109 HR 5529 IH: Trade Law Reform Act of
U.S. House of Representatives
2006-06-06
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1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade Law Reform Act of
2006
.
(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Title I—AMENDMENTS TO TITLE VII
OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930
Sec. 101. Captive production.
Sec. 102. Price.
Sec. 103. Vulnerability of industry; cumulation.
Sec. 104. Causal relationship between imports and
injury.
Sec. 105. Prevention of circumvention.
Sec. 106. Perishable agricultural products.
Sec. 107. Export price and constructed export
price.
Sec. 108. Drawback adjustment in antidumping cases.
Sec. 109. Expedited remedy where persistent dumping is
present.
Sec. 110. Countervailable subsidy.
Sec. 111. New shipper review.
Sec. 112. Valuing freight for inputs in nonmarket economy
country antidumping calculations.
Sec. 113. Revocation of nonmarket economy country
status.
Sec. 114. Effective date.
Title II—SAFEGUARD AMENDMENTS
Sec. 201. Amendments to chapter
1 of title II
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Title III—INTERNATIONAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Sec. 301. Negotiating objectives regarding trade remedy
laws.
Sec. 302. Consultations and assessments regarding trade
Agreements.
Sec. 303. Effective date.
Title IV—CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON WTO DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Congressional findings and purpose.
Sec. 403. Establishment of Commission.
Sec. 404. Duties of the Commission.
Sec. 405. Powers of the Commission.
Sec. 406. Report by United States Trade
Representative.
Sec. 407. Definitions.
Sec. 408. Effective date.
Title V—STEEL IMPORT LICENSING AND MONITORING
Sec. 501. Maintenance and expansion of steel import licensing
and monitoring program.
Title VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. Construction.
Sec. 602. Application to goods from Canada and
Mexico.
Sec. 603. Participation in WTO panel proceedings.
<enum>I</enum><header>AMENDMENTS TO
TITLE <enum-in-header>VII</enum-in-header> OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930</header>
<section id="H9CFFC8B0EDB64DAD856E6018D0204900"><enum>101.</enum><header>Captive
production</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
771(7)(C)(iv) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of
1930</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(C)(iv)</external-xref>) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" id="H51255B09B3B24200BF3B8CEBCE945776" style="OLC">
<clause id="HFFBB19C1B6E94DC69B425B7F9D6E3307"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Captive
production</header><text>If domestic producers transfer internally, including
to affiliated persons as defined in paragraph (33), significant production of
the domestic like product for the production of a downstream article and sell
significant production of the domestic like product in the merchant market,
then the Commission, in determining market share and the factors affecting
financial performance set forth in clause (iii), shall focus primarily on the
merchant market for the domestic like
product.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1A68A1A580114CD199878E28C8774645"><enum>102.</enum><header>Price</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 771(7)(C)(ii) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677(7)(C)(ii)) is amended by adding at the end the following flush
sentence:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" id="HF3177361828042409D3627E611ED3544" style="OLC">
<clause id="H8C998346C4384CFDA1F0A17F9600239E"><enum></enum><text>The Commission
shall not conclude that imports of the subject merchandise do not have a
significant effect on prices merely because of the volume of imports of the
subject
merchandise.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H2BC99A63E75B4D8EA17C82CB80A97728"><enum>103.</enum><header>Vulnerability
of industry; cumulation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H44D64F5D204B4933B964C74BD5B39A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vulnerability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(7)(C)(iii) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677(7)(C)(iii)) is amended in the last sentence by striking the period at the
end and inserting <quote>, including whether the industry is vulnerable to the
effects of imports of the subject merchandise.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDE1492F256F24B9B81995D5B96A1275"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cumulation</header><text>Section
771(7)(G)(i) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of
1930</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(G)(i)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" id="HEDF6FA0FCCF4498B9D2CC4A5437309C4" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE1D0028EFBFC4BCDB35D3EC3FBFFFE43" indent="down3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes
of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (C), and subject to clause (ii), the
Commission shall cumulatively assess the volume and effect of imports of the
subject merchandise from all countries subject to petitions filed under section
702(b) or 732(b), or subject to investigations initiated under 702(a) or
732(a), if such petitions were filed, or such investigations were initiated,
within 90 days before the date on which the Commission is required to make its
final injury determination, and if such imports compete with each other and
with the domestic like product in the United States
market.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H567208BCA7DB42B391C5C200B3DFF292"><enum>104.</enum><header>Causal
relationship between imports and injury</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 771(7)(E)(ii) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677(7)(E)(ii)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>The
Commission need not determine the significance of imports of the subject
merchandise relative to other economic factors.</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4C2B7D9F4FD54F028F28CF22E949C62D"><enum>105.</enum><header>Prevention of
circumvention</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 781(c)
of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677j(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" id="H7C1DCF7F2F48411C9FC1640060A8D915" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H35BCF019586444FDA47D459DCA81FCD9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special
rule</header><text>The administering authority shall apply paragraph (1) with
respect to altered merchandise excluded from the merchandise description used
in an outstanding order or finding, if such application is not inconsistent
with the affirmative determination of the Commission on which the order or
finding is
based.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H686A62F3FE324ECE8706A900B7D11ED"><enum>106.</enum><header>Perishable
agricultural products</header>
<subsection id="H215B3AAB118249C28FAA54984D449C23"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
Industries</header><text>Section 771(4)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677(4)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>If the
Commission determines that an agricultural product has a short shelf life and
is a perishable product, the Commission shall treat the producers of the
product in a defined period or season as the domestic industry. If the
subheading under the Harmonized Tariff Schedules of the United States for an
agricultural product has a 6- or 8-digit classification based on the period of
time during the calendar year in which the product is harvested or imported,
such periods of time constitute a defined period or season for purposes of this
paragraph.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF99226C410A44A292E3BB9B2449B84B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination of
Injury</header><text>Section 771(7)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(7)(D)</external-xref>) is
amended by adding at the end the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Tariff Act of 1930" id="H4B26BD3E9B38487FBD4D53E82244C4DF" style="OLC">
<clause id="H6D28E23032D14F1B8EDDD5C156899F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In
the case of an agricultural industry involving a perishable product with a
short shelf life, if a request for seasonal evaluation has been made by the
petitioners, the Commission shall consider the factors in subparagraph (C) on a
seasonal basis during the period identified as relevant.</text>
</clause><clause id="H26D46BED648E4FC0A878DEAC7B1B3C88"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>In the case of
agricultural products, partially picked or unpicked crops and abandoned acreage
may be considered in lieu of other measures of capacity and capacity
utilization.</text>
</clause><clause id="H38B43A398BC943D9B26D2B09C9B8F3C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The
impact of other factors, such as weather, on agricultural production and
producers shall not be weighed against the contribution of the imported subject
merchandise to the condition of the domestic
industry.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H08F17BC615F4423288CABB53781A038"><enum>107.</enum><header>Export price and
constructed export price</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 772(c)(2)(A) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
1677a(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after <quote>duties</quote> the
following: <quote>(including any antidumping duties, any countervailing duties,
and those temporary duties that are proclaimed to provide import
relief)</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H63008E81752B42288373A2F0C19165CE"><enum>108.</enum><header>Drawback
adjustment in antidumping cases</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 772(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677a">19 U.S.C. 1677a(c)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>United
States,</quote> the following: <quote>but only to the extent necessary to
offset import duties that have been paid on inputs used in the production of
subject merchandise sold in the home market,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFFA3DC763D884926ADF3B5321900DDF8"><enum>109.</enum><header>Expedited
remedy where persistent dumping is present</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 732(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1673a">19 U.S.C. 1673a(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H380E297013ED4A9AA86F633C00BDFB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC93F5862903F4D0F82A097D7958172DC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H073D01E70E3F4FBE9556A3B531D204F4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initiation of
expedited investigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An
expedited antidumping duty investigation shall be initiated with respect to a
particular class or kind of merchandise that is subject to an existing
antidumping order within 20 days of the request of an interested party
described in subparagraph (C), (D), (E), (F), or (G) of section 771(9), if the
administering authority determines, from information available to it, that
imports of such class or kind of merchandise have increased materially from an
additional supplier country, as defined in subparagraph (C), during a period of
90 days or during a longer period as determined by the administering authority
to be appropriate. The request shall allege and present supporting information
that such imports are occurring. The administering authority, in making a
determination under this subparagraph, shall consider the public record of its
investigation of imports of merchandise subject to the existing antidumping
order.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7876980278D4A44A816ED972B3090E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HADAD5487463845CF8D8B091839923791" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H48D55603107148AC981400F8F06053F8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Increased
