[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2371 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 2371

        To provide trade agreements authority to the President.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 1995

  Mr. Archer (for himself, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Dreier) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 
     and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
        To provide trade agreements authority to the President.

    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 ``Trade Agreements Authority Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.

    (a) Overall Trade Negotiating Objectives.--The overall trade 
negotiating objectives of the United States for agreements subject to 
the provisions of section 3 are--
            (1) to obtain more open, equitable, and reciprocal market 
        access;
            (2) to obtain the reduction or elimination of barriers and 
        other trade distorting policies and practices;
            (3) to further strengthen the system of international 
        trading disciplines and procedures;
            (4) to foster economic growth and full employment in the 
        United States and the global economy; and
            (5) to develop, strengthen, and clarify rules and 
        disciplines on restrictive or trade-distorting import and 
        export practices.
    (b) Principal Trade Negotiating Objectives.--
            (1) Specific barriers.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding specific trade 
        barriers and other trade distortions are to expand competitive 
        market opportunities for United States exports and to obtain 
        more open and fair conditions of trade by reducing or 
        eliminating specific tariff and nontariff trade barriers.
            (2) Trade in services.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding trade in services 
        are--
                    (A) to reduce or eliminate barriers to 
                international trade in services, including regulatory 
                and other barriers that deny national treatment and 
                restrict the establishment and operations of service 
                suppliers; and
                    (B) in the extended negotiations on financial 
                services to be conducted under the auspices of the 
                World Trade Organization, to secure commitments, in a 
                wide range of commercially important industrial and 
                developing countries, to reduce or eliminate barriers 
                to the supply of financial services, including barriers 
                that deny national treatment and restrictions on the 
                establishment and operation of financial services 
                providers, as the condition for the United States--
                            (i) offering commitments to provide 
                        national treatment and market access in each of 
                        the financial services subsectors; and
                            (ii) making such commitments on a most-
                        favored-nation basis.
            (3) Foreign direct investment.--The principal negotiating 
        objective of the United States regarding foreign direct 
        investment is to reduce or eliminate artificial or trade-
        distorting barriers to foreign direct investment by--
                    (A) reducing or eliminating exceptions to the 
                principle of national treatment;
                    (B) freeing the transfer of funds relating to 
                investments;
                    (C) reducing or eliminating performance 
                requirements;
                    (D) affirming international legal standards for 
                expropriation and compensation for expropriation; and
                    (E) providing meaningful procedures for resolving 
                investment disputes.
            (4) Intellectual property.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding intellectual property 
        are--
                    (A) to further promote adequate and effective 
                protection of intellectual property rights, including 
                through--
                            (i) accelerating the implementation 
                        globally of the Agreement on Trade-Related 
                        Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 
                        referred to in section 101(d)(15) of the 
                        Uruguay Round Agreements Act, and achieving 
                        improvements in the standards of that 
                        Agreement;
                            (ii) providing strong protection for new 
                        and emerging technologies and new methods of 
                        transmitting and distributing products 
                        embodying intellectual property;
                            (iii) preventing or eliminating 
                        discrimination with respect to matters 
                        affecting the availability, acquisition, scope, 
                        maintenance, use, and enforcement of 
                        intellectual property rights; and
                    (B) to secure fair, equitable, and 
                nondiscriminatory market access opportunities for 
                United States persons that rely upon intellectual 
                property protection.
            (5) Transparency.--The principal negotiating objective of 
        the United States with respect to transparency is to obtain 
        broader application of the principle of transparency through--
                    (A) increased public access to information 
                regarding trade issues;
                    (B) clarity in the costs and benefits of trade 
                policy actions; and
                    (C) the observance of open and equitable procedures 
                in trade policy matters by parties to international 
                trade agreements.
    (c) Adherence to Obligations Under Uruguay Round Agreements.--In 
determining whether to enter into negotiations with a particular 
country, the President shall take into account whether that country has 
implemented its obligations under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as 
defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act).
    (d) Definition.--As used in subsection (a)(4)(B), the term ``United 
States person'' means--
            (1) a United States citizen;
            (2) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity 
        organized under the laws of the United States; and
            (3) a partnership, corporation, or other legal entity that 
        is organized under the laws of a foreign country and is 
        controlled by entities described in paragraph (2) or United 
        States citizens, or both.

SEC. 3. TRADE AGREEMENTS AUTHORITY.

