3.0.0 2786 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z Senate S S 2004-09-10 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-10T15:25:00Z To amend the Trade Act of 1974 regarding identifying trade expansion priorities. 108 4120 HR 2004-04-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 regarding identifying trade expansion priorities. 108 2372 S 2004-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4701-4702) Related bill CRS 2004-09-10 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2004-09-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2004-10-05 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Commerce Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Executive reorganization Exports Federal employees Foreign trade promotion Free trade Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Governmental investigations Intellectual property International Affairs International competitiveness Nontariff trade barriers Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Telecommunication industry Trade agreements Trade negotiations Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2004-09-10 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-01T18:00:59Z Get Tough on Trade Act - Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to extend from FY 2005 through 2009 (currently, 1995 only) the U.S. Trade Representative's mandate to identify and report on trade expansion priorities.

Requires the Trade Representative, before initiating an investigation (as under current law), to seek consultations with each foreign country identified in the report as engaging in priority foreign country practices, for the purpose of reaching a satisfactory resolution of such priority practices. Requires initiation of an investigation only if a satisfactory resolution of such practices has not been reached.

Modifies the composition of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to include a Chief Enforcement Negotiator to recommend investigating and prosecuting cases before the World Trade Organization and under trade agreements to which the United States is a party.

]]> Get Tough on Trade Act Display Title Get Tough on Trade Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to strengthen United States trade enforcement laws. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Get Tough on Trade Act Introduced in Senate 2004-09-10T04:00:00Z 2004-09-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.