materially</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The administering
authority shall consider imports of merchandise from an additional supplier
country to have increased materially if such imports have increased by 15
percent or more over the amount of such imports during a period of comparable
duration preceding initiation of the antidumping investigation of imports of
merchandise subject to the existing antidumping
order.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDEE09D86EF154E64B8F4FAD69EED1B1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
subparagraph (D) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2375B9FF236C464998D37CAE42E00702" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H865F93AD369F458C9721C52681FE1E64"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Procedures and
injury determinations for expedited investigations</header>
<clause id="HCE0C890F971F4E709DFFB66D38D40812"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of subsections (b)(3),
(c)(4), (d), and (e) of this section, section 733 (b), (d), and (e), section
734 (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (i), (k), and (l), and section 735 (a), (c),
(d), and (e) shall apply to expedited investigations under this paragraph,
except that the administering authority shall issue a preliminary determination
within 90 days of receiving a request for an investigation under subparagraph
(A).</text>
</clause><clause id="HD4FAC552BD8A4CC79473B23B1C3BD53B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Not later than 45
days after the date on which the request under subparagraph (A) is received by
the administering authority, the Commission shall determine if there is a
reasonable indication of material injury or threat of material injury as
prescribed in section 733(a)(1).</text>
</clause><clause id="H21F0B556BE9147BBADFE6EBA5BB81347"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>If the
Commission makes an affirmative determination that there is a reasonable
indication of material injury and the administering authority makes an
affirmative final determination, the Commission shall make a final
determination as prescribed in section 735(b)(1) before the later of—</text>
<subclause id="H7FDE8F1860FC42D5A3B7EEE1545F83A4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the 120th day
after the day on which the administering authority makes its affirmative
preliminary determination under this subparagraph, or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H53DA5B246E2D47FCA78C7D6D3FF9C300"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the 45th day
after the day on which the administering authority makes its affirmative final
determination under section 735(a).</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H738BD1F624614277AA1F3C365D63BE95"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The Commission
shall make a determination under this subparagraph from reasonably available
information (including public information on the administrative record of its
investigation of imports of merchandise subject to the existing antidumping
order).</text>
</clause><clause id="HE74B6273DDAE4A76A9E8D05833A5DAFB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>An
affirmative final determination shall not be made unless the Commission
determines pursuant to the factors described in sections 735(b)(1) and 771(7)
that an industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports of the subject merchandise and that
imports of the subject merchandise are not
negligible.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H6002F4F96C4345FC87C779E12E4C851"><enum>110.</enum><header>Countervailable
subsidy</header>
<subsection id="H72D075234CA746BE89C27B7BBAB0E481"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
countervailable subsidy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 771(5)(E) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677">19 U.S.C. 1677(5)(E)</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at
the end the following: <quote>If there is a reasonable indication that a
financial contribution by the provision of goods or services has distorted
prices for those goods or services in the country that is subject to the
investigation or review, or if data regarding such prices are otherwise
unavailable, then the administering authority shall measure adequacy of
remuneration by reference to data regarding prices for the same or a similar
good or service from outside the country that is subject to the investigation
or review. The administering authority shall adjust such data to the extent
practicable to reflect prevailing market conditions in that country. If there
is a reasonable indication that prices within a political subdivision,
dependent territory, or possession of a foreign country are distorted, or data
are not available, then the administering authority shall measure adequacy of
remuneration in that political subdivision, dependent territory, or possession
by reference to data from the most comparable area or region in which prices
are not distorted, regardless of whether it is in the same
country.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B313D8213A74399B98846A4F59CE75F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any
determination under section 705 or 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671d, 1675) that is made on or after January 1, 2002, including published
determinations for which judicial or binational panel review has been initiated
or completed pursuant to section 516A of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1516a">19 U.S.C. 1516a</external-xref>). To the
extent that the amendment made by subsection (a) may be relevant to any such
determination that has already been made, the administering authority shall
amend the determination and associated countervailing duty order to bring them
into compliance with the amendment made by subsection (a), and shall undertake
new administrative proceedings, if necessary, to do so.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC26D676C99024D609DEAC3405073FBFF"><enum>111.</enum><header>New shipper
review</header>
<subsection id="H7A1C9AD6FCA44ADFBD45A56739975EDD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Suspension of
the availability of bonds to new shippers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (iii) of section 751(a)(2)(B) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1675">19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(2)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) shall not be effective during
the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H96DA2B924E454AE4B448CF10F05167B5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on the
impact of the suspension</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and the
Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to the Committee on Finance of the
Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a
report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HC5CEE57998834177A6CAA00161DEEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>recommendations on
whether the suspension of the effectiveness of section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the
Tariff Act of 1930 should be extended beyond the date provided in subsection
(a) of this section; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H09349D3ABB144D0E8D0042C3155124A9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assessments of the
effectiveness of any administrative measures that have been implemented to
address the difficulties giving rise to the suspension under subsection (a) of
this section, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC386BB509901433AADF5369536CEA1D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>problems in
assuring the collection of antidumping duties on imports from new shippers;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF1618410571C48689C758E00F597048C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>burdens imposed on
legitimate trade and commerce by the suspension of availability of bonds to new
shippers by reason of the suspension under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9121485B21DC4DFAA01E5958C829F9E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report on
collection problems and analysis of proposed solutions</header>
<paragraph id="H2541C373AD1A4E5FAD34863894440249"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Bureau of Customs
and Border Protection and the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate a report describing the major problems experienced in
the collection of duties, including fraudulent activities intended to avoid
payment of duties, with an estimate of the total amount of uncollected duties
for the previous fiscal year and a breakdown across product lines describing
the reasons duties were uncollected.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0F8A807B51A8418C85E3E3EE55B30368"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The
report shall make recommendations on additional actions to address remaining
problems related to duty collections and, for each recommendation, provide an
analysis of how the recommendation would address the specific problem or
problems cited and the impact that implementing the recommendation would have
on international trade and commerce (including any additional costs imposed on
United States businesses and whether the implementation of the revision is
likely to violate any international trade obligations).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1338599EDB57445591637B00C652972B"><enum>112.</enum><header>Valuing freight
for inputs in nonmarket economy country antidumping calculations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 773(c)(3) of the Tariff Act of 1930
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1677b">19 U.S.C. 1677b(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H573345C856824AAB9D65C7303360F6E5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1DC067AC062B4F9E8BDA25132D6071F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54CB00F1E6A946638164596824550887"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H045066B2D38C4A53B71412EADF9C124F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HCD043776C02F46B68FD04B3DBED8DDC4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>transportation
costs based upon the actual freight distances required to transport material
inputs from the unaffiliated supplier or unaffiliated suppliers, or from the
first unaffiliated supplier where the input is obtained from an affiliate, to
the producer or exporter of the foreign like
product.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2569244A69004557898108E2DDD711DE"><enum>113.</enum><header>Revocation of
nonmarket economy country status</header>
<subsection id="H642A32A6203B48A5B8827FE4566163DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendment of
definition of <quote>nonmarket economy country</quote></header><text>Section
771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/1877">19 U.S.C. 1877(18)(C)(i)</external-xref>) is amended
by striking <quote>until revoked by the administering authority</quote> and
inserting <quote>until revoked by a resolution enacted consistent with section
113 of the <short-title>Trade Law Reform Act of
2006</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD611D9C84F7463783392C67027F5FF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification by
President</header><text>Whenever the administering authority makes a final
determination under section 771(18)(C)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1877(18)(C)(i)) to revoke the determination that a foreign country is a
nonmarket economy country, the President shall notify the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate of that determination within 10 days after its publication in the
Federal Register.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2840D7312ECF420C00DC57249D073029"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rules of House
of Representatives and Senate</header><text>Subsections (c) through (i) of this
section are enacted by the Congress—</text>
<paragraph id="H436CD7EDFC264A2DBF3669EEACBE8EAD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as an exercise of
