(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the com-
mission shall be appointed for a term of 6 years. 
(2) VACANCIES.—Any member appointed to fill 
a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the 
term for which the member’s predecessor was ap-
pointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 
that term. A member may serve after the expiration 
of that member’s term until a successor has taken 
office. A vacancy in the commission shall be filled in 
the manner in which the original appointment was 
made. 
(f) BASIC PAY.— 
(1) RATES OF PAY.—To the extent or in the 
amounts provided in advance in appropriations acts, 
members shall each be compensated in the same 
manner provided for the compensation of members 
of the Trade Deficit Review Commission under sec-
tion 127(g)(1) and section 127(g)(6) of the Trade 
Deficit Review Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 
note). 
(2) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION OF FED-
ERAL
EMPLOYEES.—Members of the commission 
who are full-time officers or employees of the United 
States, or Members of Congress, may not receive ad-
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ditional pay, allowances, or benefits by reason of 
their service on the commission. 
(g) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall receive 
travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, 
in accordance with applicable provisions under subchapter 
I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(h) QUORUM.—Five members of the commission shall 
constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hear-
ings. 
(i) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of the commis-
sion shall be elected from among the members. 
(j) MEETINGS.—The commission shall meet not less 
often than annually. A meeting shall promptly be held in 
any of the following cases: 
(1) Upon the call of the chairperson. 
(2) Upon the call of a majority of the members. 
(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 
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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 
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.— 
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(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 
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. 
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(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). 
(2) PROCEDURES.—(A) Joint resolutions may 
be introduced in either House of the Congress by 
any member of such House. 
(B) 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 described in section 154(b) of the 
Trade Act of 1974), such committee shall be auto-
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matically discharged from further consideration of 
the joint resolution and it shall be placed on the ap-
propriate calendar. 
(C) It is not in order for— 
(i) the Senate to consider any joint resolu-
tion unless it has been reported by the Com-
mittee on Finance or the committee has been 
discharged under subparagraph (C); or 
(ii) the House of Representatives to con-
sider any joint resolution unless it has been re-
ported by the Committee on Ways and Means 
or the committee has been discharged under 
subparagraph (C). 
(D) A motion 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. 
(3) 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 
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previously adopted a joint resolution under this sec-
tion. 
(c) 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. 
Æ 
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