[House Report 114-167]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


114th Congress   }                                        {     Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session     }                                        {    114-167

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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R. 
 2146) TO AMEND THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986 TO ALLOW FEDERAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS TO MAKE 
PENALTY FREE WITHDRAWALS FROM GOVERNMENTAL PLANS AFTER AGE 50, AND FOR 
                             OTHER PURPOSES

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   June 17, 2015.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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              Mr. Sessions, from the Committee on Rules, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 321]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 321, by a record vote of 7 to 3, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of the Senate 
amendment to H.R. 2146, the Defending Public Safety Employees' 
Retirement Act. The resolution makes in order a motion offered 
by the chair of the Committee on Ways and Means or his designee 
that the House concur in the Senate amendment with the 
amendment printed in this report. The resolution waives all 
points of order against consideration of the motion and 
provides that the motion is not subject to a demand for 
division of the question. The resolution provides that the 
Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as read. 
The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the motion includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI, which 
requires that no motion or proposition on a subject different 
from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of 
amendment. The waiver is needed because provisions in the House 
amendment are not germane to the Senate amendment.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 79

    Motion by Mr. Hastings of Florida to make in order and 
provide the appropriate waivers for amendment #2, offered by 
Rep. Visclosky (IN), which includes Title V of the House 
approved H.R. 644, the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement 
Act of 2015. Defeated: 3-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 80

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make the House TPA amendment 
subject to amendment under an open process, as if being 
considered under an open rule. Defeated: 3-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 81

    Motion by Ms. Foxx to report the rule. Adopted: 7-3

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Ms. Foxx........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................  ............
Mr. Stivers.....................................          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................  ............
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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         SUMMARY OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT

    Ryan, Paul (WI): Adds the Trade Priorities and 
Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA).

          TEXT OF THE HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE AMENDMENT

  At the end of the Senate amendment, add the following:

                   TITLE I--TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

  This title may be cited as the ``Bipartisan Congressional 
Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015''.

SEC. 102. TRADE NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES.