the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
respectively, and as such they are deemed a part of the rules of each House,
respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed
in that House in the case of approval resolutions described in subsection (d)
of this section; and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they
are inconsistent therewith; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E7DC728CD5C49B5B48BA6A3913FF3A8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>with full
recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so
far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner
and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7BB406F043884FB4A70669A0993B21D9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For
purposes of this section, the term <term>approval resolution</term> means only
a joint resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after the
resolving clause of which is as follows: <quote>That the Congress approves the
change of non-market economy status with respect to the products of _____
transmitted by the President to the Congress on _____.</quote>, the first blank
space being filled in with the applicable country, and the second blank space
being filled with the appropriate date.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7DD579C0F2814216B1BF13FAEDD1158"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Introduction</header><text>When
a notification submitted under subsection (b) is transmitted to the House of
Representatives and the Senate, an approval resolution with respect to such
agreement shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the majority leader
of the House, for himself, or by Members of the House designated by the
majority leader of the House; and shall be introduced (by request) in the
Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, for himself, or by Members of the
Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H12539A101CE04DC8BA673DA14D3BE86F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Amendments
prohibited</header><text>No amendment to an approval resolution shall be in
order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate; and no motion to
suspend the application of this subsection shall be in order in either House,
nor shall it be in order in either House for the Presiding Officer to entertain
a request to suspend the application of this subsection by unanimous
consent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1D01C2D80DD042768572F18425E69593"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Period for
committee and floor consideration</header>
<paragraph id="HFE0F698CF10A4B33A85E98FD77C040E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), if the committee or
committees of either House to which an approval resolution has been referred
have not reported it at the close of the 45th day after its introduction, such
committee or committees shall be automatically discharged from further
consideration of the bill or resolution and it shall be placed on the
appropriate calendar. A vote on final passage of the bill or resolution shall
be taken in each House on or before the close of the 15th day after the bill or
resolution is reported by the committee or committees of that House to which it
was referred, or after such committee or committees have been discharged from
further consideration of the bill or resolution. If prior to the passage by one
House of an approval resolution of that House, that House receives the same
approval resolution from the other House, then—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF219E293BC4F4558BA00B747A68C1621"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the procedure in
that House shall be the same as if no or approval resolution had been received
from the other House, but</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F0DFD3B366B42C7BE47E44C006285F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the vote on final
passage shall be on the approval resolution of the other House.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H554EB983CB4547A78FA87E73069EA2EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Computation of
days</header><text>For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), in computing a
number of days in either House, there shall be excluded any day on which that
House is not in session.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF629AE0F6A346A3B2D81226D812B08"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Floor
consideration in the House</header>
<paragraph id="H1247D0B357844AB1A7027C564D2E519F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motion
privileged</header><text>A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to
the consideration of an approval resolution shall be highly privileged and not
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in
order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or
disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB566FB0F1EAD495BA1A5B1B000E9259C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debate
limited</header><text>Debate in the House of Representatives on an approval
resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, which shall be divided
equally between those favoring and those opposing the bill or resolution. A
motion further to limit debate shall not be debatable. It shall not be in order
to move to recommit an approval resolution or to move to reconsider the vote by
which an approval resolution is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1D3B7BB5D7B4FF49D2B8188DDB46C2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Motions to
postpone</header><text>Motions to postpone, made in the House of
Representatives with respect to the consideration of an approval resolution,
and motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided
without debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA0A5B4F53A846CBA1B3BC00D679B8E9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appeals</header><text>All
appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the
Rules of the House of Representatives to the procedure relating to an approval
resolution shall be decided without debate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CD9068A6E3F43A690878D9723956DAF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other
rules</header><text>Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding
provisions of this subsection, consideration of an approval resolution shall be
governed by the Rules of the House of Representatives applicable to other bills
and resolutions in similar circumstances.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H193C574234AE4AB99E0619C598675C72"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Floor
consideration in the Senate</header>
<paragraph id="H20A54996016B4406AB675E5BD58B038C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Motion
privileged</header><text>A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration
of an approval resolution shall be privileged and not debatable. An amendment
to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to
reconsider the vote by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BFF2A11651543EE97127EC359907600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debate
limited</header><text>Debate in the Senate on an approval resolution, and all
debatable motions and appeals in connection therewith, shall be limited to not
more than 20 hours. The time shall be equally divided between, and controlled
by, the majority leader and the minority leader or their designees.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0CEB89F41AC34A8E88C8C3DB9BB6FC75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Control of
debate</header><text>Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in
connection with an implementing bill or approval resolution shall be limited to
not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and controlled by, the
mover and the manager of the bill or resolution, except that in the event the
manager of the bill or resolution is in favor of any such motion or appeal, the
time in opposition thereto, shall be controlled by the minority leader or his
designee. Such leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control
on the passage of an or approval resolution, allot additional time to any
Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or appeal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2FCAA8B7854E47E18366194EB0B8C14B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
motions</header><text>A motion in the Senate to further limit debate is not
debatable. A motion to recommit an approval resolution is not in order.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H405CE14F24EC48E387B76B65A852AD24"><enum>114.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
specifically provided by this title, the amendments made by this title shall
apply with respect to determinations made under title VII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> that—</text>
<paragraph id="HB52C7FE218F5423292782BAAE2F954D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are made with
respect to investigations initiated or petitions filed on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE81895D1BF4148C1970658DA544E845E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>have not become
final as of such date of enactment.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>SAFEGUARD
AMENDMENTS</header>
<section id="HC35F77C6AA5F469000D3EE82C7D9D068"><enum>201.</enum><header>Amendments to
chapter <enum-in-header>1</enum-in-header> of title
<enum-in-header>II</enum-in-header> of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade
Act of 1974</act-name></header>
<subsection id="H8A0B75B673A9445FBFD0C38B131E496B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Test for
Positive Adjustments to Import Competition</header><text>Section 201(a) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2251">19 U.S.C. 2251(a)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the
threat thereof,</quote> and inserting <quote>cause or threaten to cause serious
injury</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEC03E90310D4644BEB8FAB2AFDB2096"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations
and Determinations</header><text>Section 202 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2252">19 U.S.C. 2252</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8F4A409E00A440E0807349EFAEBA8DEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(1)(A), by striking <quote>be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the
threat thereof,</quote> and inserting <quote>cause or threaten to cause serious
injury</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H762BB62A832E4E73AC6EEF2BDF09F030"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending
subsection (b)(1)(B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1555533C97C242F1BB77005344EAAF00" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HE4DB0476FB4849D8B1DF05E6D3734DE5" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the term
<term>cause</term> refers to a cause that contributes significantly to serious
injury, or the threat thereof, to the domestic industry but need not be equal
to or greater than any other
cause.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E1DDF62B07E4CD58BEC80B424AC93DD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1B0237EF354046B49D40625FC66D946F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1)(A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBE5ABF67819F426D86BE971C2E0557AD" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H739DA59C4DAC463BA60539E3C0000C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to
serious injury—</text>
<clause id="HA2ADF6AC38F44F488D50018EAE085848"><enum>(i)</enum><text>change in the
level of sales, production, productivity, capacity utilization, profits and
losses, and employment;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7026947606194B0FABB29B5E56E45874"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the significant
