REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1979
93 STAT. 1381
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 3 OF 1979 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, September 25, 1979, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 9 of title 5 of the United States Code.
Reorganization of Functions Relating to International Trade
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SECrrON 1. Office of the United States Trade Representative
Effective date for Secs. 1, 2(a), (a] The Office of the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations is re- (b)(2), (c), (d), 3, 4, designated the Office of the United States Trade Representative. 5(a), (b)(2),^(c)-(e), (b)(l] The Special Representative for Trade Negotiations is redesignated the 1980.* United States Trade Representative (hereinafter referred to as the "Trade Representative"). The Trade Representative shall have primary responsibility, with the advice of the interagency organization established under section 242 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1872) (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"), for developing, and for coordinating the implementation of. United States international trade policy, including commodity matters and, to the extent they are related to international trade pohcy, direct investment matters. The Trade Representative shall serve as the principal advisor to the President on international trade policy and shall advise the President on the impact of other policies of the United States Government on international trade. ,;.;J.U (2) The Trade Representative shall have lead responsibility for the conduct of international trade negotiations, including commodity and direct investment negotiations in which the United States participates. (3) To the extent necessary to assure the coordination of international trade policy, and consistent with any other law, the Trade Representative, with the advice of the Committee, shall issue pohcy guidance to departments and agencies on basic issues of policy and interpretation arising in the exercise of the following international trade functions. Such guidance shall determine the policy of the United States with respect to international trade issues arising in the exercise of such functions: (A) matters concerning the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, including implementation of the trade agreements set forth in section 2(c) of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979; United States Government positions on trade and commodity matters dealt with by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, and other multilateral organizations; and the assertion and protection of the rights of the United States under bilateral and multilateral international trade and commodity agreements;
Ante, p. 147.
(B) expansion of exports from the United States; (C) policy research on international trade, commodity, and direct investment matters; (D) to the extent permitted by law, overall United States policy with regard to unfair trade practices, including enforcement of countervailing duties and antidumping functions under section 303 and title VII of the Tariff Act of 19 USC 1303; 2930ante, p. 151.
- As provided for by Executive Order 12188 (Vol. 16, Weekly Compilation of Presidential
Documents, p. 7; 19 USC 2171 note].
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