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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 1743
To provide the President with authority to enter into a comprehensive trade
agreement with the United Kingdom, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY27, 2025
Mr. S
MITHof Nebraska (for himself, Mr. HIMES, Mr. MILLERof Ohio, Mr.
L
AHOOD, and Mr. ARRINGTON) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide the President with authority to enter into a
comprehensive trade agreement with the United King-
dom, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Undertaking Negotia-4
tions on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism 5
Act’’ or the ‘‘UNITED Act’’. 6
SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 7
It is the sense of Congress that— 8
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(1) the United States should pursue more open 1
trade and investment relationships with its allies to 2
strengthen the economy of the United States, im-3
prove the standard of living of the people of the 4
United States, and advance the strategic interests of 5
the United States; 6
(2) agreements to reduce or eliminate barriers 7
to trade and investment between the United States 8
and its allies will foster mutually beneficial economic 9
relationships that advance the economic interests of 10
workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses of all 11
sizes in the United States; 12
(3) the shared values and long history of the 13
‘‘special relationship’’ between the United States and 14
the United Kingdom present a unique opportunity to 15
deepen the mutually beneficial economic and stra-16
tegic relationship between those countries and fur-17
ther expand prosperity for the citizens of those coun-18
tries; 19
(4) a high-standard, comprehensive trade agree-20
ment between the United States and the United 21
Kingdom would help strengthen that relationship, 22
improve the economic prospects of people in both 23
countries, increase the resilience of critical supply 24
chains, support collaboration in emerging tech-25
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nologies, and create export opportunities for busi-1
nesses of all sizes; 2
(5) the efforts of the United States-United 3
Kingdom Trade and Investment Working Group and 4
the bilateral negotiations initiated by President Don-5
ald Trump have laid groundwork toward a com-6
prehensive trade agreement; 7
(6) the United States-United Kingdom Dia-8
logue on the Future of Atlantic Trade, initiated by 9
President Joe Biden, along with the signing of the 10
Atlantic Declaration for a Twenty-First Century 11
U.S.-U.K. Economic Partnership, continues long-12
standing efforts to improve economic cooperation be-13
tween the United States and the United Kingdom; 14
(7) the robust labor and environmental protec-15
tions in the United Kingdom reduce the risk of regu-16
latory arbitrage that undercuts workers and busi-17
nesses in the United States; 18
(8) Congress passed the Agreement between the 19
United States of America, the United Mexican 20
States, and Canada (USMCA) with overwhelming bi-21
partisan support, setting high standards in North 22
America with respect to labor rights, the environ-23
ment, intellectual property, non-market practices, 24
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and services, and those standards should inform fu-1
ture negotiations; 2
(9) trade agreements with foreign trading part-3
ners that share the values and ambition of the 4
United States offer an opportunity to build on the 5
USMCA and set high international standards across 6
many important policy areas; 7
(10) any trade negotiations between the United 8
States and the United Kingdom must honor the 9
agreement between the Government of Ireland and 10
the Government of the United Kingdom signed on 11
April 10, 1998 (commonly known as the ‘‘Good Fri-12
day Agreement’’), and any trade agreement between 13
those countries must advance peace, stability, and 14
prosperity in Ireland and Northern Ireland; 15
(11) the United Kingdom, like many key trad-16
ing partners of the United States, is actively negoti-17
ating for expanded access to foreign markets and 18
the United States must likewise seek to advance its 19
access to foreign markets to ensure that businesses, 20
consumers, farmers, ranchers, and workers in the 21
United States are not left behind; and 22
(12) to effectively pursue comprehensive trade 23
negotiations with the United Kingdom for purposes 24
of a trade agreement between the United States and 25
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the United Kingdom, Congress must grant new ne-1
gotiating authority to the President, which should— 2
(A) enable the swift negotiation and pas-3
sage through Congress of such an agreement; 4
and 5
(B) be narrowly tailored to provide clear 6
direction to the executive branch of the United 7
States Government. 8
SEC. 3. NEGOTIATING AND TRADE AGREEMENTS AUTHOR-9
ITY FOR COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT WITH 10
THE UNITED KINGDOM. 11
(a) I
NITIATION OFNEGOTIATIONS.—Not later than 12
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, in 13
order to enhance the economic well-being of the United 14
States, the President shall seek to initiate negotiations 15
with the United Kingdom regarding tariff and nontariff 16
barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector. 17
(b) A
UTHORITY FOR COMPREHENSIVE TRADE 18
A
GREEMENTWITH THEUNITEDKINGDOM.— 19
(1) I
N GENERAL.—To strengthen the economic 20
competitiveness of the United States, the President 21
