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manner consistent with section 5(a)(1)(A) as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, 
and results from negotiations that were commenced before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (b) shall 
apply. 
(b) TREATMENT OF AGREEMENTS.—In the case of any 
agreement to which subsection (a) applies, the applicability 
of the trade authorities procedures to implementing bills 
shall be determined without regard to the requirements of 
section 5(a) (relating only to notice prior to initiating nego-
tiations), and any resolution under paragraph (1)(B), 
(3)(C), or (4)(C) of section 6(b) shall not be in order on 
the basis of a failure or refusal to comply with the provi-
sions of section 5(a), if (and only if) the President, as soon 
as feasible after the date of the enactment of this Act— 
(1) notifies Congress of the negotiations described 
in subsection (a), the specific United States objectives 
in the negotiations, and whether the President is seek-
ing a new agreement or changes to an existing agree-
ment; and 
(2) before and after submission of the notice, 
consults regarding the negotiations with the commit-
tees referred to in section 5(a)(1)(B) and the House 
and Senate Advisory Groups on Negotiations con-
vened under section 4(c). 
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SEC. 8. SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN EVENT OF 
CONFLICT.—No provision of any trade agreement entered 
into under section 3(b), nor the application of any such 
provision to any person or circumstance, that is incon-
sistent with any law of the United States, any State of the 
United States, or any locality of the United States shall 
have effect. 
(b) AMENDMENTS
OR MODIFICATIONS
OF UNITED 
STATES LAW.—No provision of any trade agreement en-
tered into under section 3(b) shall prevent the United 
States, any State of the United States, or any locality of 
the United States from amending or modifying any law 
of the United States, that State, or that locality (as the case 
may be). 
(c) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT REPORTS.—Reports, in-
cluding findings and recommendations, issued by dispute 
settlement panels convened pursuant to any trade agree-
ment entered into under section 3(b) shall have no binding 
effect on the law of the United States, the Government of 
the United States, or the law or government of any State 
or locality of the United States. 
SEC. 9. INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
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(1) the United States Trade Representative 
should facilitate participation by small businesses in 
the trade negotiation process; and 
(2) the functions of the Office of the United 
States Trade Representative relating to small busi-
nesses should continue to be reflected in the title of the 
Assistant United States Trade Representative as-
signed the responsibility for small businesses. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF SMALL BUSINESS INTER-
ESTS.—The Assistant United States Trade Representative 
for Small Business, Market Access, and Industrial Competi-
tiveness shall be responsible for ensuring that the interests 
of small businesses are considered in all trade negotiations 
in accordance with the objective described in section 2(a)(8). 
SEC. 10. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; APPLICATION OF 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADVICE
FROM
UNITED
STATES
INTER-
NATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.—Section 131 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2151) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 2103(a) or (b) of the Bipartisan Trade 
Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 3 of 
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