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 108 STAT. 4834 PUBLIC LAW 103-465—DEC. 8, 1994 Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in section 2(9) of that Act". (2) PROCEDURES. — (A) Joint resolutions may be introduced in either House of the Congress by any member of such House. (B) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the provisions of subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 152 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2192(b), (d), (e), and (f)) apply to joint resolutions to the same extent as such provisions apply to resolutions under such section. (C) If the committee of either House to which a joint resolution has been referred has not reported it by the close of the 45th day after its introduction (excluding any day described in section 154(b) of the Trade Act of 1974), such committee shall be automatically discharged fix)m furtiier consideration of the joint resolution and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. (D) It is not in order for— (i) the Senate to consider any joint resolution unless it has been reported by the Committee on Finance or the committee nas been dischsirged under subparagraph (C); or (u) the House of Representatives to consider any joint resolution unless it has been reported by the Committee on Ways and Means or the committee has been discharged under subparagraph (C). (E) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the consideration of a joint resolution may only be made on the second legislative day after the calendar day on which the Member m£iKing the motion announces to the House his or her intention to do so. (3) CONSIDERATION OF SECOND RESOLUTION NOT IN ORDER.— It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider a joint resolution (other than a pint resolution received fix>m the other House), if that House nas previously adopted a joint resolution under this section. (d) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— This section is enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and such procedures supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such other rules; and (2) with the fiili recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedm^s of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as any other rule of that House. 19 USC 3536. SEC. 126. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY. The Trade Representative shall seek the adoption by the Ministerial Conference and General Council of procedures that will ensure broader application of the principle of transparency and clarification of the costs and benefits of trade policy actions, through the observance of open and equitable procedures in trade matters by the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and by the dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body under the Dispute Settlement Understanding.

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