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107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 586
To authorize negotiation for the accession of Chile to the North
American Free Trade Agreement, to provide for fast track consideration,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 21, 2001
Mr. Dodd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To authorize negotiation for the accession of Chile to the North
American Free Trade Agreement, to provide for fast track consideration,
and for other purposes.
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 ``Chile Fast Track Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. ACCESSION OF CHILE TO THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT.
(a) In General.--Subject to section 3, the President is authorized
to enter into an agreement described in subsection (b) and the
provisions of section 151(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C.
2191(c)) shall apply with respect to a bill to implement such agreement
if such agreement is entered into on or before December 31, 2005.
(b) Agreement Described.--An agreement described in this subsection
means an agreement that--
(1) provides for the accession of Chile to the North
American Free Trade Agreement; or
(2) is a bilateral agreement between the United States and
Chile that provides for the reduction and ultimate elimination
of tariffs and other nontariff barriers to trade and the
eventual establishment of a free trade area between the United
States and Chile.
SEC. 3. INTRODUCTION AND FAST TRACK CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTING BILL.
(a) Introduction in House and Senate.--When the President submits
to Congress a bill to implement a trade agreement described in section
2, the bill shall be introduced (by request) in the House and the
Senate as described in section 151(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
U.S.C. 2191(c)).
(b) Permissible Content in Implementing Legislation.--A bill to
implement a trade agreement described in section 2 shall contain
provisions that are necessary to implement the trade agreement, and may
include trade-related labor and environmental protection standards.
(c) Applicability of Fast Track Procedures.--Section 151 of the
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2191) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ``section 3 of the
Chile Fast Track Act of 2001,'' after ``the Omnibus Trade and
Competitiveness Act of 1988,''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``or under section 3
of the Chile Fast Track Act of 2001,'' after ``the Uruguay
Round Agreements Act,''.
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