,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1 #bjai  
,mr4 ,duffy 7for himself1 ,mr4          
,aderholt1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 
,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,diaz-,balart1 ,mr4    
,gaetz1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4 ,kelly of     
,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,long1 ,mr4         
,mc,kinley1 ,mrs4 ,miller1 ,mr4         
,sensenbrenner1 ,mr4 ,stauber1 ,mr4     
,hunter1 ,mr4 ,crawford1 ,mr4 ,king of  
,new ,york1 ,mr4 ,burgess1 ,mr4         
,palazzo1 and ,mr4 ,rouzer7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,rules1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
authorize the ,president to take certain
 actions relating to reciprocal trade1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    

,united ,states ,reciprocal ,trade ,act4
  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states   
maintains an open market for goods1 with
 relatively low tariffs1 and has long   
encouraged trading partners1 both       
bilaterally and in multilateral fora1 to
 liberalize their markets4  7#b7 ,the   
,united ,states is the world's largest  
importer of goods4  7#c7 ,trading       
partners of the ,united ,states in many 
instances impose significantly higher   
tariffs on ,united ,states goods than   
the ,united ,states imposes on the same 
or similar goods imported from those    
same countries4  7#d7 ,united ,states   
trading partners in many instances      
impose significant nontariff barriers   
that greatly undermine the value of     
negotiated tariff concessions4  7#e7    
,the lack of reciprocity in tariff      
levels and disproportionate use of      
nontariff barriers by ,united ,states   
trading partners facilitates foreign    
imports1 discourages ,united ,states    

exports1 and puts ,united ,states       
producers1 farmers1 and workers at a    
competitive disadvantage4  7#f7 ,the    
lack of reciprocity in tariff levels and
 nontariff barriers contributes to the  
large and growing ,united ,states trade 
deficit in goods1 which is a drag on    
economic growth and undermines economic 
prosperity4  7#g7 ,to date a number of  
,united ,states trading partners have   
been unwilling1 including in            
multilateral negotiations1 to reduce    
tariffs and eliminate nontariff barriers
 applied to ,united ,states exports4    
7#h7 ,the ,united ,states should seek   
action by ,united ,states trading       
partners to lower tariffs and eliminate 
nontariff barriers1 to promote          
efficiency in those markets and enhance 
opportunities for ,united ,states       
producers1 farmers1 and workers4  7#i7  
,the ,president should have a wide array
 of tools to open the markets of ,united
 ,states trading partners and encourage 
participation in negotiations to        

liberalize trade in goods on a fair and 
reciprocal basis1 including the         
authority to adjust tariff rates to     
reciprocal levels4  #c4 ,authority to   
take certain actions relating to        
reciprocal trade  7a7 ,in general ,if   
the ,president determines that--  7#a7  
the rate of duty imposed by a foreign   
country with respect to a particular    
good1 when imported from the ,united    
,states1 is significantly higher than   
the rate of duty imposed by the ,united 
,states on that good1 when imported from
 that country1 or  7#b7 the nontariff   
barriers applied by a foreign country   
with respect to a particular good1 when 
imported from the ,united ,states1      
impose significantly higher burdens1    
alone or in combination with any tariffs
 imposed by that country on that good1  
than the burdens of the nontariff       
barriers applied by the ,united ,states 
with respect to that good1 alone or in  
combination with any tariffs imposed by 
the ,united ,states on that good1 when  

imported from that country1  the        
,president may take one or more of the  
actions authorized under subsection 7b74
  7b7 ,actions authorized ,the actions  
authorized under this subsection are the
 following3 7#a7 ,to negotiate and seek 
to enter into an agreement with the     
foreign country that commits the country
 to reduce the rate of duty or reduce or
 eliminate nontariff barriers on the    
good that is the subject of the         
determination under subsection 7a74     
7#b7 ,to impose a rate of duty on       
imports of the good that is equal to--  
7,a7 the rate of duty imposed by the    
foreign country with respect to the     
good1 in the case of a determination    
described in subsection 7a77#a72 or     
7,b7 the effective rate of duty of the  
nontariff barriers applied by the       
foreign country with respect to the     
good1 alone or in combination with any  
tariffs imposed by that country on that 
good1 in the case of a determination    
described in subsection 7a77#b74  7c7   

