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the provider of the information as proprietary infor-
mation or information treated as confidential by a
foreign government.
SEC. 205. REVIEW OF DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
AND PARTICIPATION IN THE WTO.
(a) AFFIRMATIVE REPORT BY COMMISSION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a joint resolution de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1) is enacted into law pur-
suant to the provisions of subsection (c), the United
States Trade Representative shall undertake nego-
tiations to amend or modify the rules and proce-
dures of the dispute settlement understanding to
which such joint resolution relates.
(2) THREE AFFIRMATIVE REPORTS BY COMMIS-
SION.—If a joint resolution described in subsection
(b)(2) is enacted into law pursuant to the provisions
of subsection (c), the approval of the Congress, pro-
vided under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement shall cease
to be effective in accordance with the provisions of
the joint resolution and the United States shall
cease to be a member of the WTO.
(b) JOINT RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection
(a)(1), a joint resolution is described in this para-
graph if it is a joint resolution of the two Houses
of Congress and the matter after the resolving
clause of such a joint resolution is as follows: ‘‘That
the Congress authorizes and directs the United
States Trade Representative to undertake negotia-
tions to amend or modify the rules and procedures
of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Gov-
erning the Settlement of Disputes relating to XX
with respect to the affirmative determination sub-
mitted to the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settle-
ment Review Commission on XX,’’ the first blank
space being filled with the specific rules and proce-
dures with respect to which Trade Representative is
to undertake negotiations and the second blank
space being filled with the date of the affirmative de-
termination submitted to the Congress by the Com-
mission pursuant to section 4(b) which has given
rise to the joint resolution.
(2) WITHDRAWAL RESOLUTION.—For purposes
of subsection (a)(2), a joint resolution is described
in this paragraph if it is a joint resolution of the two
Houses of Congress and the matter after the resolv-
ing clause of such joint resolution is as follows:
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‘‘That the Congress authorizes and directs the Unit-
ed States Trade Representative to undertake nego-
tiations to amend or modify the rules and proce-
dures of the Understanding on Rules and Proce-
dures Governing the Settlement of Disputes relating
to XX with respect to the affirmative report submit-
ted to the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settlement
Review Commission on XX and if such negotiations
do not result in a solution that the Trade Represent-
ative, by XX, certifies to the Congress is satisfac-
tory, the Congress withdraws its approval, provided
under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in
section 2(9) of the Act’’, the first blank space being
filled with the specific rules and procedures with re-
spect to which the Trade Representative is to under-
take negotiations, the second blank space being filled
with the date of the affirmative determination sub-
mitted to the Congress by the Commission pursuant
to section 4(b) which has given rise to the joint reso-
lution, and the third blank space being filled with
the date the Congress withdraws its approval of the
WTO Agreement.
(c) PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS.—
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The requirements of this
subsection are met if the joint resolution is enacted
in accordance with this subsection, and—
(A) in the case of a joint resolution de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1), the Congress
adopts and transmits the joint resolution to the
President before the end of the 90-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 an affirma-
tive determination from the Commission de-
scribed in section 4(b), or
(B) in the case of a joint resolution de-
scribed in subsection (b)(2), the Commission
has made 3 affirmative determinations de-
scribed in section 4(b) during a 5-year period,
and 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 the third such affirmative deter-
mination.
(2) PRESIDENTIAL
VETO.—In any case in
which the President vetoes the joint resolution, the
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requirements of this subsection are met if 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 subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph
(1), whichever is applicable, or the last day of the
15-day period (excluding any day described in sec-
tion 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974) beginning on
the date on which the Congress receives the veto
message from the President.
(3) INTRODUCTION.—
(A) TIME.—A joint resolution to which
this section applies may be introduced at any
time on or after the date on which the Commis-
sion transmits to the Congress an affirmative
determination described in section 4(b), and be-
fore the end of the 90-day period referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), as
the case may be.
(B) ANY
MEMBER
MAY
INTRODUCE.—A
joint resolution described in subsection (b) may
be introduced in either House of the Congress
by any Member of such House.
(4) EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.—
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(A) GENERAL RULE.—Subject to the pro-
visions of this subsection, the provisions of sub-
sections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 152 of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192 (b),
(d), (e), and (f)) apply to joint resolutions de-
scribed in subsection (b) to the same extent as
such provisions apply to resolutions under such
section.
(B) REPORT OF DISCHARGE OF COMMIT-
TEE.—If the committee of either House to
which a joint resolution has been referred has
not reported it by the close of the 45th day
after its introduction (excluding any day de-
scribed in section 154(d) of the Trade Act of
1974), such committee shall be automatically
discharged from further consideration of the
joint resolution and it shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar.
