1.Short
title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Trade Enforcement Act of
2007
.
(b)The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of
contents.
TITLE I—Trade enforcement priorities
Sec. 101. Identification of trade enforcement
priorities.
TITLE II—WTO Dispute Settlement Review Commission
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Establishment of Commission.
Sec. 203. Membership.
Sec. 204. Duties of the Commission.
Sec. 205. Powers of the Commission.
Sec. 206. Changes in agency regulations or practice relating to
adverse finding.
TITLE III—Market disruption by imports from China
Sec. 301. Limitation on presidential discretion.
TITLE IV—Strengthening antidumping and countervailing duty
laws
Sec. 401. Application of countervailing duties to nonmarket
economies.
Sec. 402. Clarification of determination of material
injury.
TITLE V—Trade enforcement personnel
Sec. 501. Chief Trade Enforcement Officer.
Sec. 502. Trade Enforcement Working Group.
Sec. 503. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VI—Intellectual property enforcement personnel
Sec. 601. Section 337 judges.
TITLE VII—Interagency trade organization
Sec. 701. Clarification of role of interagency trade
organization established under section 242(a)
of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.
<enum>I</enum><header>Trade enforcement
priorities</header>
<section id="ID88b058fc7db64fd8a4b848ef02086536"><enum>101.</enum><header>Identification
of trade enforcement priorities</header>
<subsection id="ID84416d3f02f64cc784e005300d198775"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 310 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2420) is
amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="ID443ffc31280f4b1bb4cbb6f878fb012d"><enum>310.</enum><header>Identification
of trade enforcement priorities</header>
<subsection id="ID4b313b866b35479087380b133981d2d2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification
and annual report</header><text>Not later than 75 days after the date that the
National Trade Estimate under section 181(b) is required to be submitted each
calendar year, the United States Trade Representative shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID40fd6dc037c541bbb36ac6b03694aed0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify the
trade enforcement priorities of the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDa1fc329f5f47434ba9c8ddf5d7a1f527"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify trade
enforcement actions that the United States has taken during the previous year
and provide an assessment of the impact those enforcement actions have had in
addressing foreign trade barriers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID39ba467c2fef4244b0404b6c06318d86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the
priority foreign country trade practices on which the Trade Representative will
focus the trade enforcement efforts of the United States during the upcoming
year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID72336b3c0a4e45ab8c5c2459569ff8e3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>submit to the
Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and publish in the Federal Register a report on the
priorities, actions, assessments, and practices identified in paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd1ab141dfa5442ba9424eda5e6df5a1e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Factors To
consider</header><text>In identifying priority foreign country trade practices
under subsection (a)(3), the Trade Representative shall—</text>
<paragraph id="ID30a6aada4a174ccdbf55f7bb1d482af9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>focus on those
practices the elimination of which is likely to have the most significant
potential to increase United States economic growth, either directly or through
the establishment of a beneficial precedent; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6a89bac4dc0745f9b6ee33fe81918924"><enum>(2)</enum><text>take into account
all relevant factors, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDba265d710ebe41838b1895230e4f0657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the major
barriers and trade distorting practices described in the most recent National
Trade Estimate required under section 181(b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDc51612ce10444b67bec02e87f46cb424"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the findings and
practices described in the most recent report required under—</text>
<clause id="ID56a3d909b5e0493bb2b1ac28b850f66e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section
182;</text>
</clause><clause id="ID408963ac202046d0b1cafc72ed903681"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 1377 of
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3106);</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb21a0364dc124c5aaddee9bb78239d81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 3005 of
the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (22 U.S.C. 5305); and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID231545ed750745a6b6d5562b23c76f9e"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>section 421 of
the U.S.-China Relations Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6951);</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID9984c5a581c84dc9a469eee53359a724"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the findings and
practices described in any other report addressing international trade and
investment barriers prepared by the Trade Representative or any other agency
during the 12 months preceding the date on which the report described in
subsection (a)(4) is required to be submitted;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID174c3f868fdb43b4be5e47060f3e0dfe"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a foreign
country’s compliance with any trade agreements to which both the foreign
country and the United States are parties;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDee6b7ac1cc1a426a83300c8c8763803c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a foreign
country’s compliance with internationally recognized sanitary and phytosanitary
standards;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd55394645258447e961af91b06dbe8e7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the implications
of a foreign country’s procurement plans and policies; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6fce2679efaa4535af1aa27a018826ee"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the international
competitive position and export potential of United States products and
services.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID2e4adb6daf934659892b679da871e75f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation</header>
<paragraph id="ID54fdd5e686bf41eaa86010f262014bcc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 45 days after the date that the National
Trade Estimate under section 181(b) is required to be submitted, the Trade
Representative shall consult with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives with respect to
the priorities, actions, assessments, and practices required to be identified
in the report under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID1a6892b819e940a5aaf7595b8850cdad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vote of
