Sec. 3. Conditions on use of authority by United States Trade Representative to impose duties or other import restrictions
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Section 301(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 ( 19 U.S.C. 2411(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Trade Representative may take action pursuant to paragraph (1)(B) only if— the Trade Representative submits to the International Trade Commission a proposal for duties or other import restrictions under that paragraph, including— a description of each article covered by that proposal; the proposed new or additional duty rate; and the proposed duration of that rate; the Trade Representative submits to Congress a notification of intent to impose duties or import restrictions under that paragraph, including— the proposal submitted under clause (i); and a report by the International Trade Commission assessing the likely impact of the proposal on the economy of the United States as a whole and specific industry sectors; after submitting the notification under clause (ii), the Trade Representative consults with the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and, if the proposal affects agricultural products, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives; a period of 60 calendar days, beginning on the date on which the Trade Representative has completed consultations under clause (iii), has passed; and no disapproval resolution under subparagraph
(B)is passed during the period described in clause (iv). In this subparagraph, the term disapproval resolution means a joint resolution the sole matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That implementation of the proposal by the Trade Representative to impose duties or other import restrictions submitted to Congress on ________________ is not in the interest of the United States. , with the blank space being filled with the date on which the Trade Representative submitted to Congress the material described in subsection (A)(ii). Paragraph
(2)of section 106(b) of the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 ( 19 U.S.C. 4205(b) ) applies to a disapproval resolution under this subparagraph to the same extent that such paragraph applies to a procedural disapproval resolution under such section 106(b). . Paragraph (1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting subject to paragraph (7), before impose duties .
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Conditions on use of authority by United States Trade Representative to impose duties or other import restrictions
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