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19 USC 2171 - Structure, functions, powers, and personnel
All TitlesTitle 19Chapter 12Subchapter IPart 4
§ 2171.
Structure, functions, powers, and personnel
Establishment within Executive Office of the President
There is established within the Executive Office of the President the Office of the United States Trade Representative (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Office”).
United States Trade Representative; Deputy United States Trade Representatives
There shall be in the Office three Deputy United States Trade Representatives, one Chief Agricultural Negotiator, and one Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomination of a Deputy United States Trade Representative, the Chief Agricultural Negotiator, or the Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. Each Deputy United States Trade Representative, the Chief Agricultural Negotiator, and the Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator shall hold office at the pleasure of the President and shall have the rank of Ambassador.
A person who has directly represented, aided, or advised a foreign entity (as defined by section 207(f)(3) of title 18) in any trade negotiation, or trade dispute, with the United States may not be appointed as United States Trade Representative or as a Deputy United States Trade Representative.
When the President submits to the Senate for its advice and consent a nomination of an individual for appointment as a Deputy United States Trade Representative under paragraph (2), the President shall include in that submission information on the country, regional offices, and functions of the Office of the United States Trade Representative with respect to which that individual will have responsibility.
The President shall notify the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate not less than 30 days prior to making any change to the responsibilities of any Deputy United States Trade Representative included in a submission under subparagraph (A), including the reason for that change.
Duties of United States Trade Representative and Deputy United States Trade Representatives
be chairman of the interagency trade organization established under section 1872(a) of this title, and shall consult with and be advised by such organization in the performance of his functions; and
The principal functions of the Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator shall be to conduct trade negotiations and to enforce trade agreements relating to United States intellectual property and to take appropriate actions to address acts, policies, and practices of foreign governments that have a significant adverse impact on the value of United States innovation. The Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator shall be a vigorous advocate on behalf of United States innovation and intellectual property interests. The Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator shall perform such other functions as the United States Trade Representative may direct.
Unfair trade practices; additional duties of Representative; advisory committee; definition
In carrying out subsection (c) with respect to unfair trade practices, the United States Trade Representative shall—
coordinate the application of interagency resources, including resources of the Interagency Center on Trade Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement established under subsection (h), to specific unfair trade practice cases;
identify, and refer to the appropriate Federal department or agency for consideration with respect to action, each act, policy, or practice referred to in the report required under section 2241(b) of this title, or otherwise known to the United States Trade Representative on the basis of other available information, that may be an unfair trade practice that either—
may be either an unfair method of competition, or an unfair act in the importation of articles into the United States, that is unlawful under section 337 [19 U.S.C. 1337]; or
may be an act, policy, or practice of a kind with respect to which action may be taken under subchapter III of this chapter.
Powers of United States Trade Representative
The United States Trade Representative may, for the purpose of carrying out his functions under this section—
subject to the civil service and classification laws, select, appoint, employ, and fix the compensation of such officers and employees as are necessary and prescribe their authority and duties, except that not more than 20 individuals may be employed without regard to any provision of law regulating the employment or compensation at rates not to exceed the rate of pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule in section 5314 1
So in original. Probably should be section “5315”.
employ experts and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 5 and compensate individuals so employed for each day (including traveltime) at rates not in excess of the maximum rate of pay for grade GS–18 as provided in section 5332 of title 5 and while such experts and consultants are so serving away from their homes or regular place of business, to pay such employees travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at rates authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons in Government service employed intermittently;
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers and duties vested in him;
utilize, with their consent, the services, personnel, and facilities of other Federal agencies;
enter into and perform such contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions as may be necessary in the conduct of the work of the Office and on such terms as the United States Trade Representative may deem appropriate, with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or with any public or private person, firm, association, corporation, or institution;
pay for expenses approved by him for official travel without regard to the Federal Travel Regulations or to the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 (relating to rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses);
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, devises, and bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office;
acquire, by purchase or exchange, not more than two passenger motor vehicles for use abroad, except that no vehicle may be acquired at a cost exceeding $9,500; and
provide, where authorized by law, copies of documents to persons at cost, except that any funds so received shall be credited to, and be available for use from, the account from which expenditures relating thereto were made.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Office for the purposes of carrying out its functions the following:
$32,300,000 for fiscal year 2003.
$33,108,000 for fiscal year 2004.
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subparagraph (A) for any fiscal year—
not to exceed $98,000 may be used for entertainment and representation expenses of the Office; and
not to exceed $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
For the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1982, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Office for the salaries of its officers and employees such additional sums as may be provided by law to reflect pay rate changes made in accordance with the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970.
By not later than the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget of the United States Government for a fiscal year, the United States Trade Representative shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate the projected amount of funds for the succeeding fiscal year that will be necessary for the Office to carry out its functions.
Interagency Center on Trade Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement
There is established in the Office of the United States Trade Representative an Interagency Center on Trade Implementation, Monitoring, and Enforcement (in this section referred to as the “Center”).
Functions of Center
The Center shall support the activities of the United States Trade Representative in—
investigating potential disputes under the auspices of the World Trade Organization;
investigating potential disputes pursuant to bilateral and regional trade agreements to which the United States is a party;
carrying out the functions of the United States Trade Representative under this section with respect to the monitoring and enforcement of trade agreements to which the United States is a party; and
monitoring measures taken by parties to implement provisions of trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
(Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 141, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1999; Pub. L. 97–456, § 3(a)–(d)(2), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2504, 2505; Pub. L. 98–573, title III, § 304(d)(2)(A), title VII, § 703, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3004, 3043; Pub. L. 99–272, title XIII, § 13023, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 307; Pub. L. 99–514, title XVIII, § 1887(a)(3), (4), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2923; Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9504, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–382; Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1601, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1260; Pub. L. 101–207, § 1(a), Dec. 7, 1989, 103 Stat. 1833; Pub. L. 101–382, title I, § 103(a), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 634; Pub. L. 103–465, title VI, § 621(a)(8), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4993; Pub. L. 104–65, § 21(b), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 704; Pub. L. 104–295, § 20(f)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3529; Pub. L. 106–36, title I, § 1001(a)(2), June 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 106–200, title IV, § 406, May 18, 2000, 114 Stat. 293; Pub. L. 107–210, div. A, title III, § 361(a), (b), Aug. 6, 2002, 116 Stat. 991; Pub. L. 108–429, title II, § 2004(a)(15), Dec. 3, 2004, 118 Stat. 2591; Pub. L. 114–26, title I, § 104(f), June 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 342; Pub. L. 114–125, title VI, §§ 604(a), (b), 609(a), title IX, § 918, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 185, 186, 190, 280.)
cite as: 19 USC 2171