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(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
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
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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.—
(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.
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(B) REPORT OR 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
appropriate 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
(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
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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
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.
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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.
(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
United States Trade Representative shall promulgate reg-
ulations implementing a protective order system to protect
information designated by the submitting member as con-
fidential.
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(c) PARTICIPATION IN PANEL PROCESS.—Upon re-
quest from a person described in subsection (a), the
United 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 responsible
United States Government officials; and
(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
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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.
(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
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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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