    (a) Agreements Regarding Tariff Barriers.--
            (1) In general.--Whenever the President determines that one 
        or more existing duties or other import restrictions of any 
        foreign country or the United States are unduly burdening and 
        restricting the foreign trade of the United States and that the 
        purposes, policies, and objectives of this Act will be promoted 
        thereby, the President--
                    (A) on or before December 15, 1999 (or December 15, 
                2001, if trade authorities procedures are extended 
                under subsection (c)), may enter into trade agreements 
                with foreign countries; and
                    (B) may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                proclaim--
                            (i) such modification or continuance of any 
                        existing duty,
                            (ii) such continuance of existing duty-free 
                        or excise treatment, or
                            (iii) such additional duties,
                as the President determines to be required or 
                appropriate to carry out any such trade agreement.
            (2) Limitations.--No proclamation may be made under 
        paragraph (1) that--
                    (A) reduces any rate of duty (other than a rate of 
                duty that does not exceed 5 percent ad valorem on the 
                date of the enactment of this Act) to a rate of duty 
                which is less than 50 percent of the rate of such duty 
                that applies on such date of enactment;
                    (B) reduces the rate of duty on an article over a 
                period greater than 10 years after the first reduction 
                that is proclaimed to carry out a trade agreement with 
                respect to such article; or
                    (C) increases any rate of duty above the rate that 
                applies on the date of the enactment of the Uruguay 
                Round Agreements Act.
            (3) Aggregate reduction; exemption from staging.--
                    (A) Aggregate reduction.--Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (B), the aggregate reduction in the rate 
                of duty on any article which is in effect on any day 
                pursuant to a trade agreement entered into under 
                paragraph (1) shall not exceed the aggregate reduction 
                which would have been in effect on such day if a 
                reduction of 3 percent ad valorem or a reduction of 
                one-tenth of the total reduction, whichever is greater, 
                had taken effect on the effective date of the first 
                reduction proclaimed under paragraph (1) to carry out 
                such agreement with respect to such article.
                    (B) Exemption from staging.--No staging is required 
                under subparagraph (A) with respect to a duty reduction 
                that is proclaimed under paragraph (1) for an article 
                of a kind that is not produced in the United States. 
                The United States International Trade Commission shall 
                advise the President of the identity of articles that 
                may be exempted from staging under this paragraph.
            (4) Rounding.-- If the President determines that such 
        action will simplify the computation of reductions under 
        paragraph (3), the President may round an annual reduction by 
        an amount equal to the lesser of--
                    (A) the difference between the reduction without 
                regard to this paragraph and the next lower whole 
                number; or
                    (B) one-half of 1 percent ad valorem.
            (5) Other limitations.--A rate of duty reduction or 
        increase that may not be proclaimed by reason of paragraph (2) 
        may take effect only if a provision authorizing such reduction 
        or increase is included within an implementing bill provided 
        for under section 5 and that bill is enacted into law.
    (b) Agreements Regarding Tariff and Nontariff Barriers.--
            (1) In general.--Whenever the President determines that any 
        duty or other import restriction imposed by any foreign country 
        or the United States or any other barrier to, or other 
        distortion of, international trade--
                    (A) unduly burdens or restricts the foreign trade 
                of the United States or adversely affects the United 
                States economy, or
                    (B) the imposition of any such barrier or 
                distortion is likely to result in such a burden, 
                restriction, or effect,
        and that the purposes, policies, and objectives of this Act 
        will be promoted thereby, the President may, during the period 
        beginning on January 1, 1996, and ending on December 15, 1999 
        (or December 15, 2001, if trade authorities procedures are 
        extended under subsection (c)), enter into a bilateral or 
        multilateral trade agreement with foreign countries providing 
        for--
                    (i) the reduction or elimination of such duty, 
                restriction, barrier, or other distortion, or
                    (ii) the prohibition of, or limitation on the 
                imposition of, such barrier or other distortion.
            (2) Conditions.--A trade agreement may be entered into 
        under this subsection only if such agreement makes progress in 
        meeting the applicable objectives described in section 2 and 
        the President satisfies the conditions set forth in section 4.
            (3) Bills relating only to negotiating objectives.--The 
        provisions of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (in this Act 
        referred to as ``trade authorities procedures'') apply to 
        implementing bills consisting only of--
                    (A) provisions directly related to principal trade 
