[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4586 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4586

To renew and improve the operation of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
          (relating to the Generalized System of Preferences).


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1994

 Mr. Brown of California (for himself and Mr. LaFalce) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To renew and improve the operation of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 
          (relating to the Generalized System of Preferences).

    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 ``GSP Renewal and Reform Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND PREFERENCES.

    Section 501 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2461) is amended--
            (1) by striking out the matter preceding paragraph (1) and 
        inserting the following:
    ``The United States Trade Representative may provide duty-free 
treatment for any eligible article from any beneficiary developing 
country in accordance with the provisions of this title. In designating 
any such articles, the Trade Representative shall have due regard for--
'';
            (2) by amending paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``sustainable'' before ``economic 
                development'', and
                    (B) by adding ``and improvement of living standards 
                of their peoples'' before the period; and
            (3) by inserting ``, including United States workers,'' 
        after ``United States producers'' in paragraph (3).

SEC. 3. BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

    Section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Designation by President.--The President may only issue an 
Executive order or Presidential proclamation designating a country as a 
beneficiary developing country for purposes of this title after the 
Trade Representative has certified to the President in writing that 
such country meets all of the requirements for beneficiary developing 
country status provided for in subsections (b) and (c). Before the 
President designates any country as a beneficiary developing country 
for purposes of this title, the President shall--
            ``(1) notify the Congress of the intention to make such a 
        designation; and
            ``(2) submit to the Congress a copy of the certification of 
        the Trade Representative.''.
            (2) Subsection (b) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting after ``(b)'' the following 
                ``Countries Ineligible for Designa- tion.--'';
                    (B) by striking out ``Union of Soviet Socialist 
                Republics'' and inserting ``Commonwealth of Independent 
                States member states'';
                    (C) by inserting ``, in violation of international 
                law,'' after ``has'' in each of subparagraphs (A), (B), 
                and (C) of paragraph (4);
                    (D) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (6);
                    (E) by striking out paragraph (7) and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(7) during any period in which a free trade area 
        agreement is in force between such country and the United 
        States; except that this paragraph shall not apply until the 
        2nd anniversary of the date of the enactment of this paragraph 
        in the case of any country with respect to which there is in 
        force, on such date of enactment, a free trade area agreement 
        between it and the United States;
            ``(8) if such country fails to comply with internationally 
        recognized worker rights; and
            ``(9) if such country has not adopted laws to promote 
        internationally recognized environmental standards in that 
        country or has adopted such laws but is not enforcing them.''; 
        and
                    (F) by inserting before the period at the end of 
                the last sentence of each subsection the following: ``; 
                except that such designation shall not prevent any 
                country's removal from eligibility under section 504 at 
                any time after 1 year after the date of the President's 
                designation of the country as a beneficiary developing 
                country.
            (3) Subsection (c) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``Factors Required for Designation 
                as a Beneficiary Developing Country.--'' after ``(c)''; 
                and
                    (B) by amending paragraph (7) and adding paragraph 
                (8) to read as follows:
            ``(7) whether or not such country is in compliance with 
        internationally recognized worker rights; and
            ``(8) whether or not the country has adopted and is 
        enforcing laws to promote internationally recognized 
        environmental standards in that country.''.
            (4) Subsections (d) and (e) are repealed.
            (5) The following new subsection is added after subsection 
        (c):
    ``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this title:
            ``(1) The term `Trade Representative' means the United 
        States Trade Representative.
            ``(2) The term `country' means any foreign country, any 
        overseas dependent territory or possession of a foreign 
        country, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and 
        includes any designated export processing zone or any other 
        subdivision within that country. In the case of an association 
        of countries which is a free trade area or customs union, or 
        which is contributing to comprehensive regional economic 
        integration among its members through appropriate means, 
        including, but not limited to, the reduction of duties, the 
        President may by Executive order or Presidential proclamation 
        provide that all members of such association other than members 
        which are barred from designation under subsection (b) shall be 
        treated as 1 country for purposes of this title.
            ``(3) The term `beneficiary developing country' means any 
        country with respect to which there is in effect an Executive 
        order or Presidential proclamation by the President of the 
