                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY
 
           Part 3--Hearings and Advice Concerning Negotiations
 
Sec. 2152. Advice from executive departments and other sources

    Before any trade agreement is entered into under section 2133 of 
this title or section 2902 of this title, the President shall seek 
information and advice with respect to such agreement from the 
Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, State 
and the Treasury, from the United States Trade Representative, and from 
such other sources as he may deem appropriate. Such advice shall be 
prepared and presented consistent with the provisions of Reorganization 
Plan Number 3 of 1979, Executive Order Number 12188 and section 2171(c) 
of this title.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 132, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1995; Pub. L. 
100-418, title I, Sec. 1111(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1137.)

                       References in Text

    Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1979, referred to in text, is set 
out as a note under section 2171 of this title.
    Executive Order Number 12188, referred to in text, is set out as a 
note under section 2171 of this title.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``Before any trade agreement is entered into 
under part 1 of this subchapter or section 2133 or 2134 of this title, 
the President shall seek information and advice with respect to such 
agreement from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, 
Interior, Labor, State and the Treasury, from the United States Trade 
Representative, and from such other sources as he may deem 
appropriate.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2137, 2463 of this title.