  (a) Overall Trade Negotiating Objectives.--The overall trade 
negotiating objectives of the United States for agreements 
subject to the provisions of section 103 are--
          (1) to obtain more open, equitable, and reciprocal 
        market access;
          (2) to obtain the reduction or elimination of 
        barriers and distortions that are directly related to 
        trade and investment and that decrease market 
        opportunities for United States exports or otherwise 
        distort United States trade;
          (3) to further strengthen the system of international 
        trade and investment disciplines and procedures, 
        including dispute settlement;
          (4) to foster economic growth, raise living 
        standards, enhance the competitiveness of the United 
        States, promote full employment in the United States, 
        and enhance the global economy;
          (5) to ensure that trade and environmental policies 
        are mutually supportive and to seek to protect and 
        preserve the environment and enhance the international 
        means of doing so, while optimizing the use of the 
        world's resources;
          (6) to promote respect for worker rights and the 
        rights of children consistent with core labor standards 
        of the ILO (as set out in section 111(7)) and an 
        understanding of the relationship between trade and 
        worker rights;
          (7) to seek provisions in trade agreements under 
        which parties to those agreements ensure that they do 
        not weaken or reduce the protections afforded in 
        domestic environmental and labor laws as an 
        encouragement for trade;
          (8) to ensure that trade agreements afford small 
        businesses equal access to international markets, 
        equitable trade benefits, and expanded export market 
        opportunities, and provide for the reduction or 
        elimination of trade and investment barriers that 
        disproportionately impact small businesses;
          (9) to promote universal ratification and full 
        compliance with ILO Convention No. 182 Concerning the 
        Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of 
        the Worst Forms of Child Labor;
          (10) to ensure that trade agreements reflect and 
        facilitate the increasingly interrelated, multi-
        sectoral nature of trade and investment activity;
          (11) to recognize the growing significance of the 
        Internet as a trading platform in international 
        commerce;
          (12) to take into account other legitimate United 
        States domestic objectives, including, but not limited 
        to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, 
        essential security, and consumer interests and the law 
        and regulations related thereto; and
          (13) to take into account conditions relating to 
        religious freedom of any party to negotiations for a 
        trade agreement with the United States.
  (b) Principal Trade Negotiating Objectives.--
          (1) Trade in goods.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding trade in 
        goods are--
                  (A) to expand competitive market 
                opportunities for exports of goods from the 
                United States and to obtain fairer and more 
                open conditions of trade, including through the 
                utilization of global value chains, by reducing 
                or eliminating tariff and nontariff barriers 
                and policies and practices of foreign 
                governments directly related to trade that 
                decrease market opportunities for United States 
                exports or otherwise distort United States 
                trade; and
                  (B) to obtain reciprocal tariff and nontariff 
                barrier elimination agreements, including with 
                respect to those tariff categories covered in 
                section 111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
                Act (19 U.S.C. 3521(b)).
          (2) Trade in services.--(A) The principal negotiating 
        objective of the United States regarding trade in 
        services is to expand competitive market opportunities 
        for United States services and to obtain fairer and 
        more open conditions of trade, including through 
        utilization of global value chains, by reducing or 
        eliminating barriers to international trade in 
        services, such as regulatory and other barriers that 
        deny national treatment and market access or 
        unreasonably restrict the establishment or operations 
        of service suppliers.
          (B) Recognizing that expansion of trade in services 
        generates benefits for all sectors of the economy and 
        facilitates trade, the objective described in 
        subparagraph (A) should be pursued through all means, 
        including through a plurilateral agreement with those 
        countries willing and able to undertake high standard 
        services commitments for both existing and new 
        services.
          (3) Trade in agriculture.--The principal negotiating 
        objective of the United States with respect to 
        agriculture is to obtain competitive opportunities for 
        United States exports of agricultural commodities in 
        foreign markets substantially equivalent to the 
        competitive opportunities afforded foreign exports in 
        United States markets and to achieve fairer and more 
        open conditions of trade in bulk, specialty crop, and 
        value added commodities by--
                  (A) securing more open and equitable market 
                access through robust rules on sanitary and 
                phytosanitary measures that--
                          (i) encourage the adoption of 
                        international standards and require a 
                        science-based justification be provided 
                        for a sanitary or phytosanitary measure 
                        if the measure is more restrictive than 
                        the applicable international standard;
                          (ii) improve regulatory coherence, 
                        promote the use of systems-based 
                        approaches, and appropriately recognize 
                        the equivalence of health and safety 
                        protection systems of exporting 
                        countries;
                          (iii) require that measures are 
                        transparently developed and 
                        implemented, are based on risk 
                        assessments that take into account 
                        relevant international guidelines and 
                        scientific data, and are not more 
                        restrictive on trade than necessary to 
                        meet the intended purpose; and
                          (iv) improve import check processes, 
                        including testing methodologies and 
                        procedures, and certification 
                        requirements,
                while recognizing that countries may put in 
                place measures to protect human, animal, or 
                plant life or health in a manner consistent 
                with their international obligations, including 
                the WTO Agreement on the Application of 
                Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (referred 
                to in section 101(d)(3) of the Uruguay Round 
                Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(3)));
                  (B) reducing or eliminating, by a date 
                certain, tariffs or other charges that decrease 
                market opportunities for United States 
                exports--
                          (i) giving priority to those products 
                        that are subject to significantly 
                        higher tariffs or subsidy regimes of 
                        major producing countries; and
                          (ii) providing reasonable adjustment 
                        periods for United States import 
                        sensitive products, in close 
                        consultation with Congress on such 
                        products before initiating tariff 
                        reduction negotiations;
                  (C) reducing tariffs to levels that are the 
                same as or lower than those in the United 
                States;
                  (D) reducing or eliminating subsidies that 
                decrease market opportunities for United States 
                exports or unfairly distort agriculture markets 
                to the detriment of the United States;
                  (E) allowing the preservation of programs 
                that support family farms and rural communities 
                but do not distort trade;
                  (F) developing disciplines for domestic 
                support programs, so that production that is in 
                excess of domestic food security needs is sold 
                at world prices;
                  (G) eliminating government policies that 
                create price depressing surpluses;
                  (H) eliminating state trading enterprises 
                whenever possible;
                  (I) developing, strengthening, and clarifying 
                rules to eliminate practices that unfairly 
                decrease United States market access 
                opportunities or distort agricultural markets 
                to the detriment of the United States, and 
                ensuring that such rules are subject to 
                efficient, timely, and effective dispute 
                settlement, including--
                          (i) unfair or trade distorting 
                        activities of state trading enterprises 
                        and other administrative mechanisms, 
                        with emphasis on requiring price 
                        transparency in the operation of state 
                        trading enterprises and such other 
                        mechanisms in order to end cross 
                        subsidization, price discrimination, 
                        and price undercutting;
                          (ii) unjustified trade restrictions 
                        or commercial requirements, such as 
                        labeling, that affect new technologies, 
                        including biotechnology;
                          (iii) unjustified sanitary or 
                        phytosanitary restrictions, including 
                        restrictions not based on scientific 
                        principles in contravention of 
                        obligations in the Uruguay Round 
                        Agreements or bilateral or regional 
                        trade agreements;
                          (iv) other unjustified technical 
                        barriers to trade; and
                          (v) restrictive rules in the 
                        administration of tariff rate quotas;
                  (J) eliminating practices that adversely 
                affect trade in perishable or cyclical 
                products, while improving import relief 
                mechanisms to recognize the unique 
                characteristics of perishable and cyclical 
                agriculture;
                  (K) ensuring that import relief mechanisms 
                for perishable and cyclical agriculture are as 
                accessible and timely to growers in the United 
                States as those mechanisms that are used by 
                other countries;
                  (L) taking into account whether a party to 
                the negotiations has failed to adhere to the 
                provisions of already existing trade agreements 
                with the United States or has circumvented 
                obligations under those agreements;
                  (M) taking into account whether a product is 
                subject to market distortions by reason of a 
                failure of a major producing country to adhere 
                to the provisions of already existing trade 
                agreements with the United States or by the 
                circumvention by that country of its 
                obligations under those agreements;
                  (N) otherwise ensuring that countries that 
                accede to the World Trade Organization have 
                made meaningful market liberalization 
                commitments in agriculture;
                  (O) taking into account the impact that 
                agreements covering agriculture to which the 
                United States is a party have on the United 
                States agricultural industry;
                  (P) maintaining bona fide food assistance 
                programs, market development programs, and 
                export credit programs;
                  (Q) seeking to secure the broadest market 
                access possible in multilateral, regional, and 
                bilateral negotiations, recognizing the effect 
                that simultaneous sets of negotiations may have 
                on United States import sensitive commodities 
                (including those subject to tariff rate 
                quotas);
                  (R) seeking to develop an international 
                consensus on the treatment of seasonal or 
                perishable agricultural products in 
                investigations relating to dumping and 
                safeguards and in any other relevant area;
                  (S) seeking to establish the common base year 
                for calculating the Aggregated Measurement of 
                Support (as defined in the Agreement on 
                Agriculture) as the end of each country's 
                Uruguay Round implementation period, as 
                reported in each country's Uruguay Round market 
                access schedule;
                  (T) ensuring transparency in the 
                administration of tariff rate quotas through 
                multilateral, plurilateral, and bilateral 
                negotiations; and
                  (U) eliminating and preventing the 
                undermining of market access for United States 
                products through improper use of a country's 
                system for protecting or recognizing 
                geographical indications, including failing to 
                ensure transparency and procedural fairness and 
                protecting generic terms.
          (4) Foreign investment.--Recognizing that United 
        States law on the whole provides a high level of 
        protection for investment, consistent with or greater 
        than the level required by international law, the 
        principal negotiating objectives of the United States 
        regarding foreign investment are to reduce or eliminate 
        artificial or trade distorting barriers to foreign 
        investment, while ensuring that foreign investors in 
        the United States are not accorded greater substantive 
        rights with respect to investment protections than 
        United States investors in the United States, and to 
        secure for investors important rights comparable to 
        those that would be available under United States legal 
        principles and practice, by--
                  (A) reducing or eliminating exceptions to the 
                principle of national treatment;
                  (B) freeing the transfer of funds relating to 
                investments;
                  (C) reducing or eliminating performance 
                requirements, forced technology transfers, and 
                other unreasonable barriers to the 
                establishment and operation of investments;
                  (D) seeking to establish standards for 
                expropriation and compensation for 
                expropriation, consistent with United States 
                legal principles and practice;
                  (E) seeking to establish standards for fair 
                and equitable treatment, consistent with United 
                States legal principles and practice, including 
                the principle of due process;
                  (F) providing meaningful procedures for 
                resolving investment disputes;
                  (G) seeking to improve mechanisms used to 
                resolve disputes between an investor and a 
                government through--
                          (i) mechanisms to eliminate frivolous 
                        claims and to deter the filing of 
                        frivolous claims;
                          (ii) procedures to ensure the 
                        efficient selection of arbitrators and 
                        the expeditious disposition of claims;
                          (iii) procedures to enhance 
                        opportunities for public input into the 
                        formulation of government positions; 
                        and
                          (iv) providing for an appellate body 
                        or similar mechanism to provide 
                        coherence to the interpretations of 
                        investment provisions in trade 
                        agreements; and
                  (H) ensuring the fullest measure of 
                transparency in the dispute settlement 
                mechanism, to the extent consistent with the 
                need to protect information that is classified 
                or business confidential, by--
                          (i) ensuring that all requests for 
                        dispute settlement are promptly made 
                        public;
                          (ii) ensuring that--
                                  (I) all proceedings, 
                                submissions, findings, and 
                                decisions are promptly made 
                                public; and
                                  (II) all hearings are open to 
                                the public; and
                          (iii) establishing a mechanism for 
                        acceptance of amicus curiae submissions 
                        from businesses, unions, and 
                        nongovernmental organizations.
          (5) Intellectual property.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding trade-related 
        intellectual property are--
                  (A) to further promote adequate and effective 
                protection of intellectual property rights, 
                including through--
                          (i)(I) ensuring accelerated and full 
                        implementation of the Agreement on 
                        Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual 
                        Property Rights referred to in section 
                        101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round 
                        Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)), 
                        particularly with respect to meeting 
                        enforcement obligations under that 
                        agreement; and
                          (II) ensuring that the provisions of 
                        any trade agreement governing 
                        intellectual property rights that is 
                        entered into by the United States 
                        reflect a standard of protection 
                        similar to that found in United States 
                        law;
                          (ii) providing strong protection for 
                        new and emerging technologies and new 
                        methods of transmitting and 
                        distributing products embodying 
                        intellectual property, including in a 
                        manner that facilitates legitimate 
                        digital trade;
                          (iii) preventing or eliminating 
                        discrimination with respect to matters 
                        affecting the availability, 
                        acquisition, scope, maintenance, use, 
                        and enforcement of intellectual 
                        property rights;
                          (iv) ensuring that standards of 
                        protection and enforcement keep pace 
                        with technological developments, and in 
                        particular ensuring that rightholders 
                        have the legal and technological means 
                        to control the use of their works 
                        through the Internet and other global 
                        communication media, and to prevent the 
                        unauthorized use of their works;
                          (v) providing strong enforcement of 
                        intellectual property rights, including 
                        through accessible, expeditious, and 
                        effective civil, administrative, and 
                        criminal enforcement mechanisms; and
                          (vi) preventing or eliminating 
                        government involvement in the violation 
                        of intellectual property rights, 
                        including cyber theft and piracy;
                  (B) to secure fair, equitable, and 
                nondiscriminatory market access opportunities 
                for United States persons that rely upon 
                intellectual property protection; and
                  (C) to respect the Declaration on the TRIPS 
                Agreement and Public Health, adopted by the 
                World Trade Organization at the Fourth 
                Ministerial Conference at Doha, Qatar on 
                November 14, 2001, and to ensure that trade 
                agreements foster innovation and promote access 
                to medicines.
          (6) Digital trade in goods and services and cross-
        border data flows.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States with respect to digital 
        trade in goods and services, as well as cross-border 
        data flows, are--
                  (A) to ensure that current obligations, 
                rules, disciplines, and commitments under the 
                World Trade Organization and bilateral and 
                regional trade agreements apply to digital 
                trade in goods and services and to cross-border 
                data flows;
                  (B) to ensure that--
                          (i) electronically delivered goods 
                        and services receive no less favorable 
                        treatment under trade rules and 
                        commitments than like products 
                        delivered in physical form; and
                          (ii) the classification of such goods 
                        and services ensures the most liberal 
                        trade treatment possible, fully 
                        encompassing both existing and new 
                        trade;
                  (C) to ensure that governments refrain from 
                implementing trade-related measures that impede 
                digital trade in goods and services, restrict 
                cross-border data flows, or require local 
                storage or processing of data;
                  (D) with respect to subparagraphs (A) through 
                (C), where legitimate policy objectives require 
                domestic regulations that affect digital trade 
                in goods and services or cross-border data 
                flows, to obtain commitments that any such 
                regulations are the least restrictive on trade, 
                nondiscriminatory, and transparent, and promote 
                an open market environment; and
                  (E) to extend the moratorium of the World 
                Trade Organization on duties on electronic 
                transmissions.
          (7) Regulatory practices.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States regarding the use of 
        government regulation or other practices to reduce 
        market access for United States goods, services, and 
        investments are--
                  (A) to achieve increased transparency and 
                opportunity for the participation of affected 
                parties in the development of regulations;
                  (B) to require that proposed regulations be 
                based on sound science, cost benefit analysis, 
                risk assessment, or other objective evidence;
                  (C) to establish consultative mechanisms and 
                seek other commitments, as appropriate, to 
                improve regulatory practices and promote 
                increased regulatory coherence, including 
                through--
                          (i) transparency in developing 
                        guidelines, rules, regulations, and 
                        laws for government procurement and 
                        other regulatory regimes;
                          (ii) the elimination of redundancies 
                        in testing and certification;
                          (iii) early consultations on 
                        significant regulations;
                          (iv) the use of impact assessments;