committee</header><text>If, as a result of the consultations described in
paragraph (1), either the Committee on Finance of the Senate or the Committee
on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives requests identification of a
priority foreign country trade practice by majority vote of the Committee, the
Trade Representative shall include such identification in the report required
under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb9b3fefb33243f3bf8251b111577f18"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Determination
not to include priority foreign country trade practices</header><text>The Trade
Representative may determine not to include the priority foreign country trade
practice requested under paragraph (2) in the report required under subsection
(a) only if the Trade Representative finds that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID480623b6a5b74dffa919889215e23912"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such practice is
already being addressed under provisions of United States trade law, under the
Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2(7) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(7))), under a bilateral or regional trade
agreement, or as part of trade negotiations with that foreign country or other
countries, and progress is being made toward the elimination of such practice;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDb38dbd47eaa94f528f7774d549286003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identification of
such practice as a priority foreign country trade practice would be contrary to
the interests of United States trade policy.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5248b92cb9144f7f88420da1b1a0b345"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reasons for
determination</header><text>In the case of a determination made pursuant to
paragraph (3), the Trade Representative shall set forth in detail the reasons
for that determination in the report required under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID7df36f57607e43ff96943c7c8b540f17"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Investigation
and resolution</header>
<paragraph id="ID144faccced29482d8a208713b40045c7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Upon submission of the report required under subsection
(a), the Trade Representative shall, with respect to any priority foreign
country trade practice identified, seek satisfactory resolution with the
country concerned under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, pursuant
to a bilateral or regional trade agreement to which the United States is a
party, or by any other means. A satisfactory resolution may include elimination
of the practice or, if not feasible, providing for compensatory trade
benefits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc0aa5b02d75b4ab4afc1bcead6ffd176"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultations;
investigations</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date that the
report described in subsection (a) is required to be submitted, the Trade
Representative shall, with respect to any priority foreign country trade
practice identified—</text>
<subparagraph id="IDc372873b558e450590baa38341f96ddc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>initiate dispute
settlement consultations in the World Trade Organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID72d4b643edd349b6afc6a618670eb423"><enum>(B)</enum><text>initiate dispute
settlement consultations under the applicable provisions of any bilateral or
regional trade agreement to which the United States is a party;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID753edb495f0f4dd4ad7c99113d8ce6d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>initiate an
investigation under section 302(b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3cf035516c0f46a8b583dd5b2413bf0e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>seek to negotiate
an agreement that provides for the elimination of the priority foreign country
trade practice or, if elimination of the practice is not feasible, an agreement
that provides for compensatory trade benefits; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDd7d30b60356a40458525e405489915c5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>take any other
action necessary to eliminate the priority foreign country trade
practice.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID135d5543a0a64cf39c5e37e7b6563714"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>If
the Trade Representative takes action under subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2),
the Trade Representative shall, on the same day the Trade Representative takes
such action, transmit to Congress a report describing in detail the action, the
reasons for taking the action, and the reasons why the Trade Representative did
not take action under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of such paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDd5f4be3774484e9aaee6d39501d386ce"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
reporting</header><text>The Trade Representative shall report to the Committee
on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives every 6 months on the progress being made to realize the trade
enforcement priorities identified in subsection (a)(1) and the steps being
taken to address the priority foreign country trade practices identified in
subsection
(a)(3).</text>
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</subsection><subsection id="ID2e988aa2750747148ab334593733aca5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is
amended by striking the item relating to section 310, and inserting the
following new item:</text>
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</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>WTO
Dispute Settlement Review Commission</header>
<section id="IDdb4c3a4a8a434e5fbd4ad6d4ceceb11c"><enum>201.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of this title—</text>
<paragraph id="ID1d4b59ea0df64878949aefdb01fa5dfc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adverse
finding</header><text>The term <term>adverse finding</term> means a finding by
a dispute settlement panel or the Appellate Body that any law, regulation, or
practice 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).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID452e81542f224b078f757b2b32592f4d"><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="IDb5e71381133148f3a66f0471906b4a88"><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="ID117884b4ec904b80b25d9b4874f20d93"><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="ID641a093ef94442318ba55e46c0e51921"><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 (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd8de63f3701f4d81a2382a4b6b33cd87"><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="IDcde28e4a76ec4cb795c87ee7934d7cc7"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Trade
representative</header><text>The term <term>Trade Representative</term> means
the United States Trade Representative.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID6e6a8a5d8f624eaa98da84545e025cb4"><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 (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID5eb2f9ad0a07441fa26e49eb1cd64b1e"><enum>(9)</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="IDa2d21321c737453da6a9986a2d40844b"><enum>(10)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID030460d2add344a0972c56da982bd927"><enum>(11)</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="id44E0A31EE33741D98809C384835C03C0"><enum>202.</enum><header>Establishment
of Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
established a commission to be known as the WTO Dispute Settlement Review
Commission (in this section referred to as the
<quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</section><section id="IDcfda5ae8f73e4a048ba178e82c4f18ec"><enum>203.</enum><header>Membership</header>
<subsection id="ID80c1dd67dece441d8b26d13dc7cb869d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Commission shall be composed of 5 members, all of whom shall either be retired
judges of the Federal judicial circuits or have substantial expertise in
international trade law. The members shall be appointed by the President, after
consultation with the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate, the
majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives, 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDaceffd2c49f3442b94c74e629a947d3b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Date of
appointment</header><text>The appointments of the initial members of the
Commission shall be made not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDc700b59c100e4f85ad4539e4532ddef0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of
appointment; vacancies</header>
<paragraph id="ID73ef2380f3de47808a7a4cdb07e53a69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Members of the Commission shall each be appointed for a
term of 5 years, except that 3 of the initial members shall each be appointed
for a term of 3 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID0cc588ad5d234675b0b9ca5fa9dab8d7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="ID3518c963d4e24cf6a1a01914700dc063"><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 and
shall be subject to the same conditions as the original appointment.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe244b74b579a4dbfad5bf69f0997afa3"><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="ID9f45484d96604852a2e9d37cf2869cde"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<paragraph id="ID4c2aec48066a4d169253018256aec24f"><enum>(1)</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>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDfb346af5349d4e8fab0c4480ac532b52"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Subsequent
meetings</header><text>The Commission shall meet subsequently at the call of
the Chairperson.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID19216358568b435abd6745cc821a0999"><enum>(e)</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="IDc37a4e68472b4a5b9db0cccf3d1ff8c6"><enum>(f)</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="IDa8545dac97dc4a8f87d6ef891753c7f3"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Affirmative
determinations</header><text>An affirmative vote by a majority of the members
of the Commission shall be required for any affirmative determination by the
Commission under section 204.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb7a03c74bbd34da2a744a170a510157a"><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 chapter 57 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="IDc39ad857935445478a77d8cc34bd6609"><enum>204.</enum><header>Duties of the
Commission</header>
<subsection id="ID3ed0538fd0514506bb15856f621bbf19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review of WTO
Dispute Settlement Reports</header>
<paragraph id="IDa1ff046edbc743298fc7fbd057fc5060"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall review—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID4d1c33b40908413cbe05aa1fe7796bfd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all reports of
dispute settlement panels or the Appellate Body that contain adverse findings
and that are adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID720e3e936dfe4526bc73a88d8303413c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon the request
of the Trade Representative, the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate, or the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, any other report of a dispute
settlement panel or the Appellate Body that is adopted by the Dispute
Settlement Body.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5874fd3b55264e0b9781204be48d97b2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Scope of
review</header><text>The Commission shall conduct a complete review of the
reports described in paragraph (1) and determine whether the panel or Appellate
Body, as the case may be—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID656f917fa2cf41aea2fd453a16e98f91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>exceeded its
authority or its terms of reference;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID37b2f5548de04c41964b4f879b70c02b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>added to the
obligations, or diminished the rights, of the United States under the Uruguay
Round Agreement that is the subject of the report;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe1e29ca17f6343998a02b3aec1e3f9f4"><enum>(C)</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; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID3a7e50400f3c4c6c80f7713693a1eba5"><enum>(D)</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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID67ad968e27c0434abe14c15b857ad7e2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No
deference</header><text>In making its determination under paragraph (2), the
Commission shall not accord deference to findings of law made by the dispute
settlement panel or the Appellate Body, as the case may be.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID4cc314afb24744bcafddf93441aa6c0b"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Affirmative
determination</header><text>If the Commission makes an affirmative
determination with respect to the action of a panel or the Appellate Body under
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (D) of paragraph (2), the Commission shall
determine whether the action of the panel or Appellate Body materially affected
the outcome of the report of the panel or Appellate Body.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDadd74ffc654d4d409d74ae1d48e0fbff"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determination;
report</header>
<paragraph id="IDd8616c0e01014bf69698dc222a1c7529"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination</header>
<subparagraph id="ID6aadf4eb0ca04114901fd8a88d60ca88"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which the
Commission receives notice of a finding or request under section 205(b), the
Commission shall make a written determination with respect to matters described
in subsection (a)(2) and (4), 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="ID297ea2022c3a4cfe88c00bc140bc9ee3"><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="ID183077bb9351474ca310594859c03fdf"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The
Commission shall promptly report the determinations described in paragraph
(1)(A) to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and
Means of the House of Representatives. The Commission shall include with the
