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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4375
To provide negotiating authority for a trade agreement with Chile, but to
apply fast track procedures only to such an agreement that contains
certain provisions relating to worker rights and the environment.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 10, 1994
Mr. GEPHARDT (for himself, Mr. RICHARDSON, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. LEVIN,
and Mr. BORSKI) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly
to the Committees on Ways and Means and Rules
A BILL
To provide negotiating authority for a trade agreement with
Chile, but to apply fast track procedures only to such
an agreement that contains certain provisions relating
to worker rights and the environment.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Chile Free Trade
Agreement Negotiating Act of 1994’’.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY FOR
TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHILE AND OF
‘‘FAST TRACK’’ PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT-
ING LEGISLATION.
Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitive-
ness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) SPECIAL PROVISIONS REGARDING TRADE NEGO-
TIATIONS WITH CHILE.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the time
limitation in subsection (c)(1), the President may,
before January 1, 1997, enter into a trade agree-
ment with Chile under subsection (c).
‘‘(2) APPLICATION
OF
FAST
TRACK
PROCE-
DURES.—
‘‘(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and
(C), section 1103 applies to any trade agree-
ment negotiated under subsection (c) pursuant
to paragraph (1), but only if the President cer-
tifies to the Congress, at the time the imple-
menting bill is submitted with respect to the
trade agreement, that the trade agreement—
‘‘(i) contains provisions requiring the
parties to adhere to internationally recog-
nized worker rights (as defined in section
502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974);
‘‘(ii) requires the parties to enforce
their environmental laws and to take steps
to adopt appropriate higher environmental
standards; and
‘‘(iii) 
includes 
dispute 
resolution
mechanisms to enforce effectively the re-
quirements contained in clauses (i) and
(ii).
‘‘(B) No provision of subsection (b) of sec-
tion 1103 other than paragraph (1)(A) applies
to any trade agreement described in subpara-
graph (A). In applying such paragraph, ‘Janu-
ary 1, 1997,’ shall be substituted for ‘June 1,
1991’.
‘‘(C) The fast track procedures (as used in
section 1103) shall not apply to an implement-
ing bill submitted with respect to a trade agree-
ment described in subparagraph (A) if the
Committee on Rules of the House of Represent-
atives or the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration of the Senate, within 15 days after the
implementing bill is submitted to the Congress,
disapproves the President’s certification under
subparagraph (A) that is included with the im-
plementing bill. Such 15-day period shall be
computed in the manner prescribed in section
1103(e).
‘‘(3) 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 September 1,
1996).
‘‘(4) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AND
SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by the
Congress—
‘‘(A) as an exercise of the rulemaking
power of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, respectively, and as such is deemed a
part of the rules of each House, respectively,
and such procedures supersede other rules only
to the extent that they are inconsistent with
such other rules; and
‘‘(B) with the full recognition of the con-
stitutional right of either House to change the
rules (so far as relating to the procedures of
that House) at any time, in the same manner,
and to the same extent as any other rule of that
House.’’.
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