idling of productive facilities in the domestic industry;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7A4BA7D73AF647B199C700B4BA32502D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the inability of
a significant number of firms to carry out domestic production operations at a
reasonable level of profit; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C48EBCC696844FB98640052F14C8FD2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>significant
unemployment or underemployment within the domestic
industry;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5AFE79C17B8244529D37B61DB768F7A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HBC0C4AF121DD4B1EB17800805304D9A8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
clause (iii) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>,
and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H27A52EDFF8814108A7175EE8DE036E16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting after clause (iii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HBAB60839724A4A00995C58E3A2707912" style="OLC">
<clause id="H1B738441562E45D8AA17F012C10009B5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>foreign
production capacity, foreign inventories, the level of demand in third country
markets, and the availability of other export markets to absorb any additional
exports;
and</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAD923BE9EEA4E178B73EC04B68BCD14"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (1)(C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA99ED9D9CAD743A39C6E929DC86340C8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF3A80C03570E44A3AB37DD8910D2E677"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to
cause—</text>
<clause id="HC5270F341DD54FA5B8B35082AC902259"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the rate, amount,
and timing of the increase in imports of the product concerned in absolute and
relative terms, including whether there has been a substantial increase in
imports over a short period of time; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H798AC01A4CE64BAC89E80742FC89B4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the share of the
domestic market taken by increased
imports.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86A84BE0692D425494929DDCF3E0B901"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3) through (6) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H739E056AAD53404D9BCDE1F9DDCE6CB8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H6DFC9CAA94EC4185884E2D7E04003F55" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB1D148AECBA7494DAC50BF247BE023BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In making
determinations under paragraph (1)(A) and (B), if domestic producers internally
transfer, including to affiliated persons as defined in section 771(33) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name>, significant
production of the article like or directly competitive with the imported
article for the production of a downstream article and sell significant
production of the article like or directly competitive with the imported
article in the merchant market, then the Commission, in determining market
share and the factors affecting financial performance set forth in paragraph
(1)(A) and (B), shall focus primarily on the merchant market for the article
like or directly competitive with the imported article.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2EF5EE4C41A4FCDBA7BAA87ADDEA8F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In making
determinations under subsection (b), the Commission shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91B422E580794CFDAB7DCCA0DD2CE3ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>consider the
condition of the domestic industry over the course of the relevant business
cycle, but may not aggregate the causes of declining demand associated with a
recession or economic downturn in the United States economy into a single cause
of serious injury or threat of injury; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H78870B59496244D6B8794843AC42BFA6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>examine factors
other than imports which may cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the
domestic industry.</text>
</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">The
Commission shall include the results of its examination under subparagraph (B)
in the report submitted by the Commission to the President under subsection
(e).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE88DFF22E6B94B3400C773C0C443D1B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In making
determinations under subsection (b), the Commission shall consider whether any
change in the volume of imports that has occurred since a petition under
subsection (a) was filed or a request under subsection (b) was made is related
to the pendency of the investigation, and if so, the Commission may reduce the
weight accorded to the data for the period after the petition under subsection
(a) was filed or the request under subsection (b) was made in making its
determination of serious injury, or the threat
thereof.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD26F6DEF218247708238EF5CCBB261F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="H316EA9DBF0014C4F8B1924D36206D8AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>and (B)</quote> and inserting <quote>, (B), and (C)</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB58AB459CBED45C0A74C59D27101F143"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>be a substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat
thereof,</quote> and inserting <quote>cause or threaten to cause serious
injury</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H031921B84DEB4CCB802805001C5DE48B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7A46DC7BD96E44FFBFD0A3698895F618"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>be, or likely to be a substantial cause of
serious injury, or the threat thereof,</quote> and inserting <quote>cause, or
be likely to cause, or threaten to cause, or be likely to threaten to cause,
serious injury</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD93F2A24AE414C5391229FAE853CA967"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(C), in the matter following clause (ii), by striking <quote>a substantial
cause of serious injury, or the threat thereof,</quote> and inserting
<quote>causing or threatening to cause serious injury</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F0C383726EA42D29DB8B427B01E05C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2)(A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1BA4CA15C8004F7092BA9C008786839B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF0852623B4D94EC58520A400A61CDDC6"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD2EA11086A89414F00904FA5C8D320F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>When a petition filed
under subsection (a) or a request filed under subsection (b) alleges that
critical circumstances exist and requests that provisional relief be provided
under this subsection with respect to imports of the article identified in the
petition or request, the Commission shall, not later than 45 days after the
petition or request is filed, determine, on the basis of available information,
whether—</text>
<clause id="H59EDF246F80A4A28BEA52BB8788C8569" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>there is clear evidence that
increased imports (either actual or relative to domestic production) of the
article are causing or threatening to cause serious injury to the domestic
industry producing an article like or directly competitive with the imported
article; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3CC44B290E304FB0B2E6C9B4FE35B5BD" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>delay in taking action under this
chapter would cause damage to that industry that would be difficult to
repair.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F27A9D1B5B64CF59137993DD800F953"><enum></enum><text>In making the
evaluation under clause (ii), the Commission should consider, among other
factors that it considers relevant, the timing and volume of the imports,
including whether there has been a substantial increase in imports over a short
period of time, and any other circumstances indicating that delay in taking
action under this chapter would cause damage to the industry that would be
difficult to repair.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9D9E873C15894BBBA34D158BCD5817DB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(D), by striking <quote>30</quote> and inserting <quote>20</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD8541FD3FE974E7D82D618BE7F43D719"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Presidential
Determinations</header>
<paragraph id="H60D6B00E229E4CC985C71B13122F23B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Action by
president</header><text>Section 203(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253(a)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H16778E346F4144CA984622EAB2AE612E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)(A), by striking <quote>and provide greater economic and social benefits
than costs</quote> and inserting <quote>and will not have an adverse impact on
the United States clearly greater than the benefits of such
action</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4FC3918905E940D3BA8D653B00E39ECE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(F), by striking <quote>compensation;</quote> at the end of clause (iii) and
inserting the following: <quote>compensation, except that the President shall
give substantially greater weight to the factors set out in clause (i) than to
those set out in clauses (ii) and (iii);</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F0743210C63434F91F500D51D5C034"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2)(I) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H69E3F0C7FAEA430394EDF11ECA53E2C3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9BB143FBF7B546898D713298740061D9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the potential for
harm to the national security of the United States;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H03518C843A58492B9F5C1DD5441FBA2E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation
of action recommended by commission</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0E1D402116694BD0A525D8621C8275C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 203(c) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253(c)</external-xref>)
is amended by striking <quote>90</quote> and inserting
<quote>60</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7A51E68508E40AF810057295C629393" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 152(c)(1) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2192(c)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>not counting any day which is
excluded under section 154(b),</quote> and inserting <quote>counting all
calendar days in the case of a resolution described in subsection (a)(1)(A),
and not counting any day which is excluded under section 154(b) in the case of
a resolution described in subsection (a)(1)(B),</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF2376BEB415B4A2CB64F8275C43DBDCC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming
Amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H6D965FF53AC24E299990401F6FB7A087"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section
203(e)(6)(B) of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2253">19 U.S.C. 2253(e)(6)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>substantially</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00799D25E5FE4A139961EEACF79647"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 264(c) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2354(c)) is amended by striking <quote>a substantial cause of serious injury or
threat thereof</quote> and inserting <quote>causing or threatening to cause
serious injury</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFFD654374E94C13A7EC6158FC42B3A8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 154(b) of
the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name> (19 U.S.C.