report any opinions written under paragraph (1)(B) with respect to the
determination and a summary of any comments submitted pursuant to section
205(b)(2)(A).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID698e06ca9b4441e4babcc2e2fc69239b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability to
the public</header><text>Each report of the Commission under paragraph (2),
together with any opinions included with the report, shall be made available to
the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDe0e93a257abb4e6f90dd8af37b10e262"><enum>205.</enum><header>Powers of the
Commission</header>
<subsection id="ID2c00adad67864bbe8d6c3e890b4b455a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>The
Commission may hold any hearings, sit and act at any time and place, take any
testimony, and receive any evidence as the Commission considers advisable to
carry out the purposes of this title. The Commission shall provide reasonable
notice of a hearing held pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID54f9dcfb9c7a4563b24c30502e410ed1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information
from interested parties and Federal agencies</header>
<paragraph id="IDb195fb6fe1ed4fec92fb36dacc1a17ee"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification to
commission</header>
<subparagraph id="ID70b3306b62c44e8da3ebf96d418689dd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Under section
<enum-in-header>204(a)(1)(A)</enum-in-header></header><text>The Trade
Representative shall advise the Commission not later than 5 days after the date
the Dispute Settlement Body adopts an adverse finding that is to be reviewed by
the Commission under section 204(a)(1)(A).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID088a2650385f4905ac5d3c9bbdb55df9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Under Section
<enum-in-header>204(a)(1)(B)</enum-in-header></header><text>A request made by
the Trade Representative, the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate, or the chairman or ranking member of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives under section 204(a)(1)(B) shall
be made not later than 1 year after the Dispute Settlement Body adopts the
report that is the subject of the request.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDc71f30e0bd604913b82ebc1bd34c6a9e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submissions and
requests for information</header>
<subparagraph id="ID1168ac9179d447e69531dfff89deda2d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall promptly publish notice in the
Federal Register of any notice or request received under paragraph (1), and
provide notice of an opportunity for interested parties to submit comments to
the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDe14bf062b12d45778da616681f30e3b1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comments
available to public</header><text>The Commission shall make comments submitted
pursuant to subparagraph (A) available to the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID19563fd91ad24d9f89d16674e1adeb76"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Information
from Federal agencies and departments</header><text>The Commission may secure
directly from any Federal department or agency any information the Commission
considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. Upon request of
the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of the department or agency shall
furnish the requested information to the Commission in a timely manner.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDaf28f49f80b24783a3323dde845a5e0a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Access to panel
and appellate body documents</header>
<subparagraph id="IDecc11adab1f64f96b200fd8a25b2b5d1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Trade Representative shall make available to the
Commission all submissions and relevant documents relating to the panel or
Appellate Body report at issue, including any information contained in
submissions and relevant documents identified by the provider of the
information as proprietary information or information designated as
confidential by a foreign government.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcd6d4bb35c2f4a5ea93ec44f7a7fffa1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public
access</header><text>Any document that the Trade Representative submits to the
Commission shall be available to the public, except information that is
identified as proprietary or confidential or the disclosure of which would
otherwise violate the rules of the WTO.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDac8a3cf7c1444287be8e83f16b2c9fa7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Assistance from
Federal agencies; confidentiality</header>
<subparagraph id="ID4396df1ce81843c0917964592e9f3a8f"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDfba308eb16614d418d4c47df97783f85"><enum>(B)</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 that the agency or
department requests be kept confidential. The Commission shall not be
considered to be an agency for purposes of section 552 of title 5, United
States Code.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDd071fb00381c466db6592193d191ceca"><enum>206.</enum><header>Changes in
agency regulations or practice relating to adverse finding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 123(g) of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3533(g)) is amended in paragraph (1)—</text>
<paragraph id="ID13f557574e4e480cad63c7844a51e982"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID7ee2f4cbdddd4ee5871cfaad36d518c2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbd50d68a1180470f9be11aebb16ce28a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting
after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2A4A93CE65E54A9D8C1D2A39EC2C8918" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID2cb33ec777e64bf78b9eb729503ace10"><enum>(F)</enum><text>the Committee on
Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives have received the report on the determinations of the WTO
Dispute Settlement Review Commission under section 204(b)(2) of the Trade
Enforcement Act of 2007 with respect to the relevant dispute settlement panel
or Appellate Body report;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Market
disruption by imports from China</header>
<section id="ID11b6b65c274e42bb8ed0421ccbcf89f5"><enum>301.</enum><header>Limitation on
presidential discretion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2451) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="IDf107f469e8814116b967c5b5f0d2ce7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID643224bb5976469aa691abbcdc72944c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>any</quote> before <quote>increased duties</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDa7fedb1c0e3c45bb85f0d0a9127daa60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>, to the extent and for such period</quote> and all that follows to the
end period and inserting <quote>recommended by the International Trade
Commission</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDb3b7a90ba4a448dd9e388f2152b8e420"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(e), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>agreed upon by either
group</quote> and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>shall