        United States designating country as a beneficiary developing 
        country for purposes of this title.
            ``(4) The term `internationally recognized worker rights' 
        includes--
                    ``(A) the right of association;
                    ``(B) the right to organize and bargain 
                collectively;
                    ``(C) a prohibition on the use of any form of 
                forced or compulsory labor;
                    ``(D) a prohibition on discrimination based on 
                race, sex, or religion in hiring, compensation, 
                promotion or any other term or condition of employment;
                    ``(E) provision for occupational safety and health 
                for all workers; and
                    ``(F) acceptable minimum standards with respect to 
                wages, hours of work, and the age at which children may 
                be employed.
        In determining whether a country has complied with 
        internationally recognized worker rights, the Trade 
        Representative shall--
                    ``(i) require a country to comply with each of the 
                factors listed in subparagraphs (A) through (F) and 
                shall also apply recognized international standards, 
                including provisions applicable to workers in 
                international human rights instruments and 
                International Labor Organization Conventions;
                    ``(ii) take into account the laws and regulations 
                of a country, as well as the implementation and 
                enforcement of those laws and regulations, in 
                determining whether each of the factors has been 
                complied with; and
                    ``(iii) take into account the findings of human 
                rights commissions and courts, the annual Human Rights 
                Report of the Department of State, reports of 
                nongovernmental organizations, the application of 
                worker rights provisions of other United States laws, 
                worker rights provisions in voluntary codes of conduct 
                or other agreements affecting workers, employers and 
                governments, worker rights provisions in collective 
                bargaining agreements between transnational employers 
                and groups of workers, and the opinions of scholars in 
                the fields of labor law, comparative labor law, and 
                international labor law and human rights law.
        With respect to the factor set forth in subparagraph (F), once 
        a country has established acceptable minimum standards, which 
        may take into account the country's level of economic 
        development, the country must continue to make progress and 
        improve the minimums, commensurate, with its economic 
        development. With respect to all of the other factors, the 
        country must be in complete compliance with international 
        standards, regardless of its level of economic development.
            ``(5) The term `interested persons' includes, but is not 
        limited to, domestic firms and workers, representatives of 
        workers, both domestic and foreign, representatives of consumer 
        interests, and representatives of any group that has an 
        interest in promoting respect for internationally recognized 
        worker rights, or internationally recognized environmental 
        standards without regard to any showing of an economic or other 
        injury.''.
            ``(6) The term `internationally recognized environmental 
        standards' includes--
                    ``(A) mitigation of global climate change;
                    ``(B) reduction in the consumption and production 
                of ozone-depleting substances;
                    ``(C) reduction in ship pollution of the oceans 
                from such source as oil, noxious bulk liquids, 
                hazardous freight, sewage, and garbage;
                    ``(D) ban on international ocean dumping of high-
                level radioactive waste, chemical warfare agents, and 
                hazardous substances;
                    ``(E) government control of the transboundary 
                movement of hazardous waste materials and their 
                disposal for the purpose of reducing global pollution 
                on account of such materials;
                    ``(F) preservation of endangered species;
                    ``(G) conservation of biological diversity;
                    ``(H) promotion of biodiversity; and
                    ``(I) preparation of oil-spill contingency 
                plans.''.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBLE ARTICLES.

    Section 503 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2163) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsection (a) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``Lists of Articles to be 
                Considered for Designation.--'' after ``(a)'',
                    (B) by striking out ``President'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Trade Representative'',
                    (C) by striking out ``he'' and inserting ``the 
                Trade Representative'', and
                    (D) by striking out ``Executive order or 
                Presidential proclamation'' and inserting ``publishing 
                a list of such articles in the Federal Register''.
            (2) Subsection (b) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``Duty Free Treatment for Eligible 
                Articles.--'' after ``(b)'', and
                    (B) by striking out ``Secretary of the Treasury, 
                after consultation with the United States Trade 
                Representative,'' and inserting ``Trade 
                Representative''.
            (3) Subsection (c) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``Articles Not Eligible for 
                Designation as Eligible Articles.--'' after ``(c)'', 
                and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
    ``(3) No article shall be an eligible article for purposes of this 
title from any country where such article has been made under 
conditions that violate internationally recognized worker rights.''.