,factors ,in taking an action authorized
 under subsection 7b71 the ,president   
shall consider the following factors3   
7#a7 ,the tariff classification of the  
good by the ,united ,states and the     
tariff classification of the good by the
 foreign country4  7#b7 ,the rate of    
duty applied by the ,united ,states with
 respect to the good and the rate of    
duty applied by the foreign country with
 respect to the good4  7#c7 ,the        
physical characteristics of the good4   
7#d7 ,the end uses and existence of a   
competitive relationship between the    
good--  7,a7 as exported from the       
,united ,states to the foreign country2 
and  7,b7 as imported from the country  
to the ,united ,states4  7#e7 ,the level
 of exports of the good by the country  
to the ,united ,states and to other     
countries4  7#f7 ,in the case of a      
determination described in subsection   
7a77#a71 the extent to which the rate of
 duty applied by the foreign country    
with respect to the good is impeding or 

distorting trade4  7#g7 ,in the case of 
a determination described in subsection 
7a77#b7-- 7,a7 the extent of the        
nontariff barriers applied by the       
foreign country with respect to the good
 and the extent of the nontariff        
barriers applied by the ,united ,states 
with respect to the good2  7,b7 the     
extent to which the nontariff barriers  
applied by the country with respect to  
the good1 alone or in combination with  
any tariffs imposed by that country on  
that good1 are impeding or distorting   
trade2  7,c7 the identified purpose of  
the nontariff barriers applied by the   
country with respect to the good1 if    
any1 and the extent to which the        
nontariff barriers are more restrictive 
than necessary to meet that purpose2 and
  7,d7 the degree of transparency of the
 process by which the country adopted   
the nontariff barriers4  7#h7 ,other    
factors1 as the ,president determines   
appropriate4  7d7 ,role of ,,ustr ,the  
,united ,states ,trade ,representative1 

in consultation with the ,secretary of  
,treasury1 the ,secretary of ,commerce1 
and the heads of other relevant ,federal
 agencies1 shall advise the ,president  
in determining the effective rate of    
duty imposed by the nontariff barriers  
applied by a foreign country with       
respect to a good1 alone or in          
combination with any tariffs imposed by 
that country on that good1 in the case  
of a determination described in         
subsection 7a77#b74  7e7 ,lower rate of 
duty ,the ,president may impose a rate  
of duty on imports of a good from a     
foreign country that is lower than the  
rate of duty described in subsection    
7b77#b77;,a7 or lower than the effective
 rate of duty described in subsection   
7b77#b77;,b71 as the case may be1 if the
 ,president determines that application 
of such lower rate of duty is necessary 
and appropriate4  7f7 ,higher rate of   
duty ,if the ,president imposes a rate  
of duty on imports of a good from a     
foreign country under subsection        

7b77#b71 and the country further        
increases its rate of duty on imports of
 the good from the ,united ,states1 the 
,president may further increase the rate
 of duty on imports of the good from the
 country to a rate that is equal to the 
rate of duty applied by that country4   
7g7 ,termination ,the ,president shall  
terminate the imposition of any increase
 in the rate of duty on imports of a    
good from a foreign country under       
subsection 7b77#b7 effective on the date
 on which the ,president determines     
that--  7#a7 the foreign country is no  
longer-- 7,a7 imposing a rate of duty   
with respect to the good1 as described  
in subsection 7a77#a72 or  7,b7 applying
 nontariff barriers with respect to the 
good1 as described in subsection        
7a77#b72 or  7#b7 continued imposition  
of the increased rate of duty on imports
 of the good from the foreign country is
 not in the economic or public interest 
of the ,united ,states4  #d4 ,notice and
 consultation  7a7 ,in general ,before  

taking any action authorized under      
section #c7;b77#a71 the ,president shall
 provide notice to and consult with the 
,committee on ,ways and ,means of the   
,house of ,representatives and the      
,committee on ,finance of the ,senate   
regarding the proposed action4  7b7     
,notice ,before taking any action       
authorized under section #c7;b77#b71 the
 ,president shall--  7#a7 not less than 
#de days before the date on which       
imposition of an increased rate of duty 
on imports of a good from a foreign     
country is to take effect1 publish      
notice in the ,federal ,register of1 and
 allow for public comment on1 the       
proposed imposition and level of such   
increased rate of duty2 and  7#b7 seek  
advice regarding the proposed action    
from the advisory committees established
 under section #ace of the ,trade ,act  
of #aigd 7#ai ,u4,s4,c4 #baee74  7c7    
,additional notice ,the ,president shall
 promptly publish in the ,federal       
,register notice of any action taken    

