[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 958 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 958

   To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for the 
 annual report on the trade agreements program and the national trade 
   policy agenda to include an assessment of impacts on the national 
   defense strategy and the national security strategy of the United 
                    States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 23, 2023

 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Menendez) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Trade Act of 1974 to modify the requirements for the 
 annual report on the trade agreements program and the national trade 
   policy agenda to include an assessment of impacts on the national 
   defense strategy and the national security strategy of the United 
                    States, 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 ``American Economic Diplomacy Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON TRADE AGREEMENTS PROGRAM AND 
              NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AGENDA.

    Section 163(a)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2213(a)(3)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iv) as clause (v);
            (2) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
                    ``(iv) how such objectives and priorities support 
                and advance the objectives of--
                            ``(I) the national defense strategy under 
                        113(g) of title 10, United States Code; and
                            ``(II) the national security strategy of 
                        the United States under section 108 of the 
                        National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043); 
                        and''.
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