                negotiating objectives set forth in section 2(b) 
                achieved in trade agreements entered into under this 
                subsection;
                    (B) if changes in existing laws or new statutory 
                authority is required to carry out such trade 
                agreements, provisions, necessary to carry out such 
                trade agreements, either repealing or amending existing 
                laws or providing new statutory authority; and
                    (C) provisions necessary for purposes of complying 
                with section 252 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
                Deficit Control Act of 1985 in implementing such trade 
                agreements.
    (c) Extension Disapproval Process for Congressional Trade 
Authorities Procedures.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in section 5(b)--
                    (A) the trade authorities procedures apply to 
                implementing bills submitted with respect to trade 
                agreements entered into under subsection (b) on or 
                before December 15, 1999; and
                    (B) the trade authorities procedures shall be 
                extended to implementing bills submitted with respect 
                to trade agreements entered into under subsection (b) 
                after December 15, 1999, and before December 15, 2001, 
                if (and only if)--
                            (i) the President requests such extension 
                        under paragraph (2); and
                            (ii) neither House of the Congress adopts 
                        an extension disapproval resolution under 
                        paragraph (5) before December 15, 1999.
            (2) Report to congress by the president.--If the President 
        is of the opinion that the trade authorities procedures should 
        be extended to implementing bills described in paragraph 
        (1)(B), the President shall submit to the Congress, not later 
        than July 1, 1999, a written report that contains a request for 
        such extension, together with--
                    (A) a description of all trade agreements that have 
                been negotiated under subsection (b) and the 
                anticipated schedule for submitting such agreements to 
                the Congress for approval;
                    (B) a description of the progress that has been 
                made in multilateral and bilateral negotiations to 
                achieve the purposes, policies, and objectives of this 
                Act, and a statement that such progress justifies the 
                continuation of negotiations; and
                    (C) a statement of the reasons why the extension is 
                needed to complete the negotiations.
            (3) Report to congress by the advisory committee.--The 
        President shall promptly inform the Advisory Committee for 
        Trade Policy and Negotiations established under section 135 of 
        the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) of the President's 
        decision to submit a report to the Congress under paragraph 
        (2). The Advisory Committee shall submit to the Congress as 
        soon as practicable, but not later than August 1, 1999, a 
        written report that contains--
                    (A) its views regarding the progress that has been 
                made in multilateral and bilateral negotiations to 
                achieve the purposes, policies, and objectives of this 
                Act; and
                    (B) a statement of its views, and the reasons 
                therefor, regarding whether the extension requested 
                under paragraph (2) should be approved or disapproved.
            (4) Reports may be classified.--The reports submitted to 
        the Congress under paragraphs (2) and (3), or any portion of 
        the reports, may be classified to the extent the President 
        determines appropriate.
            (5) Extension disapproval resolutions.--(A) For purposes of 
        this subsection, the term ``extension disapproval resolution'' 
        means a resolution of either House of the Congress, the sole 
        matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: 
        ``That the ____ disapproves the request of the President for 
        the extension, under section 3(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Trade 
        Agreements Authority Act of 1995, of the provisions of section 
        151 of the Trade Act of 1974 to any implementing bill submitted 
        with respect to any trade agreement entered into under section 
        3(b) of the Trade Agreements Authority Act of 1995 after 
        December 15, 1999.'', with the blank space being filled with 
        the name of the resolving House of the Congress.
            (B) Extension disapproval resolutions--
                    (i) may be introduced in either House of the 
                Congress by any member of such House; and
                    (ii) shall be jointly referred, in the House of 
                Representatives, to the Committee on Ways and Means and 
                the Committee on Rules.
            (C) The provisions of sections 152 (d) and (e) of the Trade 
        Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192 (d) and (e)) (relating to the floor 
        consideration of certain resolutions in the House and Senate) 
        apply to extension disapproval resolutions.
            (D) It is not in order for--
                    (i) the Senate to consider any extension 
                disapproval resolution not reported by the Committee on 
                Finance;
                    (ii) the House of Representatives to consider any 
                extension disapproval resolution not reported by the 
                Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Rules; 
                or
                    (iii) either House of the Congress to consider an 
                extension disapproval resolution after December 14, 
                1999.