be considered an affirmative determination under subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf5ce2e26e8fc4fc9af8923aacd9a15e0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID5b9f82b8d282447eb85ea868bc444360"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">on Proposed
Remedies</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">for Relief</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDcf3156ac2b2e40ae98dc4100db3db194"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first
sentence—</text>
<clause id="id2BD9F88C819547139A91BB6BF4F34260"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the President or Trade Representative may consider as</quote>
and inserting <quote>is to be considered</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID1b45a8332b2d4afdbdd2568327a54da2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>the Commission shall propose</quote> and inserting <quote>the
Commission shall recommend</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDacebd19a3ba6469b91b10d28a4213bed"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the second
sentence, by striking <quote>proposed action</quote> and inserting
<quote>recommended action</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa425c621f42f4d8381170da84940600f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(g)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID44d78135327e4ca58fc81cde4a19d775"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>or may be considered by the President or the Trade Representative
as</quote> and inserting <quote>or if the determination is considered to
be</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8eac0a773ac04a93bd39dda9e7429f41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>on proposed remedies</quote> and inserting <quote>for
relief</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID3d43d673a6604442ae0c7e8dec7786cc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection
(h)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0974d7f687154b979b33e8d1e7c762e2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Proposed
measure and recommendation to the President</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Recommended
Relief and Report by Trade Representative</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID900e4834c9984fc6bf9b66fbd6c6529a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(1)—</text>
<clause id="id13C37A8BB1B142AF9AFDC95085F6CD83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>measure proposed by the Trade Representative to be taken
pursuant to subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>relief recommended by
the Commission under subsection (f)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="ID41b0853c0ee047eb989725c789188bb5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>proposed measure</quote> and inserting <quote>recommended
relief</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID077894479f5f4ed78f00b7601010c14b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>on the measure proposed by the Trade Representative</quote>
and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>, shall transmit a
report to the President recommending what action to take under subsection
(k)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID615155330ce541b49a854cf5ef38aec9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04D909277F314481845585C992994CF3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6f4f9f28b6a94987bfa86974fa8f3a71" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Trade Representative, after
submitting a report to the President under paragraph (2), shall promptly make
the report available to the public, excluding any proprietary or confidential
information. The Trade Representative shall publish a summary of the report in
the Federal
Register.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID67ce52cf60ba4b77825a4f04f26dac43"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection
(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID1125405225e14e36af7e0799a279815d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the flush
sentence at the end of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>agreed upon by either
group</quote> and all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>shall
be considered an affirmative determination of the Commission</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFD070A3DB3BC4BFDA871FD1AEACAD008"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0309F08B9C9547D1BBB1C3CDCF7C1188" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID9EA3F2853B1D4777ADFB34222AF984CC" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On the date on which the Commission
completes its determinations under paragraph (1), the Commission shall transmit
a report on the determinations to the President and the Trade Representative,
including the reasons for its determinations. If the determinations under
paragraph (1) are affirmative or if the determinations are considered to be
affirmative under paragraph (1), the Commission shall include in its report its
recommendations on provisional relief to be taken to prevent or remedy the
market disruption. Only those members of the Commission who agreed to the
affirmative determinations under paragraph (1) are eligible to vote on the
recommended provisional relief to prevent or remedy market disruption. Members
of the Commission who did not agree to the affirmative determinations may
submit, in the report, dissenting or separate views regarding the determination
and any recommendation of provisional relief referred to in this
paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id6A49C2F3B43142FF9AD4F1029E499BC7" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provisional relief referred to in
paragraph (2) may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1742A09A6FA448DC901252777FE54D98"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the imposition of or increase in any
duty;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB5056AA96D00495D9DA40C0128AB46D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any modification, or imposition of any
quantitative restriction on the importation of any article into the United
States; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFCA0251BAF2B481687A17D3A0E82FCFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any combination of actions under
subparagraph (A) or (B).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9940BCF313E04FDDA6868BE33A7D185C" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>If the determinations under paragraph
(1) are affirmative or if the determinations are considered to be affirmative
under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall, within 10 days after
receipt of the Commission's report, transmit a report to the President
recommending what action to take with respect to provisional relief under
subsection (k).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idFD0BEF248A4B45D1AD2BEA60E0789094" indent="up1"><enum>(5)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idF7A0C2E49DA948F58505CC4633861913"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The President shall
proclaim any provisional relief recommended by the Commission not later than 10
days after the date the President receives the report described in paragraph
