limit any authority conferred under
any law of the United States,
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unless specifically provided for in this Act.
(b) RELATIONSHIP
OF
AGREEMENT
TO
STATE
LAW.—
(1) LEGAL CHALLENGE.—No State law, or the
application thereof, may be declared invalid as to
any person or circumstance on the ground that the
provision or application is inconsistent with the
Agreement, except in an action brought by the
United States for the purpose of declaring such law
or application invalid.
(2) DEFINITION OF STATE LAW.—For purposes
of this subsection, the term ‘‘State law’’ includes—
(A) any law of a political subdivision of a
State; and
(B) any State law regulating or taxing the
business of insurance.
(c) EFFECT OF AGREEMENT WITH RESPECT TO PRI-
VATE REMEDIES.—No person other than the United
States—
(1) shall have any cause of action or defense
under the Agreement; or
(2) may challenge, in any action brought under
any provision of law, any action or inaction by any
department, agency, or other instrumentality of the
United States, any State, or any political subdivision
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of a State on the ground that such action or inaction
is inconsistent with the Agreement.
SEC. 402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated for each fis-
cal year after fiscal year 2001 to the Department of Com-
merce not more than $100,000 for the payment of the
United States share of the expenses incurred in dispute
settlement proceedings under article 17 of the Agreement.
SEC. 403. IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS.
After the date of enactment of this Act—
(1) the President may proclaim such actions,
and
(2) other appropriate officers of the United
States may issue such regulations,
as may be necessary to ensure that any provision of this
Act, or amendment made by this Act, that takes effect
on the date the Agreement enters into force is appro-
priately implemented on such date, but no such proclama-
tion or regulation may have an effective date earlier than
the date the Agreement enters into force.
SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATES; EFFECT OF TERMINATION.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATES.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), the provisions of this Act and the amendments
made by this Act take effect on the date the Agreement
enters into force.
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Sections 1 through 3 and this
title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) TERMINATION
OF
THE AGREEMENT.—On the
date on which the Agreement ceases to be in force, the
provisions of this Act (other than this subsection) and the
amendments made by this Act, shall cease to be effective.
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.