pursuant to section #c7;f7 or #c7;g74   
#e4 ,congressional disapproval of       
,presidential imposition of rates of    
duty on imports of goods from foreign   
countries under section #c7;b77#b72     
disapproval resolution  7a7 ,in general 
,an action taken by the ,president under
 section #c7;b77#b7 to impose a rate of 
duty on imports of a good from a foreign
 country shall cease to have force and  
effect upon the enactment of a          
disapproval resolution1 provided for in 
subsection 7b71 relating to that action4
  7b7 ,congressional rulemaking power2  
disapproval resolution  7#a7 ,in general
 ,this section is enacted by the        
,congress-- 7,a7 as an exercise of the  
rulemaking power of the ,house of       
,representatives and the ,senate1       
respectively1 and as such is deemed a   
part of the rules of each ,house1       
respectively1 but applicable only with  
respect to the procedures to be followed
 in that ,house in the case of          
disapproval resolutions and such        

procedures supersede other rules only to
 the extent that they are inconsistent  
therewith2 and  7,b7 with the full      
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating to the procedure of    
that ,house7 at any time1 in the same   
manner1 and to the same extent as any   
other rule of that ,house4  7#b7        
,disapproval resolution ,for purposes of
 this section1 the term disapproval     
resolution means only a joint resolution
 of either ,house of ,congress the      
matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,that the ,congress
 disapproves the action taken under     
section #c7;b77#b7 of the ,united       
,states ,reciprocal ,trade ,act with    
respect to the imposition of a rate of  
duty on imports of  from  under such    
section #c7;b77#b741 the first blank    
space being filled with a description of
 the good with respect to which the duty
 is imposed under section #c7;b77#b7 and
 the second blank being filled with the 

name of the foreign country from which  
the good is imported into the ,united   
,states4  7#c7 ,consideration  7,a7     
,introduction ,all disapproval          
resolutions introduced in the ,house of 
,representatives shall be referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means and  
all disapproval resolutions introduced  
in the ,senate shall be referred to the 
,committee on ,finance4  7,b7           
,amendments prohibited2 motions to      
suspend application of this subparagraph
 prohibited ,no amendment to a          
disapproval resolution shall be in order
 in either the ,house of                
,representatives or the ,senate1 and no 
motion to suspend the application of    
this subparagraph shall be in order in  
either ,house nor shall it be in order  
in either ,house for the ,presiding     
,officer to entertain a request to      
suspend the application of this         
subparagraph by unanimous consent4  7,c7
 ,majority required for adoption ,a     
disapproval resolution considered under 

this subsection shall require an        
affirmative vote of two-thirds of the   
,members1 duly chosen and sworn1 for    
adoption4  #f4 ,report ,before entering 
into an agreement with a foreign country
 under section #c7;b77#a71 the ,united  
,states ,trade ,representative shall    
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees and leadership a report that 
describes--  7#a7 the implementation of 
the agreement1 including how it is      
consistent with and does not materially 
differ from or otherwise affect ,federal
 or ,state laws or regulations2  7#b7   
the impact on the competitiveness of    
,united ,states businesses2 and  7#c7   
the impact on ,united ,states consumers4
  #g4 ,sunset of ,presidential          
imposition of rates of duty on imports  
of goods from foreign countries under   
section #c7;b77#b7 by disapproval       
resolution  7a7 ,in general ,the        
authority of the ,president to take an  
action under section #c7;b77#b7 to      
impose a rate of duty on imports of a   

good from a foreign country--  7#a7     
shall be effective for the period ending
 on the date that is three years after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act2 
and  7#b7 shall be extended for an      
additional period of three years if 7and
 only if7--  7,a7 the ,president        
requests such extension under subsection
 7b72 and  7,b7 a disapproval resolution
 is not enacted into law as provided for
 under subsection 7c74  7b7 ,report to  
,congress ,if the ,president is of the  
opinion that the authority of the       
,president to take an action under      
section #c7;b77#b7 to impose a rate of  
duty on imports of a good from a foreign
 country should be extended for the     
additional period described in          
subsection 7a77#b71 the ,president shall
 submit to ,congress1 not later than the
 date that is three months before the   
end of the period described in          
subsection 7a77#a71 a written report    
that contains a request for such        
extension1 together with a description  

