(3) Upon the receipt of a final report submitted 
under section 2(b). 
(k) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; STAFF.—An executive di-
rector and other additional personnel for the Commission 
shall be appointed, compensated, and terminated in the 
same manner provided for the appointment, compensation, 
and termination of the executive director and other per-
sonnel of the Trade Deficit Review Commission under sec-
tion 127(g)(3) and section 127(g)(6) of the Trade Deficit 
Review Commission Act. The executive director and any 
personnel who are employees of the Congressional Execu-
tive Commission on Trade Security shall be employees 
under section 2105 of title 5 for purposes of chapters 63, 
81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and 90 of that title. 
(l) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Commission 
may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(m) HEARINGS
AND SESSIONS.—The Commission 
may, for the purpose of carrying out its duties, hold hear-
ings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony, and 
receive evidence as the Commission considers appropriate. 
The Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to 
witnesses appearing before it. 
(n) OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Commission 
may secure directly from any department or agency of the 
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United States information necessary to enable it to carry 
out this Act. Upon request of the Commission, the head 
of that department or agency shall furnish that informa-
tion to the Commission. 
SEC. 6. REVIEW BY CONGRESS OF NATIONAL SECURITY 
CONSIDERATIONS OF FREE TRADE AGREE-
MENTS. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— 
(1) GENERAL RULE.—The President shall exer-
cise the authority under section 3(a) to suspend all 
or part of a free trade agreement if a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (b) is enacted into law 
pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2). 
(2) PROCEDURAL
PROVISIONS.—(A) The re-
quirements of this paragraph are met if the joint 
resolution is enacted under subsection (b), 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 containing a finding de-
scribed in section 5(c)(1), and 
(ii) if the President vetoes the joint resolu-
tion, each House of Congress votes to override 
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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 
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 Commission submits to the Con-
gress a report containing a finding described in sec-
tion 5(c)(1), and before the end of the 90-day period 
referred to in subparagraph (A). 
(b) 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 directs the President to 
exercise the authority described in section 3(a) of 
the Trade-Related American National Security En-
hancement and Accountability Act with respect to 
the free trade agreement relating to llll.’’ (the 
blank space being appropriately filled in). 
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