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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1743 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide the President with authority to enter into a comprehensive trade |
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| 6 | 6 | | agreement with the United Kingdom, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. S |
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| 10 | 10 | | MITHof Nebraska (for himself, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MILLERof Ohio, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | L |
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| 12 | 12 | | AHOOD, and Mr. ARRINGTON) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 13 | 13 | | referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the |
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| 14 | 14 | | Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within |
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| 16 | 16 | | the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To provide the President with authority to enter into a |
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| 19 | 19 | | comprehensive trade agreement with the United King- |
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| 20 | 20 | | dom, and for other purposes. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Undertaking Negotia-4 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tions on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act’’ or the ‘‘UNITED Act’’. 6 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 7 |
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| 28 | 28 | | It is the sense of Congress that— 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) the United States should pursue more open 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | trade and investment relationships with its allies to 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | strengthen the economy of the United States, im-3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | prove the standard of living of the people of the 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | United States, and advance the strategic interests of 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the United States; 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) agreements to reduce or eliminate barriers 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to trade and investment between the United States 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and its allies will foster mutually beneficial economic 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | relationships that advance the economic interests of 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | sizes in the United States; 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (3) the shared values and long history of the 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘special relationship’’ between the United States and 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the United Kingdom present a unique opportunity to 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | deepen the mutually beneficial economic and stra-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tegic relationship between those countries and fur-17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ther expand prosperity for the citizens of those coun-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tries; 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (4) a high-standard, comprehensive trade agree-20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | ment between the United States and the United 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | Kingdom would help strengthen that relationship, 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | improve the economic prospects of people in both 23 |
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| 55 | 55 | | countries, increase the resilience of critical supply 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | chains, support collaboration in emerging tech-25 |
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| 60 | 60 | | nologies, and create export opportunities for busi-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | nesses of all sizes; 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (5) the efforts of the United States-United 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | Kingdom Trade and Investment Working Group and 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the bilateral negotiations initiated by President Don-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ald Trump have laid groundwork toward a com-6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | prehensive trade agreement; 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (6) the United States-United Kingdom Dia-8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | logue on the Future of Atlantic Trade, initiated by 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | President Joe Biden, along with the signing of the 10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | Atlantic Declaration for a Twenty-First Century 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | U.S.-U.K. Economic Partnership, continues long-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | standing efforts to improve economic cooperation be-13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | tween the United States and the United Kingdom; 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (7) the robust labor and environmental protec-15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tions in the United Kingdom reduce the risk of regu-16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | latory arbitrage that undercuts workers and busi-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | nesses in the United States; 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (8) Congress passed the Agreement between the 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | United States of America, the United Mexican 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | States, and Canada (USMCA) with overwhelming bi-21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | partisan support, setting high standards in North 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | America with respect to labor rights, the environ-23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ment, intellectual property, non-market practices, 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | and services, and those standards should inform fu-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ture negotiations; 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (9) trade agreements with foreign trading part-3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ners that share the values and ambition of the 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | United States offer an opportunity to build on the 5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | USMCA and set high international standards across 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | many important policy areas; 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (10) any trade negotiations between the United 8 |
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| 95 | 95 | | States and the United Kingdom must honor the 9 |
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| 96 | 96 | | agreement between the Government of Ireland and 10 |
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| 97 | 97 | | the Government of the United Kingdom signed on 11 |
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| 98 | 98 | | April 10, 1998 (commonly known as the ‘‘Good Fri-12 |
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| 99 | 99 | | day Agreement’’), and any trade agreement between 13 |
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| 100 | 100 | | those countries must advance peace, stability, and 14 |