SEC. 4. CONSULTATIONS.

    (a) Notice and Consultation Before Negotiation.--The President, at 
least 90 calendar days before initiating negotiations on any agreement 
that is subject to the provisions of 3(b), shall--
            (1) provide written notice to the Congress of the 
        President's intent to enter into the negotiations and set forth 
        therein the date the President intends to initiate such 
        negotiations, the specific United States objectives for the 
        negotiations, and whether the President intends to seek 
        multilateral and bilateral agreement, or changes to an existing 
        agreement; and
            (2) before and after submission of the notice, consult 
        regarding the negotiations with the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives and such other committees of the House and 
        Senate as the President deems appropriate.
    (b) Consultation With Congress Before Agreements Entered Into.--
            (1) Consultation.--Before entering into any trade agreement 
        under section 3(b), the President shall consult with--
                    (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
                Senate; and
                    (B) each other committee of the House and the 
                Senate, and each joint committee of the Congress, which 
                has jurisdiction over legislation involving subject 
                matters which would be affected by the trade agreement.
            (2) Scope.--The consultation described in paragraph (1) 
        shall include consultation with respect to--
                    (A) the nature of the agreement;
                    (B) how and to what extent the agreement will 
                achieve the applicable purposes, policies, and 
                objectives of this Act; and
                    (C) all matters relating to the implementation of 
                the agreement under section 5, including whether the 
                agreement includes subject matter for which 
                supplemental implementing legislation may be required 
                which is not subject to trade authorities procedures.
    (c) Advisory Committee Reports.--The report required under section 
135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 regarding any trade agreement 
entered into under section 3 (a) or (b) of this Act 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 5(a)(1)(A) of the 
President's intention to enter into the agreement.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Notification and submission.--Any agreement entered 
        into under section 3(b) shall enter into force with respect to 
        the United States if (and only if)--
                    (A) the President, at least 90 calendar days before 
                the day on which the President enters into the trade 
                agreement, notifies the House of Representatives and 
                the Senate of the President's intention to enter into 
                the agreement, and promptly thereafter publishes notice 
                of such intention in the Federal Register;
                    (B) within 60 days after entering into the 
                agreement, submits to the Congress a description of 
                those changes to existing laws that are required in 
                order that the United States not be in violation of the 
                agreement;
                    (C) after entering into the agreement, the 
                President submits a copy of the final legal text of the 
                agreement, together with--
                            (i) a draft of an implementing bill 
                        described in section 3(b)(3);
                            (ii) a statement of any administrative 
                        action proposed to implement the trade 
                        agreement; and
                            (iii) the supporting information described 
                        in paragraph (3); and
                    (D) the implementing bill is enacted into law.
            (2) Supporting information.--The supporting information 
        required under paragraph (1)(C)(iii) consists of--
                    (A) an explanation as to how the implementing bill 
                and proposed administrative action will change or 
                affect existing law; and
                    (B) a statement--
                            (i) asserting that the agreement makes 
                        progress in achieving the applicable purposes, 
                        policies, and objectives of this Act; and
                            (ii) setting forth the reasons of the 
                        President regarding--
                                    (I) how and to what extent the 
                                agreement makes progress in achieving 
                                the applicable purposes, policies, and 
                                objectives referred to in clause (i), 
                                and why and to what extent the 
                                agreement does not achieve other 
                                applicable purposes, policies, and 
                                objectives;
                                    (II) whether and how the agreement 
                                changes provisions of an agreement 
                                previously negotiated;
                                    (III) how the agreement serves the 
                                interests of United States commerce; 
                                and
                                    (IV) why the implementing bill and 
                                proposed administrative action is 
                                required to carry out the agreement.
    (b) Limitations on Trade Authorities Procedures.--
            (1) For lack of consultations.--(A) The trade authorities 
        procedures shall not apply to any implementing bill submitted 
        with respect to a trade agreement entered into under section 
        3(b) if both Houses of Congress separately agree to a 
        procedural disapproval resolution within any 60-day period.
            (B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ``procedural 
        disapproval resolution'' means a resolution of either House of 
        the Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of 
        which is as follows: ``That the President has failed or refused 
        to consult with the Congress on trade negotiations and trade 
        agreements in accordance with section 4(b) of the Trade 
        Agreements Authority Act of 1995 and, therefore, the provisions 
        of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 shall not apply to any 
        implementing bill submitted with respect to any trade agreement 
        entered into under section 3(b) of the Trade Agreements 
        Authority Act of 1995, if, during the 60-day period beginning 
        on the date on which this resolution is agreed to by the 
        __________, the __________ agrees to a procedural disapproval 
        resolution (within the meaning of section 5(b)(2)(B) of that 
        Act).'', with the first blank space being filled with the name 
        of the resolving House of the Congress and the second blank 
        space being filled with the name of the other House of the 
        Congress.
            (2) Procedures for considering resolutions.--(A) Procedural 
        disapproval resolutions--
                    (i) in the House of Representatives--
                            (I) shall be introduced by the chairman or 
                        ranking minority member of the Committee on 
                        Ways and Means or the chairman or ranking 
                        minority member of the Committee on Rules;
                            (II) shall be jointly referred to the 
                        Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee 
                        on Rules; and
                            (III) may not be amended by either 
                        Committee; and
                    (ii) in the Senate shall be original resolutions of 
                the Committee on Finance.
            (B) The provisions of section 152(d) and (e) of the Trade 
        Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(d) and (e)) (relating to the floor 
        consideration of certain resolutions in the House and Senate) 
        apply to procedural disapproval resolutions.
            (C) It is not in order for the House of Representatives to 
        consider any procedural disapproval resolution not reported by 
        the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Rules.
    (c) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--Subsection (b) 
of this section and section 3(c) are enacted by the Congress--
            (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is 
        deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and 
        such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent that 
        they are inconsistent with such other rules; and
            (2) with the full recognition of the constitutional right 
        of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
        procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and 
        to the same extent as any other rule of that House.

