Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act
PL 114-26 (H.R.2146), enacted 06/29/2015

129 STAT. 319 
PUBLIC LAW 114–26—JUNE 29, 2015 
Public Law 114–26 
114th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal law enforcement 
officers, firefighters, and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals 
from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Defending Public Safety 
Employees’ Retirement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. EARLY RETIREMENT DISTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT 
OFFICERS, 
FIREFIGHTERS, 
AND 
AIR 
TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS IN GOVERNMENTAL PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t)(10)(B) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘means any employee’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(i) any employee’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) any Federal law enforcement officer described 
in section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, United States 
Code, any Federal customs and border protection 
officer described in section 8331(31) or 8401(36) of such 
title, any Federal firefighter described in section 
8331(21) or 8401(14) of such title, or any air traffic 
controller described in 8331(30) or 8401(35) of such 
title.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.—Section 
72(t)(10)(A) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘which is a defined 
benefit plan’’. 
(c) DISTRIBUTIONS NOT TREATED AS MODIFICATION OF SUBSTAN-
TIALLY EQUAL PAYMENTS.—Section 72(t)(4)(A)(ii) of such Code is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or a distribution to which paragraph (10) 
applies’’ after ‘‘other than by reason of death or disability’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to distributions after December 31, 2015. 
SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statu-
tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 
Applicability. 
26 USC 72 note. 
26 USC 72. 
Defending Public 
Safety 
Employees’ 
Retirement Act. 
26 USC 1 note. 
June 29, 2015 
[H.R. 2146] 
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PUBLIC LAW 114–26—JUNE 29, 2015 
TITLE I—TRADE PROMOTION 
AUTHORITY 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
SEC. 102. TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES. 
(a) OVERALL TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.—The overall 
trade negotiating objectives of the United States for agreements 
subject to the provisions of section 103 are— 
(1) to obtain more open, equitable, and reciprocal market 
access; 
(2) to obtain the reduction or elimination of barriers and 
distortions that are directly related to trade and investment 
and that decrease market opportunities for United States 
exports or otherwise distort United States trade; 
(3) to further strengthen the system of international trade 
and investment disciplines and procedures, including dispute 
settlement; 
(4) to foster economic growth, raise living standards, 
enhance the competitiveness of the United States, promote 
full employment in the United States, and enhance the global 
economy; 
(5) to ensure that trade and environmental policies are 
mutually supportive and to seek to protect and preserve the 
environment and enhance the international means of doing 
so, while optimizing the use of the world’s resources; 
(6) to promote respect for worker rights and the rights 
of children consistent with core labor standards of the ILO 
(as set out in section 111(7)) and an understanding of the 
relationship between trade and worker rights; 
(7) to seek provisions in trade agreements under which 
parties to those agreements ensure that they do not weaken 
or reduce the protections afforded in domestic environmental 
and labor laws as an encouragement for trade; 
(8) to ensure that trade agreements afford small businesses 
equal access to international markets, equitable trade benefits, 
and expanded export market opportunities, and provide for 
the reduction or elimination of trade and investment barriers 
that disproportionately impact small businesses; 
(9) to promote universal ratification and full compliance 
with ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the Prohibition and 
Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of 
Child Labor; 
(10) to ensure that trade agreements reflect and facilitate 
the increasingly interrelated, multi-sectoral nature of trade and 
investment activity; 
(11) to recognize the growing significance of the Internet 
as a trading platform in international commerce; 
(12) to take into account other legitimate United States 
domestic objectives, including, but not limited to, the protection 
of legitimate health or safety, essential security, and consumer 
interests and the law and regulations related thereto; and 
19 USC 4201. 
Bipartisan 
Congressional 
Trade Priorities 
and 
Accountability 
Act of 2015. 
19 USC 4201 
note. 
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(13) to take into account conditions relating to religious 
freedom of any party to negotiations for a trade agreement 
with the United States. 
(b) PRINCIPAL TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.— 
(1) TRADE IN GOODS.—The principal negotiating objectives 
of the United States regarding trade in goods are— 
(A) to expand competitive market opportunities for 
exports of goods from the United States and to obtain 
fairer and more open conditions of trade, including through 
the utilization of global value chains, by reducing or elimi-
nating tariff and nontariff barriers and policies and prac-
tices of foreign governments directly related to trade that 
decrease market opportunities for United States exports 
or otherwise distort United States trade; and 
(B) to obtain reciprocal tariff and nontariff barrier 
elimination agreements, including with respect to those 
tariff categories covered in section 111(b) of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(b)). 
(2) TRADE
IN
SERVICES.—(A) The principal negotiating 
objective of the United States regarding trade in services is 
to expand competitive market opportunities for United States 
services and to obtain fairer and more open conditions of trade, 
including through utilization of global value chains, by reducing 
or eliminating barriers to international trade in services, such 
as regulatory and other barriers that deny national treatment 
and market access or unreasonably restrict the establishment 
or operations of service suppliers. 
(B) Recognizing that expansion of trade in services gen-
erates benefits for all sectors of the economy and facilitates 
trade, the objective described in subparagraph (A) should be 
pursued through all means, including through a plurilateral 
agreement with those countries willing and able to undertake 
high standard services commitments for both existing and new 
services. 
(3) TRADE
IN
AGRICULTURE.—The principal negotiating 
objective of the United States with respect to agriculture is 
to obtain competitive opportunities for United States exports 
of agricultural commodities in foreign markets substantially 
equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded foreign 
exports in United States markets and to achieve fairer and 
more open conditions of trade in bulk, specialty crop, and 
value added commodities by— 
(A) securing more open and equitable market access 
through robust rules on sanitary and phytosanitary meas-
ures that— 
(i) encourage the adoption of international stand-
ards and require a science-based justification be pro-
vided for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure if the 
measure is more restrictive than the applicable inter-
national standard; 
(ii) improve regulatory coherence, promote the use 
of systems-based approaches, and appropriately recog-
nize the equivalence of health and safety protection 
systems of exporting countries; 
(iii) require that measures are transparently devel-
oped and implemented, are based on risk assessments 
that take into account relevant international guidelines 
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and scientific data, and are not more restrictive on 
trade than necessary to meet the intended purpose; 
and 
(iv) improve import check processes, including 
testing methodologies and procedures, and certification 
requirements, 
while recognizing that countries may put in place measures 
to protect human, animal, or plant life or health in a 
manner consistent with their international obligations, 
including the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sani-
tary and Phytosanitary Measures (referred to in section 
101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(3))); 
(B) reducing or eliminating, by a date certain, tariffs 
or other charges that decrease market opportunities for 
United States exports— 
(i) giving priority to those products that are subject 
to significantly higher tariffs or subsidy regimes of 
major producing countries; and 
(ii) providing reasonable adjustment periods for 
United States import sensitive products, in close con-
sultation with Congress on such products before initi-
ating tariff reduction negotiations; 
(C) reducing tariffs to levels that are the same as 
or lower than those in the United States; 
(D) reducing or eliminating subsidies that decrease 
market opportunities for United States exports or unfairly 
distort agriculture markets to the detriment of the United 
States; 
(E) allowing the preservation of programs that support 
family farms and rural communities but do not distort 
trade; 
(F) developing disciplines for domestic support pro-
grams, so that production that is in excess of domestic 
food security needs is sold at world prices; 
(G) eliminating government policies that create price 
depressing surpluses; 
(H) eliminating state trading enterprises whenever pos-
sible; 
(I) developing, strengthening, and clarifying rules to 
eliminate practices that unfairly decrease United States 
market access opportunities or distort agricultural markets 
to the detriment of the United States, and ensuring that 
such rules are subject to efficient, timely, and effective 
dispute settlement, including— 
(i) unfair or trade distorting activities of state 
trading enterprises and other administrative mecha-
nisms, with emphasis on requiring price transparency 
in the operation of state trading enterprises and such 
other mechanisms in order to end cross subsidization, 
price discrimination, and price undercutting; 
(ii) unjustified trade restrictions or commercial 
requirements, such as labeling, that affect new tech-
nologies, including biotechnology; 
(iii) unjustified sanitary or phytosanitary restric-
tions, including restrictions not based on scientific prin-
ciples in contravention of obligations in the Uruguay 
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Round Agreements or bilateral or regional trade agree-
ments; 
(iv) other unjustified technical barriers to trade; 
and 
(v) restrictive rules in the administration of tariff 
rate quotas; 
(J) eliminating practices that adversely affect trade 
in perishable or cyclical products, while improving import 
relief mechanisms to recognize the unique characteristics 
of perishable and cyclical agriculture; 
(K) ensuring that import relief mechanisms for perish-
able and cyclical agriculture are as accessible and timely 
to growers in the United States as those mechanisms that 
are used by other countries; 
(L) taking into account whether a party to the negotia-
tions has failed to adhere to the provisions of already 
existing trade agreements with the United States or has 
circumvented obligations under those agreements; 
(M) taking into account whether a product is subject 
to market distortions by reason of a failure of a major 
producing country to adhere to the provisions of already 
existing trade agreements with the United States or by 
the circumvention by that country of its obligations under 
those agreements; 
(N) otherwise ensuring that countries that accede to 
the World Trade Organization have made meaningful 
market liberalization commitments in agriculture; 
(O) taking into account the impact that agreements 
covering agriculture to which the United States is a party 
have on the United States agricultural industry; 
(P) maintaining bona fide food assistance programs, 
market development programs, and export credit programs; 
(Q) seeking to secure the broadest market access pos-
sible in multilateral, regional, and bilateral negotiations, 
recognizing the effect that simultaneous sets of negotiations 
may have on United States import sensitive commodities 
(including those subject to tariff rate quotas); 
(R) seeking to develop an international consensus on 
the treatment of seasonal or perishable agricultural prod-
ucts in investigations relating to dumping and safeguards 
and in any other relevant area; 
(S) seeking to establish the common base year for 
calculating the Aggregated Measurement of Support (as 
defined in the Agreement on Agriculture) as the end of 
each country’s Uruguay Round implementation period, as 
reported in each country’s Uruguay Round market access 
schedule; 
(T) ensuring transparency in the administration of 
tariff rate quotas through multilateral, plurilateral, and 
bilateral negotiations; and 
(U) eliminating and preventing the undermining of 
market access for United States products through improper 
use of a country’s system for protecting or recognizing 
geographical indications, including failing to ensure trans-
parency and procedural fairness and protecting generic 
terms. 
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(4) FOREIGN INVESTMENT.—Recognizing that United States 
law on the whole provides a high level of protection for invest-
ment, consistent with or greater than the level required by 
international law, the principal negotiating objectives of the 
United States regarding foreign investment are to reduce or 
eliminate artificial or trade distorting barriers to foreign invest-
ment, while ensuring that foreign investors in the United States 
are not accorded greater substantive rights with respect to 
investment protections than United States investors in the 
United States, and to secure for investors important rights 
comparable to those that would be available under United 
States legal principles and practice, by— 
(A) reducing or eliminating exceptions to the principle 
of national treatment; 
(B) freeing the transfer of funds relating to invest-
ments; 
(C) reducing or eliminating performance requirements, 
forced technology transfers, and other unreasonable bar-
riers to the establishment and operation of investments; 
(D) seeking to establish standards for expropriation 
and compensation for expropriation, consistent with United 
States legal principles and practice; 
(E) seeking to establish standards for fair and equitable 
treatment, consistent with United States legal principles 
and practice, including the principle of due process; 
(F) providing meaningful procedures for resolving 
investment disputes; 
(G) seeking to improve mechanisms used to resolve 
disputes between an investor and a government through— 
(i) mechanisms to eliminate frivolous claims and 
to deter the filing of frivolous claims; 
(ii) procedures to ensure the efficient selection of 
arbitrators and the expeditious disposition of claims; 
(iii) procedures to enhance opportunities for public 
input into the formulation of government positions; 
and 
(iv) providing for an appellate body or similar 
mechanism to provide coherence to the interpretations 
of investment provisions in trade agreements; and 
(H) ensuring the fullest measure of transparency in 
the dispute settlement mechanism, to the extent consistent 
with the need to protect information that is classified or 
business confidential, by— 
(i) ensuring that all requests for dispute settlement 
are promptly made public; 
(ii) ensuring that— 
(I) all proceedings, submissions, findings, and 
decisions are promptly made public; and 
(II) all hearings are open to the public; and 
(iii) establishing a mechanism for acceptance of 
amicus curiae submissions from businesses, unions, 
and nongovernmental organizations. 
