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19 U.S.C. § 3535 — Annual report on WTO
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Not later than March 1 of each year beginning in 1996, the Trade Representative shall submit to the Congress a report describing, for the preceding fiscal year of the WTO—
(1) the major activities and work programs of the WTO, including the functions and activities of the committees established under article IV of the WTO Agreement, and the expenditures made by the WTO in connection with those activities and programs;
(2) the percentage of budgetary assessments by the WTO that were accounted for by each WTO member country, including the United States;
(3) the total number of personnel employed or retained by the Secretariat of the WTO, and the number of professional, administrative, and support staff of the WTO;
(4) for each personnel category described in paragraph (3), the number of citizens of each country, and the average salary of the personnel, in that category;
(5) each report issued by a panel or the Appellate Body in a dispute settlement proceeding regarding Federal or State law, and any efforts by the Trade Representative to provide for implementation of the recommendations contained in a report that is adverse to the United States;
(6) each proceeding before a panel or the Appellate Body that was initiated during that fiscal year regarding Federal or State law, the status of the proceeding, and the matter at issue;
(7) the status of consultations with any State whose law was the subject of a report adverse to the United States that was issued by a panel or the Appellate Body; and
(8) any progress achieved in increasing the transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and of dispute settlement proceedings conducted pursuant to the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
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Not later than March 1 of each year beginning in 1996, the Trade Representative shall submit to the Congress a report describing, for the preceding fiscal year of the WTO—
(1) the major activities and work programs of the WTO, including the functions and activities of the committees established under article IV of the WTO Agreement, and the expenditures made by the WTO in connection with those activities and programs;
(2) the percentage of budgetary assessments by the WTO that were accounted for by each WTO member country, including the United States;
(3) the total number of personnel employed or retained by the Secretariat of the WTO, and the number of professional, administrative, and support staff of the WTO;
(4) for each personnel category described in paragraph (3), the number of citizens of each country, and the average salary of the personnel, in that category;
(5) each report issued by a panel or the Appellate Body in a dispute settlement proceeding regarding Federal or State law, and any efforts by the Trade Representative to provide for implementation of the recommendations contained in a report that is adverse to the United States;
(6) each proceeding before a panel or the Appellate Body that was initiated during that fiscal year regarding Federal or State law, the status of the proceeding, and the matter at issue;
(7) the status of consultations with any State whose law was the subject of a report adverse to the United States that was issued by a panel or the Appellate Body; and
(8) any progress achieved in increasing the transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial Conference and the General Council, and of dispute settlement proceedings conducted pursuant to the Dispute Settlement Understanding.
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If a provision of this Act provides that the implementation of an action by the President by proclamation is subject to the consultation and layover requirements of this section, such action may be proclaimed only if—
(1) the President has obtained advice regarding the proposed action from—
(A) the appropriate advisory committees established under [section 2155 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section2155&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(B) the International Trade Commission;
(2) the President has submitted a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate that sets forth—
(A) the action proposed to be proclaimed and the reasons for such actions, and
(B) the advice obtained under paragraph (1);
(3) a period of 60 calendar days, beginning with the first day on which the President has met the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) with respect to such action, has expired; and
(4) the President has consulted with such committees regarding the proposed action during the period referred to in paragraph (3).
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 3535
(6) each proceeding before a panel or the Ap-
pellate Body that was initiated during that
fiscal year regarding Federal or State law, the
status of the proceeding, and the matter at
issue;
(7) the status of consultations with any
State whose law was the subject of a report
adverse to the United States that was issued
by a panel or the Appellate Body; and
(8) any progress achieved in increasing the
transparency of proceedings of the Ministerial
Conference and the General Council, and of
dispute settlement proceedings conducted pur-
suant to the Dispute Settlement Under-
standing.
(Pub. L. 103–465, title I, § 124, Dec. 8, 1994, 108
Stat. 4832.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on the date on which the WTO
Agreement enters into force with respect to the United
States (Jan. 1, 1995), see section 130 of Pub. L. 103–465,
set out as a note under section 3531 of this title.
§ 3535. Review of participation in WTO
(a) Report on operation of WTO
The first annual report submitted to the Con-
gress under section 3534 of this title—
(1) after the end of the 5-year period begin-
ning on the date on which the WTO Agreement
enters into force with respect to the United
States, and
(2) after the end of every 5-year period there-
after,
shall include an analysis of the effects of the
WTO Agreement on the interests of the United
States, the costs and benefits to the United
States of its participation in the WTO, and the
value of the continued participation of the
United States in the WTO.
(b) Congressional disapproval of U.S. participa-
tion in WTO
(1) General rule
The approval of the Congress, provided
under section 3511(a) of this title, of the WTO
Agreement shall cease to be
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