(C) FINANCE AND WAYS AND MEANS COM-
MITTEES.—It is not in order for—
(i) the Senate to consider any joint
resolution unless it has been reported by
the Committee on Finance or the commit-
tee has been discharged under subpara-
graph (B); or
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(ii) the House of Representatives to
consider any joint resolution unless it has
been reported by the Committee on Ways
and Means or the committee has been dis-
charged under subparagraph (B).
(D) SPECIAL RULES FOR HOUSE.—A mo-
tion in the House of Representatives to proceed
to the consideration of a joint resolution may
only be made on the second legislative day after
the calendar day on which the Member making
the motion announces to the House his or her
intention to do so.
(5) CONSIDERATION OF SECOND RESOLUTION
NOT IN ORDER.—It shall not be in order in either
the House of Representatives or the Senate to con-
sider a joint resolution (other than a joint resolution
received from the other House), if that House has
previously adopted a joint resolution under this sec-
tion relating to the same matter.
(d) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND
SENATE.—This section is enacted by the Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules
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of each House, respectively, and such procedures su-
persede other rules only to the extent that they are
inconsistent with such other rules; and
(2) with the full recognition of the constitu-
tional 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 ex-
tent as any other rule of that House.
SEC. 206. PARTICIPATION IN WTO PANEL PROCEEDINGS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the United States Trade Rep-
resentative, in proceedings before a dispute settlement
panel or the Appellate Body of the WTO, seeks—
(1) to enforce United States rights under a
multilateral trade agreement; or
(2) to defend a challenged action or determina-
tion of the United States Government;
a private United States person that is supportive of the
United States Government’s position before the panel or
Appellate Body and that has a direct economic interest
in the panel’s or Appellate Body’s resolution of the mat-
ters in dispute shall be permitted to participate in con-
sultations and panel proceedings. The Trade Representa-
tive shall issue regulations, consistent with subsections (b)
and (c), ensuring full and effective participation by any
such private person.
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(b) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.—The United States
Trade Representative shall make available to persons de-
scribed in subsection (a) all information presented to or
otherwise obtained by the Trade Representative in connec-
tion with a WTO dispute settlement proceeding. The Unit-
ed States Trade Representative shall promulgate regula-
tions implementing a protective order system to protect
information designated by the submitting member as con-
fidential.
(c) PARTICIPATION IN PANEL PROCESS.—Upon re-
quest from a person described in subsection (a), the Unit-
ed States Trade Representative shall—
(1) consult in advance with such person regard-
ing the content of written submissions from the
United States to the WTO panel concerned or to the
other member countries involved;
(2) include, where appropriate, such person or
its appropriate representative as an advisory mem-
ber of the delegation in sessions of the dispute set-
tlement panel;
(3) allow such special delegation member, where
such member would bring special knowledge to the
proceeding, to appear before the panel, directly or
through counsel, under the supervision of respon-
sibility United States Government officials; and
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(4) in proceedings involving confidential infor-
mation, allow appearance of such person only
through counsel as a member of the special delega-
tion.
SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) APPELLATE
BODY.—The term ‘‘Appellate
Body’’ means the Appellate Body established under
article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement Understand-
ing.
(2) ADVERSE TO THE UNITED STATES.—The
term ‘‘adverse to the United States’’ includes any re-
port which holds any law, regulation, or application
thereof by a government agency to be inconsistent
with international obligations under a Uruguay
Round Agreement (or a nullification or impairment
thereof), whether or not there are other elements of
the decision which favor arguments made by the
United States.
(3) DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT
PANEL; PANEL.—
The terms ‘‘dispute settlement panel’’ and ‘‘panel’’
mean a panel established pursuant to article 6 of the
Dispute Settlement Understanding.
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(4) DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT
BODY.—The term
‘‘Dispute Settlement Body’’ means the Dispute Set-
tlement Body administering the rules and proce-
dures set forth in the Dispute Settlement Under-
standing.
(5) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING.—
The term ‘‘Dispute Settlement Understanding’’
means the understanding on rules and procedures
governing the settlement of disputes referred to in
section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act.
(6) URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENT.—The term
‘‘Uruguay Round Agreement’’ means any of the
agreements described in section 101(d) of the Uru-
guay Round Agreements Act.
(7) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; WTO.—The
term ‘‘World Trade Organization’’ and ‘‘WTO’’
mean the organization established pursuant to the
WTO Agreement.
(8) WTO 
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘WTO
Agreement’’ means the Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organization entered into on April 15,
1994.
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