2194(b)) is amended by striking the matter that precedes paragraph (1) and
inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block act-name="Trade Act of 1974" id="HAF319A3186C74CB1AF412EDCC89733F1" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9CC4016589A9402EB563EEB8F5B1D8E6"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The 60-day period
referred to in section 203(c) and the 90-day period referred to in section
407(c)(2) shall be computed by
excluding—</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>INTERNATIONAL
TRADE NEGOTIATIONS</header>
<section id="H753DA311C47548ABAFB64E84385DFE00"><enum>301.</enum><header>Negotiating
objectives regarding trade remedy laws</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2102(b)(14) of the Trade Act of 2002
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3801">19 U.S.C. 3801(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following flush
sentence:</text>
<quoted-block id="H579716D8BADE43269B4E5B4FA77F248D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB9D36BC9E9BC4E438C9DEBB336585F26"><enum></enum><text>In order to
carry out subparagraph (A), the United States Trade Representative should
refuse to agree to any proposal, whether in the context of a trade agreement
entered into under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, or a free
trade agreement with another country or group of countries, that would, either
individually or in combination with other proposals, weaken existing United
States trade remedy laws contained in title VII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> or chapter 1 of
title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>,
including any proposal that would make obtaining relief under these provisions
more difficult, uncertain, or costly for domestic industries to achieve or
maintain over
time.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HF3A90BCB28024E6FBA1298AE3781A34D"><enum>302.</enum><header>Consultations
and assessments regarding trade Agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2104(d)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of
2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3804">19 U.S.C. 3804(d)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C8A03424716460F8D93494372D36C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by
striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7466C7D189A4C2CA1636BE2A01E1235"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by
striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8EBB4CF8B71449A88CB272179A9B5C0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by
adding after clause (ii) the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE057541A6DC147D6A03C77A5726FE1FD" style="OLC">
<clause id="H37D9C3FBB1344265BBAC9FA8F324FE8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>with respect to
each specific proposal that could require amendments to title VII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> or chapter 1 of
title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>,
whether and to what extent the proposal would, either individually or in
combination with other proposals, make obtaining relief under these provisions
more difficult, uncertain, or costly for domestic industries to achieve or
maintain over time; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6E028715DB7C4602BB27A480C951BAF6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>for each specific
proposal that the President reports would not (whether individually or in
combination with other proposals) make obtaining relief under title VII of the
<act-name parsable-cite="TA30">Tariff Act of 1930</act-name> or chapter 1 of
title II of the <act-name parsable-cite="TA74">Trade Act of 1974</act-name>
more difficult, uncertain, or costly for domestic industries to achieve or
maintain over time, a detailed explanation providing the basis for this
conclusion.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5723A91FC4384DFBB140EF2C02E27DCB"><enum>303.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by
this title take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>IV</enum><header>CONGRESSIONAL
ADVISORY COMMISSION ON WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT</header>
<section id="HD44DB75A9DCB44759D12A8E612B17516"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote>Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement
Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HBAC057CA3CD34FE0BE4841DDDABAD525"><enum>402.</enum><header>Congressional
findings and purpose</header>
<subsection id="HF6160D1314BA4EB39FAABB98A4403D60"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>The
Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HCCFBF59ACCD646F9B5360046B1FB4100"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United States
joined the World Trade Organization as an original member with the goal of
creating an improved global trading system and providing expanded economic
opportunities for United States firms and workers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H324D2D17616F4E3C005F9D1ED4EC07EB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The dispute
settlement rules of the WTO were created to enhance the likelihood that
governments will observe their WTO obligations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64468A8225AB4016B048FEAD672099C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>These dispute
settlement rules help ensure that the United States can reap the full benefits
of its participation in the WTO.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5E7E635B9E2740CEB3E182006636C3C0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Successful
operation of the WTO dispute settlement system was critical to congressional
approval of the Uruguay Round Agreements and is critical to continued support
by the United States for the WTO. In particular, it is imperative that dispute
settlement panels and the Appellate Body—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC347E561422340A1AFD1CC98DE135790"><enum>(A)</enum><text>operate with
fairness and in an impartial manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2556E0D67FD477183E04255C4BB7FBA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>strictly observe
the terms of reference and any applicable standard of review set forth in the
Uruguay Round Agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81D96366B2434EC7BC6140F619CDE0CA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>not add to the
obligations, or diminish the rights, of WTO members under the Uruguay Round
Agreements in violation of Articles 3.2 and 19.2 of the Dispute Settlement
Understanding.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D04F941349A41D68BED810466F1BF14"><enum>(5)</enum><text>An increasing
number of reports by dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body have
raised serious concerns within the Congress about the ability of the WTO
dispute settlement system to operate in accordance with paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8F81D900C2654F8A9C807F0053FE534D"><enum>(6)</enum><text>In particular,
several reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body have added
to the obligations and diminished the rights of WTO members, particularly under
the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade 1994, the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,
and the Agreement on Safeguards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4790BA7EE6084E18AADAA4157C3D4B06"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In order to come
into compliance with reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate
Body that have been adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body, the Congress may
need to amend or repeal statutes of the United States. In such cases, the
Congress must have a high degree of confidence that the reports are in
accordance with paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDBE711342EAB4D408EF2DAAA9DFB81F1"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Congress needs
impartial, objective, and juridical advice to determine the appropriate
response to reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8A6839C1B154AB28CBC86C41C6E594E"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The United States
remains committed to the multilateral, rules-based trading system.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5A4A9816F85E4EB7A7837149E966301C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>It
is the purpose of this title to provide for the establishment of the
Congressional Advisory Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement to provide
objective and impartial advice to the Congress on the operation of the dispute
settlement system of the World Trade Organization.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDDFA5BE214E942FC901180A9B686C23F"><enum>403.</enum><header>Establishment
of Commission</header>
<subsection id="HA7291185C0034A07B1AA9717CBA252D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established a commission to be known as the Congressional Advisory
Commission on WTO Dispute Settlement (in this title referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDF1EBB898DD4BCCBFF474E5D295876E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HAE12D9CFD08F4554B3EC9A5E050AD00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Commission shall be composed of 5 members, all of whom shall be judges or
former judges of the Federal judicial circuits and shall be appointed by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the
Senate after considering the recommendations of the Chairman and ranking member
of the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Chairman and ranking member
of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.
