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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 136
To amend the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to extend
trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 22, 2001
Mr. Gramm introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to extend
trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Fast Track Trade Negotiating
Authority Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO TRADE NEGOTIATING AUTHORITY.
(a) Extension.--Section 1102 (a)(1)(A), (b)(1), and (c)(1) of the
Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2902
(a)(1)(A), (b)(1), and (c)(1)) are amended by striking ``June 1, 1993''
each place it appears and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--
(1) Section 1102 (a)(1) and (b)(1) of such Act are amended
by striking ``purposes, policies, and objectives of this
title'' each place it appears and inserting ``policies and
objectives of the United States''.
(2) Section 1102(a)(2)(A) of such Act is amended by
striking ``August 23, 1988'' each place it appears and
inserting ``January 22, 2001''.
(3) Subsections (b)(2) and (c)(3)(A) of section 1102 of
such Act are amended by striking ``applicable objectives
described in section 1101 of this title'' each place it appears
and inserting ``policies and objectives of the United States''.
(4) Subsection (d)(2)(B) of section 1102 of such Act is
amended by striking ``applicable purposes, policies, and
objectives of this title'' and inserting ``policies and
objectives of the United States''.
(5) Section 1103(b)(1)(A) of such Act is amended by
striking ``June 1, 1991'' and inserting ``December 31, 2004''.
(6) Subsection (a)(2)(B)(i) of section 1103 of such Act is
amended by striking ``applicable purposes, policies, and
objectives of this title'' and inserting ``policies and
objectives of the United States''.
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