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| 101 | 101 | | prosperity in Ireland and Northern Ireland; 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (11) the United Kingdom, like many key trad-16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ing partners of the United States, is actively negoti-17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ating for expanded access to foreign markets and 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the United States must likewise seek to advance its 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | access to foreign markets to ensure that businesses, 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | consumers, farmers, ranchers, and workers in the 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | United States are not left behind; and 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (12) to effectively pursue comprehensive trade 23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | negotiations with the United Kingdom for purposes 24 |
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| 111 | 111 | | of a trade agreement between the United States and 25 |
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| 115 | 115 | | the United Kingdom, Congress must grant new ne-1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | gotiating authority to the President, which should— 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (A) enable the swift negotiation and pas-3 |
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| 118 | 118 | | sage through Congress of such an agreement; 4 |
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| 119 | 119 | | and 5 |
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| 120 | 120 | | (B) be narrowly tailored to provide clear 6 |
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| 121 | 121 | | direction to the executive branch of the United 7 |
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| 122 | 122 | | States Government. 8 |
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| 123 | 123 | | SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING AND TRADE AGREEMENTS AUTHOR-9 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ITY FOR COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT WITH 10 |
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| 125 | 125 | | THE UNITED KINGDOM. 11 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (a) I |
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| 127 | 127 | | NITIATION OFNEGOTIATIONS.—Not later than 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, in 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | order to enhance the economic well-being of the United 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | States, the President shall seek to initiate negotiations 15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | with the United Kingdom regarding tariff and nontariff 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector. 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (b) A |
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| 134 | 134 | | UTHORITY FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRADE 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | A |
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| 136 | 136 | | GREEMENTWITH THEUNITEDKINGDOM.— 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | (1) I |
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| 138 | 138 | | N GENERAL.—To strengthen the economic 20 |
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| 139 | 139 | | competitiveness of the United States, the President 21 |
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| 140 | 140 | | may enter into a comprehensive trade agreement 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | with the United Kingdom regarding tariff and non-23 |
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| 142 | 142 | | tariff barriers affecting trade between the United 24 |
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| 143 | 143 | | States and United Kingdom. 25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY .—The au-1 |
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| 148 | 148 | | thority under paragraph (1) terminates on March 1, 2 |
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| 149 | 149 | | 2029. 3 |
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| 150 | 150 | | (c) M |
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| 151 | 151 | | ODIFICATIONSPERMITTED.— 4 |
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| 152 | 152 | | (1) I |
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| 153 | 153 | | N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the President may proclaim such modification or 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | continuance of any existing duty, continuance of ex-7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | isting duty-free or excise treatment, or such addi-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | tional duties as the President determines to be re-9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | quired or appropriate to carry out an agreement en-10 |
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| 159 | 159 | | tered into under subsection (b). 11 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (2) L |
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| 161 | 161 | | IMITATIONS.— 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | (A) M |
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| 163 | 163 | | ODIFICATIONS OR ADDITIONS TO 13 |
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| 164 | 164 | | AGREEMENT.—Substantial modifications to, or 14 |
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| 165 | 165 | | substantial additional provisions of, an agree-15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ment entered into after March 1, 2029, are not 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | covered by the authority under paragraph (1). 17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | (B) A |
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| 169 | 169 | | MOUNT OF DUTY MODIFICATION .— 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | No proclamation may be made under paragraph 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | (1) that— 20 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (i) reduces any rate of duty (other 21 |
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| 173 | 173 | | than a rate of duty that does not exceed 5 22 |
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| 174 | 174 | | percent ad valorem on the date of the en-23 |
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| 175 | 175 | | actment of this Act) to a rate of duty that 24 |
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| 176 | 176 | | is less than 50 percent of the rate of such 25 |
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| 180 | 180 | | duty that applies on such date of enact-1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ment; 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (ii) reduces the rate of duty below 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | that applicable under the Uruguay Round 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Agreements (as defined in section 2(7) of 5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | U.S.C. 3501)) or a successor agreement, 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | on any import sensitive agricultural prod-8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | uct; or 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | (iii) increases any rate of duty above 10 |
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| 190 | 190 | | the rate that applied on the date of the en-11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | actment of this Act. 12 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (d) C |