SEC. 5. LIMITATIONS ON PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

    Section 504 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2164) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsections (a) and (b) are amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Withdrawal, Suspension, or Limitation of Duty-Free Treatment 
of Eligible Articles.--The Trade Representative may withdraw, suspend, 
or limit the application of the duty-free treatment accorded under 
section 501 with respect to any article generally or with respect to 
exports of any article from a particular country or countries; except 
that no rate of duty may be established in respect of any article 
pursuant to this section other than the rate which would apply but for 
this title. In taking any action under this subsection, the Trade 
Representative shall consider the factors set forth in sections 501, 
502(c), and 503, and must withdraw or suspend duty-free treatment for 
any article that no longer meets the requirements of section 503(b) and 
(c).
    ``(b) Withdrawal or Suspension of Designation as Beneficiary 
Developing Country.--The designation of a country as a beneficiary 
developing country under this title shall be withdrawn or suspended if, 
after any investigation initiated under subsection (c), a decision is 
issued that the country is no longer in complete compliance with the 
prerequisites contained in section 502(b) for designation as a 
beneficiary developing country. Such country shall cease to be a 
beneficiary developing country on the day on which the Trade 
Representative issues the decision under subsection (c). The Trade 
Representative shall promptly publish the text of any such decision in 
the Federal Register and shall submit a copy of the decision to the 
Congress. Within 30 days after the date of publication of the decision 
under the preceding sentence, the President shall issue an Executive 
order or Presidential proclamation revoking the designation of such 
country under section 502.''.
            (2) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) are redesignated as 
        subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
            (3) The following new subsection is added after subsection 
        (b):
    ``(c) Petitions; Investigations; Judicial Review.--
            ``(1) Petitions.--
                    ``(A) Any interested person may at any time file a 
                petition with the Trade Representative requesting that 
                action be taken under subsection (a) or (b) and setting 
                forth the allegations in support of the request. 
                Petitions alleging the failure to comply with 
                internationally recognized worker rights may seek--
                            ``(i) the removal of articles from the list 
                        of eligible articles with respect to one or 
                        more countries or industry or industries within 
                        a country or countries under subsection (a);
                            ``(ii) the withdrawal of the designation as 
                        a beneficiary developing country of one or more 
                        countries under subsection (b); or
                            ``(iii) action under both clauses (i) and 
                        (ii).
                    ``(B) The Trade Representative shall review the 
                allegations in any petition filed under subsection (a) 
                and, not later than 45 days after the date on which the 
                Trade Representative receives the petition, shall 
                initiate an investigation unless the petition is 
                dismissed under paragraph (C).
                    ``(C) The Trade Representative may determine not to 
                initiate an investigation with respect to a petition 
                only upon issuing a finding that the petition is 
                frivolous. This finding shall be made without regard to 
                whether similar allegations were made in a previously 
                reviewed petition and shall focus exclusively on 
                whether the facts alleged in a petition, if true, would 
                fail to establish a prima facie case for noncompliance 
                with this Act. Only if the facts alleged in a petition, 
                if true, fail to make out a prima facie case, or if a 
                petition contains only conclusory allegations with no 
                allegation of supporting facts, shall a petition be 
                dismissed as frivolous. If the Trade Representative 
                does find a petition to be frivolous, the Trade 
                Representative shall issue a written decision 
                indicating the specific reasons therefor and shall 
                publish notice of the determination, together with a 
                summary of such reasons, in the Federal Register. A 
                copy of the decision shall be sent to the petitioner 
                and shall be made available for public review.
                    ``(D) The Trade Representative may constitute one 
                or more special committees to review petitions under 
                investigation and make written recommendations with 
                respect to each petition. The written recommendations 
                shall be available to the public. The members of the 
                special committees may be drawn from other agencies 
                within the executive branch, and each member shall have 
                the necessary expertise relevant to the issues raised 
                in any petitions to be considered. The Trade 
                Representative, any Deputy Trade Representative, or 
                other designee of the Trade Representative shall be the 
                chair of any special committee constituted under this 
                section. Any special committee that reviews a petition 
                containing allegations of worker rights violations 
                shall include at least one member designated by the 
                Deputy Undersecretary for International Labor Affairs 