SEC. 6. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Extended Negotiations in the Uruguay Round.--Notwithstanding 
section 3(b)(2) and section 5(b), the provisions of section 4(a) shall 
not apply to an agreement which results from negotiations that were 
commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act, if the 
agreement is directly related to the principal negotiating objectives 
set forth in section 135 of the Uruguay Round Implementation Act (19 
U.S.C. 3555).
    (b) Agreement With Chile.--If an agreement to which section 3(b) 
applies which provides for the accession of Chile to the North American 
Free Trade Agreement is entered into with Chile after the date of the 
enactment of this Act and results from negotiations that were commenced 
before such date of enactment--
            (1) the applicability of the trade authorities procedures 
        to such agreement shall be determined without regard to the 
        requirements of section 4(a); and
            (2) if such agreement is entered into before March 15, 
        1996, section 5(a)(1)(A) shall be applied by substituting 
        ``30'' for ``90''.

SEC. 7. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) In general.--Title I of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111 
and following) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 151(b)(1) (19 U.S.C. 2191(b)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``or section 282 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act'' 
        and inserting ``, section 282 of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
        Act, or section 5 of the Trade Agreements Authority Act of 
        1995''.
            (2) Section 131 (19 U.S.C. 2151) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``section 
                        123 of this Act or section 1102 (a) or (c) of 
                        the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
                        1988,'' and inserting ``section 123 of this 
                        Act, section 1102 (a) or (c) of the Omnibus 
                        Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, or 
                        section 3 (a) or (b) of the Trade Agreements 
                        Authority Act of 1995,''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 
                        section 3 (a) or (b) of the Trade Agreements 
                        Authority Act of 1995'' after ``1988'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by inserting ``of the 
                Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 or 
                section 3(a)(3)(A) of the Trade Agreements Authority 
                Act of 1995'' before the end period; and
                    (C) in subsection (c), by striking ``of this Act or 
                section 1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness 
                Act of 1988,'' and inserting ``of this Act, section 
                1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
                1988, or section 3 of the Trade Agreements Authority 
                Act of 1995''.
            (3) Sections 132, 133(a), and 134(a) (19 U.S.C. 2152, 
        2153(a), and 2154(a)) are each amended by striking ``or section 
        1102 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988,'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``, section 1102 of the 
        Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, or section 3 of 
        the Trade Agreements Authority Act of 1995,''.
            (4) Section 134(b) (19 U.S.C. 2154(b)) is amended by 
        inserting ``or section 3 of the Trade Agreements Authority Act 
        of 1995'' after ``1988''.
            (5) Section 135(a)(1)(A) (19 U.S.C. 2155(a)(1)(A)) is 
        amended by inserting ``or section 3 of the Trade Agreements 
        Authority Act of 1995'' after ``1988''.
            (6) Section 135(e) (19 U.S.C. 2155(e)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or section 3 
                of the Trade Agreements Authority Act of 1995'' after 
                ``1988'' the first two places it appears, and by 
                inserting ``or section 5(a)(1)(A) of the Trade 
                Agreements Authority Act of 1995'' after ``1988'' the 
                third place it appears; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or section 2 
                of the Trade Agreements Authority Act of 1995'' after 
                ``1988''.
    (b) Application of Sections 125, 126, and 127 of the Trade Act of 
1974.--For purposes of applying sections 125, 126, and 127 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136(a), and 2137)--
            (1) any trade agreement entered into under section 3 shall 
        be treated as an agreement entered into under section 101 or 
        102, as appropriate, of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2111 
        or 2112); and
            (2) any proclamation or Executive order issued pursuant to 
        a trade agreement entered into under section 3 shall be treated 
        as a proclamation or Executive order issued pursuant to a trade 
        agreement entered into under section 102 of the Trade Act of 
        1974.
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