Sec. 7. Report to President and Congress on international trade agreements
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Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Task Force shall submit to the President and the appropriate congressional committees a report that— assesses the sufficiency of existing multilateral and bilateral trade agreements in— promoting international trade in Internet-related goods, services, and content; encouraging the utilization on a global basis of technology standards set by international standard-setting organizations; protecting the security and functioning of the Internet; facilitating the free flow of information on the Internet; and protecting the interests of Internet users; and recommends, as appropriate, modifications of existing agreements or the negotiation of new agreements to advance the objectives identified in paragraph (1).
It is the sense of Congress that the negotiating objectives of the United States for future bilateral and multilateral trade agreements should include the goals specified in subsection (a)(1). The report required under subsection
(a)may contain a classified annex if the Task Force determines that such is appropriate. In preparing each report required under subsection (a), the Task Force shall— seek public participation by— publishing a notice in the Federal Register that includes instructions on how the public may submit comments on the report and plan; holding at least one public hearing; and establishing a website for the Task Force that publishes timely information regarding the Task Force’s activities and provides an opportunity for the public to submit comments to the Task Force; consult and coordinate with all relevant Federal departments and agencies; consult and share timely information with civil society groups with expertise in Internet policy; and take into account information from such sources as may be available to the United States Trade Representative and such information as may be submitted to the Trade Representative by interested persons, including information contained in reports submitted under section 181(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2241(b)) and petitions submitted under section 302 of such Act (19 U.S.C. 2412). The Task Force shall publish in the Federal Register the report transmitted to Congress under subsection (a), but shall omit information transmitted to Congress under subsection (c). In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Ways and Means, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Finance, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.
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