                of the Department of Labor, and at least one member 
                designated by the Assistant Secretary of State for 
                Human Rights.
                    ``(E)(i) The investigation of a petition conducted 
                under this subsection shall commence with the Trade 
                Representative publishing a summary of the petition in 
                the Federal Register, along with a request for any 
                person to submit information relevant to the petition. 
                Following publication, the Trade Representative shall 
                conduct an independent investigation and gather 
                information from all available sources. As part of the 
                review process, the Trade Representative shall, as soon 
                as practicable, and in no event later than 90 days 
                following the filing of the petition, provide 
                opportunity for the presentation of information 
                concerning the issues, including a public hearing if 
                requested in the petition.
                    ``(ii) With respect to any petition alleging a 
                violation of internationally recognized worker rights, 
                the Trade Representative shall consult with the 
                Secretary of Labor as to whether such violations have 
                occurred or are occurring. The Secretary of Labor shall 
                provide the Trade Representative with a written 
                recommendation regarding the disposition of the 
                allegations that shall be entered in the record of the 
                investigation. The Trade Representative, or any member 
                of any special committee constituted under subparagraph 
                (D), may also seek advice from experts in the field of 
                human rights and worker rights. The advice may be in 
                writing or taken as oral testimony at a public hearing 
                and shall be entered in the record of the 
                investigation.
                    ``(F) After completion of the investigation, and in 
                no event later than 270 days following the date the 
                petition was filed, the Trade Representative shall 
                issue a decision whether to grant the relief requested 
                in the petition. The decision must be in writing and 
                clearly reference the issues presented, the factual 
                findings regarding the allegations, and the standard 
                applied in determining whether the facts as found 
                required action under subsection (a) or (b). A copy of 
                the decision shall be provided to the petitioner, any 
                other party that submitted information relevant to the 
                petition and be made available for public review. A 
                summary of the decision shall be published in the 
                Federal Register.
            ``(2) Initiation of investigation by means other than 
        petition.--If the Trade Representative determines that an 
        investigation should be initiated with respect to any matter in 
        order to determine whether the matter requires action under 
        subsection (a) or (b), the Trade Representative shall publish 
        such determination in the Federal Register and shall initiate 
        such investigation using the procedures of paragraphs (1) (E) 
        and (F).
            ``(3) Promulgation of regulations.--The Trade 
        Representative shall promulgate regulations to implement this 
        subsection. The regulations may include procedures for the 
        creation of special committees under paragraph (1)(D); 
        coordinating investigations with other agencies; consolidating 
        multiple petitions concerning the same article, country, or 
        industry; and holding hearings on similar petitions at the same 
        time in order to efficiently gather information. Until such 
        regulations are promulgated, any current regulations in 15 CFR 
        part 2007 that are not inconsistent with any provision of this 
        title may be utilized.
            ``(4) Judicial review of determinations.--
                    ``(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), any 
                final decision dismissing or denying a petition 
                requesting action under subsection (a) may be appealed 
                by the petitioner to the United States Court of Appeals 
                for the Federal Circuit for review. The decision shall 
                be reviewed as a final agency action.
                    ``(B) Any final decision dismissing or denying a 
                petition requesting action under subsection (b) may be 
                appealed by the petitioner to the United States Court 
                of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for 
                review. The decision shall be reviewed as a final 
                agency action Notwithstanding any provision of section 
                1581 of title 28, United States Code, the denial or 
                dismissal of a combined petition filed under subsection 
                (c)(1)(A)(iii) may be appealed in its entirety under 
                this paragraph.''.
            (4) Subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking out ``(d)(1)'' and all that follows 
                thereafter in paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(d) Competitive Need Limitations.--(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) 
through (7) and subsection (e), whenever the President determines 
that--
            ``(A) any beneficiary developing country--
                    ``(i) has a per capita gross national product of 
                not less than $475 and not more than $1,750, and
                    ``(ii) has exported (directly or indirectly) to the 
                United States--
                            ``(I) during a calendar year a quantity of 
                        an eligible article having an appraised value 