(4) from the Trade Representative.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3C874E03D01F48299B8A5121E65EEA2E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any provisional relief proclaimed by
the President pursuant to a determination of critical circumstances shall
remain in effect for a period not to exceed 200 days.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id792AB218DB9140178684F10AD5227FCD" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Provisional relief shall cease to
apply upon the effective date of relief proclaimed under subsection (a), upon a
decision by the President not to provide such relief under subsection (k), or
upon a negative determination by the Commission under subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDbdf868ec2154422d9617aee509adf777"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in subsection
(j)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID59940c43e80247c0b9927b46362744e6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>which the Trade Representative considers to be</quote> and
inserting <quote>that is considered to be</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID6e940225a3de4d7693208c364e4e7f33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22D9D1C62B324919A5664C0FF4D8DB2B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID8015E3109E444680B942FA6F2C0DC018" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If no agreement is reached with the
People's Republic of China pursuant to consultations under paragraph (1) in the
time required for Presidential action under subsection (k), or if the President
determines that an agreement reached pursuant to such consultations is not
preventing or remedying the market disruption at issue in the time required for
Presidential action under subsection (k), the President shall provide import
relief in accordance with subsection
(a).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa7fe7b3e9a5d488a859152d7614c3f97"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(k)—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID0ec85d2e21904892a0865caf1deb8eeb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading,
by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Standard for
presidential action</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Timing for presidential
action; exceptions</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID7db4bfa55bf34c94904c7630d31a898e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>a recommendation from the Trade Representative</quote> and
all that follows to the end period and inserting <quote>a report from the Trade
Representative under subsection (h)(2), the President shall, pursuant to
subsection (a), proclaim the relief recommended by the Commission</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID27edb9ed215f41ca8b7882ab049e6156"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending
paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69382EF14DB54CA6A265B95DE10C0D77" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDe11af15138dc4da3a09f1b1fecb70fab" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The President may decline to proclaim
relief pursuant to subsection (a), may proclaim relief pursuant to subsection
(a) that differs from the relief recommended by the Commission, may decline to
proclaim provisional relief pursuant to subsection (i), or may proclaim
provisional relief pursuant to subsection (i) that differs from the relief
recommended by the Commission—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID121641ab49c140f38408ff2cae577fca"><enum>(A)</enum><text>only in extraordinary cases;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID2961f5dee782460fa1f091afca1a9831"><enum>(B)</enum><text>only if the President determines that
providing relief or provisional relief pursuant to subsection (a) or (i) or
providing the relief recommended by the Commission pursuant to subsection (a)
or (i)—</text>
<clause id="IDdc8e80f870d24c5da17ba7af728bb560"><enum>(i)</enum><text>would have an adverse impact on the
United States economy that clearly and significantly outweighs the benefits of
such action; or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID54f5a463b4cf4a76a51c5efbe5e78ffa"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>would cause serious harm to the
national security of the United
States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0b92ed46131a4e48974ba43fff7c1db4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(l), by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id890E22DF308C439993DD9E92F59DF522" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID6d80461a5cda4c5c84a42232deabf4e5" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The President’s decision under
subsection (k) shall be submitted to the Committee on Finance of the Senate and
the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and shall be
published in the Federal Register within 15 days of the decision. In the
submission to the committees and in publication in the Federal Register, the
President shall include the reasons for the decision and the scope and duration
of any action taken. If the President takes action that differs from the action
recommended by the Commission under subsection (f) or declines to take action
pursuant to subsection (k)(2), the President shall state in detail the reasons
for such action or
inaction.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDf15086bd5cd24311a664774a7bbcc8bc"><enum>(10)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (m) through (o) as subsections (n) through (p),
respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDc722372c0b444a55ac5eba06d0255c23"><enum>(11)</enum><text>by inserting
after subsection (l) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C3610B972CE4EABA2029AFEE4DEC950" style="OLC">
<subsection id="ID6e5247b187f7448e85d88878d29998fe"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Implementation
of action recommended by Commission</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id60A23834700F48FA9CD58A107EF3BC9B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>If the President takes
action that differs from the action recommended by the Commission under
subsection (f) or declines to take action pursuant to subsection (k)(2)(B)(i),
the action recommended by the Commission under subsection (f) shall take effect
(as provided in subsection (n)(2)) upon the enactment of a joint resolution
described in paragraph (2) within the 90-day period beginning on the date on
which the President’s decision is transmitted to the Congress pursuant to
subsection (l).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID8d0112c2c3f64649a496bf0799651a5b" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>For purposes of this section, the
term <term>joint resolution</term> means a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of
the Congress, the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as
follows: <quote>That the Congress does not approve the action taken by, or the
determination of, the President under section 421 of the Trade Act of 1974,
notice of which was transmitted to the Congress on ______.</quote>, with the
blank space being filled with the appropriate date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID02e7ddfc526c48ab95481fdb0cbe86e6" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The provisions of section 152 (b),
