[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1694 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1694

 To suspend certain requirements until it is determined or agreed that 
 the requirements do not violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
                     Trade, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

            November 19 (legislative day, November 2), 1993

   Mr. Brown introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To suspend certain requirements until it is determined or agreed that 
 the requirements do not violate the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
                     Trade, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS PENDING GATT 
              DETERMINATION.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 320C of the Act 
of Feburary 16, 1938, shall not be effective during the period 
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on the 
earlier of--
            (1) the date the United States Trade Representative enters 
        into an agreement with parties to the General Agreement on 
        Tariffs and Trade (referred to in this section as ``GATT'') 
        that have challenged the compliance of such section with GATT, 
        stipulating that such section does not violate GATT; or
            (2) the date of a final determination, under the dispute 
        resolution procedure established for GATT, that such section 
        does not violate GATT.

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