<enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural Trade
Facilitation</header>
<section id="HA450BFB80732452D9FE686B5F3A52F27" section-type="section-one"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Agricultural Trade Facilitation
Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H60490C61303F40AA92358DA924F958C7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Congressional
findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="HC7603755AC4049548D18A6DC552B9FF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pursuant to article I, section 8, clause 3
of the Constitution of the United States, Congress has the authority to
establish negotiating objectives for the United States for agreements related
to agricultural trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H78708F64AF174B7EBF6C2EEA34FA8937"><enum>(2)</enum><text>From 2008 to 2010,
the value of United States agricultural exports averaged nearly $107 billion
annually. Compared to 1998 to 2000, when the total value of agricultural
exports averaged $51,000,000,000 annually, United States agricultural exports
have more than doubled in past ten years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA09581446BD143F9AD4DDE947F7B1C1A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of
Agriculture’s Economic Research Service reports that each $1,000,000,000 in
United States agricultural exports supports approximately 8,400 jobs. The
Economic Research Service further reports that United States agricultural
exports supported nearly 830,000 full-time American jobs both on and off-farm
in 2009.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4631021ABC141C18D4063F51AF8D5F2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Even as the importance of agricultural
exports to the United States economy grows, there are continued reports that
non science-based sanitary and phytosanitary measures are restricting trade,
acting as non-tariff barriers to trade. The elimination and reduction of
unwarranted sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade will increase United
States agricultural exports and jobs.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H93D71FDD4F3D457598390348B9CAD904"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sanitary and phytosanitary measures are
those designed <quote>to protect human, animal or plant life or health from
risks</quote> arising from additives, contaminants, pests, toxins, diseases, or
disease-carrying and causing organisms in foods, beverages, feedstuffs,
animals, or plants. Sanitary and phytosanitary measures can take such forms as
specific product or processing standards, requirements for products to be
produced in disease-free areas, quarantine regulations, certification or
inspection procedures, sampling and testing requirements, health-related
labeling measures, maximum permissible pesticide residue levels, and
prohibitions on certain food additives.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H651335CCBD1345CEB5AEBA78CA949B9A"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are currently 37 active disputes
involving sanitary and phytosanitary measures being argued within the World
Trade Organization (WTO) between Member countries. These cases have been
invoked under the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE1EBDD9E8F3445E19B54E852E352A81D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While the Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, to which all WTO Member countries are
parties, explicitly recognizes the rights of each country to take their own
measures, they must be science-based and applied only to the extent necessary
to protect human, animal or plant health, and cannot be arbitrary or used to
unjustifiably discriminate domestically or between trading partners. Member
countries are also encouraged to observe established and recognized
international standards. Improper use of measures can create substantial, if
not complete, barriers to United States exports when they are disguised
barriers to trade, are not supported by science, or are otherwise
unwarranted.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H08B2865491FB4AE4837E8CCE7DA451ED"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In 2010, a United States interagency group
led by the Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service, reviewed
more than 1,000 notifications from 50 countries as required under the Agreement
on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. The United States
Government commented on 173 proposed or in-force sanitary and phytosanitary
measures. Nearly one-half of the comments were measures regarding processed
products, one-third addressed requirements for live animals and fish (and their
products, including dairy products); and almost one-quarter were for measures
that introduced new standards or entry requirements for plants, bulk
commodities (including those made with biotechnology), and horticultural
products.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F0632B9CB514250926095FBA5554E13"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year, the United States Trade
Representative reports that non science-based sanitary and phytosanitary trade
barriers continue to threaten, constrain, or block United States agricultural
exports.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H793DBC23DF3B4F92B38095EC06A8DB1B"><enum>(10)</enum><text>A Department of
Agriculture study of the impact of foreign technical trade barriers on United
States agricultural exports reported the presence of <term>questionable
technical barriers</term> in more than 60 countries affecting trade in more
than 300 agricultural products, valued at an estimated $5 billion of United
States agricultural, forestry, and fishery exports using 1996 data, accounting
for about 7 percent of total agricultural exports during that year. Although
more recent formal estimates of United States agricultural trade effects are
not available, the United States Trade Representative continues to assert:
<quote>[Sanitary and phytosanitary] trade barriers prevent U.S. producers from
shipping hundreds of millions of dollars worth of goods, hurting farms and
small businesses</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C51636E6830411594CF44DFD818E74D"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The improper use of sanitary and
phytosanitary trade barriers to trade can be reduced through achieving and
implementing agreements that provide for enhanced harmonization, transparency,
equivalency, improved regulatory practices, and more efficient and effective
dispute settlement. The elimination and reduction in use of such barriers to
trade will strengthen the international trading system by providing certainty,
predictability, and fair treatment.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4CD96EB2770844B39F9FC19A19D8F5CC"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Agreement on the Application of