                          (v) the periodic review of existing 
                        regulatory measures; and
                          (vi) the application of good 
                        regulatory practices;
                  (D) to seek greater openness, transparency, 
                and convergence of standards development 
                processes, and enhance cooperation on standards 
                issues globally;
                  (E) to promote regulatory compatibility 
                through harmonization, equivalence, or mutual 
                recognition of different regulations and 
                standards and to encourage the use of 
                international and interoperable standards, as 
                appropriate;
                  (F) to achieve the elimination of government 
                measures such as price controls and reference 
                pricing which deny full market access for 
                United States products;
                  (G) to ensure that government regulatory 
                reimbursement regimes are transparent, provide 
                procedural fairness, are nondiscriminatory, and 
                provide full market access for United States 
                products; and
                  (H) to ensure that foreign governments--
                          (i) demonstrate that the collection 
                        of undisclosed proprietary information 
                        is limited to that necessary to satisfy 
                        a legitimate and justifiable regulatory 
                        interest; and
                          (ii) protect such information against 
                        disclosure, except in exceptional 
                        circumstances to protect the public, or 
                        where such information is effectively 
                        protected against unfair competition.
          (8) State-owned and state-controlled enterprises.--
        The principal negotiating objective of the United 
        States regarding competition by state-owned and state-
        controlled enterprises is to seek commitments that--
                  (A) eliminate or prevent trade distortions 
                and unfair competition favoring state-owned and 
                state-controlled enterprises to the extent of 
                their engagement in commercial activity, and
                  (B) ensure that such engagement is based 
                solely on commercial considerations,
        in particular through disciplines that eliminate or 
        prevent discrimination and market-distorting subsidies 
        and that promote transparency.
          (9) Localization barriers to trade.--The principal 
        negotiating objective of the United States with respect 
        to localization barriers is to eliminate and prevent 
        measures that require United States producers and 
        service providers to locate facilities, intellectual 
        property, or other assets in a country as a market 
        access or investment condition, including indigenous 
        innovation measures.
          (10) Labor and the environment.--The principal 
        negotiating objectives of the United States with 
        respect to labor and the environment are--
                  (A) to ensure that a party to a trade 
                agreement with the United States--
                          (i) adopts and maintains measures 
                        implementing internationally recognized 
                        core labor standards (as defined in 
                        section 111(17)) and its obligations 
                        under common multilateral environmental 
                        agreements (as defined in section 
                        111(6)),
                          (ii) does not waive or otherwise 
                        derogate from, or offer to waive or 
                        otherwise derogate from--
                                  (I) its statutes or 
                                regulations implementing 
                                internationally recognized core 
                                labor standards (as defined in 
                                section 111(17)), in a manner 
                                affecting trade or investment 
                                between the United States and 
                                that party, where the waiver or 
                                derogation would be 
                                inconsistent with one or more 
                                such standards, or
                                  (II) its environmental laws 
                                in a manner that weakens or 
                                reduces the protections 
                                afforded in those laws and in a 
                                manner affecting trade or 
                                investment between the United 
                                States and that party, except 
                                as provided in its law and 
                                provided not inconsistent with 
                                its obligations under common 
                                multilateral environmental 
                                agreements (as defined in 
                                section 111(6)) or other 
                                provisions of the trade 
                                agreement specifically agreed 
                                upon, and
                          (iii) does not fail to effectively 
                        enforce its environmental or labor 
                        laws, through a sustained or recurring 
                        course of action or inaction,
                in a manner affecting trade or investment 
                between the United States and that party after 
                entry into force of a trade agreement between 
                those countries;
                  (B) to recognize that--
                          (i) with respect to environment, 
                        parties to a trade agreement retain the 
                        right to exercise prosecutorial 
                        discretion and to make decisions 
                        regarding the allocation of enforcement 
                        resources with respect to other 
                        environmental laws determined to have 
                        higher priorities, and a party is 
                        effectively enforcing its laws if a 
                        course of action or inaction reflects a 
                        reasonable, bona fide exercise of such 
                        discretion, or results from a 
                        reasonable, bona fide decision 
                        regarding the allocation of resources; 
                        and
                          (ii) with respect to labor, decisions 
                        regarding the distribution of 
                        enforcement resources are not a reason 
                        for not complying with a party's labor 
                        obligations; a party to a trade 
                        agreement retains the right to 
                        reasonable exercise of discretion and 
                        to make bona fide decisions regarding 
                        the allocation of resources between 
                        labor enforcement activities among core 
                        labor standards, provided the exercise 
                        of such discretion and such decisions 
                        are not inconsistent with its 
                        obligations;
                  (C) to strengthen the capacity of United 
                States trading partners to promote respect for 
                core labor standards (as defined in section 
                111(7));
                  (D) to strengthen the capacity of United 
                States trading partners to protect the 
                environment through the promotion of 
                sustainable development;
                  (E) to reduce or eliminate government 
                practices or policies that unduly threaten 
                sustainable development;
                  (F) to seek market access, through the 
                elimination of tariffs and nontariff barriers, 
                for United States environmental technologies, 
                goods, and services;
                  (G) to ensure that labor, environmental, 
                health, or safety policies and practices of the 
                parties to trade agreements with the United 
                States do not arbitrarily or unjustifiably 
                discriminate against United States exports or 
                serve as disguised barriers to trade;
                  (H) to ensure that enforceable labor and 
                environment obligations are subject to the same 
                dispute settlement and remedies as other 
                enforceable obligations under the agreement; 
                and
                  (I) to ensure that a trade agreement is not 
                construed to empower a party's authorities to 
                undertake labor or environmental law 
                enforcement activities in the territory of the 
                United States.
          (11) Currency.--The principal negotiating objective 
        of the United States with respect to currency practices 
        is that parties to a trade agreement with the United 
        States avoid manipulating exchange rates in order to 
        prevent effective balance of payments adjustment or to 
        gain an unfair competitive advantage over other parties 
        to the agreement, such as through cooperative 
        mechanisms, enforceable rules, reporting, monitoring, 
        transparency, or other means, as appropriate.
          (12) Foreign currency manipulation.--The principal 
        negotiating objective of the United States with respect 
        to unfair currency practices is to seek to establish 
        accountability through enforceable rules, transparency, 
        reporting, monitoring, cooperative mechanisms, or other 
        means to address exchange rate manipulation involving 
        protracted large scale intervention in one direction in 
        the exchange markets and a persistently undervalued 
        foreign exchange rate to gain an unfair competitive 
        advantage in trade over other parties to a trade 
        agreement, consistent with existing obligations of the 
        United States as a member of the International Monetary 
        Fund and the World Trade Organization.
          (13) WTO and multilateral trade agreements.--
        Recognizing that the World Trade Organization is the 
        foundation of the global trading system, the principal 
        negotiating objectives of the United States regarding 
        the World Trade Organization, the Uruguay Round 
        Agreements, and other multilateral and plurilateral 
        trade agreements are--
                  (A) to achieve full implementation and extend 
                the coverage of the World Trade Organization 
                and multilateral and plurilateral agreements to 
                products, sectors, and conditions of trade not 
                adequately covered;
                  (B) to expand country participation in and 
                enhancement of the Information Technology 
                Agreement, the Government Procurement 
                Agreement, and other plurilateral trade 
                agreements of the World Trade Organization;
                  (C) to expand competitive market 
                opportunities for United States exports and to 
                obtain fairer and more open conditions of 
                trade, including through utilization of global 
                value chains, through the negotiation of new 
                WTO multilateral and plurilateral trade 
                agreements, such as an agreement on trade 
                facilitation;
                  (D) to ensure that regional trade agreements 
                to which the United States is not a party fully 
                achieve the high standards of, and comply with, 
                WTO disciplines, including Article XXIV of GATT 
                1994, Article V and V bis of the General 
                Agreement on Trade in Services, and the 
                Enabling Clause, including through meaningful 
                WTO review of such regional trade agreements;
                  (E) to enhance compliance by WTO members with 
                their obligations as WTO members through active 
                participation in the bodies of the World Trade 
                Organization by the United States and all other 
                WTO members, including in the trade policy 
                review mechanism and the committee system of 
                the World Trade Organization, and by working to 
                increase the effectiveness of such bodies; and
                  (F) to encourage greater cooperation between 
                the World Trade Organization and other 
                international organizations.
          (14) Trade institution transparency.--The principal 
        negotiating objective of the United States with respect 
        to transparency is to obtain wider and broader 
        application of the principle of transparency in the 
        World Trade Organization, entities established under 
        bilateral and regional trade agreements, and other 
        international trade fora through seeking--
                  (A) timely public access to information 
                regarding trade issues and the activities of 
                such institutions;
                  (B) openness by ensuring public access to 
                appropriate meetings, proceedings, and 
                submissions, including with regard to trade and 
                investment dispute settlement; and
                  (C) public access to all notifications and 
                supporting documentation submitted by WTO 
                members.
          (15) Anti-corruption.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States with respect to the use 
        of money or other things of value to influence acts, 
        decisions, or omissions of foreign governments or 
        officials or to secure any improper advantage in a 
        manner affecting trade are--
                  (A) to obtain high standards and effective 
                domestic enforcement mechanisms applicable to 
                persons from all countries participating in the 
                applicable trade agreement that prohibit such 
                attempts to influence acts, decisions, or 
                omissions of foreign governments or officials 
                or to secure any such improper advantage;
                  (B) to ensure that such standards level the 
                playing field for United States persons in 
                international trade and investment; and
                  (C) to seek commitments to work jointly to 
                encourage and support anti-corruption and anti-
                bribery initiatives in international trade 
                fora, including through the Convention on 
                Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials 
                in International Business Transactions of the 
                Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
                Development, done at Paris December 17, 1997 
                (commonly known as the ``OECD Anti-Bribery 
                Convention'').
          (16) Dispute settlement and enforcement.--The 
        principal negotiating objectives of the United States 
        with respect to dispute settlement and enforcement of 
        trade agreements are--
                  (A) to seek provisions in trade agreements 
                providing for resolution of disputes between 
                governments under those trade agreements in an 
                effective, timely, transparent, equitable, and 
                reasoned manner, requiring determinations based 
                on facts and the principles of the agreements, 
                with the goal of increasing compliance with the 
                agreements;
                  (B) to seek to strengthen the capacity of the 
                Trade Policy Review Mechanism of the World 
                Trade Organization to review compliance with 
                commitments;
                  (C) to seek adherence by panels convened 
                under the Dispute Settlement Understanding and 
                by the Appellate Body to--
                          (i) the mandate of those panels and 
                        the Appellate Body to apply the WTO 
                        Agreement as written, without adding to 
                        or diminishing rights and obligations 
                        under the Agreement; and
                          (ii) the standard of review 
                        applicable under the Uruguay Round 
                        Agreement involved in the dispute, 
                        including greater deference, where 
                        appropriate, to the fact finding and 
                        technical expertise of national 
                        investigating authorities;
                  (D) to seek provisions encouraging the early 
                identification and settlement of disputes 
                through consultation;
                  (E) to seek provisions to encourage the 
                provision of trade-expanding compensation if a 
                party to a dispute under the agreement does not 
                come into compliance with its obligations under 
                the agreement;
                  (F) to seek provisions to impose a penalty 
                upon a party to a dispute under the agreement 
                that--
                          (i) encourages compliance with the 
                        obligations of the agreement;
                          (ii) is appropriate to the parties, 
                        nature, subject matter, and scope of 
                        the violation; and
                          (iii) has the aim of not adversely 
                        affecting parties or interests not 
                        party to the dispute while maintaining 
                        the effectiveness of the enforcement 
                        mechanism; and
                  (G) to seek provisions that treat United 
                States principal negotiating objectives equally 
                with respect to--
                          (i) the ability to resort to dispute 
                        settlement under the applicable 
                        agreement;
                          (ii) the availability of equivalent 
                        dispute settlement procedures; and
                          (iii) the availability of equivalent 
                        remedies.
          (17) Trade remedy laws.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States with respect to trade 
        remedy laws are--
                  (A) to preserve the ability of the United 
                States to enforce rigorously its trade laws, 
                including the antidumping, countervailing duty, 
                and safeguard laws, and avoid agreements that 
                lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
                international disciplines on unfair trade, 
                especially dumping and subsidies, or that 
                lessen the effectiveness of domestic and 
                international safeguard provisions, in order to 
                ensure that United States workers, agricultural 
                producers, and firms can compete fully on fair 
                terms and enjoy the benefits of reciprocal 
                trade concessions; and
                  (B) to address and remedy market distortions 
                that lead to dumping and subsidization, 
                including overcapacity, cartelization, and 
                market access barriers.
          (18) Border taxes.--The principal negotiating 
        objective of the United States regarding border taxes 
        is to obtain a revision of the rules of the World Trade 
        Organization with respect to the treatment of border 
        adjustments for internal taxes to redress the 
        disadvantage to countries relying primarily on direct 
        taxes for revenue rather than indirect taxes.
          (19) Textile negotiations.--The principal negotiating 
        objectives of the United States with respect to trade 
        in textiles and apparel articles are to obtain 
        competitive opportunities for United States exports of 
        textiles and apparel in foreign markets substantially 
        equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded 
        foreign exports in United States markets and to achieve 
        fairer and more open conditions of trade in textiles 
        and apparel.
          (20) Commercial partnerships.--
                  (A) In general.--With respect to an agreement 
                that is proposed to be entered into with the 
                Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership 
                countries and to which section 103(b) will 
                apply, the principal negotiating objectives of 
                the United States regarding commercial 
                partnerships are the following:
                          (i) To discourage actions by 
                        potential trading partners that 
                        directly or indirectly prejudice or 
                        otherwise discourage commercial 
                        activity solely between the United 
                        States and Israel.
                          (ii) To discourage politically 
                        motivated actions to boycott, divest 
                        from, or sanction Israel and to seek 
                        the elimination of politically 
                        motivated nontariff barriers on Israeli 
                        goods, services, or other commerce 
                        imposed on the State of Israel.
                          (iii) To seek the elimination of 
                        state-sponsored unsanctioned foreign 
                        boycotts against Israel or compliance 
                        with the Arab League Boycott of Israel 
                        by prospective trading partners.
                  (B) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                ``actions to boycott, divest from, or sanction 
                Israel'' means actions by states, non-member 
                states of the United Nations, international 
                organizations, or affiliated agencies of 
                international organizations that are 
                politically motivated and are intended to 
                penalize or otherwise limit commercial 
                relations specifically with Israel or persons 
                doing business in Israel or in Israeli-
                controlled territories.
          (21) Good governance, transparency, the effective 
        operation of legal regimes, and the rule of law of 
        trading partners.--The principal negotiating objectives 
        of the United States with respect to ensuring 
        implementation of trade commitments and obligations by 
        strengthening good governance, transparency, the 
        effective operation of legal regimes and the rule of 
        law of trading partners of the United States is through 
        capacity building and other appropriate means, which 
        are important parts of the broader effort to create 
        more open democratic societies and to promote respect 
        for internationally recognized human rights.
  (c) Capacity Building and Other Priorities.--In order to 
address and maintain United States competitiveness in the 
global economy, the President shall--
          (1) direct the heads of relevant Federal agencies--
                  (A) to work to strengthen the capacity of 
                United States trading partners to carry out 
                obligations under trade agreements by 
                consulting with any country seeking a trade 
                agreement with the United States concerning 
                that country's laws relating to customs and 
                trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary 
                measures, technical barriers to trade, 
                intellectual property rights, labor, and the 
                environment; and
                  (B) to provide technical assistance to that 
                country if needed;
          (2) seek to establish consultative mechanisms among 
        parties to trade agreements to strengthen the capacity 
        of United States trading partners to develop and 
        implement standards for the protection of the 
        environment and human health based on sound science;
          (3) promote consideration of multilateral 
        environmental agreements and consult with parties to 
        such agreements regarding the consistency of any such 
        agreement that includes trade measures with existing 
        environmental exceptions under Article XX of GATT 1994; 
        and
          (4) submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
        House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance 
        of the Senate an annual report on capacity-building 
        activities undertaken in connection with trade 
        agreements negotiated or being negotiated pursuant to 
        this title.