(d), (e), and (f) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(b), (d), (e), and
(f)) shall apply to joint resolutions under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDddad2bf15a4b4824b6dccd237a54437a" indent="up1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>It is not in order for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID2d1760e5ede64ff0b799dc36072223df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Senate to consider any joint
resolution not reported by the Committee on Finance; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID1fdcb54374a142dfaee7cae21c8e40e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the House of Representatives to
consider any joint resolution not reported by the Committee on Ways and
Means.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDeb0ac9b156314413b7363e85dd6fd7c3"><enum>(12)</enum><text>in subsection
(n), as redesignated, by striking <quote>Import relief under this
section</quote> and all that follows to the end period and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4522E0A1D2ED4CD8BAD3C0F30365A206" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID03790d08aaba4eb590f48ce5d6a4f7da" indent="up1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2),
import relief under this section shall take effect not later than 15 days after
the President’s determination to provide such relief.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="IDa0172096703c4c35a4a575b86c3da150" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the action recommended by the
Commission takes effect pursuant to subsection (m), the President shall, within
15 days after the date of the enactment of the joint resolution referred to in
subsection (m), proclaim the action recommended by the Commission under
subsection (f). Such action shall take effect not later than 15 days after the
date of the President’s
proclamation.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID444a256059c04038b222f750b08c0823"><enum>(13)</enum><text>in subsection
(o), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID9ba3229add474bec96844fbfff387d4d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>6-month</quote> and inserting <quote>1-year</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID4b809a3983844fc0886c78aeb9e9012e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by inserting <quote>or (m)</quote> after <quote>subsection (k)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="IDa025ee1a9ab2434ebc2a340300c0a33e"><enum>(14)</enum><text>in subsection
(p), as redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="idEFA577AEF24B4C2EAB4FEBD4997514D4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or (m)</quote> after <quote>subsection (k);</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1FA574F11A81415E8282AA84B2410C83"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>subsection (m)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(n)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Strengthening
antidumping and countervailing duty laws</header>
<section id="ID572c398a0822448db95b7b54be665b03"><enum>401.</enum><header>Application of
countervailing duties to nonmarket economies</header>
<subsection id="ID76b24b3b9ffc4d45b1ae143ddc50bc94"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 701(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1671(a)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>(including a nonmarket economy
country)</quote> after <quote>country</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDa68c3693f1bf4f56a933ed060c0f3790"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to petitions
filed under section 702 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671a) on or after
October 1, 2006.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="IDd0651e97ba524a0c9b66a15bece56475"><enum>402.</enum><header>Clarification
of determination of material injury</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 771(7) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1677(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4C1FE91291B54377A5A2827B456DC85D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID7bb93c5ef054427f8dd5498c3783481d"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Clarification
of determination of material injury</header><text>In determining if there is
material injury, or threat of material injury, by reason of imports of the
subject merchandise, the Commission shall make its determination without regard
to—</text>
<clause id="IDc6f6b2c5416640bf87989e48832a7580"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether other
imports are likely to replace the subject merchandise, or</text>
</clause><clause id="ID5e61a89a65bc484e9fe8db21ef2136b6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the effect of a
potential order on the domestic
industry.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>V</enum><header>Trade enforcement
personnel</header>
<section id="IDcec97a5283ff4688aeb3875f75bdd9e6"><enum>501.</enum><header>Chief Trade
Enforcement Officer</header>
<subsection id="IDccbe3317a1004403bb162981b1533adc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
of position</header><text>Section 141(b)(2) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2171(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FD051CBEEBD4975A9B3799FE0F6D8F4" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="ID1575b02627cc4f4eb40402cfb3986215" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>There shall be in the Office 3 Deputy
United States Trade Representatives, 1 Chief Agricultural Negotiator, and 1
Chief Trade Enforcement Officer who shall all be appointed by the President, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. As an exercise of the rulemaking
power of the Senate, any nomination of a Deputy United States Trade
Representative, the Chief Agricultural Negotiator, or the Chief Trade
Enforcement Officer 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 Enforcement Officer shall hold office at the pleasure of
the President and shall have the rank of
Ambassador.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="ID08083e00fce54f41ba709d7d74a2d112"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions of
position</header><text>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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA5C4B9AC96D849A8A903526AEBDB1AA1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="IDf1a5079b6f00468eaf75f4fd614bc602" indent="up1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The principal function of the Chief
Trade Enforcement Officer shall be to ensure that United States trading
partners comply with trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
The Chief Trade Enforcement Officer shall assist the United States Trade
Representative in investigating and prosecuting disputes pursuant to trade
agreements to which the United States is a party, including before the World
Trade Organization, and shall assist the United States Trade Representative in
carrying out the Trade Representative’s functions under subsection (d). The
Chief Trade Enforcement Officer shall make recommendations with respect to the
administration of United States trade laws relating to foreign government
barriers to United States goods, services, investment, and intellectual
property, and with respect to government procurement and other trade matters.