                        in excess of the applicable competitive need 
                        limit amount, or
                            ``(II) a quantity of any eligible article 
                        equal to or exceeding 50 percent of the 
                        appraised value of the total imports of such 
                        article into the United States during any 
                        calendar year; or
            ``(B) any beneficiary developing country--
                    ``(i) has a per capita gross national product of 
                not less than $1,750 and not more than $3,000, and
                    ``(ii) has exported (directly or indirectly) to the 
                United States--
                            ``(I) during a calendar year a quantity of 
                        an eligible article having an appraised value 
                        in excess of the applicable competitive need 
                        limit amount, or
                            ``(II) a quantity of any eligible article 
                        equal to or exceeding 25 percent of the 
                        appraised value of the total imports of such 
                        article into the United States during any 
                        calendar year;
then, not later than July 1 of the next calendar year, such country 
shall not be treated as a beneficiary developing country with respect 
to such article.
    ``(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term `competitive need 
limit amount' means--
            ``(i) for calendar year 1993--
                    ``(I) for a beneficiary developing country referred 
                to in paragraph (1)(A), $75,000,000, and
                    ``(II) for a beneficiary developing country 
                referred to in paragraph (1)(B), $35,000,000;
            ``(ii) for paragraph (1)(A) for each calendar year after 
        1993, the competitive need limit amount is the competitive need 
        limit amount under such paragraph for the preceding calendar 
        year (hereinafter referred to as the `base year') adjusted--
                    ``(I) upwards by $10,000,000 for each .25 percent 
                by which the United States unemployment rate (as 
                determined by the Secretary of Labor) for the base year 
                was lower than the United States unemployment rate for 
                the year preceding the base year; or
                    ``(II) downwards by $10,000,000 for each .25 
                percent by which the United States unemployment rate 
                for the base year was higher than the United States 
                unemployment rate for the year preceding the base year; 
                and
            ``(iii) for paragraph (1)(B) for each calendar year after 
        1993, clause (ii) applies but with `$5,000,000' substituted for 
        `$10,000,000' each place it appears.
    ``(B)(i) Not later than January 4, 1994, and periodically 
thereafter, the President shall conduct a general review of eligible 
articles based on the considerations described in section 501 or 
502(c).
    ``(ii) If, after any review under clause (i), the President 
determines that this clause should apply because a beneficiary 
developing country has demonstrated for any calendar year a sufficient 
degree of competitiveness (relative to other beneficiary developing 
countries) with respect to any eligible article, then paragraph (1)(B) 
(without regard to clause (i)) shall be applied to such country with 
respect to such article and in computing the competitive need limit 
amount under subparagraph (A)(iii) for purposes of such application 
such calendar year shall be treated as being the base year and the 
competitive need limit for that base year is $25,000,000.'';
                    (B) by striking out ``President'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Trade Representative'';
                    (C) by amending paragraph (3)(B)--
                            (i) by striking out ``and'' at the end of 
                        clause (i),
                            (ii) by striking out the period at the end 
                        of clause (ii) and inserting ``, and'', and
                            (iii) by adding after clause (ii) the 
                        following:
                    ``(iii) the extent to which such country is in 
                compliance with internationally recognized worker 
                rights.'';
                    (D) by amending paragraph (3)(D)--
                            (i) by striking out ``30 percent'' in 
                        clause (i) and inserting ``10 percent'',
                            (ii) by striking out clause (ii),
                            (iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as 
                        clause (ii) and by striking out ``clauses (i) 
                        and (ii)'' in such redesignated clause and 
                        inserting ``clause (i)'';
                    (E) by amending paragraph (4)--
                            (i) by striking out ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (B),
                            (ii) by striking out the period at the end 
                        of subparagraph (C) and inserting ``, and'', 
                        and
                            (iii) by adding after subparagraph (C) the 
                        following:
            ``(D) such country consistently and fully complies with 
        internationally recognized worker rights.''; and
                    (F) by striking out ``1985'' in paragraph (6)(B) 
                and inserting ``1993''.
            (5) Subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) inserting ``Inapplicability of Limitations if 
                Competitive Articles Not Produced in the U.S.--'' after 
                ``(e)''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``President'' and inserting 
                ``Trade Representative''.
            (6) Subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) is 
        amended by inserting ``Exception Regarding Coffee Imports Into 
        Puerto Rico.--''.

SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT AND REPORTS.

    Section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2165) is amended to 
read as follows:

``SEC. 505. TERMINATION OF DUTY-FREE TREATMENT AND REPORTS.

    ``(a) Termination.--No duty-free treatment provided under this 
title shall remain in effect after July 4, 2003.
    ``(b) General Report.--On or before January 4, 1994, and on or 
before January 4, 1999, the Trade Representative shall submit to the 
Congress a full and complete report regarding the operation of this 
title, including, but not limited to, a report on the application of 
sections 501 and 502(c), and the actions that have been taken during 
the period covered by the report to withdraw, to suspend, or to limit 
the application of duty-free treatment with respect to any country that 
was investigated under section 504 to determine whether it was in 
compliance with the provisions of section 502(b).
    ``(c) Worker Rights Reports.--At the time of the submission of the 
annual report filed pursuant to section 505 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
the Secretary of Labor in consultation with the Secretary of State 
shall submit a report to the Congress on the status of internationally 
recognized worker rights within each beneficiary developing country. 
The report shall specifically reference the 6 factors required to be 
met for compliance with internationally recognized worker rights in 
section 502(e)(4) and shall conclude with respect to each factor 
whether the country is in compliance. In any case in which the report 
concludes that any country is not in complete compliance with 
internationally recognized worker rights, the Trade Representative 
shall initiate an investigation under section 504.''.

SEC. 7. SPECIAL REPORTS.

    On or before January 4, 1994, the United States Trade 
Representative, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, and 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Congress a joint report that--
            (1) analyzes the feasibility of developing and implementing 
        a method of tracking the company source of all imports to the 
        United States of eligible articles under title V of the Trade 
        Act of 1974;
            (2) contains recommendations for coordinating the 
        enforcement of all laws that contain a requirement for 
        compliance with internationally recognized worker rights and 
        for amending any existing law to achieve better the effective 
        enforcement of internationally recognized worker rights; and
            (3) sets forth in detail--
                    (A) all past actions that have been taken to 
                implement section 506 of the Trade Act of 1974 
                (relating to agricultural exports from beneficiary 
                developing countries), and
                    (B) a plan for the implementation of such section 
                in the future.

SEC. 8. TRAINING ON INTERNATIONAL LABOR STANDARDS.

    (a) Labor Reporting Officers.--Any person serving as the Labor 
Reporting Officer, or who is responsible for reporting on the status of 
worker rights, for any United States Embassy shall be required to 
complete a training course in international labor standards.
    (b) Special Committee Members.--Any person who sits on any special 
committee created by the Trade Representative under section 
504(c)(1)(D) of title V of the Trade Act of 1974 that considers any 
petition containing allegations of failure to comply with 
internationally recognized worker rights shall be required to complete 
the training course referred to in subsection (c).
    (c) Training Course.--The training course required to be taken 
under subsections (a) and (b) shall be conducted by the Department of 
Labor and the Department of State in a manner to be determined jointly 
by the Secretary of each such Department.

SEC. 9. USTR BUREAU OF TRADE-RELATED STANDARDS.

    Section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171) is amended as 
follows:
            (1) Subsection (b)(2) is amended by striking out ``three 
        Deputy United States Trade Representatives'' and inserting 
        ``four United States Deputy Trade Representatives''.
            (2) Subsections (e), (f), and (g) are redesignated as 
        subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively.
            (3) The following new subsection is inserted after 
        subsection (d):
    ``(e) There is established within the Office a Bureau of Trade-
Related Standards which shall be headed by a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative. The functions of the Bureau are to devise and 
coordinate United States trade and investment policies that will result 
in greater international respect for, compliance with, and improvement 
of the labor, environmental, agricultural, consumer, safety, and health 
standards of the trading nations.''.

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