SEC. 103. TRADE AGREEMENTS AUTHORITY.

  (a) Agreements Regarding Tariff Barriers.--
          (1) In general.--Whenever the President determines 
        that one or more existing duties or other import 
        restrictions of any foreign country or the United 
        States are unduly burdening and restricting the foreign 
        trade of the United States and that the purposes, 
        policies, priorities, and objectives of this title will 
        be promoted thereby, the President--
                  (A) may enter into trade agreements with 
                foreign countries before--
                          (i) July 1, 2018; or
                          (ii) July 1, 2021, if trade 
                        authorities procedures are extended 
                        under subsection (c); and
                  (B) may, subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                proclaim--
                          (i) such modification or continuance 
                        of any existing duty,
                          (ii) such continuance of existing 
                        duty free or excise treatment, or
                          (iii) such additional duties,
                as the President determines to be required or 
                appropriate to carry out any such trade 
                agreement.
        Substantial modifications to, or substantial additional 
        provisions of, a trade agreement entered into after 
        July 1, 2018, or July 1, 2021, if trade authorities 
        procedures are extended under subsection (c), shall not 
        be eligible for approval under this title.
          (2) Notification.--The President shall notify 
        Congress of the President's intention to enter into an 
        agreement under this subsection.
          (3) Limitations.--No proclamation may be made under 
        paragraph (1) that--
                  (A) reduces any rate of duty (other than a 
                rate of duty that does not exceed 5 percent ad 
                valorem on the date of the enactment of this 
                Act) to a rate of duty which is less than 50 
                percent of the rate of such duty that applies 
                on such date of enactment;
                  (B) reduces the rate of duty below that 
                applicable under the Uruguay Round Agreements 
                or a successor agreement, on any import 
                sensitive agricultural product; or
                  (C) increases any rate of duty above the rate 
                that applied on the date of the enactment of 
                this Act.
          (4) Aggregate reduction; exemption from staging.--
                  (A) Aggregate reduction.--Except as provided 
                in subparagraph (B), the aggregate reduction in 
                the rate of duty on any article which is in 
                effect on any day pursuant to a trade agreement 
                entered into under paragraph (1) shall not 
                exceed the aggregate reduction which would have 
                been in effect on such day if--
                          (i) a reduction of 3 percent ad 
                        valorem or a reduction of \1/10\ of the 
                        total reduction, whichever is greater, 
                        had taken effect on the effective date 
                        of the first reduction proclaimed under 
                        paragraph (1) to carry out such 
                        agreement with respect to such article; 
                        and
                          (ii) a reduction equal to the amount 
                        applicable under clause (i) had taken 
                        effect at 1-year intervals after the 
                        effective date of such first reduction.
                  (B) Exemption from staging.--No staging is 
                required under subparagraph (A) with respect to 
                a duty reduction that is proclaimed under 
                paragraph (1) for an article of a kind that is 
                not produced in the United States. The United 
                States International Trade Commission shall 
                advise the President of the identity of 
                articles that may be exempted from staging 
                under this subparagraph.
          (5) Rounding.--If the President determines that such 
        action will simplify the computation of reductions 
        under paragraph (4), the President may round an annual 
        reduction by an amount equal to the lesser of--
                  (A) the difference between the reduction 
                without regard to this paragraph and the next 
                lower whole number; or
                  (B) \1/2\ of 1 percent ad valorem.
          (6) Other limitations.--A rate of duty reduction that 
        may not be proclaimed by reason of paragraph (3) may 
        take effect only if a provision authorizing such 
        reduction is included within an implementing bill 
        provided for under section 106 and that bill is enacted 
        into law.
          (7) Other tariff modifications.--Notwithstanding 
        paragraphs (1)(B), (3)(A), (3)(C), and (4) through (6), 
        and subject to the consultation and layover 
        requirements of section 115 of the Uruguay Round 
        Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3524), the President may 
        proclaim the modification of any duty or staged rate 
        reduction of any duty set forth in Schedule XX, as 
        defined in section 2(5) of that Act (19 U.S.C. 
        3501(5)), if the United States agrees to such 
        modification or staged rate reduction in a negotiation 
        for the reciprocal elimination or harmonization of 
        duties under the auspices of the World Trade 
        Organization.
          (8) Authority under uruguay round agreements act not 
        affected.--Nothing in this subsection shall limit the 
        authority provided to the President under section 
        111(b) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 
        3521(b)).
  (b) Agreements Regarding Tariff and Nontariff Barriers.--
          (1) In general.--(A) Whenever the President 
        determines that--
                  (i) 1 or more existing duties or any other 
                import restriction of any foreign country or 
                the United States or any other barrier to, or 
                other distortion of, international trade unduly 
                burdens or restricts the foreign trade of the 
                United States or adversely affects the United 
                States economy, or
                  (ii) the imposition of any such barrier or 
                distortion is likely to result in such a 
                burden, restriction, or effect,
        and that the purposes, policies, priorities, and 
        objectives of this title will be promoted thereby, the 
        President may enter into a trade agreement described in 
        subparagraph (B) during the period described in 
        subparagraph (C).
          (B) The President may enter into a trade agreement 
        under subparagraph (A) with foreign countries providing 
        for--
                  (i) the reduction or elimination of a duty, 
                restriction, barrier, or other distortion 
                described in subparagraph (A); or
                  (ii) the prohibition of, or limitation on the 
                imposition of, such barrier or other 
                distortion.
          (C) The President may enter into a trade agreement 
        under this paragraph before--
                  (i) July 1, 2018; or
                  (ii) July 1, 2021, if trade authorities 
                procedures are extended under subsection (c).
        Substantial modifications to, or substantial additional 
        provisions of, a trade agreement entered into after 
        July 1, 2018, or July 1, 2021, if trade authorities 
        procedures are extended under subsection (c), shall not 
        be eligible for approval under this title.
          (2) Conditions.--A trade agreement may be entered 
        into under this subsection only if such agreement makes 
        progress in meeting the applicable objectives described 
        in subsections (a) and (b) of section 102 and the 
        President satisfies the conditions set forth in 
        sections 104 and 105.
          (3) Bills qualifying for trade authorities 
        procedures.--(A) The provisions of section 151 of the 
        Trade Act of 1974 (in this title referred to as ``trade 
        authorities procedures'') apply to a bill of either 
        House of Congress which contains provisions described 
        in subparagraph (B) to the same extent as such section 
        151 applies to implementing bills under that section. A 
        bill to which this paragraph applies shall hereafter in 
        this title be referred to as an ``implementing bill''.
          (B) The provisions referred to in subparagraph (A) 
        are--
                  (i) a provision approving a trade agreement 
                entered into under this subsection and 
                approving the statement of administrative 
                action, if any, proposed to implement such 
                trade agreement; and
                  (ii) if changes in existing laws or new 
                statutory authority are required to implement 
                such trade agreement or agreements, only such 
                provisions as are strictly necessary or 
                appropriate to implement such trade agreement 
                or agreements, either repealing or amending 
                existing laws or providing new statutory 
                authority.
  (c) Extension Disapproval Process for Congressional Trade 
Authorities Procedures.--
          (1) In general.--Except as provided in section 
        106(b)--
                  (A) the trade authorities procedures apply to 
                implementing bills submitted with respect to 
                trade agreements entered into under subsection 
                (b) before July 1, 2018; and
                  (B) the trade authorities procedures shall be 
                extended to implementing bills submitted with 
                respect to trade agreements entered into under 
                subsection (b) after June 30, 2018, and before 
                July 1, 2021, if (and only if)--
                          (i) the President requests such 
                        extension under paragraph (2); and
                          (ii) neither House of Congress adopts 
                        an extension disapproval resolution 
                        under paragraph (5) before July 1, 
                        2018.
          (2) Report to congress by the president.--If the 
        President is of the opinion that the trade authorities 
        procedures should be extended to implementing bills 
        described in paragraph (1)(B), the President shall 
        submit to Congress, not later than April 1, 2018, a 
        written report that contains a request for such 
        extension, together with--
                  (A) a description of all trade agreements 
                that have been negotiated under subsection (b) 
                and the anticipated schedule for submitting 
                such agreements to Congress for approval;
                  (B) a description of the progress that has 
                been made in negotiations to achieve the 
                purposes, policies, priorities, and objectives 
                of this title, and a statement that such 
                progress justifies the continuation of 
                negotiations; and
                  (C) a statement of the reasons why the 
                extension is needed to complete the 
                negotiations.
          (3) Other reports to congress.--
                  (A) Report by the advisory committee.--The 
                President shall promptly inform the Advisory 
                Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations 
                established under section 135 of the Trade Act 
                of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2155) of the decision of the 
                President to submit a report to Congress under 
                paragraph (2). The Advisory Committee shall 
                submit to Congress as soon as practicable, but 
                not later than June 1, 2018, a written report 
                that contains--
                          (i) its views regarding the progress 
                        that has been made in negotiations to 
                        achieve the purposes, policies, 
                        priorities, and objectives of this 
                        title; and
                          (ii) a statement of its views, and 
                        the reasons therefor, regarding whether 
                        the extension requested under paragraph 
                        (2) should be approved or disapproved.
                  (B) Report by international trade 
                commission.--The President shall promptly 
                inform the United States International Trade 
                Commission of the decision of the President to 
                submit a report to Congress under paragraph 
                (2). The International Trade Commission shall 
                submit to Congress as soon as practicable, but 
                not later than June 1, 2018, a written report 
                that contains a review and analysis of the 
                economic impact on the United States of all 
                trade agreements implemented between the date 
                of the enactment of this Act and the date on 
                which the President decides to seek an 
                extension requested under paragraph (2).
          (4) Status of reports.--The reports submitted to 
        Congress under paragraphs (2) and (3), or any portion 
        of such reports, may be classified to the extent the 
        President determines appropriate.
          (5) Extension disapproval resolutions.--(A) For 
        purposes of paragraph (1), the term ``extension 
        disapproval resolution'' means a resolution of either 
        House of Congress, the sole matter after the resolving 
        clause of which is as follows: ``That the ____ 
        disapproves the request of the President for the 
        extension, under section 103(c)(1)(B)(i) of the 
        Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
        Accountability Act of 2015, of the trade authorities 
        procedures under that Act to any implementing bill 
        submitted with respect to any trade agreement entered 
        into under section 103(b) of that Act after June 30, 
        2018.'', with the blank space being filled with the 
        name of the resolving House of Congress.
          (B) Extension disapproval resolutions--
                  (i) may be introduced in either House of 
                Congress by any member of such House; and
                  (ii) shall be referred, in the House of 
                Representatives, to the Committee on Ways and 
                Means and, in addition, to the Committee on 
                Rules.
          (C) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of 
        section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) 
        (relating to the floor consideration of certain 
        resolutions in the House and Senate) apply to extension 
        disapproval resolutions.
          (D) It is not in order for--
                  (i) the House of Representatives to consider 
                any extension disapproval resolution not 
                reported by the Committee on Ways and Means 
                and, in addition, by the Committee on Rules;
                  (ii) the Senate to consider any extension 
                disapproval resolution not reported by the 
                Committee on Finance; or
                  (iii) either House of Congress to consider an 
                extension disapproval resolution after June 30, 
                2018.
  (d) Commencement of Negotiations.--In order to contribute to 
the continued economic expansion of the United States, the 
President shall commence negotiations covering tariff and 
nontariff barriers affecting any industry, product, or service 
sector, and expand existing sectoral agreements to countries 
that are not parties to those agreements, in cases where the 
President determines that such negotiations are feasible and 
timely and would benefit the United States. Such sectors 
include agriculture, commercial services, intellectual property 
rights, industrial and capital goods, government procurement, 
information technology products, environmental technology and 
services, medical equipment and services, civil aircraft, and 
infrastructure products. In so doing, the President shall take 
into account all of the negotiating objectives set forth in 
section 102.

SEC. 104. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, CONSULTATIONS, AND ACCESS TO 
                    INFORMATION.