(5) INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY.—The principal negotiating 
objectives of the United States regarding trade-related intellec-
tual property are— 
(A) to further promote adequate and effective protec-
tion of intellectual property rights, including through— 
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(i)(I) ensuring accelerated and full implementation 
of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellec-
tual Property Rights referred to in section 101(d)(15) 
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(15)), particularly with respect to meeting 
enforcement obligations under that agreement; and 
(II) ensuring that the provisions of any trade agree-
ment governing intellectual property rights that is 
entered into by the United States reflect a standard 
of protection similar to that found in United States 
law; 
(ii) providing strong protection for new and 
emerging technologies and new methods of transmit-
ting and distributing products embodying intellectual 
property, including in a manner that facilitates legiti-
mate digital trade; 
(iii) preventing or eliminating discrimination with 
respect to matters affecting the availability, acquisi-
tion, scope, maintenance, use, and enforcement of 
intellectual property rights; 
(iv) ensuring that standards of protection and 
enforcement keep pace with technological develop-
ments, and in particular ensuring that rightholders 
have the legal and technological means to control the 
use of their works through the Internet and other 
global communication media, and to prevent the 
unauthorized use of their works; 
(v) providing strong enforcement of intellectual 
property rights, including through accessible, expedi-
tious, and effective civil, administrative, and criminal 
enforcement mechanisms; and 
(vi) preventing or eliminating government involve-
ment in the violation of intellectual property rights, 
including cyber theft and piracy; 
(B) to secure fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory 
market access opportunities for United States persons that 
rely upon intellectual property protection; and 
(C) to respect the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement 
and Public Health, adopted by the World Trade Organiza-
tion at the Fourth Ministerial Conference at Doha, Qatar 
on November 14, 2001, and to ensure that trade agreements 
foster innovation and promote access to medicines. 
(6) DIGITAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICES AND CROSS- 
BORDER DATA FLOWS.—The principal negotiating objectives of 
the United States with respect to digital trade in goods and 
services, as well as cross-border data flows, are— 
(A) to ensure that current obligations, rules, dis-
ciplines, and commitments under the World Trade 
Organization and bilateral and regional trade agreements 
apply to digital trade in goods and services and to cross- 
border data flows; 
(B) to ensure that— 
(i) electronically delivered goods and services 
receive no less favorable treatment under trade rules 
and commitments than like products delivered in phys-
ical form; and 
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(ii) the classification of such goods and services 
ensures the most liberal trade treatment possible, fully 
encompassing both existing and new trade; 
(C) to ensure that governments refrain from imple-
menting trade-related measures that impede digital trade 
in goods and services, restrict cross-border data flows, or 
require local storage or processing of data; 
(D) with respect to subparagraphs (A) through (C), 
where legitimate policy objectives require domestic regula-
tions that affect digital trade in goods and services or 
cross-border data flows, to obtain commitments that any 
such regulations are the least restrictive on trade, non-
discriminatory, and transparent, and promote an open 
market environment; and 
(E) to extend the moratorium of the World Trade 
Organization on duties on electronic transmissions. 
(7) REGULATORY
PRACTICES.—The principal negotiating 
objectives of the United States regarding the use of government 
regulation or other practices to reduce market access for United 
States goods, services, and investments are— 
(A) to achieve increased transparency and opportunity 
for the participation of affected parties in the development 
of regulations; 
(B) to require that proposed regulations be based on 
sound science, cost benefit analysis, risk assessment, or 
other objective evidence; 
(C) to establish consultative mechanisms and seek 
other commitments, as appropriate, to improve regulatory 
practices and promote increased regulatory coherence, 
including through— 
(i) transparency in developing guidelines, rules, 
regulations, and laws for government procurement and 
other regulatory regimes; 
(ii) the elimination of redundancies in testing and 
certification; 
(iii) early consultations on significant regulations; 
(iv) the use of impact assessments; 
(v) the periodic review of existing regulatory meas-
ures; and 
(vi) the application of good regulatory practices; 
(D) to seek greater openness, transparency, and conver-
gence of standards development processes, and enhance 
cooperation on standards issues globally; 
(E) to promote regulatory compatibility through 
harmonization, equivalence, or mutual recognition of dif-
ferent regulations and standards and to encourage the 
use of international and interoperable standards, as appro-
priate; 
(F) to achieve the elimination of government measures 
such as price controls and reference pricing which deny 
full market access for United States products; 
(G) to ensure that government regulatory reimburse-
ment regimes are transparent, provide procedural fairness, 
are nondiscriminatory, and provide full market access for 
United States products; and 
(H) to ensure that foreign governments— 
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(i) demonstrate that the collection of undisclosed 
proprietary information is limited to that necessary 
to satisfy a legitimate and justifiable regulatory 
interest; and 
(ii) protect such information against disclosure, 
except in exceptional circumstances to protect the 
public, or where such information is effectively pro-
tected against unfair competition. 
(8) STATE-OWNED AND STATE-CONTROLLED ENTERPRISES.— 
The principal negotiating objective of the United States 
regarding competition by state-owned and state-controlled 
enterprises is to seek commitments that— 
(A) eliminate or prevent trade distortions and unfair 
competition favoring state-owned and state-controlled 
enterprises to the extent of their engagement in commercial 
activity, and 
(B) ensure that such engagement is based solely on 
commercial considerations, 
in particular through disciplines that eliminate or prevent 
discrimination and market-distorting subsidies and that pro-
mote transparency. 
(9) LOCALIZATION BARRIERS TO TRADE.—The principal nego-
tiating objective of the United States with respect to localization 
barriers is to eliminate and prevent measures that require 
United States producers and service providers to locate facili-
ties, intellectual property, or other assets in a country as a 
market access or investment condition, including indigenous 
innovation measures. 
(10) LABOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT.—The principal negoti-
ating objectives of the United States with respect to labor 
and the environment are— 
(A) to ensure that a party to a trade agreement with 
the United States— 
(i) adopts and maintains measures implementing 
internationally recognized core labor standards (as 
defined in section 111(17)) and its obligations under 
common multilateral environmental agreements (as 
defined in section 111(6)), 
(ii) does not waive or otherwise derogate from, 
or offer to waive or otherwise derogate from— 
(I) its statutes or regulations implementing 
internationally recognized core labor standards (as 
defined in section 111(17)), in a manner affecting 
trade or investment between the United States 
and that party, where the waiver or derogation 
would be inconsistent with one or more such stand-
ards, or 
(II) its environmental laws in a manner that 
weakens or reduces the protections afforded in 
those laws and in a manner affecting trade or 
investment between the United States and that 
party, except as provided in its law and provided 
not inconsistent with its obligations under common 
multilateral environmental agreements (as defined 
in section 111(6)) or other provisions of the trade 
agreement specifically agreed upon, and 
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(iii) does not fail to effectively enforce its environ-
mental or labor laws, through a sustained or recurring 
course of action or inaction, 
in a manner affecting trade or investment between the 
United States and that party after entry into force of 
a trade agreement between those countries; 
(B) to recognize that— 
(i) with respect to environment, parties to a trade 
agreement retain the right to exercise prosecutorial 
discretion and to make decisions regarding the alloca-
tion of enforcement resources with respect to other 
environmental laws determined to have higher prior-
ities, and a party is effectively enforcing its laws if 
a course of action or inaction reflects a reasonable, 
bona fide exercise of such discretion, or results from 
a reasonable, bona fide decision regarding the alloca-
tion of resources; and 
(ii) with respect to labor, decisions regarding the 
distribution of enforcement resources are not a reason 
for not complying with a party’s labor obligations; a 
party to a trade agreement retains the right to reason-
able exercise of discretion and to make bona fide 
decisions regarding the allocation of resources between 
labor enforcement activities among core labor stand-
ards, provided the exercise of such discretion and such 
decisions are not inconsistent with its obligations; 
(C) to strengthen the capacity of United States trading 
partners to promote respect for core labor standards (as 
defined in section 111(7)); 
(D) to strengthen the capacity of United States trading 
partners to protect the environment through the promotion 
of sustainable development; 
(E) to reduce or eliminate government practices or 
policies that unduly threaten sustainable development; 
(F) to seek market access, through the elimination 
of tariffs and nontariff barriers, for United States environ-
mental technologies, goods, and services; 
(G) to ensure that labor, environmental, health, or 
safety policies and practices of the parties to trade agree-
ments with the United States do not arbitrarily or 
unjustifiably discriminate against United States exports 
or serve as disguised barriers to trade; 
(H) to ensure that enforceable labor and environment 
obligations are subject to the same dispute settlement and 
remedies as other enforceable obligations under the agree-
ment; and 
(I) to ensure that a trade agreement is not construed 
to empower a party’s authorities to undertake labor or 
environmental law enforcement activities in the territory 
of the United States. 
(11) CURRENCY.—The principal negotiating objective of the 
United States with respect to currency practices is that parties 
to a trade agreement with the United States avoid manipulating 
exchange rates in order to prevent effective balance of payments 
adjustment or to gain an unfair competitive advantage over 
other parties to the agreement, such as through cooperative 
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mechanisms, enforceable rules, reporting, monitoring, trans-
parency, or other means, as appropriate. 
(12) FOREIGN
CURRENCY
MANIPULATION.—The principal 
negotiating objective of the United States with respect to unfair 
currency practices is to seek to establish accountability through 
enforceable rules, transparency, reporting, monitoring, coopera-
tive mechanisms, or other means to address exchange rate 
manipulation involving protracted large scale intervention in 
one direction in the exchange markets and a persistently under-
valued foreign exchange rate to gain an unfair competitive 
advantage in trade over other parties to a trade agreement, 
consistent with existing obligations of the United States as 
a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World 
Trade Organization. 
(13) WTO AND MULTILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS.—Recog-
nizing that the World Trade Organization is the foundation 
of the global trading system, the principal negotiating objectives 
of the United States regarding the World Trade Organization, 
the Uruguay Round Agreements, and other multilateral and 
plurilateral trade agreements are— 
(A) to achieve full implementation and extend the cov-
erage of the World Trade Organization and multilateral 
and plurilateral agreements to products, sectors, and condi-
tions of trade not adequately covered; 
(B) to expand country participation in and enhance-
ment of the Information Technology Agreement, the 
Government 
Procurement 
Agreement, 
and 
other 
plurilateral trade agreements of the World Trade Organiza-
tion; 
(C) to expand competitive market opportunities for 
United States exports and to obtain fairer and more open 
conditions of trade, including through utilization of global 
value chains, through the negotiation of new WTO multilat-
eral and plurilateral trade agreements, such as an agree-
ment on trade facilitation; 
(D) to ensure that regional trade agreements to which 
the United States is not a party fully achieve the high 
standards of, and comply with, WTO disciplines, including 
Article XXIV of GATT 1994, Article V and V bis of the 
General Agreement on Trade in Services, and the Enabling 
Clause, including through meaningful WTO review of such 
regional trade agreements; 
(E) to enhance compliance by WTO members with their 
obligations as WTO members through active participation 
in the bodies of the World Trade Organization by the 
United States and all other WTO members, including in 
the trade policy review mechanism and the committee 
system of the World Trade Organization, and by working 
to increase the effectiveness of such bodies; and 
(F) to encourage greater cooperation between the World 
Trade Organization and other international organizations. 
