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s Described.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of subsection (a)(1), a joint
resolution is described in this paragraph if it is a joint
resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress and the matter after the
resolving clause of such joint resolution is as follows: ''That
the Congress authorizes and directs the United States Trade
Representative to undertake negotiations to amend or modify the
rules and procedures of the Understanding on Rules and
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes relating to
____ with respect to the affirmative determination submitted to
the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission on
____'', the first blank space being filled with the specific
rules and procedures with respect to which the Trade
Representative is to undertake negotiations and the second
blank space being filled with the date of the affirmative
determination submitted to the Congress by the Commission
pursuant to section 4(b) which has given rise to the joint
resolution.
(2) Withdrawal resolution.--For purposes of subsection
(a)(2), a joint resolution is described in this paragraph if it
is a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress and the
matter after the resolving clause of such joint resolution is
as follows: ''That the Congress authorizes and directs the
United States Trade Representative to undertake negotiations to
amend or modify the rules and procedures of the Understanding
on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
relating to ____ with respect to the affirmative report
submitted to the Congress by the WTO Dispute Settlement Review
Commission on ____ and if such negotiations do not result in a
solution that the Trade Representative, by ____, certifies to
the Congress is satisfactory, the Congress withdraws its
approval, provided under section 101(a) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in section 2(9)
of that Act'', the first blank space being filled with the
specific rules and procedures with respect to which the Trade
Representative is to undertake negotiations, the second blank
space being filled with the date of the affirmative
determination submitted to the Congress by the Commission
pursuant to section 4(b) which has given rise to the joint
resolution, and the third blank space being filled with the
date the Congress withdraws its approval of the WTO Agreement.
(c) Procedural Provisions.--
(1) In general.--The requirements of this subsection are
met if the joint resolution is enacted in accordance with this
subsection, and--
(A) in the case of a joint resolution described in
subsection (b)(1), the Congress adopts and transmits
the joint resolution to the President before the end of
the 90-day period (excluding any day described in
section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974) beginning on
the date on which the Congress receives an affirmative
determination from the Commission described in section
4(b), or
(B) in the case of a joint resolution described in
subsection (b)(2), the Commission has made 3
affirmative determinations described in section 4(b)
during a 5-year period, and the Congress adopts and
transmits the joint resolution to the President before
the end of the 90-day period (excluding any day
described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974)
beginning on the date on which the Congress receives
the third such affirmative determination.
(2) Presidential veto.--In any case in which the President
vetoes the joint resolution, the requirements of this
subsection are met if each House of Congress votes to override
that veto on or before the later of the last day of the 90-day
period referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1),
whichever is applicable, or the last day of the 15-day period
(excluding any day described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act
of 1974) beginning on the date on which the Congress receives
the veto message from the President.
(3) Introduction.--
(A) Time.--A joint resolution to which this section
applies may be introduced at any time on or after the
date on which the Commission transmits to the Congress
an affirmative determination described in section 4(b),
and before the end of the 90-day period referred to in
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), as the case
may be.
(B) Any member may introduce.--A joint resolution
described in subsection (b) may be introduced in either
House of the Congress by any Member of such House.
(4) Expedited procedures.--
(A) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of
this subsection, the provisions of subsections (b),
(d), (e), and (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(b), (d), (e), and (f)) apply to
joint resolutions described in subsection (b) to the
same extent as such provisions apply to resolutions
under such section.
(B) Report or discharge of committee.--If the
committee of either House to which a joint resolution
has been referred has not reported it by the close of
the 45th day after its introduction (excluding any day
described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974),
such committee shall be automatically discharged from
further consideration of the joint resolution and it
shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
(C) Finance and ways and means committees.--It is
not in order for--
(i) the Senate to consider any joint
resolution unless it has been reported by the
Committee on Finance or the committee has been
discharged under subparagraph (B); or
(ii) the House of Representatives to
consider any joint resolution unless it has
been reported by the Committee on Ways and
Means or the committee has been discharged
under subparagraph (B).
(D) Special rule for house.--A motion in the House
of Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a
joint resolution may only be made on the second
legislative day after the calendar day on which the
Member making the motion announces to the House his or
her intention to do so.
(5) Consideration of second resolution not in order.--It
shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or
the Senate to consider a joint resolution (other than a joint
resolution received from the other House), if that House has
previously adopted a joint resolution under this section
relating to the same matter.
(d) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is
enacted by the Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of
Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is
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. 7. PARTICIPATION IN WTO PANEL PROCEEDINGS.