  (a) Consultations With Members of Congress.--
          (1) Consultations during negotiations.--In the course 
        of negotiations conducted under this title, the United 
        States Trade Representative shall--
                  (A) meet upon request with any Member of 
                Congress regarding negotiating objectives, the 
                status of negotiations in progress, and the 
                nature of any changes in the laws of the United 
                States or the administration of those laws that 
                may be recommended to Congress to carry out any 
                trade agreement or any requirement of, 
                amendment to, or recommendation under, that 
                agreement;
                  (B) upon request of any Member of Congress, 
                provide access to pertinent documents relating 
                to the negotiations, including classified 
                materials;
                  (C) consult closely and on a timely basis 
                with, and keep fully apprised of the 
                negotiations, the Committee on Ways and Means 
                of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Finance of the Senate;
                  (D) consult closely and on a timely basis 
                with, and keep fully apprised of the 
                negotiations, the House Advisory Group on 
                Negotiations and the Senate Advisory Group on 
                Negotiations convened under subsection (c) and 
                all committees of the House of Representatives 
                and the Senate with jurisdiction over laws that 
                could be affected by a trade agreement 
                resulting from the negotiations; and
                  (E) with regard to any negotiations and 
                agreement relating to agricultural trade, also 
                consult closely and on a timely basis 
                (including immediately before initialing an 
                agreement) with, and keep fully apprised of the 
                negotiations, the Committee on Agriculture of 
                the House of Representatives and the Committee 
                on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
                Senate.
          (2) Consultations prior to entry into force.--Prior 
        to exchanging notes providing for the entry into force 
        of a trade agreement, the United States Trade 
        Representative shall consult closely and on a timely 
        basis with Members of Congress and committees as 
        specified in paragraph (1), and keep them fully 
        apprised of the measures a trading partner has taken to 
        comply with those provisions of the agreement that are 
        to take effect on the date that the agreement enters 
        into force.
          (3) Enhanced coordination with congress.--
                  (A) Written guidelines.--The United States 
                Trade Representative, in consultation with the 
                chairmen and the ranking members of the 
                Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
                the Senate, respectively--
                          (i) shall, not later than 120 days 
                        after the date of the enactment of this 
                        Act, develop written guidelines on 
                        enhanced coordination with Congress, 
                        including coordination with designated 
                        congressional advisers under subsection 
                        (b), regarding negotiations conducted 
                        under this title; and
                          (ii) may make such revisions to the 
                        guidelines as may be necessary from 
                        time to time.
                  (B) Content of guidelines.--The guidelines 
                developed under subparagraph (A) shall enhance 
                coordination with Congress through procedures 
                to ensure--
                          (i) timely briefings upon request of 
                        any Member of Congress regarding 
                        negotiating objectives, the status of 
                        negotiations in progress conducted 
                        under this title, and the nature of any 
                        changes in the laws of the United 
                        States or the administration of those 
                        laws that may be recommended to 
                        Congress to carry out any trade 
                        agreement or any requirement of, 
                        amendment to, or recommendation under, 
                        that agreement; and
                          (ii) the sharing of detailed and 
                        timely information with Members of 
                        Congress, and their staff with proper 
                        security clearances as appropriate, 
                        regarding those negotiations and 
                        pertinent documents related to those 
                        negotiations (including classified 
                        information), and with committee staff 
                        with proper security clearances as 
                        would be appropriate in the light of 
                        the responsibilities of that committee 
                        over the trade agreements programs 
                        affected by those negotiations.
                  (C) Dissemination.--The United States Trade 
                Representative shall disseminate the guidelines 
                developed under subparagraph (A) to all Federal 
                agencies that could have jurisdiction over laws 
                affected by trade negotiations.
  (b) Designated Congressional Advisers.--
          (1) Designation.--
                  (A) House of representatives.--In each 
                Congress, any Member of the House of 
                Representatives may be designated as a 
                congressional adviser on trade policy and 
                negotiations by the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives, after consulting with the 
                chairman and ranking member of the Committee on 
                Ways and Means and the chairman and ranking 
                member of the committee from which the Member 
                will be selected.
                  (B) Senate.--In each Congress, any Member of 
                the Senate may be designated as a congressional 
                adviser on trade policy and negotiations by the 
                President pro tempore of the Senate, after 
                consultation with the chairman and ranking 
                member of the Committee on Finance and the 
                chairman and ranking member of the committee 
                from which the Member will be selected.
          (2) Consultations with designated congressional 
        advisers.--In the course of negotiations conducted 
        under this title, the United States Trade 
        Representative shall consult closely and on a timely 
        basis (including immediately before initialing an 
        agreement) with, and keep fully apprised of the 
        negotiations, the congressional advisers for trade 
        policy and negotiations designated under paragraph (1).
          (3) Accreditation.--Each Member of Congress 
        designated as a congressional adviser under paragraph 
        (1) shall be accredited by the United States Trade 
        Representative on behalf of the President as an 
        official adviser to the United States delegations to 
        international conferences, meetings, and negotiating 
        sessions relating to trade agreements.
  (c) Congressional Advisory Groups on Negotiations.--
          (1) In general.--By not later than 60 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 
        30 days after the convening of each Congress, the 
        chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
        House of Representatives shall convene the House 
        Advisory Group on Negotiations and the chairman of the 
        Committee on Finance of the Senate shall convene the 
        Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations (in this 
        subsection referred to collectively as the 
        ``congressional advisory groups'').
          (2) Members and functions.--
                  (A) Membership of the house advisory group on 
                negotiations.--In each Congress, the House 
                Advisory Group on Negotiations shall be 
                comprised of the following Members of the House 
                of Representatives:
                          (i) The chairman and ranking member 
                        of the Committee on Ways and Means, and 
                        3 additional members of such Committee 
                        (not more than 2 of whom are members of 
                        the same political party).
                          (ii) The chairman and ranking member, 
                        or their designees, of the committees 
                        of the House of Representatives that 
                        would have, under the Rules of the 
                        House of Representatives, jurisdiction 
                        over provisions of law affected by a 
                        trade agreement negotiation conducted 
                        at any time during that Congress and to 
                        which this title would apply.
                  (B) Membership of the senate advisory group 
                on negotiations.--In each Congress, the Senate 
                Advisory Group on Negotiations shall be 
                comprised of the following Members of the 
                Senate:
                          (i) The chairman and ranking member 
                        of the Committee on Finance and 3 
                        additional members of such Committee 
                        (not more than 2 of whom are members of 
                        the same political party).
                          (ii) The chairman and ranking member, 
                        or their designees, of the committees 
                        of the Senate that would have, under 
                        the Rules of the Senate, jurisdiction 
                        over provisions of law affected by a 
                        trade agreement negotiation conducted 
                        at any time during that Congress and to 
                        which this title would apply.
                  (C) Accreditation.--Each member of the 
                congressional advisory groups described in 
                subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B)(i) shall be 
                accredited by the United States Trade 
                Representative on behalf of the President as an 
                official adviser to the United States 
                delegation in negotiations for any trade 
                agreement to which this title applies. Each 
                member of the congressional advisory groups 
                described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) 
                shall be accredited by the United States Trade 
                Representative on behalf of the President as an 
                official adviser to the United States 
                delegation in the negotiations by reason of 
                which the member is in one of the congressional 
                advisory groups.
                  (D) Consultation and advice.--The 
                congressional advisory groups shall consult 
                with and provide advice to the Trade 
                Representative regarding the formulation of 
                specific objectives, negotiating strategies and 
                positions, the development of the applicable 
                trade agreement, and compliance and enforcement 
                of the negotiated commitments under the trade 
                agreement.
                  (E) Chair.--The House Advisory Group on 
                Negotiations shall be chaired by the Chairman 
                of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
                of Representatives and the Senate Advisory 
                Group on Negotiations shall be chaired by the 
                Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the 
                Senate.
                  (F) Coordination with other committees.--
                Members of any committee represented on one of 
                the congressional advisory groups may submit 
                comments to the member of the appropriate 
                congressional advisory group from that 
                committee regarding any matter related to a 
                negotiation for any trade agreement to which 
                this title applies.
          (3) Guidelines.--
                  (A) Purpose and revision.--The United States 
                Trade Representative, in consultation with the 
                chairmen and the ranking members of the 
                Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
                the Senate, respectively--
                          (i) shall, not later than 120 days 
                        after the date of the enactment of this 
                        Act, develop written guidelines to 
                        facilitate the useful and timely 
                        exchange of information between the 
                        Trade Representative and the 
                        congressional advisory groups; and
                          (ii) may make such revisions to the 
                        guidelines as may be necessary from 
                        time to time.
                  (B) Content.--The guidelines developed under 
                subparagraph (A) shall provide for, among other 
                things--
                          (i) detailed briefings on a fixed 
                        timetable to be specified in the 
                        guidelines of the congressional 
                        advisory groups regarding negotiating 
                        objectives and positions and the status 
                        of the applicable negotiations, 
                        beginning as soon as practicable after 
                        the congressional advisory groups are 
                        convened, with more frequent briefings 
                        as trade negotiations enter the final 
                        stage;
                          (ii) access by members of the 
                        congressional advisory groups, and 
                        staff with proper security clearances, 
                        to pertinent documents relating to the 
                        negotiations, including classified 
                        materials;
                          (iii) the closest practicable 
                        coordination between the Trade 
                        Representative and the congressional 
                        advisory groups at all critical periods 
                        during the negotiations, including at 
                        negotiation sites;
                          (iv) after the applicable trade 
                        agreement is concluded, consultation 
                        regarding ongoing compliance and 
                        enforcement of negotiated commitments 
                        under the trade agreement; and
                          (v) the timeframe for submitting the 
                        report required under section 
                        105(d)(3).
          (4) Request for meeting.--Upon the request of a 
        majority of either of the congressional advisory 
        groups, the President shall meet with that 
        congressional advisory group before initiating 
        negotiations with respect to a trade agreement, or at 
        any other time concerning the negotiations.
  (d) Consultations With the Public.--
          (1) Guidelines for public engagement.--The United 
        States Trade Representative, in consultation with the 
        chairmen and the ranking members of the Committee on 
        Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Finance of the Senate, respectively--
                  (A) shall, not later than 120 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, develop 
                written guidelines on public access to 
                information regarding negotiations conducted 
                under this title; and
                  (B) may make such revisions to the guidelines 
                as may be necessary from time to time.
          (2) Purposes.--The guidelines developed under 
        paragraph (1) shall--
                  (A) facilitate transparency;
                  (B) encourage public participation; and
                  (C) promote collaboration in the negotiation 
                process.
          (3) Content.--The guidelines developed under 
        paragraph (1) shall include procedures that--
                  (A) provide for rapid disclosure of 
                information in forms that the public can 
                readily find and use; and
                  (B) provide frequent opportunities for public 
                input through Federal Register requests for 
                comment and other means.
          (4) Dissemination.--The United States Trade 
        Representative shall disseminate the guidelines 
        developed under paragraph (1) to all Federal agencies 
        that could have jurisdiction over laws affected by 
        trade negotiations.
  (e) Consultations With Advisory Committees.--
          (1) Guidelines for engagement with advisory 
        committees.--The United States Trade Representative, in 
        consultation with the chairmen and the ranking members 
        of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate, respectively--
                  (A) shall, not later than 120 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, develop 
                written guidelines on enhanced coordination 
                with advisory committees established pursuant 
                to section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
                U.S.C. 2155) regarding negotiations conducted 
                under this title; and
                  (B) may make such revisions to the guidelines 
                as may be necessary from time to time.
          (2) Content.--The guidelines developed under 
        paragraph (1) shall enhance coordination with advisory 
        committees described in that paragraph through 
        procedures to ensure--
                  (A) timely briefings of advisory committees 
                and regular opportunities for advisory 
                committees to provide input throughout the 
                negotiation process on matters relevant to the 
                sectors or functional areas represented by 
                those committees; and
                  (B) the sharing of detailed and timely 
                information with each member of an advisory 
                committee regarding negotiations and pertinent 
                documents related to the negotiation (including 
                classified information) on matters relevant to 
                the sectors or functional areas the member 
                represents, and with a designee with proper 
                security clearances of each such member as 
                appropriate.
          (3) Dissemination.--The United States Trade 
        Representative shall disseminate the guidelines 
        developed under paragraph (1) to all Federal agencies 
        that could have jurisdiction over laws affected by 
        trade negotiations.
  (f) Establishment of Position of Chief Transparency Officer 
in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.--
Section 141(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(b)) is 
amended--
          (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); 
        and
          (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
  ``(3) There shall be in the Office one Chief Transparency 
Officer. The Chief Transparency Officer shall consult with 
Congress on transparency policy, coordinate transparency in 
trade negotiations, engage and assist the public, and advise 
the United States Trade Representative on transparency 
policy.''.

SEC. 105. NOTICE, CONSULTATIONS, AND REPORTS.

