CRS Updates Report on Trade Promotion Authority
The Congressional Research Service updated its report on Trade Promotion Authority on May 25 with several pieces of information. For example, regarding a deadline for the president to submit a draft implementing bill to Congress, the report now says that…
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if the U.S. enters into a trade agreement for which TPA is provided, the president can submit the bill on a day on "which both the House and the Senate are in session, regardless of whether TPA expired before that date." Generally, "the submission of the implementing bill usually has been coordinated with leadership of the House and Senate." For the ongoing NAFTA negotiation, the CRS report now explains that the NAFTA Implementation Act "gave the President proclamation authority for certain tariff modifications, and certain modifications to rules of origin," with the proclamations "subject to consultation and layover requirements."