of all actions taken under section      
#c7;b77#b7 to date4  7c7 ,disapproval   
resolution  7#a7 ,congressional         
rulemaking power ,this section is       
enacted by the ,congress--  7,a7 as an  
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,house of ,representatives and the      
,senate1 respectively1 and as such is   
deemed a part of the rules of each      
,house1 respectively1 but applicable    
only with respect to the procedures to  
be followed in that ,house in the case  
of disapproval resolutions and such     
procedures supersede other rules only to
 the extent that they are inconsistent  
therewith2 and  7,b7 with the full      
recognition of the constitutional right 
of either ,house to change the rules 7so
 far as relating to the procedure of    
that ,house7 at any time1 in the same   
manner1 and to the same extent as any   
other rule of that ,house4  7#b7        
,disapproval resolution ,for purposes of
 subsection 7a71 the term disapproval   
resolution means only a joint resolution

 of either ,house of ,congress the      
matter after the resolving clause of    
which is as follows3 ,that the ,congress
 disapproves the request of the         
,president for the extension1 under     
section #g7;a77#b77;,a7 of the ,united  
,states ,reciprocal ,trade ,act1 of the 
authority of the ,president to take an  
action under section #c7;b77#b7 of such 
,act to impose a rate of duty on imports
 of a good from a foreign country after 
the period ending on the date that is   
three years after the date of the       
enactment of such ,act44  7#c7          
,introduction2 referral ,a disapproval  
resolution--  7,a7 may be introduced in 
either ,house of ,congress by any member
 of such ,house2 and  7,b7 shall be     
referred1 in the ,house of              
,representatives1 to the ,committee on  
,ways and ,means and1 in addition1 to   
the ,committee on ,rules4  7#d7 ,floor  
consideration ,the provisions of        
subsections 7d7 and 7e7 of section #aeb 
of the ,trade ,act of #aigd 7#ai        

,u4,s4,c4 #baib7 7relating to the floor 
consideration of certain resolutions in 
the ,house and ,senate7 apply to a      
disapproval resolution4  7#e7           
,limitations on consideration ,it is not
 in order for--  7,a7 the ,house of     
,representatives to consider any        
disapproval resolution not reported by  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means and1 
in addition1 by the ,committee on       
,rules2  7,b7 the ,senate to consider   
any disapproval resolution not reported 
by the ,committee on ,finance2 or  7,c7 
either ,house of ,congress to consider a
 disapproval resolution after the date  
that is three years after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act4  7d7 ,rules 
of construction  7#a7 ,in general ,an   
action authorized under section         
#c7;b77#b7 to impose a rate of duty on  
imports of a good from a foreign country
 that is taken before the end of the    
period described in subsection 7a77#a7  
or the end of the period described in   
subsection 7a77#b7 shall remain in      

effect after the end of such respective 
period4  7#b7 ,additional authorities   
,the ,president may exercise the        
authorities of subsections 7e71 7f71 and
 7g7 of section #c with respect to an   
action described in paragraph 7#a7 after
 the end of the period described in such
 paragraph that is applicable to such   
action4  #h4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3
  7#a7 ,appropriate congressional       
committees and leadership ,the term     
appropriate congressional committees and
 leadership means-- 7,a7 the ,committee 
on ,ways and ,means of the ,house of    
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,finance of the ,senate2 and  7,b7 the  
,speaker of the ,house of               
,representatives1 the minority leader of
 the ,house of ,representatives1 the    
majority leader of the ,senate1 and the 
minority leader of the ,senate4  7#b7   
,nontariff barrier ,the term nontariff  
barrier includes any government-imposed 
measure or policy1 other than a customs 
duty1 that restricts1 prevents1 or      

impedes international trade in goods1   
including import policies1 sanitary and 
phytosanitary measures1 technical       
barriers to trade1 government           
procurement1 export subsidies1 lack of  
intellectual property protection1       
digital trade barriers1 and             
government-tolerated anticompetitive    
conduct of state-owned or private firms4
  7#c7 ,rate of duty ,the term rate of  
duty means the rate of customs duty     
applied on imports of a good1 but does  
not include an antidumping or           
countervailing duty or a duty applied   
under a preferential tariff arrangement4