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 102 STAT. 1128

PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988

(d) CONSULTATION WITH CONGRESS BEFORE AGREEMENTS ENTERED INTO.—

President of U.S.

19 USC 2903.

(1) Before the President enters into any trade agreement under subsection (b) or (c), the President shall consult with— (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and (B) each other committee of the House and the Senate, and each joint committee of the Congress, which has jurisdiction over legislation involving subject matters which would be affected by the trade agreement. (2) The consultation under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) the nature of the agreement; (B) how and to what extent the agreement will achieve the applicable purposes, policies, and objectives of this title; and (C) all matters relating to the implementation of the agreement under section 1103. (3) If it is proposed to implement two or more trade agreements in a single implementing bill under section 1103, the consultation under paragraph (1) shall include the desirability and feasibility of such proposed implementation. SEC. 1103. IMPLEMENTATION OF TRADE AGREEMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—

President of U.S. Federal '^^^*®^' publication.

(1) Any agreement entered into under section 1102(b) or (c) shall enter into force with respect to the United States if (and only if)— (A) the President, at least 90 calendar days before the day on which he enters into the trade agreement, notifies the House of Representatives and the Senate of his intention to enter into the agreement, and promptly thereafter publishes notice of such intention in the Federal Register; (B) after entering into the agreement, the President submits a document to the House of Representatives and to the Senate containing a copy of the final legal text of the agreement, together with— (i) a dr£^t of an implementing bill, (ii) a statement of any administrative action proposed to implement the trade agreement, and (iii) the supporting information described in paragraph (2); and (C) the implementing bill is enacted into law. (2) The supporting information required under paragraph dXBXiii) consists of— (A) an explanation as to how the implementing bill and proposed administrative action will change or affect existing law; and (B) a statement— (i) asserting that the agreement makes progress in achieving the applicable purposes, policies, and objectives of this title, (ii) setting forth the reasons of the President regarding— (I) how and to what extent the agreement makes progress in achieving the applicable purposes, policies, and objectives referred to in clause (i), and

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