[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3225 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3225

To require the United States Trade Representative to provide documents 
 relating to trade negotiations to Members of Congress and their staff 
                 upon request, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 23, 2012

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the United States Trade Representative to provide documents 
 relating to trade negotiations to Members of Congress and their staff 
                 upon request, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Oversight Over Trade 
Negotiations Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND THEIR STAFF TO DOCUMENTS 
              RELATING TO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.

    (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
            (1) to ensure the adequate consultation of the United 
        States Trade Representative with Members of Congress;
            (2) to provide Members of Congress with appropriate 
        opportunities--
                    (A) to advise the Trade Representative with respect 
                to the formulation of trade policy; and
                    (B) to propose specific negotiating objectives for 
                trade negotiations; and
            (3) to provide Members of Congress with the information 
        necessary to assess compliance with and enforcement of 
        commitments made by countries that are parties to trade 
        agreements with the United States.
    (b) Access to Certain Documents.--Notwithstanding section 2107 of 
the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3807) 
or any other provision of law, the United States Trade Representative 
shall provide access to documents, including classified materials, 
relating to negotiations for a trade agreement to which the United 
States may be a party and policies advanced by the Trade Representative 
in such negotiations to--
            (1) any Member of Congress that requests such documents; 
        and
            (2) staff of such a Member with proper security clearances.
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