Commissioners shall be chosen without regard to political affiliation and
solely on the basis of each Commissioner’s fitness to perform the duties of a
Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB077E4363D7040759C7F60EC49F260DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date</header><text>The
appointments of the initial members of the Commission shall be made not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6F949F1B0264E639BDFDC0977344E68"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of
Appointment; Vacancies</header>
<paragraph id="H71F3FA534950467A8DE5A38F29D8C1CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Members of the Commission shall each be appointed for a
term of 5 years, except that of the members first appointed, 3 members shall be
appointed for terms of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35299103410E4196933C2085E1916F66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="HD218662B3D1C4A73A0DEFB2F004C817D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any vacancy on the Commission shall not affect its
powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was
made and shall be subject to the same conditions as the original
appointment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BE67EFD83814AE3BEA6AE32343C9EEF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Unexpired
term</header><text>An individual chosen to fill a vacancy shall be appointed
for the unexpired term of the member replaced.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55AC52FEB3374E208C2533A0393FF55B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Initial
Meeting</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which all
members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall hold its
first meeting.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C737C1783F14B87AE49B699018739C8"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairperson.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFD67B7C5178441E9B00B34358FDB78B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A
majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum, but a
lesser number of members may hold hearings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H473A9E26F30345EAB627F0AB4E0297B7"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson</header><text>The Commission shall select a Chairperson and
Vice Chairperson from among its members.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H941498DDC9EC4BFEA86B483BFF674A8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Members
of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu
of subsistence at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I
of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or
regular places of business in the performance of services for the
Commission.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFB097E459E3842CFAE292D55E793B143"><enum>404.</enum><header>Duties of the
Commission</header>
<subsection id="H2AB09D015F4540FFAE06E7AA03B6C6E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Advising
Congress on the Operation of the WTO Dispute Settlement System</header>
<paragraph id="HCC3B39079B8C404ABE7412E6055E8664"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB5EB9328D32F44A6B25250D755980040"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all adverse
reports of dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body which are—</text>
<clause id="HB4F533CD40F3413DB0CF8CB39001DAAE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adopted by the
Dispute Settlement Body; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCC9CE5D92C04A4DB42E00C49C2904B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
result of a proceeding initiated against the United States by a WTO member;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9118ECEE4DF443682725770431C474C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon the request
of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Finance of the Senate—</text>
<clause id="HCFA30446DC654E3F914C823349513D5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any
adverse report of a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body—</text>
<subclause id="H762FB9D4A06544D8B530222B3F6473E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>which is adopted
by the Dispute Settlement Body; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H203B3881EEF34CC5AFCD6780728BB509"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in which the
United States is a complaining party; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H406D4FF06A0B47F581DD90573E3CF885"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any
other finding which is contained in a report of a dispute settlement panel or
the Appellate Body that is adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H76032B7F43244B379E7FF3DAF2AE2F57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of
review</header><text>The Commission shall advise the Congress in connection
with each adverse finding or other finding under paragraph (1) (B) only
whether—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA09D6F135EB24E2284585F8E90E1003B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the dispute
settlement panel or the Appellate Body, as the case may be—</text>
<clause id="H8A077C0D9427410EB1DAB70A024BDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>exceeded its
authority or its terms of reference;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEBA08A0946EB4035B9421972E8C77FBE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>added to the
obligations, or diminished the rights, of the United States under the Uruguay
Round Agreement which is the subject of the finding;</text>
</clause><clause id="H4C3678E0903845D49C649DC600C91FF4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>acted
arbitrarily or capriciously, engaged in misconduct, or demonstrably departed
from the procedures specified for panels and the Appellate Body in the
applicable Uruguay Round Agreement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFF385808727B4325A3B39F08DFBC74D8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>deviated from the
applicable standard of review, including in antidumping, countervailing duty,
and other unfair trade remedy cases, the standard of review set forth in
Article 17.6 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F0B30C4371A45D68F32C1CCD7FF7EB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the finding is
consistent with the original understanding by the United States of the Uruguay
Round Agreement that is the subject of the finding as explained in the
statement of administrative action approved under section 101(a) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD65F7730C604451BC76E69632920057"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No
deference</header><text>Applying the standards set forth in paragraph (2) does
not require deference to findings of law made by the dispute settlement panel
or the Appellate Body, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9892177A49214A69A579EB9E5C33E77C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination;
Report</header>
<paragraph id="HEA523040FD884573BC997D4D3D24D396"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<subparagraph id="H6268E0B0035C46B5BB1314D35FF8D056"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 150 days after the date on which the
Commission receives notice of a report or request under section 405(b), the
Commission shall make a written determination with respect to the matters
described in paragraph (2) of subsection (a), including a full analysis of the
basis for its determination. A vote by a majority of the members of the
Commission shall constitute a determination of the Commission, although the
members need not agree on the basis for their vote.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8AFDDC04F7004C53B6109BCC5C22FD04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Dissenting or
concurring opinions</header><text>Any member of the Commission who disagrees
with a determination of the Commission or who concurs in such a determination
on a basis different from that of the Commission or other members of the
Commission, may write an opinion expressing such disagreement or concurrence,
as the case may be.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8DF3DE84AEA549AAAE6695B077224FCF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Commission shall promptly report the determinations described in paragraph
(1)(A) to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Finance of the Senate. The Commission shall include with the
report any opinions written under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to the
determination.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H78DAE680B0994E19A603569BFC2471CB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability to
the Public</header><text>Each report of the Commission under subsection (b)(2),
together with the opinions included with the report, shall be made available to
the public.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5A32AE3D309F4F20B4A7FA1067003F4"><enum>405.</enum><header>Powers of the
Commission</header>
<subsection id="H58A25BA606A845C5ADEC02B8373DE3B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>The
Commission may hold a public hearing to solicit views concerning a report of a
dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body described in section 404(a)(1),
if the Commission considers such hearing to be necessary to carry out the
purpose of this title. The Commission shall provide reasonable notice of a
hearing held pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEC89AC22CD4B418EBF5392FA4193B864"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information From
Interested Parties and Federal Agencies</header>
<paragraph id="H8CF13D23A2F442E691E6D2722640A768"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notice to
commission</header>
<subparagraph id="H4E7EF3F1F56B4852006F96CF81AD5DCE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Under section
<enum-in-header>404(a)(1)(A)</enum-in-header></header><text>The Trade
Representative shall advise the Commission not later than 5 business days after
the date the Dispute Settlement Body adopts a report of a panel or the
Appellate Body that is to be reviewed by the Commission under section
404(a)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BBC3A0E5F6A4AFE935700D88E05F5A0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Under section
<enum-in-header>404(a)(1)(B)</enum-in-header></header><text>The Committee on
Ways and Means or the Committee on Finance, as the case may be, may make and