(14) TRADE
INSTITUTION
TRANSPARENCY.—The principal 
negotiating objective of the United States with respect to trans-
parency is to obtain wider and broader application of the prin-
ciple of transparency in the World Trade Organization, entities 
established under bilateral and regional trade agreements, and 
other international trade fora through seeking— 
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(A) timely public access to information regarding trade 
issues and the activities of such institutions; 
(B) openness by ensuring public access to appropriate 
meetings, proceedings, and submissions, including with 
regard to trade and investment dispute settlement; and 
(C) public access to all notifications and supporting 
documentation submitted by WTO members. 
(15) ANTI-CORRUPTION.—The principal negotiating objec-
tives of the United States with respect to the use of money 
or other things of value to influence acts, decisions, or omissions 
of foreign governments or officials or to secure any improper 
advantage in a manner affecting trade are— 
(A) to obtain high standards and effective domestic 
enforcement mechanisms applicable to persons from all 
countries participating in the applicable trade agreement 
that prohibit such attempts to influence acts, decisions, 
or omissions of foreign governments or officials or to secure 
any such improper advantage; 
(B) to ensure that such standards level the playing 
field for United States persons in international trade and 
investment; and 
(C) to seek commitments to work jointly to encourage 
and support anti-corruption and anti-bribery initiatives in 
international trade fora, including through the Convention 
on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in Inter-
national Business Transactions of the Organization for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Development, done at Paris 
December 17, 1997 (commonly known as the ‘‘OECD Anti- 
Bribery Convention’’). 
(16) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT.—The prin-
cipal negotiating objectives of the United States with respect 
to dispute settlement and enforcement of trade agreements 
are— 
(A) to seek provisions in trade agreements providing 
for resolution of disputes between governments under those 
trade agreements in an effective, timely, transparent, equi-
table, and reasoned manner, requiring determinations 
based on facts and the principles of the agreements, with 
the goal of increasing compliance with the agreements; 
(B) to seek to strengthen the capacity of the Trade 
Policy Review Mechanism of the World Trade Organization 
to review compliance with commitments; 
(C) to seek adherence by panels convened under the 
Dispute Settlement Understanding and by the Appellate 
Body to— 
(i) the mandate of those panels and the Appellate 
Body to apply the WTO Agreement as written, without 
adding to or diminishing rights and obligations under 
the Agreement; and 
(ii) the standard of review applicable under the 
Uruguay Round Agreement involved in the dispute, 
including greater deference, where appropriate, to the 
fact finding and technical expertise of national inves-
tigating authorities; 
(D) to seek provisions encouraging the early identifica-
tion and settlement of disputes through consultation; 
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(E) to seek provisions to encourage the provision of 
trade-expanding compensation if a party to a dispute under 
the agreement does not come into compliance with its 
obligations under the agreement; 
(F) to seek provisions to impose a penalty upon a 
party to a dispute under the agreement that— 
(i) encourages compliance with the obligations of 
the agreement; 
(ii) is appropriate to the parties, nature, subject 
matter, and scope of the violation; and 
(iii) has the aim of not adversely affecting parties 
or interests not party to the dispute while maintaining 
the effectiveness of the enforcement mechanism; and 
(G) to seek provisions that treat United States prin-
cipal negotiating objectives equally with respect to— 
(i) the ability to resort to dispute settlement under 
the applicable agreement; 
(ii) the availability of equivalent dispute settlement 
procedures; and 
(iii) the availability of equivalent remedies. 
(17) TRADE REMEDY LAWS.—The principal negotiating objec-
tives of the United States with respect to trade remedy laws 
are— 
(A) to preserve the ability of the United States to 
enforce rigorously its trade laws, including the anti-
dumping, countervailing duty, and safeguard laws, and 
avoid agreements that lessen the effectiveness of domestic 
and international disciplines on unfair trade, especially 
dumping and subsidies, or that lessen the effectiveness 
of domestic and international safeguard provisions, in order 
to ensure that United States workers, agricultural pro-
ducers, and firms can compete fully on fair terms and 
enjoy the benefits of reciprocal trade concessions; and 
(B) to address and remedy market distortions that 
lead to dumping and subsidization, including overcapacity, 
cartelization, and market access barriers. 
(18) BORDER TAXES.—The principal negotiating objective 
of the United States regarding border taxes is to obtain a 
revision of the rules of the World Trade Organization with 
respect to the treatment of border adjustments for internal 
taxes to redress the disadvantage to countries relying primarily 
on direct taxes for revenue rather than indirect taxes. 
(19) TEXTILE
NEGOTIATIONS.—The principal negotiating 
objectives of the United States with respect to trade in textiles 
and apparel articles are to obtain competitive opportunities 
for United States exports of textiles and apparel in foreign 
markets substantially equivalent to the competitive opportuni-
ties afforded foreign exports in United States markets and 
to achieve fairer and more open conditions of trade in textiles 
and apparel. 
(20) COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to an agreement that 
is proposed to be entered into with the Transatlantic Trade 
and Investment Partnership countries and to which section 
103(b) will apply, the principal negotiating objectives of 
the United States regarding commercial partnerships are 
the following: 
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(i) To discourage actions by potential trading part-
ners that directly or indirectly prejudice or otherwise 
discourage commercial activity solely between the 
United States and Israel. 
(ii) To discourage politically motivated actions to 
boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel and to seek 
the elimination of politically motivated nontariff bar-
riers on Israeli goods, services, or other commerce 
imposed on the State of Israel. 
(iii) To seek the elimination of state-sponsored 
unsanctioned foreign boycotts against Israel or compli-
ance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel by prospec-
tive trading partners. 
(B) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘actions 
to boycott, divest from, or sanction Israel’’ means actions 
by states, non-member states of the United Nations, inter-
national organizations, or affiliated agencies of inter-
national organizations that are politically motivated and 
are intended to penalize or otherwise limit commercial 
relations specifically with Israel or persons doing business 
in Israel or in Israeli-controlled territories. 
(21) GOOD
GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY, THE
EFFECTIVE 
OPERATION
OF
LEGAL
REGIMES, AND
THE
RULE
OF
LAW
OF 
TRADING PARTNERS.—The principal negotiating objectives of the 
United States with respect to ensuring implementation of trade 
commitments and obligations by strengthening good govern-
ance, transparency, the effective operation of legal regimes 
and the rule of law of trading partners of the United States 
is through capacity building and other appropriate means, 
which are important parts of the broader effort to create more 
open democratic societies and to promote respect for inter-
nationally recognized human rights. 
(c) CAPACITY BUILDING AND OTHER PRIORITIES.—In order to 
address and maintain United States competitiveness in the global 
economy, the President shall— 
(1) direct the heads of relevant Federal agencies— 
(A) to work to strengthen the capacity of United States 
trading partners to carry out obligations under trade agree-
ments by consulting with any country seeking a trade 
agreement with the United States concerning that country’s 
laws relating to customs and trade facilitation, sanitary 
and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, 
intellectual property rights, labor, and the environment; 
and 
(B) to provide technical assistance to that country if 
needed; 
(2) seek to establish consultative mechanisms among par-
ties to trade agreements to strengthen the capacity of United 
States trading partners to develop and implement standards 
for the protection of the environment and human health based 
on sound science; 
(3) promote consideration of multilateral environmental 
agreements and consult with parties to such agreements 
regarding the consistency of any such agreement that includes 
trade measures with existing environmental exceptions under 
Article XX of GATT 1994; and 
President. 
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(4) submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate an annual report on capacity-building activities 
undertaken in connection with trade agreements negotiated 
or being negotiated pursuant to this title. 
SEC. 103. TRADE AGREEMENTS AUTHORITY. 
(a) AGREEMENTS REGARDING TARIFF BARRIERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the President determines that 
one or more existing duties or other import restrictions of 
any foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening 
and restricting the foreign trade of the United States and 
that the purposes, policies, priorities, and objectives of this 
title will be promoted thereby, the President— 
(A) may enter into trade agreements with foreign coun-
tries before— 
(i) July 1, 2018; or 
(ii) July 1, 2021, if trade authorities procedures 
are extended under subsection (c); and 
(B) may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), proclaim— 
(i) such modification or continuance of any existing 
duty, 
(ii) such continuance of existing duty free or excise 
treatment, or 
(iii) such additional duties, 
as the President determines to be required or appropriate 
to carry out any such trade agreement. 
Substantial modifications to, or substantial additional provi-
sions of, a trade agreement entered into after July 1, 2018, 
or July 1, 2021, if trade authorities procedures are extended 
under subsection (c), shall not be eligible for approval under 
this title. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—The President shall notify Congress of 
the President’s intention to enter into an agreement under 
this subsection. 
(3) LIMITATIONS.—No proclamation may be made under 
paragraph (1) that— 
(A) reduces any rate of duty (other than a rate of 
duty that does not exceed 5 percent ad valorem on the 
date of the enactment of this Act) to a rate of duty which 
is less than 50 percent of the rate of such duty that applies 
on such date of enactment; 
(B) reduces the rate of duty below that applicable 
under the Uruguay Round Agreements or a successor 
agreement, on any import sensitive agricultural product; 
or 
(C) increases any rate of duty above the rate that 
applied on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(4) AGGREGATE REDUCTION; EXEMPTION FROM STAGING.— 
(A) AGGREGATE
REDUCTION.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the aggregate reduction in the rate of 
duty on any article which is in effect on any day pursuant 
to a trade agreement entered into under paragraph (1) 
shall not exceed the aggregate reduction which would have 
been in effect on such day if— 
(i) a reduction of 3 percent ad valorem or a reduc-
tion of 1⁄10 of the total reduction, whichever is greater, 
President. 
Deadlines. 
President. 
Determination. 
19 USC 4202. 
Reports. 
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had taken effect on the effective date of the first reduc-
tion proclaimed under paragraph (1) to carry out such 
agreement with respect to such article; and 
(ii) a reduction equal to the amount applicable 
under clause (i) had taken effect at 1-year intervals 
after the effective date of such first reduction. 
(B) EXEMPTION FROM STAGING.—No staging is required 
under subparagraph (A) with respect to a duty reduction 
that is proclaimed under paragraph (1) for an article of 
a kind that is not produced in the United States. The 
United States International Trade Commission shall advise 
the President of the identity of articles that may be 
exempted from staging under this subparagraph. 
(5) ROUNDING.—If the President determines that such 
action will simplify the computation of reductions under para-
graph (4), the President may round an annual reduction by 
an amount equal to the lesser of— 
(A) the difference between the reduction without regard 
to this paragraph and the next lower whole number; or 
(B) 1⁄2 of 1 percent ad valorem. 