The Chief Trade Enforcement Officer shall perform such other functions as the
United States Trade Representative may
direct.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="IDcde97206005e414fb7fccf644b8742e7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Section
5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>Chief Trade
Enforcement Officer</quote> as a new item after <quote>Chief Agricultural
Negotiator</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDe97aa78eb4214541939b8c4e54b8ac5d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical
amendments</header><text>Section 141(e) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2171(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ID3d0c1ae9c77748ea8eeb735939e2fe7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>5314</quote> and inserting <quote>5315</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDe9c5e09206e94a04a32ed640dc91adc1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by striking <quote>the maximum rate of pay for grade GS–18, as provided in
section 5332</quote> and inserting <quote>the maximum rate of pay for level IV
of the Executive Schedule in section 5315</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ID0fa0ef6401384c2685e6e99a8aa3d9a8"><enum>502.</enum><header>Trade
Enforcement Working Group</header>
<subsection id="IDbe94d58302544898b4cb8312febfeb52"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United
States Trade Representative shall establish an interagency Trade Enforcement
Working Group, which shall be chaired by the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer of
the Office of the United States Trade Representative.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="ID99f52655c32c4d2593bc41bdc7a4eccf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The
Trade Enforcement Working Group shall include representatives from the
Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, and Agriculture, and such other
departments and agencies as the United States Trade Representative considers
appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="IDb89c831885c643eda4ab2688d092af3d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibility</header><text>The
Trade Enforcement Working Group shall assist and advise the Chief Trade
Enforcement Officer in carrying out the principal functions described in
section 141(c)(6) of the Trade Act of 1974. Although the Chief Trade
Enforcement Officer shall carefully consider any advice provided by the Trade
Enforcement Working Group, the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer shall not seek
clearance or any other form of approval from the Trade Enforcement Working
Group for any actions the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer takes in carrying out
the functions described in such section 141(c)(6).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="ID9a7efdfae2034ab5889b80143fc1e0ed"><enum>503.</enum><header>Authorization
of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 to the Office of the United States
Trade Representative to carry out the provisions of this title.</text>
</section><enum>VI</enum><header>Intellectual
property enforcement personnel</header>
<section id="ID5cd8365aa9c34de0be31a484eacb8443"><enum>601.</enum><header>Section 337
judges</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4021F30FAC84FBFBF28FAD452BB15B2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="IDa52f67cb1e8a4e17aa4dd23cdb61cf36"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Section
<enum-in-header>337</enum-in-header> judges</header>
<paragraph id="id5EDE586F33B049968BD9B3FE18516F72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 556(b) of
title 5, United States Code, the Commission is authorized to appoint hearing
officers, other than administrative law judges appointed under section 3105 of
title 5, United States Code, to preside at the taking of evidence at hearings
required by this section and to make initial and recommended decisions in
accordance with sections 554, 556, and 557 of title 5, United States Code, in
investigations under this section. The hearing officers appointed under this
subsection shall be known as section 337 judges.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="id04F21CE18F6F4329B1F2C0891FDC9B57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>A
person appointed as a section 337 judge under paragraph (1) shall possess a
minimum of 7 years of legal experience and be licensed to practice law under
the laws of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
or any territorial court established under the Constitution of the United
States. The Commission may promulgate such other regulations as the Commission
considers necessary with respect to the qualifications of section 337 judges,
including technical expertise and experience in patent, trademark, copyright,
and unfair competition law.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idAA7C4F451A73432988D2B43F742D68B9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rotation</header><text>Section
337 judges shall be assigned to cases in rotation to the extent practicable or
as otherwise provided for in the Commission’s rules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDbf354a7ad79e4b9da1ee92d91a44a4d4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Other
duties</header><text>A section 337 judge may not perform duties inconsistent
with the duties and responsibilities of a section 337 judge.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idC9F00F5502F74C3E80E346792ACD271E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Removal</header><text>A
section 337 judge may only be removed for good cause shown upon a hearing
conducted on the record by the Merit Systems Protection Board. The failure of
the Commission to adopt the initial or recommended decision of a section 337
judge shall not constitute good cause.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="IDd4511cfda0bf4d12ad4851158563c6ad"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Competitive
service</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, the laws, rules, and
regulations applicable to positions in the competitive service apply to section
337 judges. Upon appointment, a section 337 judge shall be paid in accordance
with the pay rates of section 5372 of title 5, United States Code, commensurate
with the pay rate of an administrative law judge with similar time in service.
Section 337 judges shall not be Senior Executive Service positions for the
purposes of sections 3131 and 3132 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idCF9C0A44A9E042CEA9497636377D7230"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Performance
evaluations</header><text>Section 337 judges shall not receive performance
evaluations and shall not be compensated based on
performance.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>VII</enum><header>Interagency
trade organization</header>
<section id="ID418b53f954b046a794553115bd540971"><enum>701.</enum><header>Clarification
of role of interagency trade organization established under section
242(<enum-in-header>a</enum-in-header>) of the Trade Expansion Act of
1962</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 141(c)(1)(I) of
the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(c)(1)(I)) is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id793F5CEBAE5645F8A1F0906F2C1A5EEC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="ID87e48739409443c0a80b1bad49422804"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be chairman of
the interagency trade organization established under section 242(a) of the
Trade Expansion Act of 1962, consult with and carefully consider any advice
provided by such organization in the performance of the functions of the United
States Trade Representative, but the United States Trade Representative shall
not seek clearance or any other form of approval from the interagency trade
organization for any actions the United States Trade Representative takes in
the performance of the functions described in this subsection;
and</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section>