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 107 STAT. 2156 PUBLIC LAW 103-182—DEC. 8, 1993 recommendations with respect to the specific factors listed in subsection (a). President. (d) RECOMMENDATIONS OP CERTAIN COMMITTEES.— The President shall provide the study to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and any other committee that has jurisdiction over any provision of United States law that was either enacted or amended by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act. Each such committee may hold hearings and make recommendations to the President with respect to the operation and effects of the Agreement. SEC. 513. ACTIONS AFFECTING UNITED STATES CULTURAL INDUS- TRIES. Section 182 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR ACTIONS AFFECTING UNITED STATES CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —By no later than the date that is 30 days after the date on which the annual report is submitted to Congressional committees under section 181(b), the Trade Representative shall identify any act, policy, or practice of Canada which— "(A) affects cultural industries, "(B) is adopted or expanded after December 17, 1992, and "(C) is actionable under article 2106 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. "(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR IDENTIFICATIONS. —For purposes of section 302(b)(2)(A), an act, poliQr, or practice identified under this subsection shall be treated as an act, policy, or practice that is the basis for identification of a country under subsection (a)(2), unless the United States has already taken action pursuant to article 2106 of the North American Free Trade Agreement in response to such act, policy, or practice. In deciding whether to identify an act, policy, or practice under paragraph (1), the Trade Representative shall— "(A) consult with and take into account the views of representatives of the relevant domestic industries, appropriate committees established pursuant to section 135, and appropriate officers of the Federal Government, and "(B) take into account the information from such sources as may be available to the Trade Representative and such information as may be submitted to the IVade Representative by interested persons, including information contained in reports submitted under section 181(b). "(3) CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.— For purposes of this subsection, the term 'cultural industries' means persons engaged in any of the following activities: "(A) The publication, distribution, or sale of books, magazines, periodicals, or newspapers in print or machine readable form but not including the sole activity of printing or t>pesetting any of the foregoing. (B) The production, distribution, sale, or exhibition offilmor video recordings. "(C) The production, distribution, sale, or exhibition of audio or video music recordings.

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