[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 202 (Monday, October 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 66402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23084]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Delaying Submission of the Small Business Report Under the Trade 
Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to delegated authority, the U.S. Trade Representative 
is requiring the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business 
Administration (SBA Advocacy) to delay submission of the report to 
Congress on the economic impacts on small businesses of the United 
States-Kenya trade agreement until negotiations conclude.

DATES: This notice is applicable on October 13, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosalyn Steward, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, SBA Office of Advocacy, at (202) 205-7013, or Christina 
Sevilla, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small 
Businesses, at (202) 395- 9506.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement 
Act of 2015 (TFTEA) (Pub. L. 114-125) requires SBA Advocacy to submit 
to Congress a report on the economic impacts of a covered trade 
agreement on small businesses not more than 180 days after convening an 
Interagency Working Group for the relevant trade agreement. See 15 
U.S.C. 634c(b)(3)(A). The TFTEA authorizes the President to require SBA 
Advocacy to delay the submission of this report until after the 
relevant negotiation concludes so that the negotiations are not 
disrupted. See 15 U.S.C. 634c(b)(3)(B). The President has delegated 
this authority to the U.S. Trade Representative. Pursuant to this 
authority, the U.S. Trade Representative is requiring SBA Advocacy to 
delay the submission of the report for the United States-Kenya trade 
agreement negotiations until the negotiation has concluded, but not 
later than 30 days after the trade agreement is signed, provided that 
the delay allows SBA Advocacy to submit the report to the Congress not 
later than 45 days before the Senate or the House of Representatives 
acts to approve or disapprove the trade agreement.

Joseph Barloon,
General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2020-23084 Filed 10-16-20; 8:45 am]
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