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This Act may be cited as the “Trade Agreements Act of 1979”.
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized to collect information from all persons exporting from, or importing into, the United States and the noncontiguous areas over which the United States exercises sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control, and from all persons engaged in trade between the United States and such noncontiguous areas and between those areas, or from the owners, or operators of carriers engaged in such foreign commerce or trade, and shall compile and publish such information pertaining to exports, imports, trade, and transportation relating thereto, as he deems necessary or appropriate to enable him to foster, promote, develop, and further the commerce, domestic and foreign, of the United States and for other lawful purposes. **(b)** The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate, on quarterly and cumulative bases, statistics on United States imports for consumption and United States exports by country and by product. Statistics on United States imports shall be submitted in accordance with the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States Annotated for Statistical Reporting Purposes and general statistical note 1 thereof, in detail as follows: (1) net quantity; (2) United States customs value; (3) purchase price or its equivalent; (4) equivalent of arm’s length value; (5) aggregate cost from port of exportation to United States port of entry; (6) a United States port of entry value comprised of (5) plus (4), if applicable, or, if not applicable, (5) plus (3); and (7) for transactions where (3) and (4) are equal, the total value of such transactions. The data for paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (5), and (6) shall be reported separately for nonrelated and related party t
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**(a) Creation of Trust Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund”, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such Trust Fund as provided in this section. **(b) Transfer to Trust Fund** (1) **In general** — There are appropriated to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund amounts equivalent to 3.08 percent of the amounts received in the general fund of the Treasury of the United States during fiscal years 2008 through 2011 attributable to the duties collected on articles entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. (2) **Amounts based on estimates** — The amounts appropriated under this section shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury of the United States to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund on the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury. Proper adjustments shall be made in the amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be transferred. (3) **Limitation on transfers to Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund** — No amount may be appropriated to the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund on and after the date of any expenditure from the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund which is not permitted by this section. The determination of whether an expenditure is so permitted shall be made without regard to— (A) any provision of law which is not contained or referenced in this subchapter or in a revenue Act, and (B) whether such provision of law is a subsequently enacted provision or directly or indirectly seeks to waive the application of t
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Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of title 2, as adjusted by [section 5318 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5318&num=0&edition=prelim):
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**(a) Presidential waiver of discriminatory purchasing requirements** Subject to subsection (f) of this section, the President may waive, in whole or in part, with respect to eligible products of any foreign country or instrumentality designated under subsection (b), and suppliers of such products, the application of any law, regulation, procedure, or practice regarding Government procurement that would, if applied to such products and suppliers, result in treatment less favorable than that accorded— (1) to United States products and suppliers of such products; or (2) to eligible products of another foreign country or instrumentality which is a party to the Agreement and suppliers of such products. **(b) Designation of eligible countries and instrumentalities** The President may designate a foreign country or instrumentality for purposes of subsection (a) only if he determines that such country or instrumentality— (1) is a country or instrumentality which (A) has become a party to the Agreement or the USMCA (as defined in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=prelim)), and (B) will provide appropriate reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United States products and suppliers of such products; (2) is a country or instrumentality, other than a major industrial country, which (A) will otherwise assume the obligations of the Agreement, and (B) will provide such opportunities to such products and suppliers; (3) is a country or instrumentality, other than a major industrial country, which will provide such opportunities to such products and suppliers; or (4) is a least developed country. **(c) Modification or withdrawal of waivers and designations** The Presi
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**(a) Authority to bar procurement from non-designated countries** (1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), the President, in order to encourage additional countries to become parties to the Agreement and to provide appropriate reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United States products and suppliers of such products— (A) shall, with respect to procurement covered by the Agreement, prohibit the procurement, after the date on which any waiver under [section 2511(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/a&num=0&edition=prelim) first takes effect, of products— (i) which are products of a foreign country or instrumentality which is not designated pursuant to [section 2511(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/b&num=0&edition=prelim), and (ii) which would otherwise be eligible products; and (B) may, with respect to procurement covered by the Agreement, take such other actions within the President’s authority as the President deems necessary. (2) **Exception** — Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of procurements for which— (A) there are no offers of products or services of the United States or of eligible products; or (B) the offers of products or services of the United States or of eligible products are insufficient to fulfill the requirements of the United States Government. **(b) Deferrals and waivers** Notwithstanding subsection (a), but in furtherance of the objective of encouraging countries to become parties to the Agreement and provide appropriate reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities to United States products and suppliers of such products, the President may— (1) w
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The President may waive the application of the provisions of chapter 83 of title 41 in the case of any procurement of civil aircraft and related articles of a country or instrumentality which is a party to the Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft referred to in [section 2503(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2503/c&num=0&edition=prelim) and approved under [section 2503(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2503/a&num=0&edition=prelim). The President may modify or withdraw any waiver granted pursuant to this section.