  (a) Notice, Consultations, and Reports Before Negotiation.--
          (1) Notice.--The President, with respect to any 
        agreement that is subject to the provisions of section 
        103(b), shall--
                  (A) provide, at least 90 calendar days before 
                initiating negotiations with a country, written 
                notice to Congress of the President's intention 
                to enter into the negotiations with that 
                country and set forth in the notice the date on 
                which the President intends to initiate those 
                negotiations, the specific United States 
                objectives for the negotiations with that 
                country, and whether the President intends to 
                seek an agreement, or changes to an existing 
                agreement;
                  (B) before and after submission of the 
                notice, consult regarding the negotiations with 
                the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
                the Senate, such other committees of the House 
                and Senate as the President deems appropriate, 
                and the House Advisory Group on Negotiations 
                and the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations 
                convened under section 104(c);
                  (C) upon the request of a majority of the 
                members of either the House Advisory Group on 
                Negotiations or the Senate Advisory Group on 
                Negotiations convened under section 104(c), 
                meet with the requesting congressional advisory 
                group before initiating the negotiations or at 
                any other time concerning the negotiations; and
                  (D) after consulting with the Committee on 
                Ways and Means and the Committee on Finance, 
                and at least 30 calendar days before initiating 
                negotiations with a country, publish on a 
                publicly available Internet website of the 
                Office of the United States Trade 
                Representative, and regularly update 
                thereafter, a detailed and comprehensive 
                summary of the specific objectives with respect 
                to the negotiations, and a description of how 
                the agreement, if successfully concluded, will 
                further those objectives and benefit the United 
                States.
          (2) Negotiations regarding agriculture.--
                  (A) Assessment and consultations following 
                assessment.--Before initiating or continuing 
                negotiations the subject matter of which is 
                directly related to the subject matter under 
                section 102(b)(3)(B) with any country, the 
                President shall--
                          (i) assess whether United States 
                        tariffs on agricultural products that 
                        were bound under the Uruguay Round 
                        Agreements are lower than the tariffs 
                        bound by that country;
                          (ii) consider whether the tariff 
                        levels bound and applied throughout the 
                        world with respect to imports from the 
                        United States are higher than United 
                        States tariffs and whether the 
                        negotiation provides an opportunity to 
                        address any such disparity; and
                          (iii) consult with the Committee on 
                        Ways and Means and the Committee on 
                        Agriculture of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Committee on 
                        Finance and the Committee on 
                        Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
                        the Senate concerning the results of 
                        the assessment, whether it is 
                        appropriate for the United States to 
                        agree to further tariff reductions 
                        based on the conclusions reached in the 
                        assessment, and how all applicable 
                        negotiating objectives will be met.
                  (B) Special consultations on import sensitive 
                products.--(i) Before initiating negotiations 
                with regard to agriculture and, with respect to 
                agreements described in paragraphs (2) and (3) 
                of section 107(a), as soon as practicable after 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                United States Trade Representative shall--
                          (I) identify those agricultural 
                        products subject to tariff rate quotas 
                        on the date of enactment of this Act, 
                        and agricultural products subject to 
                        tariff reductions by the United States 
                        as a result of the Uruguay Round 
                        Agreements, for which the rate of duty 
                        was reduced on January 1, 1995, to a 
                        rate which was not less than 97.5 
                        percent of the rate of duty that 
                        applied to such article on December 31, 
                        1994;
                          (II) consult with the Committee on 
                        Ways and Means and the Committee on 
                        Agriculture of the House of 
                        Representatives and the Committee on 
                        Finance and the Committee on 
                        Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
                        the Senate concerning--
                                  (aa) whether any further 
                                tariff reductions on the 
                                products identified under 
                                subclause (I) should be 
                                appropriate, taking into 
                                account the impact of any such 
                                tariff reduction on the United 
                                States industry producing the 
                                product concerned;
                                  (bb) whether the products so 
                                identified face unjustified 
                                sanitary or phytosanitary 
                                restrictions, including those 
                                not based on scientific 
                                principles in contravention of 
                                the Uruguay Round Agreements; 
                                and
                                  (cc) whether the countries 
                                participating in the 
                                negotiations maintain export 
                                subsidies or other programs, 
                                policies, or practices that 
                                distort world trade in such 
                                products and the impact of such 
                                programs, policies, and 
                                practices on United States 
                                producers of the products;
                          (III) request that the International 
                        Trade Commission prepare an assessment 
                        of the probable economic effects of any 
                        such tariff reduction on the United 
                        States industry producing the product 
                        concerned and on the United States 
                        economy as a whole; and
                          (IV) upon complying with subclauses 
                        (I), (II), and (III), notify the 
                        Committee on Ways and Means and the 
                        Committee on Agriculture of the House 
                        of Representatives and the Committee on 
                        Finance and the Committee on 
                        Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
                        the Senate of those products identified 
                        under subclause (I) for which the Trade 
                        Representative intends to seek tariff 
                        liberalization in the negotiations and 
                        the reasons for seeking such tariff 
                        liberalization.
                  (ii) If, after negotiations described in 
                clause (i) are commenced--
                          (I) the United States Trade 
                        Representative identifies any 
                        additional agricultural product 
                        described in clause (i)(I) for tariff 
                        reductions which were not the subject 
                        of a notification under clause (i)(IV), 
                        or
                          (II) any additional agricultural 
                        product described in clause (i)(I) is 
                        the subject of a request for tariff 
                        reductions by a party to the 
                        negotiations,
                the Trade Representative shall, as soon as 
                practicable, notify the committees referred to 
                in clause (i)(IV) of those products and the 
                reasons for seeking such tariff reductions.
          (3) Negotiations regarding the fishing industry.--
        Before initiating, or continuing, negotiations that 
        directly relate to fish or shellfish trade with any 
        country, the President shall consult with the Committee 
        on Ways and Means and the Committee on Natural 
        Resources of the House of Representatives, and the 
        Committee on Finance and the Committee on Commerce, 
        Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and shall 
        keep the Committees apprised of the negotiations on an 
        ongoing and timely basis.
          (4) Negotiations regarding textiles.--Before 
        initiating or continuing negotiations the subject 
        matter of which is directly related to textiles and 
        apparel products with any country, the President 
        shall--
                  (A) assess whether United States tariffs on 
                textile and apparel products that were bound 
                under the Uruguay Round Agreements are lower 
                than the tariffs bound by that country and 
                whether the negotiation provides an opportunity 
                to address any such disparity; and
                  (B) consult with the Committee on Ways and 
                Means of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Finance of the Senate concerning 
                the results of the assessment, whether it is 
                appropriate for the United States to agree to 
                further tariff reductions based on the 
                conclusions reached in the assessment, and how 
                all applicable negotiating objectives will be 
                met.
          (5) Adherence to existing international trade and 
        investment agreement obligations.--In determining 
        whether to enter into negotiations with a particular 
        country, the President shall take into account the 
        extent to which that country has implemented, or has 
        accelerated the implementation of, its international 
        trade and investment commitments to the United States, 
        including pursuant to the WTO Agreement.
  (b) Consultation With Congress Before Entry Into Agreement.--
          (1) Consultation.--Before entering into any trade 
        agreement under section 103(b), the President shall 
        consult with--
                  (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
                House of Representatives and the Committee on 
                Finance of the Senate;
                  (B) each other committee of the House and the 
                Senate, and each joint committee of Congress, 
                which has jurisdiction over legislation 
                involving subject matters which would be 
                affected by the trade agreement; and
                  (C) the House Advisory Group on Negotiations 
                and the Senate Advisory Group on Negotiations 
                convened under section 104(c).
          (2) Scope.--The consultation described in paragraph 
        (1) shall include consultation with respect to--
                  (A) the nature of the agreement;
                  (B) how and to what extent the agreement will 
                achieve the applicable purposes, policies, 
                priorities, and objectives of this title; and
                  (C) the implementation of the agreement under 
                section 106, including the general effect of 
                the agreement on existing laws.
          (3) Report regarding united states trade remedy 
        laws.--
                  (A) Changes in certain trade laws.--The 
                President, not less than 180 calendar days 
                before the day on which the President enters 
                into a trade agreement under section 103(b), 
                shall report to the Committee on Ways and Means 
                of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Finance of the Senate--
                          (i) the range of proposals advanced 
                        in the negotiations with respect to 
                        that agreement, that may be in the 
                        final agreement, and that could require 
                        amendments to title VII of the Tariff 
                        Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.) or 
                        to chapter 1 of title II of the Trade 
                        Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2251 et seq.); 
                        and
                          (ii) how these proposals relate to 
                        the objectives described in section 
                        102(b)(16).
                  (B) Resolutions.--(i) At any time after the 
                transmission of the report under subparagraph 
                (A), if a resolution is introduced with respect 
                to that report in either House of Congress, the 
                procedures set forth in clauses (iii) through 
                (vii) shall apply to that resolution if--
                          (I) no other resolution with respect 
                        to that report has previously been 
                        reported in that House of Congress by 
                        the Committee on Ways and Means or the 
                        Committee on Finance, as the case may 
                        be, pursuant to those procedures; and
                          (II) no procedural disapproval 
                        resolution under section 106(b) 
                        introduced with respect to a trade 
                        agreement entered into pursuant to the 
                        negotiations to which the report under 
                        subparagraph (A) relates has previously 
                        been reported in that House of Congress 
                        by the Committee on Ways and Means or 
                        the Committee on Finance, as the case 
                        may be.
                  (ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the 
                term ``resolution'' means only a resolution of 
                either House of Congress, the matter after the 
                resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That 
                the ____ finds that the proposed changes to 
                United States trade remedy laws contained in 
                the report of the President transmitted to 
                Congress on ____ under section 105(b)(3) of the 
                Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
                Accountability Act of 2015 with respect to 
                ____, are inconsistent with the negotiating 
                objectives described in section 102(b)(16) of 
                that Act.'', with the first blank space being 
                filled with the name of the resolving House of 
                Congress, the second blank space being filled 
                with the appropriate date of the report, and 
                the third blank space being filled with the 
                name of the country or countries involved.
                  (iii) Resolutions in the House of 
                Representatives--
                          (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                        of the House;
                          (II) shall be referred to the 
                        Committee on Ways and Means and, in 
                        addition, to the Committee on Rules; 
                        and
                          (III) may not be amended by either 
                        Committee.
                  (iv) Resolutions in the Senate--
                          (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                        of the Senate;
                          (II) shall be referred to the 
                        Committee on Finance; and
                          (III) may not be amended.
                  (v) It is not in order for the House of 
                Representatives to consider any resolution that 
                is not reported by the Committee on Ways and 
                Means and, in addition, by the Committee on 
                Rules.
                  (vi) It is not in order for the Senate to 
                consider any resolution that is not reported by 
                the Committee on Finance.
                  (vii) The provisions of subsections (d) and 
                (e) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
                U.S.C. 2192) (relating to floor consideration 
                of certain resolutions in the House and Senate) 
                shall apply to resolutions.
          (4) Advisory committee reports.--The report required 
        under section 135(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2155(e)(1)) regarding any trade agreement 
        entered into under subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 
        shall be provided to the President, Congress, and the 
        United States Trade Representative not later than 30 
        days after the date on which the President notifies 
        Congress under section 103(a)(2) or 106(a)(1)(A) of the 
        intention of the President to enter into the agreement.
  (c) International Trade Commission Assessment.--
          (1) Submission of information to commission.--The 
        President, not later than 90 calendar days before the 
        day on which the President enters into a trade 
        agreement under section 103(b), shall provide the 
        International Trade Commission (referred to in this 
        subsection as the ``Commission'') with the details of 
        the agreement as it exists at that time and request the 
        Commission to prepare and submit an assessment of the 
        agreement as described in paragraph (2). Between the 
        time the President makes the request under this 
        paragraph and the time the Commission submits the 
        assessment, the President shall keep the Commission 
        current with respect to the details of the agreement.
          (2) Assessment.--Not later than 105 calendar days 
        after the President enters into a trade agreement under 
        section 103(b), the Commission shall submit to the 
        President and Congress a report assessing the likely 
        impact of the agreement on the United States economy as 
        a whole and on specific industry sectors, including the 
        impact the agreement will have on the gross domestic 
        product, exports and imports, aggregate employment and 
        employment opportunities, the production, employment, 
        and competitive position of industries likely to be 
        significantly affected by the agreement, and the 
        interests of United States consumers.
          (3) Review of empirical literature.--In preparing the 
        assessment under paragraph (2), the Commission shall 
        review available economic assessments regarding the 
        agreement, including literature regarding any 
        substantially equivalent proposed agreement, and shall 
        provide in its assessment a description of the analyses 
        used and conclusions drawn in such literature, and a 
        discussion of areas of consensus and divergence between 
        the various analyses and conclusions, including those 
        of the Commission regarding the agreement.
          (4) Public availability.--The President shall make 
        each assessment under paragraph (2) available to the 
        public.
  (d) Reports Submitted to Committees With Agreement.--
          (1) Environmental reviews and reports.--The President 
        shall--
                  (A) conduct environmental reviews of future 
                trade and investment agreements, consistent 
                with Executive Order 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 
                63169), dated November 16, 1999, and its 
                relevant guidelines; and
                  (B) submit a report on those reviews and on 
                the content and operation of consultative 
                mechanisms established pursuant to section 
                102(c) to the Committee on Ways and Means of 
                the House of Representatives and the Committee 
                on Finance of the Senate at the time the 
                President submits to Congress a copy of the 
                final legal text of an agreement pursuant to 
                section 106(a)(1)(E).
          (2) Employment impact reviews and reports.--The 
        President shall--
                  (A) review the impact of future trade 
                agreements on United States employment, 
                including labor markets, modeled after 
                Executive Order 13141 (64 Fed. Reg. 63169) to 
                the extent appropriate in establishing 
                procedures and criteria; and
                  (B) submit a report on such reviews to the 
                Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
                the Senate at the time the President submits to 
                Congress a copy of the final legal text of an 
                agreement pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(E).
          (3) Report on labor rights.--The President shall 
        submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate, on a timeframe determined in accordance with 
        section 104(c)(3)(B)(v)--
                  (A) a meaningful labor rights report of the 
                country, or countries, with respect to which 
                the President is negotiating; and
                  (B) a description of any provisions that 
                would require changes to the labor laws and 
                labor practices of the United States.
          (4) Public availability.--The President shall make 
        all reports required under this subsection available to 
        the public.
  (e) Implementation and Enforcement Plan.--
          (1) In general.--At the time the President submits to 
        Congress a copy of the final legal text of an agreement 
        pursuant to section 106(a)(1)(E), the President shall 
        also submit to Congress a plan for implementing and 
        enforcing the agreement.
          (2) Elements.--The implementation and enforcement 
        plan required by paragraph (1) shall include the 
        following:
                  (A) Border personnel requirements.--A 
                description of additional personnel required at 
                border entry points, including a list of 
                additional customs and agricultural inspectors.
                  (B) Agency staffing requirements.--A 
                description of additional personnel required by 
                Federal agencies responsible for monitoring and 
                implementing the trade agreement, including 
                personnel required by the Office of the United 
                States Trade Representative, the Department of 
                Commerce, the Department of Agriculture 
                (including additional personnel required to 
                implement sanitary and phytosanitary measures 
                in order to obtain market access for United 
                States exports), the Department of Homeland 
                Security, the Department of the Treasury, and 
                such other agencies as may be necessary.
                  (C) Customs infrastructure requirements.--A 
                description of the additional equipment and 
                facilities needed by U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection.
                  (D) Impact on state and local governments.--A 
                description of the impact the trade agreement 
                will have on State and local governments as a 
                result of increases in trade.
                  (E) Cost analysis.--An analysis of the costs 
                associated with each of the items listed in 
                subparagraphs (A) through (D).
          (3) Budget submission.--The President shall include a 
        request for the resources necessary to support the plan 
        required by paragraph (1) in the first budget of the 
        President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) 
        of title 31, United States Code, after the date of the 
        submission of the plan.
          (4) Public availability.--The President shall make 
        the plan required under this subsection available to 
        the public.
  (f) Other Reports.--
          (1) Report on penalties.--Not later than one year 
        after the imposition by the United States of a penalty 
        or remedy permitted by a trade agreement to which this 
        title applies, the President shall submit to the 
        Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate a report on the effectiveness of the penalty or 
        remedy applied under United States law in enforcing 
        United States rights under the trade agreement, which 
        shall address whether the penalty or remedy was 
        effective in changing the behavior of the targeted 
        party and whether the penalty or remedy had any adverse 
        impact on parties or interests not party to the 
        dispute.
          (2) Report on impact of trade promotion authority.--
        Not later than one year after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, and not later than 5 years thereafter, the 
        United States International Trade Commission shall 
        submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate a report on the economic impact on the United 
        States of all trade agreements with respect to which 
        Congress has enacted an implementing bill under trade 
        authorities procedures since January 1, 1984.
          (3) Enforcement consultations and reports.--(A) The 
        United States Trade Representative shall consult with 
        the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 
        Senate after acceptance of a petition for review or 
        taking an enforcement action in regard to an obligation 
        under a trade agreement, including a labor or 
        environmental obligation. During such consultations, 
        the United States Trade Representative shall describe 
        the matter, including the basis for such action and the 
        application of any relevant legal obligations.
          (B) As part of the report required pursuant to 
        section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2213), 
        the President shall report annually to Congress on 
        enforcement actions taken pursuant to a trade agreement 
        to which the United States is a party, as well as on 
        any public reports issued by Federal agencies on 
        enforcement matters relating to a trade agreement.
  (g) Additional Coordination With Members.--Any Member of the 
House of Representatives may submit to the Committee on Ways 
and Means of the House of Representatives and any Member of the 
Senate may submit to the Committee on Finance of the Senate the 
views of that Member on any matter relevant to a proposed trade 
agreement, and the relevant Committee shall receive those views 
for consideration.

SEC. 106. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS.