(a) In General.--If the United States Trade Representative, in
proceedings before a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body of
the WTO, seeks--
(1) to enforce United States rights under a multilateral
trade agreement, or
(2) to defend a challenged action or determination of the
United States Government,
a private United States person that is supportive of the United States
Government's position before the panel or Appellate Body and that has a
direct economic interest in the panel's or Appellate Body's resolution
of the matters in dispute shall be permitted to participate in
consultations and panel proceedings. The Trade Representative shall
issue regulations, consistent with subsections (b) and (c), ensuring
full and effective participation by any such private person.
(b) Access to Information.--The United States Trade Representative
shall make available to persons described in subsection (a) all
information presented to or otherwise obtained by the Trade
Representative in connection with a WTO dispute settlement proceeding.
The United States Trade Representative shall promulgate regulations
implementing a protective order system to protect information
designated by the submitting member as confidential.
(c) Participation in Panel Process.--Upon request from a person
described in subsection (a), the United States Trade Representative
shall--
(1) consult in advance with such person regarding the
content of written submissions from the United States to the
WTO panel concerned or to the other member countries involved;
(2) include, where appropriate, such person or its
appropriate representative as an advisory member of the
delegation in sessions of the dispute settlement panel;
(3) allow such special delegation member, where such member
would bring special knowledge to the proceeding, to appear
before the panel, directly or through counsel, under the
supervision of responsible United States Government officials;
and
(4) in proceedings involving confidential information,
allow appearance of such person only through counsel as a
member of the special delegation.

SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Appellate body.--The term ''Appellate Body'' means the
Appellate Body established under Article 17.1 of the Dispute
Settlement Understanding.
(2) Adverse to the united states.--The term ''adverse to
the United States'' includes any report which holds any law,
regulation, or application thereof by a government agency to be
inconsistent with international obligations under a Uruguay
Round Agreement (or a nullification or impairment thereof),
whether or not there are other elements of the decision which
favor arguments made by the United States.
(3) Dispute settlement panel; panel.--The terms ''dispute
settlement panel'' and ''panel'' mean a panel established
pursuant to Article 6 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
(4) Dispute settlement body.--The term ''Dispute Settlement
Body'' means the Dispute Settlement Body administering the
rules and procedures set forth in the Dispute Settlement
Understanding.
(5) Dispute settlement understanding.--The term ''Dispute
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 Agreements Act.
(6) Uruguay round agreement.--The term ''Uruguay Round
Agreement'' means any of the agreements described in section
101(d) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
(7) World trade organization; wto.--The terms ''World Trade
Organization'' and ''WTO'' mean the organization established
pursuant to the WTO Agreement.
(8) WTO agreement.--The term ''WTO Agreement'' means the
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered
into on April 15, 1994.

HR 1434 IH----2
A:
WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission Act - Establishes the WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission to review reports of dispute settlement panels or the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in proceedings initiated by other WTO parties which are adverse to the United States and which are adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body.
Requires the Commission to determine whether the panel or the Appellate Body: (1) exceeded its authority; (2) added to the obligations of or diminished the rights of the United States; (3) acted arbitrarily or capriciously, engaged in misconduct, or demonstrably departed from proper procedures; and (4) deviated, in its report, from the applicable standard of review. Requires the Commission, upon an affirmative determination on one or more of these questions, to further determine whether the action of the panel or the Appellate Body materially affected the outcome of its report.
Requires the United States Trade Representative, upon enactment of a joint resolution directing such action, to negotiate to amend or modify the rules and procedures of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes with respect to any affirmative determinations submitted to the Congress concerning the action of a panel or the Appellate Body. Provides for a joint resolution withdrawing congressional approval of the WTO agreement, ending U.S. participation in the WTO, if such negotiations do not result in a satisfactory solution.
Sets forth provisions governing the participation in WTO panel proceedings of private U.S. persons supportive of the U.S. Government position at issue.