Sec. 201. Establishment of Trade Enforcement Division and Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement
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Chapter 4 of title I of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2171 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is established within the Office of the United States Trade Representative a Trade Enforcement Division (in this section referred to as the Division ). The Division shall be headed by a Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement. The Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomination of the Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the Committee on Finance. The Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement shall hold office at the pleasure of the President and shall have the rank of Ambassador. The principal function of the Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement shall be to ensure that trading partners of the United States comply with trade agreements to which the United States is a party.
The Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement shall— assist the United States Trade Representative in investigating and prosecuting disputes before the World Trade Organization and pursuant to other bilateral or regional trade agreements to which the United States is a party; assist the United States Trade Representative in carrying out the United States Trade Representative’s functions under section 141(d); make recommendations with respect to the administration of United States trade laws relating to barriers imposed by foreign governments to the importation of United States goods, services, and intellectual property, and other trade matters; and perform such other functions as the United States Trade Representative may direct.
There is established within the Division the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business. The Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business shall provide technical and legal assistance and advice to eligible small businesses to enable such small businesses to prepare and file petitions (other than those that, in the opinion of the Office, are frivolous) under section 302. The term eligible small business means any business concern that, in the judgment of the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business, due to its size, has neither adequate internal resources nor financial ability to obtain qualified outside assistance in preparing and filing petitions and complaints under section 302.
In determining whether a business concern is an eligible small business, the Office of Trade Assistance for Small Business may consult with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies. . The table of contents for the Trade Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 141 the following: Sec. 142. Trade Enforcement Division and Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement. .
Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking Deputy United States Trade Representatives (3). and inserting Deputy United States Trade Representatives (4). . Section 2112 of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 ( 19 U.S.C. 3812 ) is repealed.
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Sec. 201
Establishment of Trade Enforcement Division and Deputy United States Trade Representative for Trade Enforcement
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