(6) OTHER
LIMITATIONS.—A rate of duty reduction that 
may not be proclaimed by reason of paragraph (3) may take 
effect only if a provision authorizing such reduction is included 
within an implementing bill provided for under section 106 
and that bill is enacted into law. 
(7) OTHER TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.—Notwithstanding para-
graphs (1)(B), (3)(A), (3)(C), and (4) through (6), and subject 
to the consultation and layover requirements of section 115 
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3524), the 
President may proclaim the modification of any duty or staged 
rate reduction of any duty set forth in Schedule XX, as defined 
in section 2(5) of that Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(5)), if the United 
States agrees to such modification or staged rate reduction 
in a negotiation for the reciprocal elimination or harmonization 
of duties under the auspices of the World Trade Organization. 
(8) AUTHORITY UNDER URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS ACT 
NOT
AFFECTED.—Nothing in this subsection shall limit the 
authority provided to the President under section 111(b) of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(b)). 
(b) AGREEMENTS REGARDING TARIFF
AND NONTARIFF BAR-
RIERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—(A) Whenever the President determines 
that— 
(i) 1 or more existing duties or any other import restric-
tion of any foreign country or the United States or any 
other barrier to, or other distortion of, international trade 
unduly burdens or restricts the foreign trade of the United 
States or adversely affects the United States economy, 
or 
(ii) the imposition of any such barrier or distortion 
is likely to result in such a burden, restriction, or effect, 
and that the purposes, policies, priorities, and objectives of 
this title will be promoted thereby, the President may enter 
into a trade agreement described in subparagraph (B) during 
the period described in subparagraph (C). 
(B) The President may enter into a trade agreement under 
subparagraph (A) with foreign countries providing for— 
President. 
Determination. 
President. 
Determination. 
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(i) the reduction or elimination of a duty, restriction, 
barrier, or other distortion described in subparagraph (A); 
or 
(ii) the prohibition of, or limitation on the imposition 
of, such barrier or other distortion. 
(C) The President may enter into a trade agreement under 
this paragraph before— 
(i) July 1, 2018; or 
(ii) July 1, 2021, if trade authorities procedures are 
extended under subsection (c). 
Substantial modifications to, or substantial additional provi-
sions of, a trade agreement entered into after July 1, 2018, 
or July 1, 2021, if trade authorities procedures are extended 
under subsection (c), shall not be eligible for approval under 
this title. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—A trade agreement may be entered into 
under this subsection only if such agreement makes progress 
in meeting the applicable objectives described in subsections 
(a) and (b) of section 102 and the President satisfies the condi-
tions set forth in sections 104 and 105. 
(3) BILLS
QUALIFYING
FOR
TRADE
AUTHORITIES
PROCE-
DURES.—(A) The provisions of section 151 of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (in this title referred to as ‘‘trade authorities proce-
dures’’) apply to a bill of either House of Congress which con-
tains provisions described in subparagraph (B) to the same 
extent as such section 151 applies to implementing bills under 
that section. A bill to which this paragraph applies shall here-
after in this title be referred to as an ‘‘implementing bill’’. 
(B) The provisions referred to in subparagraph (A) are— 
(i) a provision approving a trade agreement entered 
into under this subsection and approving the statement 
of administrative action, if any, proposed to implement 
such trade agreement; and 
(ii) if changes in existing laws or new statutory 
authority are required to implement such trade agreement 
or agreements, only such provisions as are strictly nec-
essary or appropriate to implement such trade agreement 
or agreements, either repealing or amending existing laws 
or providing new statutory authority. 
(c) EXTENSION
DISAPPROVAL
PROCESS
FOR
CONGRESSIONAL 
TRADE AUTHORITIES PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section 106(b)— 
(A) the trade authorities procedures apply to imple-
menting bills submitted with respect to trade agreements 
entered into under subsection (b) before July 1, 2018; and 
(B) the trade authorities procedures shall be extended 
to implementing bills submitted with respect to trade agree-
ments entered into under subsection (b) after June 30, 
2018, and before July 1, 2021, if (and only if)— 
(i) the President requests such extension under 
paragraph (2); and 
(ii) neither House of Congress adopts an extension 
disapproval resolution under paragraph (5) before July 
1, 2018. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT.—If the Presi-
dent is of the opinion that the trade authorities procedures 
President. 
Applicability. 
Applicability. 
Deadlines. 
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should be extended to implementing bills described in para-
graph (1)(B), the President shall submit to Congress, not later 
than April 1, 2018, a written report that contains a request 
for such extension, together with— 
(A) a description of all trade agreements that have 
been negotiated under subsection (b) and the anticipated 
schedule for submitting such agreements to Congress for 
approval; 
(B) a description of the progress that has been made 
in negotiations to achieve the purposes, policies, priorities, 
and objectives of this title, and a statement that such 
progress justifies the continuation of negotiations; and 
(C) a statement of the reasons why the extension is 
needed to complete the negotiations. 
(3) OTHER REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) REPORT BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—The Presi-
dent shall promptly inform the Advisory Committee for 
Trade Policy and Negotiations established under section 
135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) of the 
decision of the President to submit a report to Congress 
under paragraph (2). The Advisory Committee shall submit 
to Congress as soon as practicable, but not later than 
June 1, 2018, a written report that contains— 
(i) its views regarding the progress that has been 
made in negotiations to achieve the purposes, policies, 
priorities, and objectives of this title; and 
(ii) a statement of its views, and the reasons 
therefor, regarding whether the extension requested 
under paragraph (2) should be approved or dis-
approved. 
(B) REPORT BY INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION.— 
The President shall promptly inform the United States 
International Trade Commission of the decision of the 
President to submit a report to Congress under paragraph 
(2). The International Trade Commission shall submit to 
Congress as soon as practicable, but not later than June 
1, 2018, a written report that contains a review and anal-
ysis of the economic impact on the United States of all 
trade agreements implemented between the date of the 
enactment of this Act and the date on which the President 
decides to seek an extension requested under paragraph 
(2). 
(4) STATUS OF REPORTS.—The reports submitted to Con-
gress under paragraphs (2) and (3), or any portion of such 
reports, may be classified to the extent the President deter-
mines appropriate. 
(5) EXTENSION DISAPPROVAL RESOLUTIONS.—(A) For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘extension disapproval resolu-
tion’’ means a resolution of either House of Congress, the sole 
matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That 
the llll disapproves the request of the President for the 
extension, under section 103(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015, 
of the trade authorities procedures under that Act to any imple-
menting bill submitted with respect to any trade agreement 
entered into under section 103(b) of that Act after June 30, 
Definition. 
President. 
President. 
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2018.’’, with the blank space being filled with the name of 
the resolving House of Congress. 
(B) Extension disapproval resolutions— 
(i) may be introduced in either House of Congress 
by any member of such House; and 
(ii) shall be referred, in the House of Representatives, 
to the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, 
to the Committee on Rules. 
(C) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 
152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating to 
the floor consideration of certain resolutions in the House and 
Senate) apply to extension disapproval resolutions. 
(D) It is not in order for— 
(i) the House of Representatives to consider any exten-
sion disapproval resolution not reported by the Committee 
on Ways and Means and, in addition, by the Committee 
on Rules; 
(ii) the Senate to consider any extension disapproval 
resolution not reported by the Committee on Finance; or 
(iii) either House of Congress to consider an extension 
disapproval resolution after June 30, 2018. 
(d) COMMENCEMENT OF NEGOTIATIONS.—In order to contribute 
to the continued economic expansion of the United States, the 
President shall commence negotiations covering tariff and nontariff 
barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector, and 
expand existing sectoral agreements to countries that are not par-
ties to those agreements, in cases where the President determines 
that such negotiations are feasible and timely and would benefit 
the United States. Such sectors include agriculture, commercial 
services, intellectual property rights, industrial and capital goods, 
government procurement, information technology products, environ-
mental technology and services, medical equipment and services, 
civil aircraft, and infrastructure products. In so doing, the President 
shall take into account all of the negotiating objectives set forth 
in section 102. 
SEC. 104. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATIONS, AND ACCESS 
TO INFORMATION. 
(a) CONSULTATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) CONSULTATIONS DURING NEGOTIATIONS.—In the course 
of negotiations conducted under this title, the United States 
Trade Representative shall— 
(A) meet upon request with any Member of Congress 
regarding negotiating objectives, the status of negotiations 
in progress, and the nature of any changes in the laws 
of the United States or the administration of those laws 
that may be recommended to Congress to carry out any 
trade agreement or any requirement of, amendment to, 
or recommendation under, that agreement; 
(B) upon request of any Member of Congress, provide 
access to pertinent documents relating to the negotiations, 
including classified materials; 
(C) consult closely and on a timely basis with, and 
keep fully apprised of the negotiations, the Committee on 
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate; 
19 USC 4203. 
President. 
Applicability. 
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(D) consult closely and on a timely basis with, and 
keep fully apprised of the negotiations, the House Advisory 
Group on Negotiations and the Senate Advisory Group 
on Negotiations convened under subsection (c) and all 
committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
with jurisdiction over laws that could be affected by a 
trade agreement resulting from the negotiations; and 
(E) with regard to any negotiations and agreement 
relating to agricultural trade, also consult closely and on 
a timely basis (including immediately before initialing an 
agreement) with, and keep fully apprised of the negotia-
tions, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate. 
(2) CONSULTATIONS
PRIOR
TO
ENTRY
INTO
FORCE.—Prior 
to exchanging notes providing for the entry into force of a 
trade agreement, the United States Trade Representative shall 
consult closely and on a timely basis with Members of Congress 
and committees as specified in paragraph (1), and keep them 
fully apprised of the measures a trading partner has taken 
to comply with those provisions of the agreement that are 
to take effect on the date that the agreement enters into force. 
(3) ENHANCED COORDINATION WITH CONGRESS.— 
(A) WRITTEN GUIDELINES.—The United States Trade 
Representative, in consultation with the chairmen and the 
ranking members of the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate, respectively— 
(i) shall, not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, develop written guidelines 
on enhanced coordination with Congress, including 
coordination with designated congressional advisers 
under subsection (b), regarding negotiations conducted 
under this title; and 
(ii) may make such revisions to the guidelines 
as may be necessary from time to time. 
(B) CONTENT OF GUIDELINES.—The guidelines devel-
oped under subparagraph (A) shall enhance coordination 
with Congress through procedures to ensure— 
(i) timely briefings upon request of any Member 
of Congress regarding negotiating objectives, the status 
of negotiations in progress conducted under this title, 
and the nature of any changes in the laws of the 
United States or the administration of those laws that 
may be recommended to Congress to carry out any 
trade agreement or any requirement of, amendment 
to, or recommendation under, that agreement; and 
(ii) the sharing of detailed and timely information 
with Members of Congress, and their staff with proper 
security clearances as appropriate, regarding those 
negotiations and pertinent documents related to those 
negotiations (including classified information), and 
with committee staff with proper security clearances 
as would be appropriate in the light of the responsibil-
ities of that committee over the trade agreements pro-
grams affected by those negotiations. 
Deadline. 
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(C) DISSEMINATION.—The United States Trade Rep-
resentative shall disseminate the guidelines developed 
under subparagraph (A) to all Federal agencies that could 
have jurisdiction over laws affected by trade negotiations. 
(b) DESIGNATED CONGRESSIONAL ADVISERS.— 
(1) DESIGNATION.— 
(A) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—In each Congress, 
any Member of the House of Representatives may be des-
ignated as a congressional adviser on trade policy and 
negotiations by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, after consulting with the chairman and ranking 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means and the 
chairman and ranking member of the committee from 
which the Member will be selected. 
