Trade Transparency Act of 2015

Bill: 114-s-1381
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2015-05-19
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight

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Latest action: action_date: 2015-05-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-05-19
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Trade Transparency Act of 2015</b></p> <p>This bill declares that expedited congressional procedures for consideration (fast track for approval) of implementing bills for trade agreements shall not apply to such bills unless the President makes available to the public the scrubbed bracketed text of the trade agreement at least 60 days before enactment of an Act giving the President trade promotion authority.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1381 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 19, 2015 Ms. Warren (for herself and Mr. Manchin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To require the President to make the text of trade agreements available to the public in order for those agreements to receive expedited consideration from Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Trade Transparency Act of 2015 . 2. Public availability of text of trade agreements (a) In general Unless the President, not later than 60 days before the date of the enactment of an Act to provide the President with trade promotion authority, makes available to the public the scrubbed bracketed text of a trade agreement, the expedited procedures for the consideration of implementing bills under that Act shall not apply to the implementing bill submitted to Congress with respect to that agreement. (b) Effect of later enacted law Federal statutory law adopted after the date of the enactment of this Act is subject to this Act unless such law explicitly excludes such application by reference to this Act.