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| 193 | 193 | | ONSULTATION WITH ANDNOTIFICATION TO 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ONGRESS.—To ensure the alignment of the trade policy 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | priorities of Congress with the content of any agreement 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | under this section, the President shall consult with Con-16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | gress before and throughout negotiations initiated under 17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | subsection (a) and shall notify Congress of the intention 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | of the President to enter into an agreement under sub-19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | section (b) or to make a proclamation under subsection 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | (c). 21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (e) B |
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| 204 | 204 | | ILLSQUALIFYING FOR TRADEAUTHORITIES 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | P |
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| 206 | 206 | | ROCEDURES.— 23 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (1) I |
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| 208 | 208 | | MPLEMENTING BILLS.— 24 |
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| 212 | 212 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of sec-1 |
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| 213 | 213 | | tion 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2 |
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| 214 | 214 | | 2191) apply to a bill of either House of Con-3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | gress that contains provisions described in sub-4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | paragraph (B) to the same extent as such sec-5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | tion 151 applies to implementing bills under 6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | that section. A bill to which this paragraph ap-7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | plies shall hereafter in this section be referred 8 |
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| 220 | 220 | | to as an ‘‘implementing bill’’. 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (B) P |
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| 222 | 222 | | ROVISIONS SPECIFIED.—The provi-10 |
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| 223 | 223 | | sions described in this subparagraph are— 11 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (i) a provision approving a trade 12 |
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| 225 | 225 | | agreement entered into under this section 13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | and approving the statement of adminis-14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | trative action, if any, proposed to imple-15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ment such trade agreement; and 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (ii) if changes in existing laws or new 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | statutory authority are required to imple-18 |
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| 231 | 231 | | ment such trade agreement, only such pro-19 |
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| 232 | 232 | | visions as are strictly necessary or appro-20 |
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| 233 | 233 | | priate to implement such trade agreement, 21 |
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| 234 | 234 | | either repealing or amending existing laws 22 |
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| 235 | 235 | | or providing new statutory authority. 23 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (2) D |
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| 237 | 237 | | EADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF BILL .—The 24 |
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| 238 | 238 | | procedures under paragraph (1) apply to imple-25 |
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| 242 | 242 | | menting bills submitted with respect to a trade 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | agreement entered into under this section before 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | March 1, 2029. 3 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (f) L |
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| 246 | 246 | | IMITATION ONWAIVER, SUSPENSION, ORTER-4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | MINATION.—An agreement entered into under this section 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | shall not be waived, suspended, or terminated, in whole 6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | or in part, with respect to the United States without the 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | express approval by Congress of such termination. 8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | (g) R |
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| 252 | 252 | | ELATIONSHIP TOBIPARTISANCONGRESSIONAL 9 |
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| 254 | 254 | | RADEPRIORITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | 2015.—An agreement under this section shall not enter 11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | into force with respect to the United States and an imple-12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | menting bill shall not qualify for trade authorities proce-13 |
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| 258 | 258 | | dures under subsection (e), including an agreement that 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | does not require changes to United States law or an imple-15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | menting bill in connection therewith, unless the following 16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | requirements under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | et seq.) are carried out with respect to that agreement 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | or implementing bill to the same extent as would be re-20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | quired of an agreement entered into under section 103(b) 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4202(b)), notwithstanding the expi-22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ration of authority to enter into an agreement under such 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | section 103(b): 24 |
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| 272 | 272 | | (1) The trade negotiating objectives under sec-1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | tion 102 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4201). 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | (2) The congressional oversight and consulta-3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | tion requirements under section 104 of that Act (19 4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | U.S.C. 4203). 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | (3) The notification, consultation, and reporting 6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | requirements under section 105 of that Act (19 7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | U.S.C. 4204). 8 |
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| 280 | 280 | | (4) The implementation procedures under sec-9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | tion 106 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4205). 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (5) The provisions related to sovereignty under 11 |
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| 283 | 283 | | section 108 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4207). 12 |
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