(B) SENATE.—In each Congress, any Member of the 
Senate may be designated as a congressional adviser on 
trade policy and negotiations by the President pro tempore 
of the Senate, after consultation with the chairman and 
ranking member of the Committee on Finance and the 
chairman and ranking member of the committee from 
which the Member will be selected. 
(2) CONSULTATIONS
WITH
DESIGNATED
CONGRESSIONAL 
ADVISERS.—In the course of negotiations conducted under this 
title, the United States Trade Representative shall consult 
closely and on a timely basis (including immediately before 
initialing an agreement) with, and keep fully apprised of the 
negotiations, the congressional advisers for trade policy and 
negotiations designated under paragraph (1). 
(3) ACCREDITATION.—Each Member of Congress designated 
as a congressional adviser under paragraph (1) shall be accred-
ited by the United States Trade Representative on behalf of 
the President as an official adviser to the United States delega-
tions to international conferences, meetings, and negotiating 
sessions relating to trade agreements. 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY GROUPS ON NEGOTIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 30 days after 
the convening of each Congress, the chairman of the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives shall 
convene the House Advisory Group on Negotiations and the 
chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate shall 
convene the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations (in this 
subsection referred to collectively as the ‘‘congressional advisory 
groups’’). 
(2) MEMBERS AND FUNCTIONS.— 
(A) MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE ADVISORY GROUP ON 
NEGOTIATIONS.—In each Congress, the House Advisory 
Group on Negotiations shall be comprised of the following 
Members of the House of Representatives: 
(i) The chairman and ranking member of the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and 3 additional members 
of such Committee (not more than 2 of whom are 
members of the same political party). 
(ii) The chairman and ranking member, or their 
designees, of the committees of the House of Represent-
atives that would have, under the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, jurisdiction over provisions of law 
Deadlines. 
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affected by a trade agreement negotiation conducted 
at any time during that Congress and to which this 
title would apply. 
(B) MEMBERSHIP OF THE SENATE ADVISORY GROUP ON 
NEGOTIATIONS.—In each Congress, the Senate Advisory 
Group on Negotiations shall be comprised of the following 
Members of the Senate: 
(i) The chairman and ranking member of the Com-
mittee on Finance and 3 additional members of such 
Committee (not more than 2 of whom are members 
of the same political party). 
(ii) The chairman and ranking member, or their 
designees, of the committees of the Senate that would 
have, under the Rules of the Senate, jurisdiction over 
provisions of law affected by a trade agreement negotia-
tion conducted at any time during that Congress and 
to which this title would apply. 
(C) ACCREDITATION.—Each member of the congres-
sional advisory groups described in subparagraphs (A)(i) 
and (B)(i) shall be accredited by the United States Trade 
Representative on behalf of the President as an official 
adviser to the United States delegation in negotiations 
for any trade agreement to which this title applies. Each 
member of the congressional advisory groups described in 
subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) shall be accredited by 
the United States Trade Representative on behalf of the 
President as an official adviser to the United States delega-
tion in the negotiations by reason of which the member 
is in one of the congressional advisory groups. 
(D) CONSULTATION
AND
ADVICE.—The congressional 
advisory groups shall consult with and provide advice to 
the Trade Representative regarding the formulation of spe-
cific objectives, negotiating strategies and positions, the 
development of the applicable trade agreement, and compli-
ance and enforcement of the negotiated commitments under 
the trade agreement. 
(E) CHAIR.—The House Advisory Group on Negotia-
tions shall be chaired by the Chairman of the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations shall be chaired 
by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate. 
(F) COORDINATION
WITH
OTHER
COMMITTEES.—Mem-
bers of any committee represented on one of the congres-
sional advisory groups may submit comments to the 
member of the appropriate congressional advisory group 
from that committee regarding any matter related to a 
negotiation for any trade agreement to which this title 
applies. 
(3) GUIDELINES.— 
(A) PURPOSE AND REVISION.—The United States Trade 
Representative, in consultation with the chairmen and the 
ranking members of the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate, respectively— 
(i) shall, not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, develop written guidelines 
Deadline. 
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to facilitate the useful and timely exchange of informa-
tion between the Trade Representative and the 
congressional advisory groups; and 
(ii) may make such revisions to the guidelines 
as may be necessary from time to time. 
(B) 
CONTENT.—The 
guidelines 
developed 
under 
subparagraph (A) shall provide for, among other things— 
(i) detailed briefings on a fixed timetable to be 
specified in the guidelines of the congressional advisory 
groups regarding negotiating objectives and positions 
and the status of the applicable negotiations, beginning 
as soon as practicable after the congressional advisory 
groups are convened, with more frequent briefings as 
trade negotiations enter the final stage; 
(ii) access by members of the congressional 
advisory groups, and staff with proper security clear-
ances, to pertinent documents relating to the negotia-
tions, including classified materials; 
(iii) the closest practicable coordination between 
the Trade Representative and the congressional 
advisory groups at all critical periods during the nego-
tiations, including at negotiation sites; 
(iv) after the applicable trade agreement is con-
cluded, consultation regarding ongoing compliance and 
enforcement of negotiated commitments under the 
trade agreement; and 
(v) the timeframe for submitting the report 
required under section 105(d)(3). 
(4) REQUEST FOR MEETING.—Upon the request of a majority 
of either of the congressional advisory groups, the President 
shall meet with that congressional advisory group before initi-
ating negotiations with respect to a trade agreement, or at 
any other time concerning the negotiations. 
(d) CONSULTATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC.— 
(1) GUIDELINES
FOR
PUBLIC
ENGAGEMENT.—The United 
States Trade Representative, in consultation with the chairmen 
and the ranking members of the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate, respectively— 
(A) shall, not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, develop written guidelines on 
public access to information regarding negotiations con-
ducted under this title; and 
(B) may make such revisions to the guidelines as may 
be necessary from time to time. 
(2) PURPOSES.—The guidelines developed under paragraph 
(1) shall— 
(A) facilitate transparency; 
(B) encourage public participation; and 
(C) promote collaboration in the negotiation process. 
(3) CONTENT.—The guidelines developed under paragraph 
(1) shall include procedures that— 
(A) provide for rapid disclosure of information in forms 
that the public can readily find and use; and 
(B) provide frequent opportunities for public input 
through Federal Register requests for comment and other 
means. 
Deadline. 
President. 
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(4) DISSEMINATION.—The United States Trade Representa-
tive shall disseminate the guidelines developed under para-
graph (1) to all Federal agencies that could have jurisdiction 
over laws affected by trade negotiations. 
(e) CONSULTATIONS WITH ADVISORY COMMITTEES.— 
(1) GUIDELINES FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH ADVISORY COMMIT-
TEES.—The United States Trade Representative, in consultation 
with the chairmen and the ranking members of the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate, respectively— 
(A) shall, not later than 120 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, develop written guidelines on 
enhanced coordination with advisory committees estab-
lished pursuant to section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2155) regarding negotiations conducted under 
this title; and 
(B) may make such revisions to the guidelines as may 
be necessary from time to time. 
(2) CONTENT.—The guidelines developed under paragraph 
(1) shall enhance coordination with advisory committees 
described in that paragraph through procedures to ensure— 
(A) timely briefings of advisory committees and regular 
opportunities for advisory committees to provide input 
throughout the negotiation process on matters relevant 
to the sectors or functional areas represented by those 
committees; and 
(B) the sharing of detailed and timely information with 
each member of an advisory committee regarding negotia-
tions and pertinent documents related to the negotiation 
(including classified information) on matters relevant to 
the sectors or functional areas the member represents, 
and with a designee with proper security clearances of 
each such member as appropriate. 
(3) DISSEMINATION.—The United States Trade Representa-
tive shall disseminate the guidelines developed under para-
graph (1) to all Federal agencies that could have jurisdiction 
over laws affected by trade negotiations. 
(f) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
POSITION
OF
CHIEF
TRANSPARENCY 
OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTA-
TIVE.—Section 141(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(b)) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
‘‘(3) There shall be in the Office one Chief Transparency Officer. 
The Chief Transparency Officer shall consult 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. 105. NOTICE, CONSULTATIONS, AND REPORTS. 
(a) NOTICE, CONSULTATIONS, AND REPORTS BEFORE NEGOTIA-
TION.— 
(1) NOTICE.—The President, with respect to any agreement 
that is subject to the provisions of section 103(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 
Time period. 
President. 
19 USC 4204. 
Deadline. 
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with that country and set forth in the notice the date 
on which the President intends to initiate those negotia-
tions, the specific United States objectives for the negotia-
tions 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 notice, consult 
regarding the negotiations with the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate, such other committees 
of the House and Senate as the President deems appro-
priate, and the House Advisory Group on Negotiations 
and the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations convened 
under section 104(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 Negotiations convened under 
section 104(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 publicly available Internet website of the 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, and regu-
larly update thereafter, a detailed and comprehensive sum-
mary of the specific objectives with respect to the negotia-
tions, and a description of how the agreement, if success-
fully concluded, will further those objectives and benefit 
the United States. 
(2) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURE.— 
(A) ASSESSMENT
AND
CONSULTATIONS
FOLLOWING 
ASSESSMENT.—Before initiating or continuing negotiations 
the subject matter of which is directly related to the subject 
matter under section 102(b)(3)(B) with any country, the 
President shall— 
(i) assess whether United States tariffs on agricul-
tural products that were bound under the Uruguay 
Round Agreements are lower than the tariffs bound 
by that country; 
(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 oppor-
tunity to address any such disparity; and 
(iii) consult with the Committee on Ways and 
Means and the Committee on Agriculture 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 tariff reductions based on the conclu-
sions reached in the assessment, and how all applicable 
negotiating objectives will be met. 
(B) SPECIAL
CONSULTATIONS
ON
IMPORT
SENSITIVE 
PRODUCTS.—(i) Before initiating negotiations with regard 
to agriculture and, with respect to agreements described 
in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 107(a), as soon as 
Time period. 
Web posting. 
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practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the United States Trade Representative shall— 
(I) identify those agricultural products subject to 
tariff rate quotas on the date of enactment of this 
Act, and agricultural products subject to tariff reduc-
tions by the United States as a result of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements, for which the rate of duty was 
reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate which was not 
less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty that applied 
to such article on December 31, 1994; 
(II) consult with the Committee on Ways and 
Means and the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate concerning— 
(aa) whether any further tariff reductions on 
the products identified under subclause (I) should 
be appropriate, taking into account the impact of 
any such tariff reduction on the United States 
industry producing the product concerned; 
(bb) whether the products so identified face 
unjustified sanitary or phytosanitary restrictions, 
including those not based on scientific principles 
in contravention of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments; and 
(cc) whether the countries participating in the 
negotiations maintain export subsidies or other 
programs, policies, or practices that distort world 
trade in such products and the impact of such 
programs, policies, and practices on United States 
producers of the products; 
(III) request that the International Trade Commis-
sion prepare an assessment of the probable economic 
effects of any such tariff reduction on the United States 
industry producing the product concerned and on the 
United States economy as a whole; and 
(IV) upon complying with subclauses (I), (II), and 
(III), notify the Committee on Ways and Means and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate of those products identified under subclause 
(I) for which the Trade Representative intends to seek 
tariff liberalization in the negotiations and the reasons 
for seeking such tariff liberalization. 