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures has proven valuable to United States
exporters, but experience has exposed certain inadequacies in its rules.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DE1A0390F9646599938291332FE6E3F"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Accordingly, as the United States prepares
for future trade agreements, the Administration must prioritize further
strengthening of rules on sanitary and phytosanitary measures.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5F0781BB73C544AE89B7A2B8D13E3533"><enum>103.</enum><header>Trade
negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the application of
sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products</header>
<subsection id="H188184EBA5E04057AE53D70D287C4395"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Overall trade
negotiating objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
overall trade negotiating objective of the United States with respect to the
application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products for
trade agreements between the United States and foreign countries is to secure
more open, equitable, and reciprocal market access by strengthening the rules
governing the application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to
agricultural products.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBFDF5530E7C44F918818FB3B5BB562F7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Principal trade
negotiating objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
principal trade negotiating objectives of the United States with respect to the
application of sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products are
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H94E44691E49045608ECD3218B90B2A41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To strengthen the requirement that the
application of measures is based on scientific evidence by requiring parties to
the agreement to make available their risk assessments and provide a
science-based justification for regulations, in particular in cases in which
measures are more restrictive than international standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H694ADA0F78EB4CF2904E99197F1666F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To encourage parties to the agreement to
participate actively in the development of international standards relating to
the application of measures and to apply those standards whenever it is
appropriate to do so and to require parties to provide a scientific
justification whenever they apply a standard that deviates from an established
international standard.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE6FC4FD284943C5A84B98FFFDF0CB58"><enum>(3)</enum><text>To improve
regulatory coherence and increase the use of systems-based approaches, to
require parties to the agreement to evaluate on a timely basis the health and
safety protection systems of other parties and to allow imports of products if
the system of the exporting party meets or exceeds the end-product standards of
the importing party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5264A01CA32F4D86AFE71380CD1B6DBF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>To require greater
transparency in the development and implementation of the measures, to require
parties to the agreement to publish proposed measures, including a scientific
justification, to provide an opportunity for interested parties to comment on
the proposal, and to take into account reasonable concerns, and to require
parties to provide significant advance notice before implementing new,
non-emergency measures in order to provide ample time for any necessary
adjustments by industry in order to come into compliance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E74ACA120C849FC89B0FE5CE6A2CA89"><enum>(5)</enum><text>To require parties
to the agreement to carry out risk analysis in a timely manner consistent with
the guidelines developed by relevant international organizations, to ensure
that risk assessments are based on the most relevant scientific data, to
require parties to consider the full range of risk management options and to
ensure that the measures are no more trade-restrictive than necessary to meet
the intended purpose, and to require effective risk communication.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H170C452DE8EB4AAFA9BF9000E26135FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text>To improve rules
governing the testing of imported products, to require importing parties to use
validated test methods and to provide importers with the right to a
confirmatory test, and to provide the right of appeal.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBA1C0B65B2B44D968B62CECB2F2C9F37"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To promote the harmonization of export
certification requirements and to require that parties to the agreement limit
information requirements on export documents to that which is necessary to
determine whether a product meets sanitary and phytosanitary standards.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H233862749A60431F8D2989FA18B14593"><enum>(8)</enum><text>To ensure that new
sanitary and phytosanitary trade obligations are fully enforceable through an a
more efficient and effective dispute settlement process.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H89A5BC6BEFF8473B8B5A13C19644CCB4"><enum>104.</enum><header>Effective
date</header>
<subsection id="H748685FFDE6D475E876E85FA05B41B9D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in
subsection (b), this title takes effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act and applies with respect to negotiations entered into before, on, or after
such date of enactment for any trade agreement relating to the application of
sanitary and phytosanitary measures to agricultural products.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A8D206626664BFEA717D5F5A1E599BA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>This
title does not apply with respect to negotiations for any of the
following:</text>
<paragraph id="H9DA92417F6864E51B72E6D18BFE9353F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The United
States–Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA7452CE5ED7846C6BBCC4A5905398BAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The United
States–Korea Free Trade Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43ACD8E76D1B4B289B6E85E640A0D82A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The United
States–Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB814352AB5D429EA668C21071AAE665"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Doha Development Round of the World
Trade Organization.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Generalized
System of Preferences Improvement</header>
<section id="HF03C75DF2B9B467A970EC70480455894" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>Generalized System of
