[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1542 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1542

 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a Chief Trade Prosecutor to 
    ensure compliance with trade agreements, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2005

 Ms. Stabenow (for herself, Mr. Graham, Mr. Bayh, Mr. Baucus, and Mr. 
Levin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                      to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to create a Chief Trade Prosecutor to 
    ensure compliance with trade agreements, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION OF CHIEF TRADE PROSECUTOR.

    (a) Establishment of Position.--Section 141(b)(2) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) There shall be in the Office 3 Deputy United States 
        Trade Representatives, 1 Chief Agriculture Negotiator, and 1 
        Chief Trade Prosecutor. The 3 Deputy United States Trade 
        Representatives, the Chief Agriculture Negotiator, and the 
        Chief Trade Prosecutor shall be appointed by the President, by 
        and with the advice and consent of the Senate. As an exercise 
        of the rulemaking of the Senate, any nomination of a Deputy 
        United States Trade Representative, the Chief Agricultural 
        Negotiator, or the Chief Trade Prosecutor submitted to the 
        Senate for its advice and consent, and referred to a committee, 
        shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. Each Deputy 
        United States Trade Representative, the Chief Agricultural 
        Negotiator, and the Chief Trade Prosecutor shall hold office at 
        the pleasure of the President and shall have the rank of 
        Ambassador.''.
    (b) Functions of Position.--Section 141(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2171(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(6) The principal function of the Chief Trade Prosecutor 
        shall be to ensure that United States trading partners comply 
        with trade agreements to which the United States is a party. 
        The Chief Trade Prosecutor shall assist the United States Trade 
        Representative in investigating and prosecuting disputes before 
        the World Trade Organization, and pursuant to other trade 
        agreements to which the United States is a party, and shall 
        assist the United States Trade Representative in carrying out 
        the Trade Representative's functions under subsection (d). The 
        Chief Trade Prosecutor shall make recommendations with respect 
        to the administration of United States trade laws relating to 
        foreign government barriers to United States goods, services, 
        intellectual property, and other trade matters. The Chief Trade 
        Prosecutor shall perform such other functions as the United 
        States Trade Representative may direct.''.
    (c) Compensation.--Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ``Chief Trade Prosecutor'' as a new item after 
``Negotiator''.
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