sectors or functional areas the member rep-
resents, and with a designee with proper security 
clearances of each such member as appropriate. 
(3) DISSEMINATION.—The United States Trade 
Representative shall disseminate the guidelines devel-
oped under paragraph (1) to all Federal agencies that 
could have jurisdiction over laws affected by trade ne-
gotiations. 
(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION OF CHIEF TRANS-
PARENCY OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.—Section 141(b) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) There shall be in the Office one Chief Trans-
parency Officer. The Chief Transparency Officer shall con-
sult with Congress on transparency policy, coordinate 
transparency in trade negotiations, engage and assist the 
public, and advise the United States Trade Representative 
on transparency policy.’’. 
SEC. 5. NOTICE, CONSULTATIONS, AND REPORTS. 
(a) NOTICE, CONSULTATIONS, AND REPORTS BEFORE 
NEGOTIATION.— 
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(1) NOTICE.—The President, with respect to any 
agreement that is subject to the provisions of section 
3(b), shall— 
(A) provide, at least 90 calendar days before 
initiating negotiations with a country, written 
notice to Congress of the President’s intention to 
enter into the negotiations with that country and 
set forth in the notice the date on which the 
President intends to initiate those negotiations, 
the specific United States objectives for the nego-
tiations with that country, and whether the 
President intends to seek an agreement, or 
changes to an existing agreement; 
(B) before and after submission of the no-
tice, consult regarding the negotiations with the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate, such other committees of the House 
and Senate as the President deems appropriate, 
and the House Advisory Group on Negotiations 
and the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations 
convened under section 4(c); 
(C) upon the request of a majority of the 
members of either the House Advisory Group on 
Negotiations or the Senate Advisory Group on 
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Negotiations convened under section 4(c), meet 
with the requesting congressional advisory group 
before initiating the negotiations or at any other 
time concerning the negotiations; and 
(D) after consulting with the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Finance, 
and at least 30 calendar days before initiating 
negotiations with a country, publish on a pub-
licly available Internet website of the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, and reg-
ularly update thereafter, a detailed and com-
prehensive summary of the specific objectives 
with respect to the negotiations, and a descrip-
tion of how the agreement, if successfully con-
cluded, will further those objectives and benefit 
the United States. 
(2) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURE.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT AND CONSULTATIONS FOL-
LOWING ASSESSMENT.—Before initiating or con-
tinuing negotiations the subject matter of which 
is directly related to the subject matter under 
section 2(b)(3)(B) with any country, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(i) assess whether United States tariffs 
on agricultural products that were bound 
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under the Uruguay Round Agreements are 
lower than the tariffs bound by that coun-
try; 
(ii) consider whether the tariff levels 
bound and applied throughout the world 
with respect to imports from the United 
States are higher than United States tariffs 
and whether the negotiation provides an op-
portunity to address any such disparity; 
and 
(iii) consult with the Committee on 
Ways and Means and the Committee on Ag-
riculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate concerning the results 
of the assessment, whether it is appropriate 
for the United States to agree to further tar-
iff reductions based on the conclusions 
reached in the assessment, and how all ap-
plicable negotiating objectives will be met. 
(B) SPECIAL
CONSULTATIONS
ON
IMPORT 
SENSITIVE PRODUCTS.—(i) Before initiating ne-
gotiations with regard to agriculture and, with 
respect to agreements described in paragraphs 
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