[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 599 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 599

To amend the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to establish 
permanent trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 22, 2001

  Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Gramm, and Mr. Hagel) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                                Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to establish 
permanent trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority.

    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 ``Permanent Trade Promotion Authority 
and Market Access Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TRADE NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY.

    (a) Extension.--
            (1) Section 1102(a)(1)(A) of the Omnibus Trade and 
        Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902(a)(1)(A)) is 
        amended by striking ``before June 1, 1993''.
            (2) Section 1102(b)(1) of the Omnibus Trade and 
        Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902(b)(1)) is amended 
        by striking ``, before June 1, 1993''.
            (3) Section 1102(c)(1) of the Omnibus Trade and 
        Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902(c)(1)) is amended 
        by striking ``Before June 1, 1993, the'' and inserting ``The''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--
            (1) Section 1102(a)(1) and (b)(1) of such Act are amended 
        by striking ``purposes, policies, and objectives of this 
        title'' each place it appears and inserting ``policies and 
        objectives of the United States''.
            (2) Section 1102(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by 
        striking ``August 23, 1988'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``March 21, 2001''.
            (3) Subsections (b)(2) and (c)(3)(A) of section 1102 of 
        such Act are amended by striking ``applicable objectives 
        described in section 1101 of this title'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``policies and objectives of the United States''.
            (4) Subsection (d)(2)(B) of section 1102 of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``applicable purposes, policies, and 
        objectives of this title'' and inserting ``policies and 
        objectives of the United States''.
            (5) Subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of section 1103 of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``applicable purposes, policies, and 
        objectives of this title'' and inserting ``policies and 
        objectives of the United States''.
            (6) Section 1103(b)(1)(A) of such Act is amended by 
        striking ``before June 1, 1991''.
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