PUBLIC LAW 96-39—JULY 26, 1979
93 STAT. 149
administrative action submitted to the Congress under section 102 of the Trade Act of 1974 to implement each agreement approved under is u s e 2112. section 2(a) shall be issued within 1 year after the date of the entry into force of such agreement with respect to the United States. (c) CHANGES IN STATUTES TO IMPLEMENT A REQUIREMENT, AMENDMENT, OR RECOMMENDATION,— (1) PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION.—Whenever the President
determines that it is necessary or appropriate to amend, repeal, or enact a statute of the United States in order to implement any requirement of, amendment to, or recommendation under such an agreement, he shall submit to the Congress a draft of a bill to accomplish the amendment, repeal, or enactment and a statement of any administrative action proposed to implement the requirement, amendment, or recommendation. Not less than 30 days before submitting such a bill, the President shall consult with the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and each committee of the House or Senate which has jurisdiction over legislation involving subject matters which would be affected by such amendment, repeal, or enactment. The consultation shall treat all matters relating to the implementation of such requirement, amendment, or recommendation, as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3),
Draft, submittal to Congress.
Consultation with congressional committees.
(2) CONDITIONS FOR TAKING EFFECT UNDER UNITED STATES
LAW.—No such amendment shall enter into force with respect to the United States, and no such requirement, amendment, or recommendation shall be implemented under United States law, unless— (A) the President, after consultation with the Congress Publication in Federal under paragraph (1), notifies the House of Representatives Register. and the Senate of his determination and publishes notice of that determination in the Federal Register, (B) the President transmits a document to the House of Document, Representatives and to the Senate containing a copy of the submittal to Congress. text of such requirement, amendment, or recommendation, together with— (i) a draft of a bill to amend or repeal provisions of existing statutes or to create statutory authority and an explanation as to how the bill and any proposed administrative action affect existing law, and (ii) a statement of how the requirement, amendment, or recommendation serves the interests of United States commerce and why the legislative and administrative action is necessary or appropriate to carry out the requirement, amendment, or recommendation, and (C) the bill submitted by the President is enacted into law. (3) RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO APPLICATION.—The President may
make the same type of recommendations, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions, to the Congress with respect to the application of any such requirement, amendment, or recommendation as he may make, under section 102(f) of the 19 USC 2112. Trade Act of 1974, with respect to a trade agreement. (4) CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES APPLICABLE.—The bill submitted by the President shall be introduced in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c)(1) of section 151 of the Trade Act of 1974, and the provisions of subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) of such 19 USC 2191. section shall apply to the consideration of the bill. For the purpose of applying section 151 of such Act to such b i l l -
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