may enter into a comprehensive trade agreement 22
with the United Kingdom regarding tariff and non-23
tariff barriers affecting trade between the United 24
States and United Kingdom. 25
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(2) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY .—The au-1
thority under paragraph (1) terminates on March 1, 2
2029. 3
(c) M
ODIFICATIONSPERMITTED.— 4
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 5
the President may proclaim such modification or 6
continuance of any existing duty, continuance of ex-7
isting duty-free or excise treatment, or such addi-8
tional duties as the President determines to be re-9
quired or appropriate to carry out an agreement en-10
tered into under subsection (b). 11
(2) L
IMITATIONS.— 12
(A) M
ODIFICATIONS OR ADDITIONS TO 13
AGREEMENT.—Substantial modifications to, or 14
substantial additional provisions of, an agree-15
ment entered into after March 1, 2029, are not 16
covered by the authority under paragraph (1). 17
(B) A
MOUNT OF DUTY MODIFICATION .— 18
No proclamation may be made under paragraph 19
(1) that— 20
(i) reduces any rate of duty (other 21
than a rate of duty that does not exceed 5 22
percent ad valorem on the date of the en-23
actment of this Act) to a rate of duty that 24
is less than 50 percent of the rate of such 25
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duty that applies on such date of enact-1
ment; 2
(ii) reduces the rate of duty below 3
that applicable under the Uruguay Round 4
Agreements (as defined in section 2(7) of 5
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 6
U.S.C. 3501)) or a successor agreement, 7
on any import sensitive agricultural prod-8
uct; or 9
(iii) increases any rate of duty above 10
the rate that applied on the date of the en-11
actment of this Act. 12
(d) C
ONSULTATION WITH ANDNOTIFICATION TO 13
C
ONGRESS.—To ensure the alignment of the trade policy 14
priorities of Congress with the content of any agreement 15
under this section, the President shall consult with Con-16
gress before and throughout negotiations initiated under 17
subsection (a) and shall notify Congress of the intention 18
of the President to enter into an agreement under sub-19
section (b) or to make a proclamation under subsection 20
(c). 21
(e) B
ILLSQUALIFYING FOR TRADEAUTHORITIES 22
P
ROCEDURES.— 23
(1) I
MPLEMENTING BILLS.— 24
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of sec-1
tion 151 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2
2191) apply to a bill of either House of Con-3
gress that contains provisions described in sub-4
paragraph (B) to the same extent as such sec-5
tion 151 applies to implementing bills under 6
that section. A bill to which this paragraph ap-7
plies shall hereafter in this section be referred 8
to as an ‘‘implementing bill’’. 9
(B) P
ROVISIONS SPECIFIED.—The provi-10
sions described in this subparagraph are— 11
(i) a provision approving a trade 12
agreement entered into under this section 13
and approving the statement of adminis-14
trative action, if any, proposed to imple-15
ment such trade agreement; and 16
(ii) if changes in existing laws or new 17
statutory authority are required to imple-18
ment such trade agreement, only such pro-19
visions as are strictly necessary or appro-20
priate to implement such trade agreement, 21
either repealing or amending existing laws 22
or providing new statutory authority. 23
(2) D
EADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF BILL .—The 24
procedures under paragraph (1) apply to imple-25
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menting bills submitted with respect to a trade 1
agreement entered into under this section before 2
March 1, 2029. 3
(f) L
IMITATION ONWAIVER, SUSPENSION, ORTER-4
MINATION.—An agreement entered into under this section 5
shall not be waived, suspended, or terminated, in whole 6
or in part, with respect to the United States without the 7
express approval by Congress of such termination. 8
(g) R
ELATIONSHIP TOBIPARTISANCONGRESSIONAL 9
T
RADEPRIORITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 10
2015.—An agreement under this section shall not enter 11
into force with respect to the United States and an imple-12
menting bill shall not qualify for trade authorities proce-13
dures under subsection (e), including an agreement that 14
does not require changes to United States law or an imple-15
menting bill in connection therewith, unless the following 16
requirements under the Bipartisan Congressional Trade 17
Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4201 18
et seq.) are carried out with respect to that agreement 19
or implementing bill to the same extent as would be re-20
quired of an agreement entered into under section 103(b) 21
of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4202(b)), notwithstanding the expi-22
ration of authority to enter into an agreement under such 23
section 103(b): 24
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(1) The trade negotiating objectives under sec-1
tion 102 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4201). 2
(2) The congressional oversight and consulta-3
tion requirements under section 104 of that Act (19 4
U.S.C. 4203). 5
(3) The notification, consultation, and reporting 6
requirements under section 105 of that Act (19 7
U.S.C. 4204). 8
(4) The implementation procedures under sec-9
tion 106 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4205). 10
(5) The provisions related to sovereignty under 11
section 108 of that Act (19 U.S.C. 4207). 12
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