[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2005 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2005

    To authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement with the 
Republic of the Philippines, and to provide for expedited congressional 
                  consideration of such an agreement.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 11, 2002

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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the negotiation of a free trade agreement with the 
Republic of the Philippines, and to provide for expedited congressional 
                  consideration of such an agreement.

    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 ``United States-Republic of the 
Philippines Free Trade Agreement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Economic growth in the United States has been 
        considerably enhanced by bilateral agreements to lower barriers 
        for United States exports.
            (2) Free trade agreements facilitate economic growth which 
        enhances the welfare and quality of life of all citizens of the 
        countries which are party to the agreements.
            (3) Countries that open their domestic markets, remove 
        barriers to foreign direct investment, and promote free 
        enterprise, empower their citizens to escape poverty and 
        maintain social and environmental values.

SEC. 3. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO TRADE.

    It is the policy of the United States to seek the elimination of 
tariff and non-tariff barriers in order to achieve more open market 
access through bilateral free trade agreements. The agreements should 
address the following: 
            (1) National treatment and market access for agricultural 
        and industrial products.
            (2) Rules for determining which goods originate in the 
        territory of the United States and which goods originate in the 
        territory of the other party to the agreement.
            (3) Customs procedures that facilitate trade and collection 
        of trade statistics, while ensuring the validity of claims for 
        preferential treatment.
            (4) Science-based, nondiscriminatory sanitary, 
        phytosanitary, and technical standards, including voluntary 
        standards.
            (5) Safeguard provisions consistent with international law.
            (6) Government procurement procedures.
            (7) National treatment and rights of establishment for 
        foreign direct investors.
            (8) National treatment and market access for traded 
        services, including consumption of services abroad, cross-
        border provision of services, rights of establishment of 
        commercial presence, and the movement of natural persons.
            (9) Protection of intellectual property.
            (10) Transparency of legal and regulatory regimes.
            (11) Measures to promote electronic commerce.
            (12) Adherence to internationally recognized core labor 
        standards.

SEC. 4. NEGOTIATION OF A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH THE REPUBLIC OF THE 
              PHILIPPINES.

    Subject to section 5, the President is authorized to enter into an 
agreement with the Republic of the Philippines consistent with the 
policy described in section 3.

SEC. 5. INTRODUCTION AND FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTING BILL.

    (a) Introduction in House of Representatives and Senate.--
            (1) In general.--Whenever the President submits to Congress 
        a bill to implement a trade agreement described in section 4, 
        the bill shall be introduced (by request) in the House of 
        Representatives and in the Senate as described in section 
        151(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191(c)).
            (2) Bills qualifying for trade authorities procedures.--The 
        provisions of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
        2191) apply to a bill of either House of Congress consisting 
        of--
                    (A) a provision approving a trade agreement entered 
                into under section 4 and approving the statement of 
                administrative action, if any, proposed to implement 
                such trade agreement; and
                    (B) provisions directly related to the policy 
                described in section 3.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 151 of the Trade Act of 1971 
(19 U.S.C. 2191) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ``section 5 of the 
        United States-Republic of the Philippines Free Trade Agreement 
        Act'' after ``the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 
        1988,''; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``or under section 5 
        of the United States-Republic of the Philippines Free Trade 
        Agreement Act,'' after ``the Uruguay Round Agreements Act,''.
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