[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3152]
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SA 1635. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title III of division F, add the following:
SEC. 6302. REPRESENTATION ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES OF OFFICE OF
UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE.
(a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative
shall--
(1) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, adjust representation on the advisory committees
established under section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2155) so that representatives from labor,
environmental, and consumer groups comprise at least 50
percent of the members of each such committee; and
(2) maintain that representation on an ongoing basis.
(b) Additional Advisory Committees.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the United
States Trade Representative shall establish additional
advisory committees under section 135(c) of the Trade Act of
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)) for consumers, for rural areas, and
for each of the Northeastern, Midwestern, Southern, and
Western regions of the United States.
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