                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY
 
           Part 3--Hearings and Advice Concerning Negotiations
 
Sec. 2153. Public hearings


(a) Opportunity for presentation of views

    In connection with any proposed trade agreement under section 2133 
of this title or section 2902 of this title, the President shall afford 
an opportunity for any interested person to present his views concerning 
any article on a list published under section 2151 of this title, any 
matter or article which should be so listed, any concession which should 
be sought by the United States, or any other matter relevant to such 
proposed trade agreement. For this purpose, the President shall 
designate an agency or an interagency committee which shall, after 
reasonable notice, hold public hearings and prescribe regulations 
governing the conduct of such hearings. When appropriate, such 
procedures shall apply to the development of trade policy and 
priorities.

(b) Summary of hearings

    The organization holding such hearing shall furnish the President 
with a summary thereof.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 133, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1995; Pub. L. 
100-418, title I, Sec. 1111(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1137.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows:
    ``(a) In connection with any proposed trade agreement under part 1 
of this subchapter or section 2133 or 2134 of this title, the President 
shall afford an opportunity for any interested person to present his 
views concerning any article on a list published pursuant to section 
2151 of this title, any article which should be so listed, any 
concession which should be sought by the United States, or any other 
matter relevant to such proposed trade agreement. For this purpose, the 
President shall designate an agency or an interagency committee which 
shall, after reasonable notice, hold public hearings and prescribe 
regulations governing the conduct of such hearings.
    ``(b) The organization holding such hearings shall furnish the 
President with a summary thereof.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2137, 2154, 2463 of this 
title.
