                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                   CHAPTER 7--TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM
 
                     SUBCHAPTER II--TRADE AGREEMENTS
 
                    Part V--Administrative Provisions
 
Sec. 1872. Interagency trade organization


(a) Establishment; functions; membership and composition; participation 
        of representatives of other agencies; meetings

    (1) The President shall establish an interagency organization.
    (2) The functions of the organization are--
        (A) to assist, and make recommendations to, the President in 
    carrying out the functions vested in him by the trade laws and to 
    advise the United States Trade Representative (hereinafter in this 
    section referred to as the ``Trade Representative'') in carrying out 
    the functions set forth in section 2171 of this title;
        (B) to assist the President, and advise the Trade 
    Representative, with respect to the development and implementation 
    of the international trade policy objectives of the United States; 
    and
        (C) to advise the President and the Trade Representative with 
    respect to the relationship between the international trade policy 
    objectives of the United States and other major policy areas which 
    may significantly affect the overall international trade policy and 
    trade competitiveness of the United States.

    (3) The interagency organization shall be composed of the following:
        (A) The Trade Representative, who shall be chairperson.
        (B) The Secretary of Commerce.
        (C) The Secretary of State.
        (D) The Secretary of the Treasury.
        (E) The Secretary of Agriculture.
        (F) The Secretary of Labor.

The Trade Representative may invite representatives from other agencies, 
as appropriate, to attend particular meetings if subject matters of 
specific functional interest to such agencies are under consideration. 
It shall meet at such times and with respect to such matters as the 
President or the Chairman shall direct.

(b) Duties

    In assisting the President, the organization shall--
        (1) make recommendations to the President on basic policy issues 
    arising in the administration of the trade agreements program,
        (2) make recommendations to the President as to what action, if 
    any, he should take on reports submitted to him by the United States 
    International Trade Commission under section 2251(d) \1\ of this 
    title,
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        (3) advise the President of the results of hearings held 
    pursuant to section 2412(b)(2) \1\ of this title, and recommend 
    appropriate action with respect thereto, and
        (4) perform such other functions with respect to the trade 
    agreements program as the President may from time to time designate.

In carrying out its functions under this subsection, the organization 
shall take into account the advice of the congressional advisers and 
private sector advisory committees, as well as that of any committee or 
other body established to advise the department, agency, or office which 
a member of the organization heads.

(c) Use of resources of agencies; procedures and committees

    The organization shall, to the maximum extent practicable, draw upon 
the resources of the agencies represented in the organization, as well 
as such other agencies as it may determine, including the United States 
International Trade Commission. In addition, the President may establish 
by regulation such procedures and committees as he may determine to be 
necessary to enable the organization to provide for the conduct of 
hearings pursuant to section 2412(b)(2) of this title, and for the 
carrying out of other functions assigned to the organization pursuant to 
this section.

(Pub. L. 87-794, title II, Sec. 242, Oct. 11, 1962, 76 Stat. 878; Pub. 
L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 171(b), title VI, Sec. 602(b), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 
Stat. 2009, 2072; Pub. L. 96-39, title IX, Sec. 902(c), July 26, 1979, 
93 Stat. 300; Pub. L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1621(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 
Stat. 1263.)

                       References in Text

    Section 2251 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was 
amended generally by Pub. L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1401(a), Aug. 23, 
1988, 102 Stat. 1225, and as so amended does not contain a subsec. (d). 
See section 2252(f) of this title.
    Section 2412 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(3), was 
amended generally by Pub. L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1301(a), Aug. 23, 
1988, 102 Stat. 1168, and as so amended the provisions of subsec. (b)(2) 
of section 2412 are contained in subsec. (a)(4).


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1621(a)(1), amended subsec. 
(a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The 
President shall establish an interagency organization to assist him in 
carrying out the functions vested in him by this subchapter and sections 
2251, 2252, and 2253 of this title. Such organization shall, in addition 
to the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, be composed of the 
heads of such departments and of such other officers as the President 
shall designate. It shall meet at such times and with respect to such 
matters as the President or the chairman of the organization shall 
direct. The organization may invite the participation in its activities 
of any agency not represented in the organization when matters of 
interest to such agency are under consideration.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-418, Sec. 1621(a)(2), inserted at end: ``In 
carrying out its functions under this subsection, the organization shall 
take into account the advice of the congressional advisers and private 
sector advisory committees, as well as that of any committee or other 
body established to advise the department, agency, or office which a 
member of the organization heads.''
    1979--Subsecs. (b)(3), (c). Pub. L. 96-39 substituted ``section 
2412(b)(2) of this title'' for ``section 2411(c) and (d) of this 
title''.
    1975--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-618, Sec. 602(b)(1), substituted 
reference to sections 2251, 2252, and 2253 of this title for reference 
to sections 1981 and 1982 of this title.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 93-618, Sec. 602(b)(2), (3), substituted 
``reports submitted to him'' for ``reports with respect to tariff 
adjustment submitted to him'' and ``section 2251(d) of this title'' for 
``section 1901(e) of this title.''
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 93-618, Sec. 602(b)(4), (5), substituted 
``hearings held pursuant to'' for hearings concerning foreign import 
restrictions held pursuant to'' and ``section 2411(c) and (d) of this 
title'' for ``section 1882(d) of this title''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-618, Sec. 602(b)(5), substituted ``section 
2411(c) and (d) of this title'' for ``section 1882(d) of this title''.
    Pub. L. 93-618, Sec. 171(b), substituted ``United States 
International Trade Commission'' for ``United States Tariff 
Commission''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-39 effective July 26, 1979, see section 903 
of Pub. L. 96-39, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2411 
of this title.


                   Establishment of Interagency Group

    For provisions establishing an interagency group within the 
interagency organization established under this section, relating to the 
implementation of chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
as well as the oversight of the United States Section established under 
section 3315 of this title, see section 3432(c)(2) of this title.
    For provisions establishing an interagency group within the 
interagency organization established under this section, relating to the 
implementation of chapters 18 and 19 of the United States-Canada Free-
Trade Agreement, see section 405 of Pub. L. 100-449, set out in a note 
under section 2112 of this title.


      Sense of Congress Respecting Role of Interagency Organization

    Section 1621(b) of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that: ``It is the sense 
of Congress that the interagency organization established under 
subsection (a) [amending this section] should be the principal 
interagency forum within the executive branch on international trade 
policy matters.''

        Transfer of Functions From East-West Foreign Trade Board

    East-West Foreign Trade Board, which was established by Pub. L. 93-
618, title IV, Sec. 411, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2065, and classified to 
section 2441 of this title, abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979, 
Sec. 6, 44 Stat. 69275, 93 Stat. 1381, eff. Jan. 2, 1980, as provided by 
section 1-107(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 993, set 
out as notes under section 2171 of this title, and functions of Board 
under subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 411 of Pub. L. 93-618 transferred 
to interagency organization established under this section by section 
5(e) of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979. See section 2441 of this title.


                         Trade Policy Committee

    For provisions relating to Trade Policy Committee, see section 3 of 
Ex. Ord. No. 11846, Mar. 27, 1975, 40 F.R. 14291, set out as a note 
under section 2111 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2114c, 2114d, 2171, 2241, 
2253, 2512, 2553, 2554, 2804, 3108, 3432, 3437 of this title.
