[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13818-13819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 623. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of 
Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike title II and insert the following:

                 TITLE II--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

       Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 
     (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and without regard to any substitution made by 
     section 1893(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment 
     Assistance Act of 2009 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note prec.)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 245, by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
     ``2017'';
       (2) in section 246(b)(1), by striking ``the date that is 5 
     years'' and all that follows through ``State'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2017'';
       (3) in section 256(b), by striking ``each of fiscal years 
     2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period 
     beginning October 1, 2007'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
     years 2012 through 2017, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month 
     period beginning October 1, 2017'';
       (4) in section 285, by striking ``2007'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2017''; and
       (5) in section 298(a)--
       (A) by striking ``2003 through 2007'' and inserting ``2012 
     through 2017''; and
       (B) by striking ``October 1, 2007'' and inserting ``October 
     1, 2017''.
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  SA 624. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of 
Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

         TITLE __--NORMAL TRADE RELATIONS TREATMENT FOR MOLDOVA

     SEC. __01. TERMINATION OF APPLICATION OF TITLE IV OF THE 
                   TRADE ACT OF 1974 TO THE PRODUCTS OF MOLDOVA.

       (a) Presidential Determinations and Extension of 
     Nondiscriminatory Treatment.--Notwithstanding any provision 
     of title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2431 et 
     seq.), the President may--
       (1) determine that the denial of nondiscriminatory 
     treatment should no longer apply to the products of Moldova; 
     and
       (2) after making a determination under paragraph (1) with 
     respect to Moldova, proclaim the extension of 
     nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations 
     treatment) to the products of Moldova.
       (b) Termination of Applicability of Title IV.--On and after 
     the date on which the President extends nondiscriminatory 
     treatment to the products of Moldova pursuant to subsection 
     (a), title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 shall cease to apply 
     to Moldova.
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  SA 625. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the Generalized System of 
Preferences, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       Strike title II and insert the following:

                 TITLE II--TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE

     SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.

       Title II of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 et seq.) 
     (as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
     this Act and without regard to any substitution made by 
     section 1893(b) of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment 
     Assistance Act of 2009 (19 U.S.C. 2271 note prec.)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in section 245, by striking ``2007'' and inserting 
     ``2014'';
       (2) in section 246(b)(1), by striking ``the date that is 5 
     years'' and all that follows through ``State'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2014'';
       (3) in section 256(b), by striking ``each of fiscal years 
     2003 through 2007, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month period 
     beginning October 1, 2007'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
     years 2012 through 2014, and $4,000,000 for the 3-month 
     period beginning October 1, 2014'';
       (4) in section 285, by striking ``2007'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``2014''; and
       (5) in section 298(a)--
       (A) by striking ``2003 through 2007'' and inserting ``2012 
     through 2014''; and
       (B) by striking ``October 1, 2007'' and inserting ``October 
     1, 2014''.
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  SA 626. Mr. McCONNELL (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Johanns, Mr. 
Coats, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
Enzi, Mr. Portman, Mr. Hoeven, and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2832, to extend the 
Generalized System of Preferences, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:

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                  TITLE III--TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY

     SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Creating American Jobs 
     through Exports Act of 2011''.

     SEC. 302. RENEWAL OF TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY.

       (a) In General.--Section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade 
     Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3803) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking subparagraph (A) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(A) may enter into trade agreements with foreign 
     countries--
       ``(i) on and after the date of the enactment of the 
     Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before 
     June 1, 2013; or
       ``(ii) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 
     2013, if trade authorities procedures are extended under 
     subsection (c); and'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking subparagraph (C) and 
     inserting the following:
       ``(C) The President may enter into a trade agreement under 
     this paragraph--
       ``(i) on and after the date of the enactment of the 
     Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and before 
     June 1, 2013; or
       ``(ii) on and after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 
     2013, if trade authorities procedures are extended under 
     subsection (c).''; and
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``before July 1, 
     2005'' and inserting ``on and after the date of the enactment 
     of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011 and 
     before June 1, 2013''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``after 
     June 30, 2005, and before July 1, 2007'' and inserting ``on 
     or after June 1, 2013, and before December 31, 2013''; and
       (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``July 1, 2005'' and 
     inserting ``June 1, 2013'';

       (B) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
     (A), by striking ``April 1, 2005'' and inserting ``March 1, 
     2013'';
       (C) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause 
     (i), by striking ``June 1, 2005'' and inserting ``May 1, 
     2013''; and
       (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

       (I) by striking ``June 1, 2005'' and inserting ``May 1, 
     2013''; and
       (II) by striking ``the date of enactment of this Act'' and 
     inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Creating 
     American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''; and

       (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``June 30, 2005'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``May 31, 2013''.
       (b) Treatment of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement 
     and Certain Other Agreements.--Section 2106 of the Bipartisan 
     Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 (19 U.S.C. 3806) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the comma at the end and 
     inserting ``, or'';
       (B) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(2) establishes a Trans-Pacific Partnership,''; and
       (C) in the flush text at the end, by striking ``the date of 
     the enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``the date of the 
     enactment of the Creating American Jobs through Exports Act 
     of 2011''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(2), in the matter preceding 
     subparagraph (A), by striking ``the enactment of this Act'' 
     and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Creating 
     American Jobs through Exports Act of 2011''.

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