[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 45 (Friday, March 6, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 12983-12984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04755]


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 The President

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                Executive Order 13908 of February 28, 2020

                
Establishment of the Interagency Committee on 
                Trade in Automotive Goods Under Section 202A of the 
                United States Mexico Canada Agreement Implementation 
                Act

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 301 of title 3, United 
                States Code, and section 202A of the United States-
                Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (Act) 
                (Public Law 116-113), it is hereby ordered as follows:

                Section 1. Establishment of Interagency Committee. The 
                Interagency Committee on Trade in Automotive Goods 
                (Committee) is hereby established to provide advice, as 
                appropriate, on the implementation, enforcement, and 
                modification of provisions of the United States-Mexico-
                Canada Agreement (Agreement) that relate to automotive 
                goods, including the automotive rules of origin and the 
                alternative staging regime that are part of such rules. 
                The Committee shall also review the operation of the 
                Agreement with respect to trade in automotive goods, 
                including the economic effects of the automotive rules 
                of origin on the United States economy, workers, and 
                consumers, and the impact of new technology on such 
                rules.

                Sec. 2. Membership. The Committee shall be composed of 
                the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Labor, the 
                United States Trade Representative (USTR), the Chairman 
                of the United States International Trade Commission, 
                and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border 
                Protection in the Department of Homeland Security. 
                Members of the Committee may designate an officer of 
                the United States within their respective executive 
                department, agency, or component to serve as their 
                representative on the Committee. The USTR shall serve 
                as Chair of the Committee. The USTR may invite 
                representatives from other executive departments or 
                agencies, as the USTR determines are necessary, to 
                participate as members or observers, and shall include 
                the Secretary of the Treasury as a member of the 
                Committee. Each executive department, agency, and 
                component represented on the Committee shall ensure 
                that the necessary staff are available to assist in 
                performing the responsibilities of the Committee.

                Sec. 3. Committee Decision-making. The Committee shall 
                endeavor to make any recommendation on an action or 
                determination under section 202A of the Act by 
                consensus, which shall be deemed to exist where no 
                Committee member objects to the proposed action or 
                determination. If the Committee is unable to reach a 
                consensus on a proposed action or determination, the 
                Committee may decide the matter by majority vote of its 
                members if the Chair determines that allotting further 
                time will unduly delay implementation of provisions of 
                the Agreement that relate to automotive goods. The 
                Chair, in addition to voting, may also break any tie 
                vote.

                Sec. 4. Implementing Measures. The Secretary of the 
                Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, and the Commissioner 
                of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, are directed to 
                issue, in consultation with the USTR (and with each 
                other, as directed in the Act), such regulations and 
                other measures as are necessary or appropriate to 
                implement section 202A of the Act.

                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (a) Each executive 
                department and agency shall bear its own expenses 
                incurred in connection with the Committee's functions 
                described in section 202A of the Act.

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                    (b) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
                impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or 
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

                    (c) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
                applicable law and subject to the availability of 
                appropriations.
                    (d) This order is not intended to, and does not, 
                create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, 
                enforceable at law or in equity by any party against 
                the United States, its departments, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 28, 2020.

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