notify the Commission of a request under section 404(a)(1)(B) not later than 1
year after the Dispute Settlement Body adopts the report that is the subject of
the request.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0408F539A4844868D9D9240DB67001D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reports adopted
prior to appointment of commission</header><text>With respect to any report to
which section 404(a)(1)(B) applies and that is adopted before the date on which
the first members of the Commission are appointed under section 403(b)(2), the
Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on Finance, as the case may be,
may make and notify the Commission of a request under section 404(a)(1)(B) with
respect to that report not later than 1 year after the date on which the first
members of the Commission are appointed under section 403(b)(2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H99ADB84313F040459E631DA15229FC27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submissions and
requests for information</header>
<subparagraph id="H97A0AB1DED5E47FDBD46F2D5526BF200"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall promptly publish in the Federal
Register notice of the notice received under paragraph (1) from the Trade
Representative, the Committee on Ways and Means, or the Committee on Finance,
as the case may be, along with notice of an opportunity for interested parties
to submit written comments to the Commission. The Commission shall make
comments submitted pursuant to the preceding sentence available to the
public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H716BF4E9D27D47ADBEE11E7BC5577297"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information from
federal agencies and departments</header><text>The Commission may also secure
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the
Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Upon
the request of the chairperson of the Commission, the head of such department
or agency shall furnish the information requested to the Commission in a timely
manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H29E276B18CA6439FB273A9A5006C00C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to panel
and appellate body documents</header>
<subparagraph id="H83098EC4EE8D414E8D4CC9593F7C9446"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Trade Representative shall make available to the
Commission all submissions and relevant documents relating to a report of a
panel or the Appellate Body described in section 404(a)(1), including any
information contained in such submissions identified by the provider of the
information as proprietary information or information designated as
confidential by a foreign government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79A26470949441BF8B884771B1CE15AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
access</header><text>Any document which the Trade Representative submits to the
Commission shall be available to the public, except information which is
identified as proprietary or confidential or the disclosure of which would
otherwise violate the rules of the WTO.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H17BAC6359E6C4A38B754A6D611146700"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance From
Federal Agencies; Confidentiality</header>
<paragraph id="HF6F2A80B30C745E4AA006C5983FA5032"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrative
assistance</header><text>Any agency or department of the United States that is
designated by the President shall provide administrative services, funds,
facilities, staff, or other support services to the Commission to assist the
Commission with the performance of the Commission’s functions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51788160E52F46948E832C1EF739C684"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Confidentiality</header><text>The
Commission shall protect from disclosure any document or information submitted
to it by a department or agency of the United States which the agency or
department requests be kept confidential. The Commission shall not be
considered to be an agency for purposes of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">section 552</external-xref> of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE32FA26778B141639CB0F57DE2C409B4"><enum>406.</enum><header>Report by
United States Trade Representative</header>
<subsection id="H531FD4311A9B49F7B989E651F8FEADFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90
days after the third instance in which the Commission, under section 402(a)(2),
advises Congress in the affirmative with respect to one or more actions
specified in section 402(a)(2)(A), the United States Trade Representative shall
submit to the congressional committees specified in subsection (c) a report
detailing a course of action for reforming the WTO dispute settlement process
so as to ensure that dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body do not
take actions specified in section 402(a)(2)(A).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7AEF67C56A748DBBCC6CFADB7AC1DEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Follow-up
reports</header><text>Once the United States Trade Representative submits to
the congressional committees a report under subsection (a), the United States
Trade Representative shall thereafter submit to those committees, not less
frequently than once every six months, a report detailing the progress made
with respect to reforming the WTO dispute settlement process (as described in
subsection (a)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6FC78B43646844FEAC9135BF00B1F269"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Specified
committees</header><text>The committees referred to in subsection (a) are the
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Finance of the Senate.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB5A95C8FC5A242FD9E1248A49808D007"><enum>407.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="H892DBBA804894779AF5EE80752F31B2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adverse
finding</header><text>The term <term>adverse finding</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H698986DAF88E42D1AB669246021E9D55"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in a proceeding of
a panel or the Appellate Body that is initiated against the United States, a
finding by the panel or the Appellate Body that any law or regulation of, or
application thereof by, the United States, or any State, is inconsistent with
the obligations of the United States under a Uruguay Round Agreement (or
nullifies or impairs benefits accruing to a WTO member under such an
Agreement); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9B7E94CC99B4EC7B077F383E9241F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a proceeding of
a panel or the Appellate Body in which the United States is a complaining
party, any finding by the panel or the Appellate Body that a measure of the
party complained against is not inconsistent with that party’s obligations
under a Uruguay Round Agreement (or does not nullify or impair benefits
accruing to the United States under such an Agreement).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9D2CDF6566F04B029C06ACD9B8541F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Appellate
body</header><text>The term <term>Appellate Body</term> means the Appellate
Body established by the Dispute Settlement Body pursuant to Article 17.1 of the
Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H94E24405B090496FBD2D00555B2CC4B1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dispute
settlement body</header><text>The term <term>Dispute Settlement Body</term>
means the Dispute Settlement Body established pursuant to the Dispute
Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEC15D45B8AC74139B893B425A837ADE5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Dispute
settlement panel; panel</header><text>The terms <term>dispute settlement
panel</term> and <term>panel</term> mean a panel established pursuant to
Article 6 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B3A43C5E15C444DB7C3E30AFBE022B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dispute
settlement understanding</header><text>The term <term>Dispute Settlement
Understanding</term> means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing
the Settlement of Disputes referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3511">19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1585AAFB8FA4390A655BBEA42E8920"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Terms of
reference</header><text>The term <term>terms of reference</term> has the
meaning given such term in the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95466D9606474B29B60053F70083EE73"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Trade
representative</header><text>The term <term>Trade Representative</term> means
the United States Trade Representative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51BDEF17776B4787BE1B5451C7E72528"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Uruguay round
agreement</header><text>The term <term>Uruguay Round Agreement</term> means any
of the Agreements described in section 101(d) of the Uruguay Round Agreements
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB48419ED03834CDCACA5C27D06B8DC98"><enum>(9)</enum><header>United States
person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1E49DCB3C964D2A9DD5C5CCBE91FDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States
citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence into the United States;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8542C94002FE4C88BDDE288D85C904F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a corporation,
partnership, or other legal entity organized under the laws of the United
States or of any State, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDB23872E9CCC434083F7D2C5BF63631"><enum>(10)</enum><header>World trade
organization; wto</header><text>The terms <term>World Trade Organization</term>
and <term>WTO</term> mean the organization established pursuant to the WTO
Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D9766A1300643A7A923EDE75243417E"><enum>(11)</enum><header>WTO
agreement</header><text>The term <term>WTO Agreement</term> means the Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April 15,
1994.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5091E64A6BB141FA8B8452A1F7EF761C"><enum>(12)</enum><header>WTO
member</header><text>The term <term>WTO member</term> has the meaning given
that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C.
