[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1395 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1395

  To require the United States Trade Representative to appear before 
 certain congressional committees to present the annual National Trade 
                               Estimate.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the United States Trade Representative to appear before 
 certain congressional committees to present the annual National Trade 
                               Estimate.

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

SECTION 1. PRESENTATION OF NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE.

    Section 181(b)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241(b)(1)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``On or before'' and inserting ``(A) On or 
        before'';
            (2) in subparagraph (A), as redesignated by paragraph (1), 
        by inserting ``and the Committee on Ways and Means and other'' 
        after ``Senate,''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) On the date the Trade Representative submits the National 
Trade Estimate under subparagraph (A), the Trade Representative shall 
appear before the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee 
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and provide an 
analysis of the contents of the National Trade Estimate and an outline 
of the actions (or the reasons for not taking action) with respect to 
any act, policy, or practice described in paragraph (2).''.
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