[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3889 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3889

      To transfer certain functions from the United States Trade 
              Representative to the Secretary of Commerce.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2004

   Mr. Wolf introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      To transfer certain functions from the United States Trade 
              Representative to the Secretary of Commerce.

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

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

    (a) Identification of Certain Countries.--Section 182 of the Trade 
Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``United States Trade 
                Representative'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
                Commerce''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Trade Representative'' each 
                subsequent place it appears and inserting 
                ``Secretary''; and
            (2) in subsections (b) through (g), by striking ``Trade 
        Representative'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary''.
    (b) Enforcement of United States Rights Under Trade Agreements and 
Response to Certain Foreign Trade Practices.--Chapter 1 of title III of 
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411 et seq.) is amended as follows:
            (1) Section 301(a)(1) is amended by striking ``United 
        States Trade Representative'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        Commerce''.
            (2) Section 303(b)(1)(A) is amended by striking ``United 
        States Trade Representative'' and inserting ``Secretary of 
        Commerce.''
            (3) Section 301(d)(8) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(8) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of 
        Commerce.''.
            (4) Sections 301 through 310 are amended by striking 
        ``Trade Representative'' each place it appears and inserting 
        ``Secretary''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the amendments made by 
section 1 shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
    (b) Pending Petitions, Investigations, and Determinations.--The 
amendments made by section 1 shall not affect any petition filed 
before, or investigation pending on, the effective date set forth in 
subsection (a), under chapter 1 of title III of the Trade Act of 1974. 
Such petitions and investigations shall proceed as if section 1 had not 
been enacted. The amendments made by section 1 shall not affect any 
determination made or action taken under chapter 1 of title III of the 
Trade Act of 1974 before the effective date set forth in subsection 
(a).

SEC. 3. URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS ACT.

    (a) Transfer of Certain Functions.--Those functions of the United 
States Trade Representative under the following provisions of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act are transferred to the Secretary of 
Commerce, effective 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act:
            (1) Section 123.
            (2) Paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) of section 124.
            (3) Section 127.
            (4) Subsections (e) and (f) of section 281.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Amendments.--Section 129 of the Uruguay Round 
        Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3538) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Trade Representative'' each place 
                it appears and inserting ``Secretary of Commerce'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ``direct the 
                administering authority to'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``the 
                        administering authority and'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``shall,'' and all that follows through ``issue 
                        a determination'' and inserting ``may issue a 
                        determination'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the 
                        administering authority and''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (4)--
                                    (I) by striking ``the administering 
                                authority and''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``direct the 
                                administering authority to''; and
                    (D) in subsection (c)(1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the 
                        date on which'' and all that follows through 
                        ``determination,'' and inserting ``the date on 
                        which the Secretary of Commerce revokes an 
                        order pursuant to that determination,''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the 
                        date on which'' and all that follows through 
                        the end of the sentence and inserting ``the 
                        date on which the Secretary of Commerce 
                        implements that determination''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall take effect 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
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