Preferences Improvement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0792F77BAECE46F1A0A3B42095A17EAD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Designation of
beneficiary developing countries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2462) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H03C77ECA8D864EE482124BAA2FE76121"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CF69054CDDB4FAF881E9E494B64E99D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text>
<clause id="H48E112B2FCB94BBB9F0C37DAD7997813"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C)(i)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H12B6F9932C264F25BB07EFA6D4100F54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A9EA3CB11A44A37B088E6771CAEE2A7" style="OLC">
<clause id="H2B46588CA9154613B6A75D0F749FA87F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such country enters into an agreement to
afford preferential treatment to the products of a developed country, other
than the United States, unless the President determines and certifies to
Congress that it is in the national interests of the United States to designate
such country as a beneficiary developing country under this
title.</text>
</clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C0707D9978B4DBBBE02F425AEA037C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
subparagraph (H) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H776CB0BEF25347C59191ACBC3EA43168" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H655E685F1C034EAF822F9297BD1AE7FC"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such country improperly uses sanitary and
phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, or other non-tariff trade
barriers through a sustained or recurring course of action or inaction, in a
manner negatively affecting trade between the country and the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51B1ACC3B9454B5282EDFA3FB4ADA89E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter
following subparagraph (I) (as added by subparagraph (B) of this paragraph), by
striking <quote>and (H)</quote> and inserting <quote>(H), and (I)</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD7ADF93DBF0643EC9142FACF1098C3E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34D3A0032F994A61ABF7B142816E3A70"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H84CC5CA29A05493A87C5D0C794ACADBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC4A1F79791840928445E304EDCF8F7F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H225B6A9766B04D49AF1B1C4224044296" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H25F09651F6944E0689979F311A4D5754"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether or not and the extent to which such
country, in accordance with its capacity, adopts and follows international
sanitary or phytosanitary standards and provides scientific justifications for
deviations from such
standards.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H4EF188B48C7543EF9A2D0D1E84C45D61"><enum>203.</enum><header>Review and
report to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 504
of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2464) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1279AA8835D04E58AAC18C6ADF237D84"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">report</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">reports</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A50A842D6E840EEBEC4336B3C44D009"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>The President</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)
<header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">report on worker rights and
child labor</header-in-text>.—The President</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3214BBFD72904E5A94D72B71B378DCE6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCBA793C8176342669392DF066FCFB524" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7F7FAA5B66CB404DBC38F73A257F8506"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on market
access</header>
<paragraph id="HC7CA98AA30964CB786050813D2FB334B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall submit an annual report to the
Congress on the status of market access within each covered beneficiary
developing country, including findings with respect to whether or not the
beneficiary country, in accordance with its capacity, has adopted and followed
international sanitary and phytosanitary standards and provides scientific
justifications for deviations from such standards. The report shall also
include findings as to whether or not each covered beneficiary developing
country has improperly used sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical
barriers to trade, and other non-tariff trade barriers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8A30BBC58E446438BDF39265CDA944F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
beneficiary developing country</header><text>In paragraph (1), the term
<quote>covered beneficiary developing country </quote> means a beneficiary
developing country that is one of the top 20 beneficiary developing countries
in terms of dollar value of duty-free imports of articles under this title as
identified on an annual basis by the United States International Trade
Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>United
States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade</header>
<section id="H5A1EF69801D5414B84E0172B51F6FF34" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited
as the <quote><short-title>United States-Brazil Joint
Commission on Commerce and Trade Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H982BCEC1CE664FAD8F0C269A1E0AD119"><enum>302.</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to establish
the United States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade to address
bilateral trade matters, seek removal of trade barriers, and promote commercial
opportunities, between the United States and Brazil.</text>
</section><section id="H544D1F0176D54D919ADBF3B3FBCC07A5"><enum>303.</enum><header>United
States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade</header>
<subsection id="HF177245294E742FA9DD143E228F5BDE2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of
United States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade</header>
<paragraph id="H4D6A633D5004402099CECC9235C49F9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is established a commission to be known as the
United States-Brazil Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (in this section
referred to as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H904D35BB929A42A9A27579B5C66DF4C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
purpose of the Commission is to improve the bilateral trade and economic
relationship between the United States and Brazil by establishing high level
reviews of barriers to trade between the two countries, to promote commercial