  (a) In General.--
          (1) Notification and submission.--Any agreement 
        entered into under section 103(b) shall enter into 
        force with respect to the United States if (and only 
        if)--
                  (A) the President, at least 90 calendar days 
                before the day on which the President enters 
                into the trade agreement, notifies the House of 
                Representatives and the Senate of the 
                President's intention to enter into the 
                agreement, and promptly thereafter publishes 
                notice of such intention in the Federal 
                Register;
                  (B) the President, at least 60 days before 
                the day on which the President enters into the 
                agreement, publishes the text of the agreement 
                on a publicly available Internet website of the 
                Office of the United States Trade 
                Representative;
                  (C) within 60 days after entering into the 
                agreement, the President submits to Congress a 
                description of those changes to existing laws 
                that the President considers would be required 
                in order to bring the United States into 
                compliance with the agreement;
                  (D) the President, at least 30 days before 
                submitting to Congress the materials under 
                subparagraph (E), submits to Congress--
                          (i) a draft statement of any 
                        administrative action proposed to 
                        implement the agreement; and
                          (ii) a copy of the final legal text 
                        of the agreement;
                  (E) after entering into the agreement, the 
                President submits to Congress, on a day on 
                which both Houses of Congress are in session, a 
                copy of the final legal text of the agreement, 
                together with--
                          (i) a draft of an implementing bill 
                        described in section 103(b)(3);
                          (ii) a statement of any 
                        administrative action proposed to 
                        implement the trade agreement; and
                          (iii) the supporting information 
                        described in paragraph (2)(A);
                  (F) the implementing bill is enacted into 
                law; and
                  (G) the President, not later than 30 days 
                before the date on which the agreement enters 
                into force with respect to a party to the 
                agreement, submits written notice to Congress 
                that the President has determined that the 
                party has taken measures necessary to comply 
                with those provisions of the agreement that are 
                to take effect on the date on which the 
                agreement enters into force.
          (2) Supporting information.--
                  (A) In general.--The supporting information 
                required under paragraph (1)(E)(iii) consists 
                of--
                          (i) an explanation as to how the 
                        implementing bill and proposed 
                        administrative action will change or 
                        affect existing law; and
                          (ii) a statement--
                                  (I) asserting that the 
                                agreement makes progress in 
                                achieving the applicable 
                                purposes, policies, priorities, 
                                and objectives of this title; 
                                and
                                  (II) setting forth the 
                                reasons of the President 
                                regarding--
                                          (aa) how and to what 
                                        extent the agreement 
                                        makes progress in 
                                        achieving the 
                                        applicable purposes, 
                                        policies, and 
                                        objectives referred to 
                                        in subclause (I);
                                          (bb) whether and how 
                                        the agreement changes 
                                        provisions of an 
                                        agreement previously 
                                        negotiated;
                                          (cc) how the 
                                        agreement serves the 
                                        interests of United 
                                        States commerce; and
                                          (dd) how the 
                                        implementing bill meets 
                                        the standards set forth 
                                        in section 103(b)(3).
                  (B) Public availability.--The President shall 
                make the supporting information described in 
                subparagraph (A) available to the public.
          (3) Reciprocal benefits.--In order to ensure that a 
        foreign country that is not a party to a trade 
        agreement entered into under section 103(b) does not 
        receive benefits under the agreement unless the country 
        is also subject to the obligations under the agreement, 
        the implementing bill submitted with respect to the 
        agreement shall provide that the benefits and 
        obligations under the agreement apply only to the 
        parties to the agreement, if such application is 
        consistent with the terms of the agreement. The 
        implementing bill may also provide that the benefits 
        and obligations under the agreement do not apply 
        uniformly to all parties to the agreement, if such 
        application is consistent with the terms of the 
        agreement.
          (4) Disclosure of commitments.--Any agreement or 
        other understanding with a foreign government or 
        governments (whether oral or in writing) that--
                  (A) relates to a trade agreement with respect 
                to which Congress enacts an implementing bill 
                under trade authorities procedures; and
                  (B) is not disclosed to Congress before an 
                implementing bill with respect to that 
                agreement is introduced in either House of 
                Congress,
        shall not be considered to be part of the agreement 
        approved by Congress and shall have no force and effect 
        under United States law or in any dispute settlement 
        body.
  (b) Limitations on Trade Authorities Procedures.--
          (1) For lack of notice or consultations.--
                  (A) In general.--The trade authorities 
                procedures shall not apply to any implementing 
                bill submitted with respect to a trade 
                agreement or trade agreements entered into 
                under section 103(b) if during the 60-day 
                period beginning on the date that one House of 
                Congress agrees to a procedural disapproval 
                resolution for lack of notice or consultations 
                with respect to such trade agreement or 
                agreements, the other House separately agrees 
                to a procedural disapproval resolution with 
                respect to such trade agreement or agreements.
                  (B) Procedural disapproval resolution.--(i) 
                For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
                ``procedural disapproval resolution'' means a 
                resolution of either House of Congress, the 
                sole matter after the resolving clause of which 
                is as follows: ``That the President has failed 
                or refused to notify or consult in accordance 
                with the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
                Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 on 
                negotiations with respect to ________ and, 
                therefore, the trade authorities procedures 
                under that Act shall not apply to any 
                implementing bill submitted with respect to 
                such trade agreement or agreements.'', with the 
                blank space being filled with a description of 
                the trade agreement or agreements with respect 
                to which the President is considered to have 
                failed or refused to notify or consult.
                  (ii) For purposes of clause (i) and 
                paragraphs (3)(C) and (4)(C), the President has 
                ``failed or refused to notify or consult in 
                accordance with the Bipartisan Congressional 
                Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                2015'' on negotiations with respect to a trade 
                agreement or trade agreements if--
                          (I) the President has failed or 
                        refused to consult (as the case may be) 
                        in accordance with sections 104 and 105 
                        and this section with respect to the 
                        negotiations, agreement, or agreements;
                          (II) guidelines under section 104 
                        have not been developed or met with 
                        respect to the negotiations, agreement, 
                        or agreements;
                          (III) the President has not met with 
                        the House Advisory Group on 
                        Negotiations or the Senate Advisory 
                        Group on Negotiations pursuant to a 
                        request made under section 104(c)(4) 
                        with respect to the negotiations, 
                        agreement, or agreements; or
                          (IV) the agreement or agreements fail 
                        to make progress in achieving the 
                        purposes, policies, priorities, and 
                        objectives of this title.
          (2) Procedures for considering resolutions.--(A) 
        Procedural disapproval resolutions--
                  (i) in the House of Representatives--
                          (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                        of the House;
                          (II) shall be referred to the 
                        Committee on Ways and Means and, in 
                        addition, to the Committee on Rules; 
                        and
                          (III) may not be amended by either 
                        Committee; and
                  (ii) in the Senate--
                          (I) may be introduced by any Member 
                        of the Senate;
                          (II) shall be referred to the 
                        Committee on Finance; and
                          (III) may not be amended.
          (B) The provisions of subsections (d) and (e) of 
        section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192) 
        (relating to the floor consideration of certain 
        resolutions in the House and Senate) apply to a 
        procedural disapproval resolution introduced with 
        respect to a trade agreement if no other procedural 
        disapproval resolution with respect to that trade 
        agreement has previously been reported in that House of 
        Congress by the Committee on Ways and Means or the 
        Committee on Finance, as the case may be, and if no 
        resolution described in clause (ii) of section 
        105(b)(3)(B) with respect to that trade agreement has 
        been reported in that House of Congress by the 
        Committee on Ways and Means or the Committee on 
        Finance, as the case may be, pursuant to the procedures 
        set forth in clauses (iii) through (vii) of such 
        section.
          (C) It is not in order for the House of 
        Representatives to consider any procedural disapproval 
        resolution not reported by the Committee on Ways and 
        Means and, in addition, by the Committee on Rules.
          (D) It is not in order for the Senate to consider any 
        procedural disapproval resolution not reported by the 
        Committee on Finance.
          (3) Consideration in senate of consultation and 
        compliance resolution to remove trade authorities 
        procedures.--
                  (A) Reporting of resolution.--If, when the 
                Committee on Finance of the Senate meets on 
                whether to report an implementing bill with 
                respect to a trade agreement or agreements 
                entered into under section 103(b), the 
                committee fails to favorably report the bill, 
                the committee shall report a resolution 
                described in subparagraph (C).
                  (B) Applicability of trade authorities 
                procedures.--The trade authorities procedures 
                shall not apply in the Senate to any 
                implementing bill submitted with respect to a 
                trade agreement or agreements described in 
                subparagraph (A) if the Committee on Finance 
                reports a resolution described in subparagraph 
                (C) and such resolution is agreed to by the 
                Senate.
                  (C) Resolution described.--A resolution 
                described in this subparagraph is a resolution 
                of the Senate originating from the Committee on 
                Finance the sole matter after the resolving 
                clause of which is as follows: ``That the 
                President has failed or refused to notify or 
                consult in accordance with the Bipartisan 
                Congressional Trade Priorities and 
                Accountability Act of 2015 on negotiations with 
                respect to _____ and, therefore, the trade 
                authorities procedures under that Act shall not 
                apply in the Senate to any implementing bill 
                submitted with respect to such trade agreement 
                or agreements.'', with the blank space being 
                filled with a description of the trade 
                agreement or agreements described in 
                subparagraph (A).
                  (D) Procedures.--If the Senate does not agree 
                to a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
                proceed to a resolution described in 
                subparagraph (C), the resolution shall be 
                committed to the Committee on Finance.
          (4) Consideration in the house of representatives of 
        a consultation and compliance resolution.--
                  (A) Qualifications for reporting 
                resolution.--If--
                          (i) the Committee on Ways and Means 
                        of the House of Representatives reports 
                        an implementing bill with respect to a 
                        trade agreement or agreements entered 
                        into under section 103(b) with other 
                        than a favorable recommendation; and
                          (ii) a Member of the House of 
                        Representatives has introduced a 
                        consultation and compliance resolution 
                        on the legislative day following the 
                        filing of a report to accompany the 
                        implementing bill with other than a 
                        favorable recommendation,
                then the Committee on Ways and Means shall 
                consider a consultation and compliance 
                resolution pursuant to subparagraph (B).
                  (B) Committee consideration of a qualifying 
                resolution.--(i) Not later than the fourth 
                legislative day after the date of introduction 
                of the resolution, the Committee on Ways and 
                Means shall meet to consider a resolution 
                meeting the qualifications set forth in 
                subparagraph (A).
                  (ii) After consideration of one such 
                resolution by the Committee on Ways and Means, 
                this subparagraph shall not apply to any other 
                such resolution.
                  (iii) If the Committee on Ways and Means has 
                not reported the resolution by the sixth 
                legislative day after the date of its 
                introduction, that committee shall be 
                discharged from further consideration of the 
                resolution.
                  (C) Consultation and compliance resolution 
                described.--A consultation and compliance 
                resolution--
                          (i) is a resolution of the House of 
                        Representatives, the sole matter after 
                        the resolving clause of which is as 
                        follows: ``That the President has 
                        failed or refused to notify or consult 
                        in accordance with the Bipartisan 
                        Congressional Trade Priorities and 
                        Accountability Act of 2015 on 
                        negotiations with respect to _____ and, 
                        therefore, the trade authorities 
                        procedures under that Act shall not 
                        apply in the House of Representatives 
                        to any implementing bill submitted with 
                        respect to such trade agreement or 
                        agreements.'', with the blank space 
                        being filled with a description of the 
                        trade agreement or agreements described 
                        in subparagraph (A); and
                          (ii) shall be referred to the 
                        Committee on Ways and Means.
                  (D) Applicability of trade authorities 
                procedures.--The trade authorities procedures 
                shall not apply in the House of Representatives 
                to any implementing bill submitted with respect 
                to a trade agreement or agreements which are 
                the object of a consultation and compliance 
                resolution if such resolution is adopted by the 
                House.
          (5) For failure to meet other requirements.--Not 
        later than December 15, 2015, the Secretary of 
        Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
        the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, 
        and the United States Trade Representative, shall 
        transmit to Congress a report setting forth the 
        strategy of the executive branch to address concerns of 
        Congress regarding whether dispute settlement panels 
        and the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization 
        have added to obligations, or diminished rights, of the 
        United States, as described in section 102(b)(15)(C). 
        Trade authorities procedures shall not apply to any 
        implementing bill with respect to an agreement 
        negotiated under the auspices of the World Trade 
        Organization unless the Secretary of Commerce has 
        issued such report by the deadline specified in this 
        paragraph.
          (6) Limitations on procedures with respect to 
        agreements with countries not in compliance with 
        trafficking victims protection act of 2000.--
                  (A) In general.--The trade authorities 
                procedures shall not apply to any implementing 
                bill submitted with respect to a trade 
                agreement or trade agreements entered into 
                under section 103(b) with a country to which 
                the minimum standards for the elimination of 
                trafficking are applicable and the government 
                of which does not fully comply with such 
                standards and is not making significant efforts 
                to bring the country into compliance (commonly 
                referred to as a ``tier 3'' country), as 
                determined in the most recent annual report on 
                trafficking in persons submitted under section 
                110(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
                Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)(1)).
                  (B) Minimum standards for the elimination of 
                trafficking defined.--In this paragraph, the 
                term ``minimum standards for the elimination of 
                trafficking'' means the standards set forth in 
                section 108 of the Trafficking Victims 
                Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7106).
  (c) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--Subsection 
(b) of this section, section 103(c), and section 105(b)(3) are 
enacted by Congress--
          (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
        House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, 
        and as such are deemed a part of the rules of each 
        House, respectively, and such procedures supersede 
        other rules only to the extent that they are 
        inconsistent with such other rules; and
          (2) with the full recognition of the constitutional 
        right of either House to change the rules (so far as 
        relating to the procedures of that House) at any time, 
        in the same manner, and to the same extent as any other 
        rule of that House.

SEC. 107. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH NEGOTIATIONS 
                    HAVE ALREADY BEGUN.

