[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1876 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1876
One Hundred Third Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three
An Act
To provide authority for the President to enter into trade agreements
to conclude the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under
the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, to extend
tariff proclamation authority to carry out such agreements, and to apply
congressional ``fast track'' procedures to a bill implementing such
agreements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION. 1. EXTENSION OF URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING AND
PROCLAMATION AUTHORITY AND OF ``FAST TRACK'' PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENTING
LEGISLATION.
Section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988
(19 U.S.C. 2902) is amended by inserting at the end the following new
subsection:
``(e) Special Provisions Regarding Uruguay Round Trade
Negotiations.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the time limitations in
subsections (a) and (b), if the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade
negotiations under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs
and Trade has not resulted in trade agreements by May 31, 1993, the
President may, during the period after May 31, 1993, and before
April 16, 1994, enter into, under subsections (a) and (b), trade
agreements resulting from such negotiations.
``(2) Application of tariff proclamation authority.--No
proclamation under subsection (a) to carry out the provisions
regarding tariff barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into
pursuant to paragraph (1) may take effect before the effective date
of a bill that implements the provisions regarding nontariff
barriers of a trade agreement that is entered into under such
paragraph.
``(3) Application of implementing and `fast track' procedures.--
Section 1103 applies to any trade agreement negotiated under
subsection (b) pursuant to paragraph (1), except that--
``(A) in applying subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1103 to
any such agreement, the phrase `at least 120 calendar days
before the day on which he enters into the trade agreement (but
not later than December 15, 1993),' shall be substituted for the
phrase `at least 90 calendar days before the day on which he
enters into the trade agreement,'; and
``(B) no provision of subsection (b) of section 1103 other
than paragraph (1)(A) applies to any such agreement and in
applying such paragraph, `April 16, 1994;' shall be substituted
for `June 1, 1991;'.
``(4) Advisory committee reports.--The report required under
section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding any trade
agreement provided for under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the
President, the Congress, and the United States Trade Representative
not later than 30 days after the date on which the President
notifies the Congress under section 1103(a)(1)(A) of his intention
to enter into the agreement (but before January 15, 1994).''.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.