opportunities between the United States and Brazil, and to facilitate the
dialogue necessary to examine the mutual benefits of free trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2E2C7BEB47144A449172A72ED4C785E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership of
Commission</header>
<subparagraph id="H8C34517116764CE6ACD4DE783C872D3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Commission shall be composed of 16 members. The composition of the Commission
shall be divided equally between the United States Government and the Republic
of Brazil. United States Commissioners shall be appointed as follows:</text>
<clause id="HBF4C3809899F42B8B5A3ACEF46C59615"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Two
persons shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the
recommendation of the majority leader of the Senate, after consultation with
the Chairman of the Committee on Finance and the Chairman of the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text>
</clause><clause id="H53660707978C414489235947170AE428"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Two
persons shall be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate upon the
recommendation of the minority leader of the Senate, after consultation with
the ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance and the ranking
minority member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3614F5BB0F14430FBEE13793E7F22FCA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Two persons
shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, after
consultation with the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means and the
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDAA17B78BFC640FE8C5AAE0605D82999"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Two
persons shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of
Representatives, after consultation with the ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means and the ranking minority member of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H918BB2B8BBDC40D8B650DBA8A67ADE6E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualifications</header><text>Individuals
appointed to the Commission shall be individuals who have expertise in
international trade matters and United States-Brazil relations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD109E65DE3B5415F90DF5E01757EA843"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Period of
appointment; vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="HD22D83CCBBC84AB29D571C18760F047A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Members of the Commission shall be appointed to 2-year
terms.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5C77609776BE46818B687E433E45AEB4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Staggering of
terms</header><text>Each appointing authority referred to under clauses (i)
through (iv) of paragraph (3)(A) shall—</text>
<clause id="H6DC1C0666BC946218E74E7AADF4FC588"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make
the appointments on a staggered term basis, so that of the members initially
appointed—</text>
<subclause id="HF697019FA03C48208D336F008BDE5FB4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1
of the 2 appointments shall be for a term expiring on December 31, 2014;
and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H79242835A3E94C78AC9B220368C58436"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the other
appointment shall be for a term expiring on December 31, 2015; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H39C4F920FB7D46BFA9152F13589EA650"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>make the
appointments not later than 30 days after the date on which each new Congress
convenes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2AEDEF90D3845398E3FA23C689EF7BA"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>Members
of the Commission may be reappointed for additional terms of service as members
of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC114C7A832A94692BD65CC61BD739CF9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>Any
vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H45D1443564054A06B5585FCB5438C16F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chairmen</header><text>The
members of the Commission shall select co-Chairmen, one from the United States
and one from Brazil.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56E0F89E17EE404EAEF66E089460B872"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairmen.</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD29AE7901C5460DAC471E3513ABA730"><enum>(A)</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>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19205915B64F4C79A7BE37D95069049C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent
meetings</header><text>The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairmen of
the Commission, with the responsibility of chairing proceedings alternating
between the United States and Brazil.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD78AF140259C4F8BA91F37C2DD6E53F0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A
majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CBC6101913F44D0948FFA850FD90F23"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Voting</header><text>Each
member of the Commission shall be entitled to one vote, which shall be equal to
the vote of every other member of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H83C51B716F52429989BE33E20EAB3842"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>Not
later than December 1 of each year (beginning in 2014), the Commission shall
submit to the United States Congress and the National Congress of Brazil a
report regarding the status and economic impact of trade relations between the
United States and Brazil. The report shall include a full analysis, along with
conclusions and recommendations for legislative and administrative actions, if
any, concerning barriers to trade and the enhancement of economic ties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAF1CD098C0B94FE7A26DD2B606BA7929"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hearings</header>
<paragraph id="H7554F18B736B4C9D88FBC32139719589"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission or, at its direction, any panel or member
of the Commission, may for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this
section, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take testimony,
receive evidence, and administer oaths to the extent that the Commission or
such panel or member considers advisable.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03F21E1B92174D289D1BB524709151F0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Information</header><text>The
Commission may secure directly from any Federal department or agency
information that the Commission considers necessary to enable the Commission to