(ii) If, after negotiations described in clause (i) are 
commenced— 
(I) the United States Trade Representative identi-
fies any additional agricultural product described in 
clause (i)(I) for tariff reductions which were not the 
subject of a notification under clause (i)(IV), or 
(II) any additional agricultural product described 
in clause (i)(I) is the subject of a request for tariff 
reductions by a party to the negotiations, 
the Trade Representative shall, as soon as practicable, 
notify the committees referred to in clause (i)(IV) of those 
products and the reasons for seeking such tariff reductions. 
Assessment. 
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(3) NEGOTIATIONS
REGARDING
THE
FISHING
INDUSTRY.— 
Before initiating, or continuing, negotiations that directly relate 
to fish or shellfish trade with any country, the President shall 
consult with the Committee on Ways and Means and the Com-
mittee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, 
and the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Com-
merce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and shall 
keep the Committees apprised of the negotiations on an ongoing 
and timely basis. 
(4) NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING TEXTILES.—Before initiating 
or continuing negotiations the subject matter of which is 
directly related to textiles and apparel products with any 
country, the President shall— 
(A) assess whether United States tariffs on textile and 
apparel products that were bound under the Uruguay 
Round Agreements are lower than the tariffs bound by 
that country and whether the negotiation provides an 
opportunity to address any such disparity; and 
(B) consult with the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate concerning the results of the assess-
ment, whether it is appropriate for the United States to 
agree to further tariff reductions based on the conclusions 
reached in the assessment, and how all applicable negoti-
ating objectives will be met. 
(5) ADHERENCE
TO
EXISTING
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
AND 
INVESTMENT
AGREEMENT
OBLIGATIONS.—In 
determining 
whether to enter into negotiations with a particular country, 
the President shall take into account the extent to which that 
country has implemented, or has accelerated the implementa-
tion of, its international trade and investment commitments 
to the United States, including pursuant to the WTO Agree-
ment. 
(b) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS BEFORE ENTRY INTO AGREE-
MENT.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—Before entering into any trade agree-
ment under section 103(b), the President shall consult with— 
(A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate; 
(B) each other committee of the House and the Senate, 
and each joint committee of Congress, which has jurisdic-
tion over legislation involving subject matters which would 
be affected by the trade agreement; and 
(C) the House Advisory Group on Negotiations and 
the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations convened under 
section 104(c). 
(2) SCOPE.—The consultation described in paragraph (1) 
shall include consultation with respect to— 
(A) the nature of the agreement; 
(B) how and to what extent the agreement will achieve 
the applicable purposes, policies, priorities, and objectives 
of this title; and 
(C) the implementation of the agreement under section 
106, including the general effect of the agreement on 
existing laws. 
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(3) REPORT
REGARDING
UNITED
STATES
TRADE
REMEDY 
LAWS.— 
(A) CHANGES IN CERTAIN TRADE LAWS.—The President, 
not less than 180 calendar days before the day on which 
the President enters into a trade agreement under section 
103(b), shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Finance of the Senate— 
(i) the range of proposals advanced in the negotia-
tions with respect to that agreement, that may be 
in the final agreement, and that could require amend-
ments to title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671 et seq.) or to chapter 1 of title II of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.); and 
(ii) how these proposals relate to the objectives 
described in section 102(b)(16). 
(B) RESOLUTIONS.—(i) At any time after the trans-
mission of the report under subparagraph (A), if a resolu-
tion is introduced with respect to that report in either 
House of Congress, the procedures set forth in clauses 
(iii) through (vii) shall apply to that resolution if— 
(I) no other resolution with respect to that report 
has previously been reported in that House of Congress 
by the Committee on Ways and Means or the Com-
mittee on Finance, as the case may be, pursuant to 
those procedures; and 
(II) no procedural disapproval resolution under sec-
tion 106(b) introduced with respect to a trade agree-
ment entered into pursuant to the negotiations to 
which the report under subparagraph (A) relates has 
previously been reported in that House of Congress 
by the Committee on Ways and Means or the Com-
mittee on Finance, as the case may be. 
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘‘reso-
lution’’ means only a resolution of either House of Congress, 
the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 
‘‘That the llll finds that the proposed changes to 
United States trade remedy laws contained in the report 
of the President transmitted to Congress on llll under 
section 105(b)(3) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 with respect to 
llll, are inconsistent with the negotiating objectives 
described in section 102(b)(16) of that Act.’’, with the first 
blank space being filled with the name of the resolving 
House of Congress, the second blank space being filled 
with the appropriate date of the report, and the third 
blank space being filled with the name of the country 
or countries involved. 
(iii) Resolutions in the House of Representatives— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member of the House; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means and, in addition, to the Committee on 
Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either Committee. 
(iv) Resolutions in the Senate— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member of the 
Senate; 
Definition. 
Applicability. 
Time period. 
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(II) shall be referred to the Committee on Finance; 
and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(v) It is not in order for the House of Representatives 
to consider any resolution that is not reported by the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means and, in addition, by the Com-
mittee on Rules. 
(vi) It is not in order for the Senate to consider any 
resolution that is not reported by the Committee on 
Finance. 
(vii) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 
152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating 
to floor consideration of certain resolutions in the House 
and Senate) shall apply to resolutions. 
(4) ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS.—The report required 
under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2155(e)(1)) regarding any trade agreement entered into under 
subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 shall be provided to the 
President, Congress, and the United States Trade Representa-
tive not later than 30 days after the date on which the President 
notifies Congress under section 103(a)(2) or 106(a)(1)(A) of the 
intention of the President to enter into the agreement. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) SUBMISSION
OF
INFORMATION
TO
COMMISSION.—The 
President, not later than 90 calendar days before the day on 
which the President enters into a trade agreement under sec-
tion 103(b), shall provide the International Trade Commission 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘Commission’’) with the 
details of the agreement as it exists at that time and request 
the Commission to prepare and submit an assessment of the 
agreement as described in paragraph (2). Between the time 
the President makes the request under this paragraph and 
the time the Commission submits the assessment, the President 
shall keep the Commission current with respect to the details 
of the agreement. 
(2) ASSESSMENT.—Not later than 105 calendar days after 
the President enters into a trade agreement under section 
103(b), the Commission shall submit to the President and Con-
gress a report assessing the likely impact of the agreement 
on the United States economy as a whole and on specific 
industry sectors, including the impact the agreement will have 
on the gross domestic product, exports and imports, aggregate 
employment and employment opportunities, the production, 
employment, and competitive position of industries likely to 
be significantly affected by the agreement, and the interests 
of United States consumers. 
(3) REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL LITERATURE.—In preparing the 
assessment under paragraph (2), the Commission shall review 
available economic assessments regarding the agreement, 
including literature regarding any substantially equivalent pro-
posed agreement, and shall provide in its assessment a descrip-
tion of the analyses used and conclusions drawn in such lit-
erature, and a discussion of areas of consensus and divergence 
between the various analyses and conclusions, including those 
of the Commission regarding the agreement. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall make each 
assessment under paragraph (2) available to the public. 
Deadline. 
Deadline. 
Applicability. 
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(d) REPORTS SUBMITTED TO COMMITTEES WITH AGREEMENT.— 
(1) ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND REPORTS.—The President 
shall— 
(A) conduct environmental reviews of future trade and 
investment agreements, consistent with Executive Order 
No. 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169), dated November 16, 1999, 
and its relevant guidelines; and 
(B) submit a report on those reviews and on the content 
and operation of consultative mechanisms established 
pursuant to section 102(c) to the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate at the time the President submits 
to Congress a copy of the final legal text of an agreement 
pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(E). 
(2) EMPLOYMENT
IMPACT
REVIEWS
AND
REPORTS.—The 
President shall— 
(A) review the impact of future trade agreements on 
United States employment, including labor markets, mod-
eled after Executive Order No. 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169) 
to the extent appropriate in establishing procedures and 
criteria; and 
(B) submit a report on such reviews to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Finance of the Senate at the time the 
President submits to Congress a copy of the final legal 
text of an agreement pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(E). 
(3) REPORT ON LABOR RIGHTS.—The President shall submit 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, 
on a timeframe determined in accordance with section 
104(c)(3)(B)(v)— 
(A) a meaningful labor rights report of the country, 
or countries, with respect to which the President is negoti-
ating; and 
(B) a description of any provisions that would require 
changes to the labor laws and labor practices of the United 
States. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall make all 
reports required under this subsection available to the public. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT PLAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—At the time the President submits to 
Congress a copy of the final legal text of an agreement pursuant 
to section 106(a)(1)(E), the President shall also submit to Con-
gress a plan for implementing and enforcing the agreement. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The implementation and enforcement plan 
required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) BORDER PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS.—A description 
of additional personnel required at border entry points, 
including a list of additional customs and agricultural 
inspectors. 
(B) AGENCY STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.—A description 
of additional personnel required by Federal agencies 
responsible for monitoring and implementing the trade 
agreement, including personnel required by the Office of 
the United States Trade Representative, the Department 
of Commerce, the Department of Agriculture (including 
additional personnel required to implement sanitary and 
Records. 
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phytosanitary measures in order to obtain market access 
for United States exports), the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department of the Treasury, and such other 
agencies as may be necessary. 
(C) 
CUSTOMS
INFRASTRUCTURE
REQUIREMENTS.—A 
description of the additional equipment and facilities 
needed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
(D) IMPACT ON STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—A 
description of the impact the trade agreement will have 
on State and local governments as a result of increases 
in trade. 
(E) COST ANALYSIS.—An analysis of the costs associated 
with each of the items listed in subparagraphs (A) through 
(D). 
(3) BUDGET SUBMISSION.—The President shall include a 
request for the resources necessary to support the plan required 
by paragraph (1) in the first budget of the President submitted 
to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
Code, after the date of the submission of the plan. 
(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall make the 
plan required under this subsection available to the public. 
(f) OTHER REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORT ON PENALTIES.—Not later than one year after 
the imposition by the United States of a penalty or remedy 
permitted by a trade agreement to which this title applies, 
the President shall submit to the Committee on Ways and 
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Finance of the Senate a report on the effectiveness of the 
penalty or remedy applied under United States law in enforcing 
United States rights under the trade agreement, which shall 
address whether the penalty or remedy was effective in 
changing the behavior of the targeted party and whether the 
penalty or remedy had any adverse impact on parties or 
interests not party to the dispute. 
(2) REPORT ON IMPACT OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, and not later than 5 years thereafter, the United 
States International Trade Commission shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on the 
economic impact on the United States of all trade agreements 
with respect to which Congress has enacted an implementing 
bill under trade authorities procedures since January 1, 1984. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT CONSULTATIONS AND REPORTS.—(A) The 
United States Trade Representative shall consult with the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate after acceptance 
of a petition for review or taking an enforcement action in 
regard to an obligation under a trade agreement, including 
a labor or environmental obligation. During such consultations, 
the United States Trade Representative shall describe the 
matter, including the basis for such action and the application 
of any relevant legal obligations. 
(B) As part of the report required pursuant to section 
163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213), the President 
shall report annually to Congress on enforcement actions taken 
pursuant to a trade agreement to which the United States 
Applicability. 
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is a party, as well as on any public reports issued by Federal 
agencies on enforcement matters relating to a trade agreement. 
(g) ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH MEMBERS.—Any Member 
of the House of Representatives may submit to the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and any 
Member of the Senate may submit to the Committee on Finance 
of the Senate the views of that Member on any matter relevant 
to a proposed trade agreement, and the relevant Committee shall 
receive those views for consideration. 