  (a) Certain Agreements.--Notwithstanding the prenegotiation 
notification and consultation requirement described in section 
105(a), if an agreement to which section 103(b) applies--
          (1) is entered into under the auspices of the World 
        Trade Organization,
          (2) is entered into with the Trans-Pacific 
        Partnership countries with respect to which 
        notifications have been made in a manner consistent 
        with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act,
          (3) is entered into with the European Union,
          (4) is an agreement with respect to international 
        trade in services entered into with WTO members with 
        respect to which a notification has been made in a 
        manner consistent with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, or
          (5) is an agreement with respect to environmental 
        goods entered into with WTO members with respect to 
        which a notification has been made in a manner 
        consistent with section 105(a)(1)(A) as of the date of 
        the enactment of this Act,
and results from negotiations that were commenced before the 
date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (b) shall apply.
  (b) Treatment of Agreements.--In the case of any agreement to 
which subsection (a) applies, the applicability of the trade 
authorities procedures to implementing bills shall be 
determined without regard to the requirements of section 105(a) 
(relating only to notice prior to initiating negotiations), and 
any resolution under paragraph (1)(B), (3)(C), or (4)(C) of 
section 106(b) shall not be in order on the basis of a failure 
or refusal to comply with the provisions of section 105(a), if 
(and only if) the President, as soon as feasible after the date 
of the enactment of this Act--
          (1) notifies Congress of the negotiations described 
        in subsection (a), the specific United States 
        objectives in the negotiations, and whether the 
        President is seeking a new agreement or changes to an 
        existing agreement; and
          (2) before and after submission of the notice, 
        consults regarding the negotiations with the committees 
        referred to in section 105(a)(1)(B) and the House and 
        Senate Advisory Groups on Negotiations convened under 
        section 104(c).

SEC. 108. SOVEREIGNTY.

  (a) United States Law To Prevail in Event of Conflict.--No 
provision of any trade agreement entered into under section 
103(b), nor the application of any such provision to any person 
or circumstance, that is inconsistent with any law of the 
United States, any State of the United States, or any locality 
of the United States shall have effect.
  (b) Amendments or Modifications of United States Law.--No 
provision of any trade agreement entered into under section 
103(b) shall prevent the United States, any State of the United 
States, or any locality of the United States from amending or 
modifying any law of the United States, that State, or that 
locality (as the case may be).
  (c) Dispute Settlement Reports.--Reports, including findings 
and recommendations, issued by dispute settlement panels 
convened pursuant to any trade agreement entered into under 
section 103(b) shall have no binding effect on the law of the 
United States, the Government of the United States, or the law 
or government of any State or locality of the United States.

SEC. 109. INTERESTS OF SMALL BUSINESSES.

  (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
          (1) the United States Trade Representative should 
        facilitate participation by small businesses in the 
        trade negotiation process; and
          (2) the functions of the Office of the United States 
        Trade Representative relating to small businesses 
        should continue to be reflected in the title of the 
        Assistant United States Trade Representative assigned 
        the responsibility for small businesses.
  (b) Consideration of Small Business Interests.--The Assistant 
United States Trade Representative for Small Business, Market 
Access, and Industrial Competitiveness shall be responsible for 
ensuring that the interests of small businesses are considered 
in all trade negotiations in accordance with the objective 
described in section 102(a)(8).

SEC. 110. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS; APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

  (a) Conforming Amendments.--
          (1) Advice from united states international trade 
        commission.--Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2151) is amended--
                  (A) in subsection (a)--
                          (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``section 2103(a) or (b) of the 
                        Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority 
                        Act of 2002'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (a) or (b) of section 103 
                        of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
                        Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                        2015''; and
                          (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``section 2103(b) of the Bipartisan 
                        Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' 
                        and inserting ``section 103(b) of the 
                        Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
                        Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                        2015'';
                  (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``section 
                2103(a)(3)(A) of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
                Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting ``section 
                103(a)(4)(A) of the Bipartisan Congressional 
                Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                2015''; and
                  (C) in subsection (c), by striking ``section 
                2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
                Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting ``section 
                103(a) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
                Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015''.
          (2) Hearings.--Section 132 of the Trade Act of 1974 
        (19 U.S.C. 2152) is amended by striking ``section 2103 
        of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 
        2002'' and inserting ``section 103 of the Bipartisan 
        Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
        of 2015''.
          (3) Public hearings.--Section 133(a) of the Trade Act 
        of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2153(a)) is amended by striking 
        ``section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
        Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting ``section 103 of 
        the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and 
        Accountability Act of 2015''.
          (4) Prerequisites for offers.--Section 134 of the 
        Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2154) is amended by 
        striking ``section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade 
        Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``section 103 of the Bipartisan 
        Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act 
        of 2015''.
          (5) Information and advice from private and public 
        sectors.--Section 135 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
        U.S.C. 2155) is amended--
                  (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking 
                ``section 2103 of the Bipartisan Trade 
                Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting 
                ``section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional 
                Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                2015''; and
                  (B) in subsection (e)--
                          (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                  (I) by striking ``section 
                                2103 of the Bipartisan Trade 
                                Promotion Authority Act of 
                                2002'' each place it appears 
                                and inserting ``section 103 of 
                                the Bipartisan Congressional 
                                Trade Priorities and 
                                Accountability Act of 2015''; 
                                and
                                  (II) by striking ``not later 
                                than the date on which the 
                                President notifies the Congress 
                                under section 2105(a)(1)(A) of 
                                the Bipartisan Trade Promotion 
                                Authority Act of 2002'' and 
                                inserting ``not later than the 
                                date that is 30 days after the 
                                date on which the President 
                                notifies Congress under section 
                                106(a)(1)(A) of the Bipartisan 
                                Congressional Trade Priorities 
                                and Accountability Act of 
                                2015''; and
                          (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
                        ``section 2102 of the Bipartisan Trade 
                        Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' and 
                        inserting ``section 102 of the 
                        Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
                        Priorities and Accountability Act of 
                        2015''.
          (6) Procedures relating to implementing bills.--
        Section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) 
        is amended--
                  (A) in subsection (b)(1), in the matter 
                preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
                ``section 2105(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Trade 
                Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting 
                ``section 106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan 
                Congressional Trade Priorities and 
                Accountability Act of 2015''; and
                  (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
                ``section 2105(a)(1) of the Bipartisan Trade 
                Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting 
                ``section 106(a)(1) of the Bipartisan 
                Congressional Trade Priorities and 
                Accountability Act of 2015''.
          (7) Transmission of agreements to congress.--Section 
        162(a) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2212(a)) is 
        amended by striking ``section 2103 of the Bipartisan 
        Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002'' and inserting 
        ``section 103 of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 
        Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015''.
  (b) Application of Certain Provisions.--For purposes of 
applying sections 125, 126, and 127 of the Trade Act of 1974 
(19 U.S.C. 2135, 2136, and 2137)--
          (1) any trade agreement entered into under section 
        103 shall be treated as an agreement entered into under 
        section 101 or 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
        2111 or 2112), as appropriate; and
          (2) any proclamation or Executive order issued 
        pursuant to a trade agreement entered into under 
        section 103 shall be treated as a proclamation or 
        Executive order issued pursuant to a trade agreement 
        entered into under section 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 
        (19 U.S.C. 2112).

SEC. 111. DEFINITIONS.

  In this title:
          (1) Agreement on agriculture.--The term ``Agreement 
        on Agriculture'' means the agreement referred to in 
        section 101(d)(2) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
        (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(2)).
          (2) Agreement on safeguards.--The term ``Agreement on 
        Safeguards'' means the agreement referred to in section 
        101(d)(13) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
        U.S.C. 3511(d)(13)).
          (3) Agreement on subsidies and countervailing 
        measures.--The term ``Agreement on Subsidies and 
        Countervailing Measures'' means the agreement referred 
        to in section 101(d)(12) of the Uruguay Round 
        Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(12)).
          (4) Antidumping agreement.--The term ``Antidumping 
        Agreement'' means the Agreement on Implementation of 
        Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and 
        Trade 1994 referred to in section 101(d)(7) of the 
        Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(7)).
          (5) Appellate body.--The term ``Appellate Body'' 
        means the Appellate Body established under Article 17.1 
        of the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
          (6) Common multilateral environmental agreement.--
                  (A) In general.--The term ``common 
                multilateral environmental agreement'' means 
                any agreement specified in subparagraph (B) or 
                included under subparagraph (C) to which both 
                the United States and one or more other parties 
                to the negotiations are full parties, including 
                any current or future mutually agreed upon 
                protocols, amendments, annexes, or adjustments 
                to such an agreement.
                  (B) Agreements specified.--The agreements 
                specified in this subparagraph are the 
                following:
                          (i) The Convention on International 
                        Trade in Endangered Species of Wild 
                        Fauna and Flora, done at Washington 
                        March 3, 1973 (27 UST 1087; TIAS 8249).
                          (ii) The Montreal Protocol on 
                        Substances that Deplete the Ozone 
                        Layer, done at Montreal September 16, 
                        1987.
                          (iii) The Protocol of 1978 Relating 
                        to the International Convention for the 
                        Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 
                        1973, done at London February 17, 1978.
                          (iv) The Convention on Wetlands of 
                        International Importance Especially as 
                        Waterfowl Habitat, done at Ramsar 
                        February 2, 1971 (TIAS 11084).
                          (v) The Convention on the 
                        Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living 
                        Resources, done at Canberra May 20, 
                        1980 (33 UST 3476).
                          (vi) The International Convention for 
                        the Regulation of Whaling, done at 
                        Washington December 2, 1946 (62 Stat. 
                        1716).
                          (vii) The Convention for the 
                        Establishment of an Inter-American 
                        Tropical Tuna Commission, done at 
                        Washington May 31, 1949 (1 UST 230).
                  (C) Additional agreements.--Both the United 
                States and one or more other parties to the 
                negotiations may agree to include any other 
                multilateral environmental or conservation 
                agreement to which they are full parties as a 
                common multilateral environmental agreement 
                under this paragraph.
          (7) Core labor standards.--The term ``core labor 
        standards'' means--
                  (A) freedom of association;
                  (B) the effective recognition of the right to 
                collective bargaining;
                  (C) the elimination of all forms of forced or 
                compulsory labor;
                  (D) the effective abolition of child labor 
                and a prohibition on the worst forms of child 
                labor; and
                  (E) the elimination of discrimination in 
                respect of employment and occupation.
          (8) Dispute settlement understanding.--The term 
        ``Dispute Settlement Understanding'' means the 
        Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the 
        Settlement of Disputes referred to in section 
        101(d)(16) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
        U.S.C. 3511(d)(16)).
          (9) Enabling clause.--The term ``Enabling Clause'' 
        means the Decision on Differential and More Favourable 
        Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of 
        Developing Countries (L/4903), adopted November 28, 
        1979, under GATT 1947 (as defined in section 2 of the 
        Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)).
          (10) Environmental laws.--The term ``environmental 
        laws'', with respect to the laws of the United States, 
        means environmental statutes and regulations 
        enforceable by action of the Federal Government.
          (11) GATT 1994.--The term ``GATT 1994'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 2 of the Uruguay 
        Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501).
          (12) General agreement on trade in services.--The 
        term ``General Agreement on Trade in Services'' means 
        the General Agreement on Trade in Services (referred to 
        in section 101(d)(14) of the Uruguay Round Agreements 
        Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(14))).
          (13) Government procurement agreement.--The term 
        ``Government Procurement Agreement'' means the 
        Agreement on Government Procurement referred to in 
        section 101(d)(17) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
        (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(17)).
          (14) ILO.--The term ``ILO'' means the International 
        Labor Organization.
          (15) Import sensitive agricultural product.--The term 
        ``import sensitive agricultural product'' means an 
        agricultural product--
                  (A) with respect to which, as a result of the 
                Uruguay Round Agreements, the rate of duty was 
                the subject of tariff reductions by the United 
                States and, pursuant to such Agreements, was 
                reduced on January 1, 1995, to a rate that was 
                not less than 97.5 percent of the rate of duty 
                that applied to such article on December 31, 
                1994; or
                  (B) which was subject to a tariff rate quota 
                on the date of the enactment of this Act.
          (16) Information technology agreement.--The term 
        ``Information Technology Agreement'' means the 
        Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information 
        Technology Products of the World Trade Organization, 
        agreed to at Singapore December 13, 1996.
          (17) Internationally recognized core labor 
        standards.--The term ``internationally recognized core 
        labor standards'' means the core labor standards only 
        as stated in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental 
        Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-Up (1998).
          (18) Labor laws.--The term ``labor laws'' means the 
        statutes and regulations, or provisions thereof, of a 
        party to the negotiations that are directly related to 
        core labor standards as well as other labor protections 
        for children and minors and acceptable conditions of 
        work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and 
        occupational safety and health, and for the United 
        States, includes Federal statutes and regulations 
        addressing those standards, protections, or conditions, 
        but does not include State or local labor laws.
          (19) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                  (A) a United States citizen;
                  (B) a partnership, corporation, or other 
                legal entity that is organized under the laws 
                of the United States; and
                  (C) a partnership, corporation, or other 
                legal entity that is organized under the laws 
                of a foreign country and is controlled by 
                entities described in subparagraph (B) or 
                United States citizens, or both.
          (20) Uruguay round agreements.--The term ``Uruguay 
        Round Agreements'' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 2(7) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 
        U.S.C. 3501(7)).
          (21) World trade organization; wto.--The terms 
        ``World Trade Organization'' and ``WTO'' mean the 
        organization established pursuant to the WTO Agreement.
          (22) WTO agreement.--The term ``WTO Agreement'' means 
        the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization 
        entered into on April 15, 1994.
          (23) WTO member.--The term ``WTO member'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 2(10) of the Uruguay 
        Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501(10)).

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