carry out its duties under this section, unless that information is deemed to
contain sensitive national intelligence information or is otherwise subject to
rules concerning state secrets.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H91DEAED255AF4D91A9385C488D8EAE7F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commission
personnel matters</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7771069EFE74451C86AB3955EF2485FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation of
members</header><text>United States Members of the Commission shall be
compensated in the same manner provided for the compensation of members of the
Trade Deficit Review Commission under subsections (g)(1) and (g)(6) of section
127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 note).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7AEF13ABBAF74664B882BFA2A0BCB4CC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel
expenses</header><text>Travel expenses of the United States Commissioners shall
be allowed in the same manner provided for the allowance of the travel expenses
of the Trade Deficit Review Commission under section 127(g)(2) of the Trade
Deficit Review Commission Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32641912B8754BD09D34FBB79D491DEE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>An
executive director and other additional personnel for the Commission shall be
appointed, compensated, and terminated in the same manner provided for the
appointment, compensation, and termination of the executive director and other
personnel of the Trade Deficit Review Commission under section 127(g)(3) and
section 127(g)(6) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act. The executive
director and any personnel who are employees of the United States-Brazil Joint
Commission on Commerce and Trade shall be employees under section 2105 of title
5, United States Code, for purposes of chapters 63, 81, 83, 84, 85, 87, 89, and
90 of that title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AC9BE43297742A9A4AF0C24AD0A46DB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Detail of
government employees</header><text>Federal Government employees may be detailed
to the Commission in the same manner provided for the detail of Federal
Government employees to the Trade Deficit Review Commission under section
127(g)(4) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1532A0A800049379DB97EAB248BC5A5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Assignment of
personnel by the government of brazil</header><text>The Commission shall work
with the Government of Brazil to secure the appropriate expertise to carry out
its work, including through the assignment to the Commission of staff officials
selected by the Government of Brazil and the temporary or ongoing employment of
Brazilian nationals.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A5FA5EED23D4033825A926325DF4018"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign travel
for official purposes</header><text>Foreign travel for official purposes by
Commissioners to and from official proceedings may be authorized by the
Chairmen of the Commission. Travel by the staff of the Commission for official
purposes may be authorized by the Chairmen of the Commission only when
necessary to carry out essential activities that could not otherwise be
conducted using alternative means.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C38B3839C643029CC8E211235BB1BC"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Procurement of
temporary and intermittent services</header><text>The Chairmen of the
Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services for the Commission
in the same manner provided for the procurement of temporary and intermittent
services for the Trade Deficit Review Commission under section 127(g)(5) of the
Trade Deficit Review Commission Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6328CE2840924C3BBA15F7FF45FB17C1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Privately funded
travel</header><text>The Chairmen of the Commission may authorize privately
funded travel by members and staff of the Commission for activities related to
the duties of the Commission. The Commission shall disclose to the public, not
later than 60 days after the privately funded travel occurs, the source of the
funding, together with the itinerary of the activities of members and staff of
the Commission participating in the privately funded travel.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H726AF7B58C8248F099173B9BA1B2D7A0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Assistance in
performing duties</header><text>The President of the United States shall
provide for the transfer to the Commission of such staff, materials, and
infrastructure (including leased premises) of Federal departments and agencies
as the President considers necessary to assist the Commission in carrying out
its duties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EA7458CFDA84C968E3BA58D0EDCE408"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="HE87297F815AE4666A6DBF071D46A96EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Commission
for fiscal year 2013, and for each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be
necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties under this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H73D8A9ECE4574F848DC7D36297CFC024"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>Amounts
appropriated to the Commission pursuant to this subsection shall remain
available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Negotiations with
European Union</header>
<section id="HFEC860E3F29E42FCA40F54D98D74600C"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short
title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be
referred to as the <quote><short-title>Transatlantic
Commerce and Trade Enhancement Act</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H0D4FEFFFCEF74BB890D229DF35C94ECA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Trade agreement
authority with respect to the European Union</header>
<subsection id="HB6DCCA4B699443D6A5F0937D5051A61F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), the President is
authorized to seek to conduct negotiations with the European Union for purposes
of entering into a trade agreement with the European Union to reduce existing
duties or other import restrictions of the European Union or the United States
that are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign trade of the United
States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED4216676A82419C801A7F35CECAD965"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional
notification and consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exercise of the authority of subsection
(a) shall be subject to all applicable congressional notification and
consultation requirements provided for under any other provision of law.</text>
</subsection></section>