3.0.0 2821 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z 2023-01-11T13:16:51Z Senate S S 2009-12-01 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-12-01T21:44:23Z TRADE Act of 2009 111 3012 HR 2009-06-24 Referred to House Rules Related bill CRS 2009-12-01 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-12-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-12-01 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2009-12-01 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2009-12-01 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2009-12-01 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-12-01 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2009-12-01 True B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2010-03-24 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [D-PA] ARLEN SPECTER D PA 2010-04-20 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2010-09-14 False Foreign Trade and International Finance Agricultural trade Congressional operations and organization Congressional oversight Due process and equal protection Employment discrimination and employee rights Environmental health Financial services and investments Food supply, safety, and labeling Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights Human trafficking Intellectual property International law and treaties International monetary system and foreign exchange Labor standards Legislative rules and procedure Meat Political movements and philosophies Product safety and quality Public contracts and procurement Religion Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Tariffs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Trade agreements and negotiations Trade restrictions U.S. and foreign investments Unemployment Wages and earnings Youth employment and child labor Foreign Trade and International Finance 00 2009-12-01 Introduced in Senate 2010-01-12T22:27:40Z Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 or the TRADE Act of 2009 - Directs the Comptroller General to: (1) review certain free trade agreements (including Uruguay Round Agreements) between the United States and a trade agreement country to evaluate their economic, employment, environmental, national security, health, safety, and other effects; and (2) report on them to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means, including analyses of specified aspects of each trade agreement and certain information about agreement parties, such as whether the country has a democratic form of government, adopted and enforces certain core labor rights, respects fundamental human rights, enforces rights under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), complies with environmental laws, and poses a potential national security concern.

Requires implementing bills of new trade agreements between the United States and another country to include certain standards with respect to: (1) labor; (2) environment and public safety; (3) food and product health and safety; (4) services; (5) investment; (6) procurement; (7) intellectual property; (8) agriculture; (9) trade remedies and safeguards; (10) dispute resolution and enforcement; and (11) technical assistance.

Sets forth a point of order to consideration of bills implementing new trade agreements.

Requires the President to submit to Congress a plan for the renegotiation of existing trade agreements to bring them into compliance with such standards.

Expresses the sense of Congress that certain processes for U.S. trade negotiations should be followed when Congress considers legislation providing special procedures for bills implementing trade agreements.

]]> Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 Display Title Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to require a review of existing trade agreements and renegotiation of existing trade agreements based on the review, to establish terms for future trade agreements, to express the sense of the Congress that the role of Congress in making trade policy should be strengthened, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Trade Reform, Accountability, Development, and Employment Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced TRADE Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-12-01T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s2821is/xml/BILLS-111s2821is.xml 2009-12-01 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.