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**(a) Overall negotiating objective** The President shall seek in the renegotiations provided for in article XXIV(7) of the Agreement more open and equitable market access abroad, and the harmonization, reduction, or elimination of devices which distort trade or commerce related to Government procurement, with the overall goal of maximizing the economic benefit to the United States through maintaining and enlarging foreign markets for products of United States agriculture, industry, mining, and commerce, the development of fair and equitable market opportunities, and open and nondiscriminatory world trade. In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the President shall consider the assessment made in the report required under section 2516(a) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. **(b) Sector negotiating objectives** The President shall seek, consistent with the overall objective set forth in subsection (a) and to the maximum extent feasible, with respect to appropriate product sectors, competitive opportunities for the export of United States products to the developed countries of the world equivalent to the competitive opportunities afforded by the United States, taking into account all barriers to, and other distortions of, international trade affecting that sector. **(c) Independent verification objective** The President shall seek to establish in the renegotiation provided for in article XXIV(7) of the Agreement a system for independent verification of information provided by parties to the Agreement to the Committee on Government Procurement pursuant to article XIX(5) of the Agreement. **(d) Reports on negotiations** (1) **Report in the event of inadequate progress** — If, during the renegotiations of the Agreement, the President at any ti
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**(a) Monitoring and enforcement structure recommendations** In the preparation of the recommendations for the reorganization of trade functions, the President shall ensure that careful consideration is given to monitoring and enforcing the requirements of the Agreement and this subchapter, with particular regard to the tendering procedures required by the Agreement or otherwise agreed to by a country or instrumentality likely to be designated pursuant to [section 2511(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/b&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Rules of origin** (1) **Advisory rulings and final determinations** — For the purposes of this subchapter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide for the prompt issuance of advisory rulings and final determinations on whether, under [section 2518(4)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2518/4/B&num=0&edition=prelim), an article is or would be a product of a foreign country or instrumentality designated pursuant to [section 2511(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511/b&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Penalties for fraudulent conduct** — In addition to any other provisions of law which may be applicable, [section 1001 of title 18](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) shall apply to fraudulent conduct with respect to the origin of products for purposes of qualifying for a waiver under [section 2511 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511&num=0&edition=prelim) or avoiding a prohibition under [section 2512 of this title](https://uscode.house.g
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As used in this subchapter— (1) **Agreement** — The term “Agreement” means the Agreement on Government Procurement referred to in [section 3511(d)(17) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3511/d/17&num=0&edition=prelim), as submitted to the Congress, but including rectifications, modifications, and amendments which are accepted by the United States. (2) **Civil aircraft** — The term “civil aircraft and related articles” means— (A) all aircraft other than aircraft to be purchased for use by the Department of Defense or the United States Coast Guard; (B) the engines (and parts and components for incorporation therein) of such aircraft; (C) any other parts, components, and subassemblies for incorporation in such aircraft; and (D) any ground flight simulators, and parts and components thereof, for use with respect to such aircraft, whether to be purchased for use as original or replacement equipment in the manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, modification, or conversion of such aircraft, and without regard to whether such aircraft or articles receive duty-free treatment pursuant to section 601(a)(2). (3) **Developed countries** — The term “developed countries” means countries so designated by the President. (4) **Eligible product** (A) *In general* — The term “eligible product” means, with respect to any foreign country or instrumentality that is— (i) a party to the Agreement, a product or service of that country or instrumentality which is covered under the Agreement for procurement by the United States; (ii) Mexico, as a party to the USMCA (as defined in [section 4502 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section4502&num=0&edition=pre
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**(a) Definition.—** In this section, the term “Council” has the meaning given that term in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Application.—** (1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), the requirement for adjustment under subsection (c) applies to a dollar threshold that is specified in law as a factor in defining the scope of the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction provided in that law to the procurement of property or services by an executive agency, as the Council determines. (2) **Exceptions.—** — Subsection (c) does not apply to dollar thresholds— (A) in chapters 67 and 83 of this title; (B) in sections 3141 to 3144, 3146, and 3147 of title 40; (C) the United States Trade Representative establishes pursuant to title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 ([19 U.S.C. 2511](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2511&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or (D) in sections 3131 through 3134 of title 40, except any modification of any such dollar threshold made by regulation in effect on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph shall remain in effect. (3) **Relationship to other inflation adjustment authorities.—** — This section supersedes the applicability of other provisions of law that provide for the adjustment of a dollar threshold that is adjustable under this section. **(c) Requirement for Periodic Adjustment.—** (1) **Baseline constant dollar value.—** — For purposes of paragraph (2), the baseline constant dollar value for a dollar threshold— (A) in effect on October 1, 2000, that was first specified in a law that took effect on or before October 1, 20
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