,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cee  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #ad1 #bjac
 ,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,enzi1
 ,mr4 ,schumer1 and ,mr4 ,barrasso7     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
require the ,united ,states ,trade      
,representative to notify the ,world    
,trade ,organization if any member of   
the ,world ,trade ,organization fails   
during #b consecutive years to disclose 
subsidies under the ,agreement on       
,subsidies and ,countervailing          
,measures1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,mandatory disclosure by the ,united    
,states if members of the ,world ,trade 
,organization fail to disclose subsidies
 under the ,agreement on ,subsidies and 
,countervailing ,measures  7a7 ,in      
general ,the ,united ,states ,trade     
,representative shall--  7#a7 review    
each notification of subsidies submitted
 under ,article #be of the ,agreement on

 ,subsidies and ,countervailing         
,measures by a member of the ,world     
,trade ,organization with which the     
,united ,states maintains a material and
 persistent trade deficit2  7#b7        
identify any such member that1 for #b   
consecutive years--  7,a7 fails to      
submit such a notification2 or  7,b7    
omits information or includes inaccurate
 information in such a notification that
 is material with respect to the        
totality of the subsidies of the member2
 and  7#c7 notify the ,committee on     
,subsidies and ,countervailing ,measures
 under such ,article #be of the         
subsidies of a member identified under  
paragraph 7#b7 not later than #ahj days 
after--  7,a7 in the case of a member   
identified under paragraph 7#b77;,a71   
the date on which the second            
notification not submitted by the member
 was required to be submitted2 or  7,b7 
in the case of a member identified under
 paragraph 7#b77;,b71 the date of the   
submission of the second notification in

 which the information was omitted or   
the inaccurate information was included1
 as the case may be4  7b7 ,agreement on 
,subsidies and ,countervailing ,measures
 defined ,the term ,agreement on        
,subsidies and ,countervailing ,measures
 means the ,agreement on ,subsidies and 
,countervailing ,measures referred to in
 section #aja7;d77#ab7 of the ,uruguay  
,round ,agreements ,act 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4  
#ceaa7;d77#ab774