SEC. 106. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) 
NOTIFICATION
AND
SUBMISSION.—Any 
agreement 
entered into under section 103(b) shall enter into force with 
respect to the United States if (and only if)— 
(A) the President, at least 90 calendar days before 
the day on which the President enters into the trade agree-
ment, notifies the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of the President’s intention to enter into the agreement, 
and promptly thereafter publishes notice of such intention 
in the Federal Register; 
(B) the President, at least 60 days before the day 
on which the President enters into the agreement, pub-
lishes the text of the agreement on a publicly available 
Internet website of the Office of the United States Trade 
Representative; 
(C) within 60 days after entering into the agreement, 
the President submits to Congress a description of those 
changes to existing laws that the President considers would 
be required in order to bring the United States into compli-
ance with the agreement; 
(D) the President, at least 30 days before submitting 
to Congress the materials under subparagraph (E), submits 
to Congress— 
(i) a draft statement of any administrative action 
proposed to implement the agreement; and 
(ii) a copy of the final legal text of the agreement; 
(E) after entering into the agreement, the President 
submits to Congress, on a day on which both Houses of 
Congress are in session, a copy of the final legal text 
of the agreement, together with— 
(i) a draft of an implementing bill described in 
section 103(b)(3); 
(ii) a statement of any administrative action pro-
posed to implement the trade agreement; and 
(iii) the supporting information described in para-
graph (2)(A); 
(F) the implementing bill is enacted into law; and 
(G) the President, not later than 30 days before the 
date on which the agreement enters into force with respect 
to a party to the agreement, submits written notice to 
Congress that the President has determined that the party 
has taken measures necessary to comply with those provi-
sions of the agreement that are to take effect on the date 
on which the agreement enters into force. 
(2) SUPPORTING INFORMATION.— 
Notification. 
Draft. 
Records. 
Records. 
Draft. 
Federal Register, 
publication. 
President. 
Deadlines. 
19 USC 4205. 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The supporting information required 
under paragraph (1)(E)(iii) consists of— 
(i) an explanation as to how the implementing 
bill and proposed administrative action will change 
or affect existing law; and 
(ii) a statement— 
(I) asserting that the agreement makes 
progress in achieving the applicable purposes, poli-
cies, priorities, and objectives of this title; and 
(II) setting forth the reasons of the President 
regarding— 
(aa) how and to what extent the agree-
ment 
makes 
progress 
in 
achieving 
the 
applicable purposes, policies, and objectives 
referred to in subclause (I); 
(bb) whether and how the agreement 
changes provisions of an agreement previously 
negotiated; 
(cc) 
how 
the 
agreement 
serves 
the 
interests of United States commerce; and 
(dd) how the implementing bill meets the 
standards set forth in section 103(b)(3). 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The President shall make 
the supporting information described in subparagraph (A) 
available to the public. 
(3) RECIPROCAL BENEFITS.—In order to ensure that a for-
eign country that is not a party to a trade agreement entered 
into under section 103(b) does not receive benefits under the 
agreement unless the country is also subject to the obligations 
under the agreement, the implementing bill submitted with 
respect to the agreement shall provide that the benefits and 
obligations under the agreement apply only to the parties to 
the agreement, if such application is consistent with the terms 
of the agreement. The implementing bill may also provide that 
the benefits and obligations under the agreement do not apply 
uniformly to all parties to the agreement, if such application 
is consistent with the terms of the agreement. 
(4) DISCLOSURE OF COMMITMENTS.—Any agreement or other 
understanding with a foreign government or governments 
(whether oral or in writing) that— 
(A) relates to a trade agreement with respect to which 
Congress enacts an implementing bill under trade authori-
ties procedures; and 
(B) is not disclosed to Congress before an implementing 
bill with respect to that agreement is introduced in either 
House of Congress, 
shall not be considered to be part of the agreement approved 
by Congress and shall have no force and effect under United 
States law or in any dispute settlement body. 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON TRADE AUTHORITIES PROCEDURES.— 
(1) FOR LACK OF NOTICE OR CONSULTATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The trade authorities procedures 
shall not apply to any implementing bill submitted with 
respect to a trade agreement or trade agreements entered 
into under section 103(b) if during the 60-day period begin-
ning on the date that one House of Congress agrees to 
a procedural disapproval resolution for lack of notice or 
Time period. 
President. 
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consultations with respect to such trade agreement or 
agreements, the other House separately agrees to a proce-
dural disapproval resolution with respect to such trade 
agreement or agreements. 
(B) PROCEDURAL
DISAPPROVAL
RESOLUTION.—(i) For 
purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘‘procedural dis-
approval resolution’’ means a resolution of either House 
of Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause 
of which is as follows: ‘‘That the President has failed or 
refused to notify or consult in accordance with the Bipar-
tisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015 on negotiations with respect to llllllll 
and, therefore, the trade authorities procedures under that 
Act shall not apply to any implementing bill submitted 
with respect to such trade agreement or agreements.’’, with 
the blank space being filled with a description of the trade 
agreement or agreements with respect to which the Presi-
dent is considered to have failed or refused to notify or 
consult. 
(ii) For purposes of clause (i) and paragraphs (3)(C) 
and (4)(C), the President has ‘‘failed or refused to notify 
or consult in accordance with the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’ on negotia-
tions with respect to a trade agreement or trade agreements 
if— 
(I) the President has failed or refused to consult 
(as the case may be) in accordance with sections 104 
and 105 and this section with respect to the negotia-
tions, agreement, or agreements; 
(II) guidelines under section 104 have not been 
developed or met with respect to the negotiations, 
agreement, or agreements; 
(III) the President has not met with the House 
Advisory Group on Negotiations or the Senate Advisory 
Group on Negotiations pursuant to a request made 
under section 104(c)(4) with respect to the negotiations, 
agreement, or agreements; or 
(IV) the agreement or agreements fail to make 
progress in achieving the purposes, policies, priorities, 
and objectives of this title. 
(2) PROCEDURES
FOR
CONSIDERING
RESOLUTIONS.—(A) 
Procedural disapproval resolutions— 
(i) in the House of Representatives— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member of the House; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means and, in addition, to the Committee on 
Rules; and 
(III) may not be amended by either Committee; 
and 
(ii) in the Senate— 
(I) may be introduced by any Member of the 
Senate; 
(II) shall be referred to the Committee on Finance; 
and 
(III) may not be amended. 
(B) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of section 
152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) (relating to 
Definition. 
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the floor consideration of certain resolutions in the House and 
Senate) apply to a procedural disapproval resolution introduced 
with respect to a trade agreement if no other procedural dis-
approval resolution with respect to that trade agreement has 
previously been reported in that House of Congress by the 
Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on Finance, 
as the case may be, and if no resolution described in clause 
(ii) of section 105(b)(3)(B) with respect to that trade agreement 
has been reported in that House of Congress by the Committee 
on Ways and Means or the Committee on Finance, as the 
case may be, pursuant to the procedures set forth in clauses 
(iii) through (vii) of such section. 
(C) It is not in order for the House of Representatives 
to consider any procedural disapproval resolution not reported 
by the Committee on Ways and Means and, in addition, by 
the Committee on Rules. 
(D) It is not in order for the Senate to consider any proce-
dural disapproval resolution not reported by the Committee 
on Finance. 
(3) CONSIDERATION
IN
SENATE
OF
CONSULTATION
AND 
COMPLIANCE
RESOLUTION
TO
REMOVE
TRADE
AUTHORITIES 
PROCEDURES.— 
(A) REPORTING OF RESOLUTION.—If, when the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate meets on whether to 
report an implementing bill with respect to a trade agree-
ment or agreements entered into under section 103(b), 
the committee fails to favorably report the bill, the com-
mittee shall report a resolution described in subparagraph 
(C). 
(B) APPLICABILITY
OF
TRADE
AUTHORITIES
PROCE-
DURES.—The trade authorities procedures shall not apply 
in the Senate to any implementing bill submitted with 
respect to a trade agreement or agreements described in 
subparagraph (A) if the Committee on Finance reports 
a resolution described in subparagraph (C) and such resolu-
tion is agreed to by the Senate. 
(C) RESOLUTION DESCRIBED.—A resolution described in 
this subparagraph is a resolution of the Senate originating 
from the Committee on Finance the sole matter after the 
resolving clause of which is as follows: ‘‘That the President 
has failed or refused to notify or consult in accordance 
with the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
Accountability Act of 2015 on negotiations with respect 
to lllll and, therefore, the trade authorities proce-
dures under that Act shall not apply in the Senate to 
any implementing bill submitted with respect to such trade 
agreement or agreements.’’, with the blank space being 
filled with a description of the trade agreement or agree-
ments described in subparagraph (A). 
(D) PROCEDURES.—If the Senate does not agree to a 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to a 
resolution described in subparagraph (C), the resolution 
shall be committed to the Committee on Finance. 
(4) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 
A CONSULTATION AND COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION.— 
(A) QUALIFICATIONS FOR REPORTING RESOLUTION.—If— 
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(i) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives reports an implementing bill with 
respect to a trade agreement or agreements entered 
into under section 103(b) with other than a favorable 
recommendation; and 
(ii) a Member of the House of Representatives 
has introduced a consultation and compliance resolu-
tion on the legislative day following the filing of a 
report to accompany the implementing bill with other 
than a favorable recommendation, 
then the Committee on Ways and Means shall consider 
a consultation and compliance resolution pursuant to 
subparagraph (B). 
(B) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF A QUALIFYING RESO-
LUTION.—(i) Not later than the fourth legislative day after 
the date of introduction of the resolution, the Committee 
on Ways and Means shall meet to consider a resolution 
meeting the qualifications set forth in subparagraph (A). 
(ii) After consideration of one such resolution by the 
Committee on Ways and Means, this subparagraph shall 
not apply to any other such resolution. 
(iii) If the Committee on Ways and Means has not 
reported the resolution by the sixth legislative day after 
the date of its introduction, that committee shall be dis-
charged from further consideration of the resolution. 
(C) CONSULTATION
AND
COMPLIANCE
RESOLUTION 
DESCRIBED.—A consultation and compliance resolution— 
(i) is a resolution of the House of Representatives, 
the sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
is as follows: ‘‘That the President has failed or refused 
to notify or consult in accordance with the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015 on negotiations with respect to lllll and, 
therefore, the trade authorities procedures under that 
Act shall not apply in the House of Representatives 
to any implementing bill submitted with respect to 
such trade agreement or agreements.’’, with the blank 
space being filled with a description of the trade agree-
ment or agreements described in subparagraph (A); 
and 
(ii) shall be referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means. 
(D) APPLICABILITY
OF
TRADE
AUTHORITIES
PROCE-
DURES.—The trade authorities procedures shall not apply 
in the House of Representatives to any implementing bill 
submitted with respect to a trade agreement or agreements 
which are the object of a consultation and compliance reso-
lution if such resolution is adopted by the House. 
(5) FOR FAILURE TO MEET OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—Not later 
than December 15, 2015, the Secretary of Commerce, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Attorney General, and the United States Trade 
Representative, shall transmit to Congress a report setting 
forth the strategy of the executive branch to address concerns 
of Congress regarding whether dispute settlement panels and 
the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization have added 
to obligations, or diminished rights, of the United States, as 
Deadline. 
Consultation. 
Reports. 
Deadline. 
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described in section 102(b)(15)(C). Trade authorities procedures 
shall not apply to any implementing bill with respect to an 
agreement negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade 
Organization unless the Secretary of Commerce has issued 
such report by the deadline specified in this paragraph. 
