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 116 STAT. 1016 PUBLIC LAW 107-210—AUG. 6, 2002 Deadline. (3) FOR FAILURE TO MEET OTHER REQUIREMENTS. —Not later Reports. than December 31, 2002, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the United States Trade Representative, shall transmit to the Congress a report setting forth the strategy of the executive branch to address concerns of the Congress regarding whether dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body of the WTO have added to obligations, or diminished rights, of the United States, as described in section 2101(b)(3). Trade authorities procedures shall not apply to any implementing bill with respect to an agreement negotiated under the auspices of the WTO unless the Secretary of Commerce has issued such report in a timely manner. (c) RULES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE.— Subsection (b) of this section, section 2103(c), aand section 2104(d)(3)(C) are enacted by the Congress— (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such are 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 full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as any other rule of that House. 19 USC 3806. SEC. 2106. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TRADE AGREEMENTS FOR WHICH NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN. (a) CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Notwithstanding the prenegotiation notification and consultation requirement described in section 2104(a), if an agreement to which section 2103(b) applies— (1) is entered into under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, (2) is entered into with Chile, (3) is entered into with Singapore, or (4) establishes a Free Trade Area for the Americas, and results from negotiations that were commenced before the date of the enactment of this Act, subsection (b) shall apply. (b) TREATMENT OF AGREEMENTS. —In the case of any agreement to which subsection (a) applies— (1) the applicability of the trade authorities procedures to implementing bills shall be determined without regard to the requirements of section 2104(a) (relating only to 90 days notice prior to initiating negotiations), and any procedural disapproval resolution under section 2105(b)(1)(B) shall not be in order on the basis of a failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of section 2104(a); and President. (2) the President shall, as soon as feasible after the enactment of this Act— (A) notify the Congress of the negotiations described in subsection (a), the specific United States objectives in the negotiations, and whether the President is seeking a new agreement or changes to an existing agreement; and (B) before and after submission of the notice, consult regarding the negotiations with the committees referred

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