3501(10)).</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H7B6207D37F9A480DAE699B943232BF69"><enum>408.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>STEEL
IMPORT LICENSING AND MONITORING</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F255FA754B6439A9FB1C5A6F49FDD4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>501.</enum><header>Maintenance and
expansion of steel import licensing and monitoring program</header>
<subsection id="HC1915C83AA9A4378BD4DF0D5DC448913"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maintenance of
Program</header><text>The steel import licensing and monitoring program
established by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce
pursuant to the Memorandum signed by the President on March 5, 2002 (67 Fed.
Reg. 10593 through 10597) (pursuant to the authority of the President under
section 203(g) of the Trade Act of 1974), shall, notwithstanding any other
action taken by the President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974
concerning the steel products described in the Memorandum, remain in effect and
be established by the Secretary of Commerce as a permanent program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C1E818413094CD7AB8E820985C07C86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expansion of
program</header>
<paragraph id="HE41AE1F731CA493D9CA83195571563D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>In carrying out the program in accordance with subsection
(a), the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall expand
the program to include all iron and steel, and all articles of iron or steel,
described in paragraph (2). The import and licensing data made available to the
public as part of this program shall be released based upon classifications at
the tenth digit level of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71B32119E8E84192A06D52BB32C9C600"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Iron and steel
described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The iron and steel,
and articles of iron or steel, referred to in subparagraph (A) are the iron and
steel, and articles of iron or steel, contained in the following headings and
subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States:</text>
<subparagraph id="HA350A0CB740E4544BB11B010042B0048"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Each of the
headings 7206 through 7229 (relating to mill products).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H806C3BC06BE54F61BC83486CA466D0BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Each of the
headings 7301 through 7307 (relating to rails, structurals, pipe and tubes, and
fittings and flanges).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0EE7285418FA4B62801800CDF2FC1BB0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Heading 7308
(relating to fabricated structurals).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DA21C8359BF4ED30075EB003EBC14C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Subheading
7310.10.00 (relating to barrels and drums).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA2ADE9C4505C4F3F9D9535E559DC64C"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Heading 7312 (relating to strand and
rope).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9363AB1810234212A092C2CBE69EE31F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Heading 7313.00.00
(relating to barbed and fence wire).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B39B40F278E4952982DF5C3696320E2"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Headings 7314, 7315, and 7317.00 (relating
to fabricated wire).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CFBA2B39A444EC085823E3032C7AE00"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Heading 7318 (relating to industrial
fasteners).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0D74F97B6E0A4155B475D0FFAE5596BF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Heading 7326
(relating to fence posts).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66D7FA8C8AD5499EBEDB68E5956562BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce are hereby authorized and directed
to take such actions as are necessary—</text>
<paragraph id="H2978DF074AE24896962B7B738CCBF119"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maintain the
program described in subsection (a) in accordance with such subsection;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H22A96DD7F8FB45EEB4BD9573E354B3B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to expand, as
necessary and appropriate, such program in accordance with subsection
(b).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>VI</enum><header>MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS</header>
<section id="H3CE6AC22FCF24E59B3C8023D24BCE5B8"><enum>601.</enum><header>Construction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by this Act shall not be
construed to create any inference with respect to the interpretation of the
provisions of law amended by this Act as such provisions were in effect before
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section><section id="H84191D99D7C74EF487AF38CF53366E9E"><enum>602.</enum><header>Application to
goods from Canada and Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Pursuant to section 1902 of the North
American Free Trade Agreement and section 408 of the North American Free Trade
Agreement Implementation Act, the amendments made by this Act shall apply to
goods from Canada and Mexico.</text>
</section><section id="H0D5D2F907D0D4DA6A5DC306BEBB29FEC"><enum>603.</enum><header>Participation
in WTO panel proceedings</header>
<subsection id="HA99954E256A64F3A956ECB1730CB8254"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the United States
Trade Representative, in proceedings before a dispute settlement panel or the
Appellate Body of the WTO, seeks—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9C22AAE1E284696BE1F5E45E3114C06"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enforce United
States rights under a multilateral trade agreement, or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8E3B8C62751944ED957970480769BAFE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to defend a
challenged action or determination of the United States Government,</text>
</paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">a private
United States person that is supportive of the United States Government's
position before the panel or Appellate Body and that has a direct economic
interest in the panel's or Appellate Body's resolution of the matters in
dispute shall be permitted to participate in consultations and panel
proceedings. The Trade Representative shall issue regulations, consistent with
subsections (b) and (c), ensuring full and effective participation by any such
private person.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="H06CEFD9B0A3A4203AC6BB575A47D9FDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Access to
information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States
Trade Representative shall make available to persons described in subsection
(a) all information presented to or otherwise obtained by the Trade
Representative in connection with a WTO dispute settlement proceeding. The
United States Trade Representative shall promulgate regulations implementing a
protective order system to protect information designated by the submitting
member as confidential.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4D2890DDE0E41F1B87D2ECD9398C186"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Participation in
panel process</header><text>Upon request from a person described in subsection
(a), the United States Trade Representative shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H67C0375F90594FC195C8D251CCDB503B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult in advance
with such person regarding the content of written submissions from the United
States to the WTO panel concerned or to the other member countries
involved;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB6F9B10B269B4A3DB2DEA6D4CB10C6C4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include, if
appropriate, such person or its appropriate representative as an advisory
member of the delegation in sessions of the dispute settlement panel;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75605C145DB54FA992E6C200AB775336"><enum>(3)</enum><text>allow such special
delegation member, if such member would bring special knowledge to the
proceeding, to appear before the panel, directly or through counsel, under the
supervision of responsible United States Government officials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14DBA4CFA5E34511B612B567AC9C9D76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in proceedings
involving confidential information, allow the appearance of such person only
through counsel as a member of the special delegation.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8F6C3AFA7E9B4BE58DA79E6B00E9C46E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H3E1CF506D5864155A06B4E8233E8009B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Appellate
Body</header><text>The term <term>Appellate Body</term> means the Appellate
Body established under Article 17.1 of the Dispute Settlement
Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H929302706A774AF0B20058FE7C1992EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dispute
settlement panel; panel</header><text>The terms <term>dispute settlement
panel</term> and <term>panel</term> mean a panel established pursuant to
Article 6 of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0EA32D4AA3F4A509F07396B8CDD6D16"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Dispute
Settlement Understanding</header><text>The term <term>Dispute Settlement
Understanding</term> means the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing
the Settlement of Disputes referred to in section 101(d)(16) of the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFDE69833094D4EA184695E30AAAAEBB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>United States
person</header><text>The term <term>United States person</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E5E881639BC498D929FEB48775D3730"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a United States
citizen or an alien admitted for permanent residence into the United States;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF8FBDE7803CA44B4A1BCF56F12572920"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a corporation,
partnership, or other legal entity organized under the laws of the United
States or of any State, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF8FA107BEF6F412EB2DBD1B98BB613DB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>WTO</header><text>The
term <term>WTO</term> means the organization established pursuant to the WTO
Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA610B8A941654F6097BCED7C8EA85C00"><enum>(6)</enum><header>WTO
Agreement</header><text>The term <term>WTO Agreement</term> means the Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April 15,
1994.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section>