(6) LIMITATIONS ON PROCEDURES WITH RESPECT TO AGREE-
MENTS WITH COUNTRIES NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH TRAFFICKING 
VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT OF 2000.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The trade authorities procedures 
shall not apply to any implementing bill submitted with 
respect to a trade agreement or trade agreements entered 
into under section 103(b) with a country to which the 
minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking are 
applicable and the government of which does not fully 
comply with such standards and is not making significant 
efforts to bring the country into compliance (commonly 
referred to as a ‘‘tier 3’’ country), as determined in the 
most recent annual report on trafficking in persons sub-
mitted under section 110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims 
Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)). 
(B) MINIMUM
STANDARDS
FOR
THE
ELIMINATION
OF 
TRAFFICKING DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘min-
imum standards for the elimination of trafficking’’ means 
the standards set forth in section 108 of the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106). 
(c) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.—Sub-
section (b) of this section, section 103(c), and section 105(b)(3) 
are enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such 
are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, 
and such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent 
that they are inconsistent with such other rules; and 
(2) with the full recognition of the constitutional 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 extent as any other rule of that House. 
SEC. 107. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH 
NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN. 
(a) CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding the prenegotiation 
notification and consultation requirement described in section 
105(a), if an agreement to which section 103(b) applies— 
(1) is entered into under the auspices of the World Trade 
Organization, 
(2) is entered into with the Trans-Pacific Partnership coun-
tries with respect to which notifications have been made in 
a manner consistent with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, 
(3) is entered into with the European Union, 
(4) is an agreement with respect to international trade 
in services entered into with WTO members with respect to 
which a notification has been made in a manner consistent 
with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act, or 
(5) is an agreement with respect to environmental goods 
entered into with WTO members with respect to which a 
Applicability. 
19 USC 4206. 
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notification has been made in a manner consistent with section 
105(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 105(a) (relating only 
to notice prior to initiating negotiations), and any resolution under 
paragraph (1)(B), (3)(C), or (4)(C) of section 106(b) shall not be 
in order on the basis of a failure or refusal to comply with the 
provisions of section 105(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 sub-
section (a), the specific United States objectives in the negotia-
tions, and whether the President is seeking a new agreement 
or changes to an existing agreement; and 
(2) before and after submission of the notice, consults 
regarding the negotiations with the committees referred to 
in section 105(a)(1)(B) and the House and Senate Advisory 
Groups on Negotiations convened under section 104(c). 
SEC. 108. SOVEREIGNTY. 
(a) UNITED STATES LAW TO PREVAIL IN EVENT OF CONFLICT.— 
No provision of any trade agreement entered into under section 
103(b), nor the application of any such provision to any person 
or circumstance, that is inconsistent 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 entered into under section 
103(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, including findings 
and recommendations, issued by dispute settlement panels con-
vened pursuant to any trade agreement entered into under section 
103(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. 109. INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that— 
(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 businesses should continue 
to be reflected in the title of the Assistant United States Trade 
Representative assigned the responsibility for small businesses. 
(b) CONSIDERATION
OF
SMALL
BUSINESS
INTERESTS.—The 
Assistant United States Trade Representative for Small Business, 
Market Access, and Industrial Competitiveness 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 102(a)(8). 
19 USC 4208. 
19 USC 4207. 
Consultation. 
Notification. 
President. 
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PUBLIC LAW 114–26—JUNE 29, 2015 
SEC. 110. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; APPLICATION OF CERTAIN 
PROVISIONS. 
(a) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) ADVICE
FROM
UNITED
STATES
INTERNATIONAL
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 ‘‘section 2103(a) 
or (b) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority 
Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of 
section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 2103(b) 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103(b) of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 2103(a)(3)(A) 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 103(a)(4)(A) of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 
2015’’; and 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 2103 of the 
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 103(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(2) HEARINGS.—Section 132 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2152) is amended by striking ‘‘section 2103 of the Bipar-
tisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities 
and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(3) PUBLIC
HEARINGS.—Section 133(a) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2153(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(4) PREREQUISITES FOR OFFERS.—Section 134 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2154) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipar-
tisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015’’. 
(5) INFORMATION AND ADVICE FROM PRIVATE AND PUBLIC 
SECTORS.—Section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2155) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘section 2103 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan 
Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipar-
tisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Account-
ability Act of 2015’’; and 
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(II) by striking ‘‘not later than the date on 
which the President notifies the Congress under 
section 2105(a)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan Trade Pro-
motion Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘not 
later than the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the President notifies Congress under 
section 106(a)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 
2015’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 2102 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102 of the Bipartisan 
Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015’’. 
(6) PROCEDURES RELATING TO IMPLEMENTING BILLS.—Sec-
tion 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘section 2105(a)(1) of the 
Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’; and 
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘section 2105(a)(1) 
of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Congres-
sional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015’’. 
(7) TRANSMISSION OF AGREEMENTS TO CONGRESS.—Section 
162(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2212(a)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
Authority Act of 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Bipar-
tisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
of 2015’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—For purposes of 
applying sections 125, 126, and 127 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136, and 2137)— 
(1) any trade agreement entered into under section 103 
shall be treated as an agreement entered into under section 
101 or 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111 or 2112), 
as appropriate; and 
(2) any proclamation or Executive order issued pursuant 
to a trade agreement entered into under section 103 shall 
be treated as a proclamation or Executive order issued pursuant 
to a trade agreement entered into under section 102 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2112). 
SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE.—The term ‘‘Agreement 
on Agriculture’’ means the agreement referred to in section 
101(d)(2) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(2)). 
(2) AGREEMENT
ON
SAFEGUARDS.—The term ‘‘Agreement 
on Safeguards’’ means the agreement referred to in section 
101(d)(13) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(13)). 
(3) AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEAS-
URES.—The term ‘‘Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures’’ means the agreement referred to in section 
19 USC 4210. 
19 USC 4209. 
Deadline. 
Notification. 
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101(d)(12) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(12)). 
(4) ANTIDUMPING
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Antidumping 
Agreement’’ means the Agreement on Implementation of Article 
VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 referred 
to in section 101(d)(7) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(7)). 
(5) APPELLATE BODY.—The term ‘‘Appellate Body’’ means 
the Appellate Body established under Article 17.1 of the Dispute 
Settlement Understanding. 
(6) COMMON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘common multilateral 
environmental agreement’’ means any agreement specified 
in subparagraph (B) or included under subparagraph (C) 
to which both the United States and one or more other 
parties to the negotiations are full parties, including any 
current or future mutually agreed upon protocols, amend-
ments, annexes, or adjustments to such an agreement. 
(B) AGREEMENTS SPECIFIED.—The agreements specified 
in this subparagraph are the following: 
(i) The Convention on International Trade in 
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done 
at Washington March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 
8249). 
(ii) The Montreal Protocol on Substances that 
Deplete the Ozone Layer, done at Montreal September 
16, 1987. 
(iii) The Protocol of 1978 Relating to the Inter-
national Convention for the Prevention of Pollution 
from Ships, 1973, done at London February 17, 1978. 
(iv) The Convention on Wetlands of International 
Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, done at 
Ramsar February 2, 1971 (TIAS 11084). 
(v) The Convention on the Conservation of Ant-
arctic Marine Living Resources, done at Canberra May 
20, 1980 (33 UST 3476). 
(vi) The International Convention for the Regula-
tion of Whaling, done at Washington December 2, 1946 
(62 Stat. 1716). 
(vii) The Convention for the Establishment of an 
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, done at 
Washington May 31, 1949 (1 UST 230). 
(C) ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.—Both the United States 
and one or more other parties to the negotiations may 
agree to include any other multilateral environmental or 
conservation agreement to which they are full parties as 
a common multilateral environmental agreement under 
this paragraph. 
(7) CORE LABOR STANDARDS.—The term ‘‘core labor stand-
ards’’ means— 
(A) freedom of association; 
(B) the effective recognition of the right to collective 
bargaining; 
(C) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory 
labor; 
(D) the effective abolition of child labor and a prohibi-
tion on the worst forms of child labor; and 
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(E) the elimination of discrimination in respect of 
employment and occupation. 
(8) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT UNDERSTANDING.—The term ‘‘Dis-
pute Settlement Understanding’’ means the Understanding on 
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)). 
(9) ENABLING CLAUSE.—The term ‘‘Enabling Clause’’ means 
the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, 
Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries 
(L/4903), adopted November 28, 1979, under GATT 1947 (as 
defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(19 U.S.C. 3501)). 
(10) ENVIRONMENTAL
LAWS.—The term ‘‘environmental 
laws’’, with respect to the laws of the United States, means 
environmental statutes and regulations enforceable by action 
of the Federal Government. 
(11) GATT 1994.—The term ‘‘GATT 1994’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
Act (19 U.S.C. 3501). 
(12) GENERAL
AGREEMENT
ON
TRADE
IN
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘General Agreement on Trade in Services’’ means the 
General Agreement on Trade in Services (referred to in section 
101(d)(14) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
3511(d)(14))). 
(13) GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘‘Government Procurement Agreement’’ means the Agreement 
on Government Procurement referred to in section 101(d)(17) 
of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17)). 
(14) ILO.—The term ‘‘ILO’’ means the International Labor 
Organization. 
(15) IMPORT SENSITIVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT.—The term 
‘‘import sensitive agricultural product’’ means an agricultural 
product— 
(A) with respect to which, as a result of the Uruguay 
Round Agreements, the rate of duty was the subject of 
tariff reductions by the United States and, pursuant to 
such Agreements, was reduced on January 1, 1995, to 
a rate that was not less than 97.5 percent of the rate 
of duty that applied to such article on December 31, 1994; 
or 
(B) which was subject to a tariff rate quota on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(16) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘‘Information Technology Agreement’’ means the Ministerial 
Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products of 
the World Trade Organization, agreed to at Singapore 
December 13, 1996. 
(17) INTERNATIONALLY
RECOGNIZED
CORE
LABOR
STAND-
ARDS.—The term ‘‘internationally recognized core labor stand-
ards’’ means the core labor standards only as stated in the 
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work 
and its Follow-Up (1998). 
(18) LABOR LAWS.—The term ‘‘labor laws’’ means the stat-
utes and regulations, or provisions thereof, of a party to the 
negotiations that are directly related to core labor standards 
as well as other labor protections for children and minors 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2146: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 161 (2015): 
May 12, considered and passed House. 
June 4, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 18, House concurred in Senate amendment with an amendment. Senate 
considered concurring in House amendment. 
June 23, 24, Senate considered and concurred in House amendment. 
DAILY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS (2015): 
June 29, Presidential remarks. 
and acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum 
wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health, and 
for the United States, includes Federal statutes and regulations 
addressing those standards, protections, or conditions, but does 
not include State or local labor laws. 
(19) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United States per-
son’’ means— 
(A) a United States citizen; 
(B) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity 
that is organized under the laws of the United States; 
and 
(C) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity 
that is organized under the laws of a foreign country and 
is controlled by entities described in subparagraph (B) or 
United States citizens, or both. 
(20) URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS.—The term ‘‘Uruguay 
Round Agreements’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
2(7) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(7)). 
(21) WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION; WTO.—The terms ‘‘World 
Trade Organization’’ and ‘‘WTO’’ mean the organization estab-
lished pursuant to the WTO Agreement. 
(22) WTO 
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘WTO Agreement’’ 
means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organiza-
tion entered into on April 15, 1994. 
(23) WTO MEMBER.—The term ‘‘WTO member’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)). 
Approved June 29, 2015. 
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