                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY
 
           Part 3--Hearings and Advice Concerning Negotiations
 
Sec. 2155. Information and advice from private and public 
        sectors
        

(a) In general

    (1) The President shall seek information and advice from 
representative elements of the private sector and the non-Federal 
governmental sector with respect to--
        (A) negotiating objectives and bargaining positions before 
    entering into a trade agreement under this subchapter or section 
    2902 of this title;
        (B) the operation of any trade agreement once entered into, 
    including preparation for dispute settlement panel proceedings to 
    which the United States is a party; and
        (C) other matters arising in connection with the development, 
    implementation, and administration of the trade policy of the United 
    States, including those matters referred to in Reorganization Plan 
    Number 3 of 1979 and Executive Order Numbered 12188, and the 
    priorities for actions thereunder.

To the maximum extent feasible, such information and advice on 
negotiating objectives shall be sought and considered before the 
commencement of negotiations.
    (2) The President shall consult with representative elements of the 
private sector and the non-Federal governmental sector on the overall 
current trade policy of the United States. The consultations shall 
include, but are not limited to, the following elements of such policy:
        (A) The principal multilateral and bilateral trade negotiating 
    objectives and the progress being made toward their achievement.
        (B) The implementation, operation, and effectiveness of recently 
    concluded multilateral and bilateral trade agreements and resolution 
    of trade disputes.
        (C) The actions taken under the trade laws of the United States 
    and the effectiveness of such actions in achieving trade policy 
    objectives.
        (D) Important developments in other areas of trade for which 
    there must be developed a proper policy response.

    (3) The President shall take the advice received through 
consultation under paragraph (2) into account in determining the 
importance which should be placed on each major objective and 
negotiating position that should be adopted in order to achieve the 
overall trade policy of the United States.

(b) Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations

    (1) The President shall establish an Advisory Committee for Trade 
Policy and Negotiations to provide overall policy advice on matters 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section. The committee shall be 
composed of not more than 45 individuals and shall include 
representatives of non-Federal governments, labor, industry, 
agriculture, small business, service industries, retailers, 
nongovernmental environmental and conservation organizations, and 
consumer interests. The committee shall be broadly representative of the 
key sectors and groups of the economy, particularly with respect to 
those sectors and groups which are affected by trade. Members of the 
committee shall be recommended by the United States Trade Representative 
and appointed by the President for a term of 2 years. An individual may 
be reappointed to committee for any number of terms. Appointments to the 
Committee \1\ shall be made without regard to political affiliation.
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    (2) The committee shall meet as needed at the call of the United 
States Trade Representative or at the call of two-thirds of the members 
of the committee. The chairman of the committee shall be elected by the 
committee from among its members.
    (3) The United States Trade Representative shall make available to 
the committee such staff, information, personnel, and administrative 
services and assistance as it may reasonably require to carry out its 
activities.

(c) General policy, sectoral, or functional advisory committees

    (1) The President may establish individual general policy advisory 
committees for industry, labor, agriculture, services, investment, 
defense, and other interests, as appropriate, to provide general policy 
advice on matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section. Such 
committees shall, insofar as is practicable, be representative of all 
industry, labor, agricultural, service, investment, defense, and other 
interests, respectively, including small business interests, and shall 
be organized by the United States Trade Representative and the 
Secretaries of Commerce, Defense, Labor, Agriculture, the Treasury, or 
other executive departments, as appropriate. The members of such 
committees shall be appointed by the United States Trade Representative 
in consultation with such Secretaries.
    (2) The President shall establish such sectoral or functional 
advisory committees as may be appropriate. Such committees shall, 
insofar as is practicable, be representative of all industry, labor, 
agricultural, or service interests (including small business interests) 
in the sector or functional areas concerned. In organizing such 
committees, the United States Trade Representative and the Secretaries 
of Commerce, Labor, Agriculture, the Treasury, or other executive 
departments, as appropriate, shall--
        (A) consult with interested private organizations; and
        (B) take into account such factors as--
            (i) patterns of actual and potential competition between 
        United States industry and agriculture and foreign enterprise in 
        international trade,
            (ii) the character of the nontariff barriers and other 
        distortions affecting such competition,
            (iii) the necessity for reasonable limits on the number of 
        such advisory committees,
            (iv) the necessity that each committee be reasonably limited 
        in size, and
            (v) in the case of each sectoral committee, that the product 
        lines covered by each committee be reasonably related.

    (3) The President--
        (A) may, if necessary, establish policy advisory committees 
    representing non-Federal governmental interests to provide policy 
    advice--
            (i) on matters referred to in subsection (a) of this 
        section, and
            (ii) with respect to implementation of trade agreements, and

        (B) shall include as members of committees established under 
    subparagraph (A) representatives of non-Federal governmental 
    interests if he finds such inclusion appropriate after consultation 
    by the United States Trade Representative with such representatives.

    (4) Appointments to each committee established under paragraph (1), 
(2), or (3) shall be made without regard to political affiliation.

(d) Policy, technical, and other advice and information

    Committees established under subsection (c) of this section shall 
meet at the call of the United States Trade Representative and the 
Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Defense, or other executive 
departments, as appropriate, to provide policy advice, technical advice 
and information, and advice on other factors relevant to the matters 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

(e) Meeting of advisory committees at conclusion of negotiations

    (1) The Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, each 
appropriate policy advisory committee, and each sectoral or functional 
advisory committee, if the sector or area which such committee 
represents is affected, shall meet at the conclusion of negotiations for 
each trade agreement entered into under section 2902 of this title, to 
provide to the President, to Congress, and to the United States Trade 
Representative a report on such agreement. Each report that applies to a 
trade agreement entered into under section 2902 of this title shall be 
provided under the preceding sentence not later than the date on which 
the President notifies the Congress under section 2903(a)(1)(A) of this 
title of his intention to enter into that agreement.
    (2) The report of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and 
Negotiations and each appropriate policy advisory committee shall 
include an advisory opinion as to whether and to what extent the 
agreement promotes the economic interests of the United States and 
achieves the applicable overall and principal negotiating objectives set 
forth in section 2901 of this title, as appropriate.
    (3) The report of the appropriate sectoral or functional committee 
under paragraph (1) shall include an advisory opinion as to whether the 
agreement provides for equity and reciprocity within the sector or 
within the functional area.

(f) Application of Federal Advisory Committee Act

    The provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act apply--
        (1) to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations 
    established under subsection (b) of this section; and
        (2) to all other advisory committees which may be established 
    under subsection (c) of this section; except that the meetings of 
    advisory committees established under subsections (b) and (c) of 
    this section shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections 
    (a) and (b) of sections 10 and 11 of the Federal Advisory Committee 
    Act (relating to open meetings, public notice, public participation, 
    and public availability of documents), whenever and to the extent it 
    is determined by the President or his designee that such meetings 
    will be concerned with matters the disclosure of which would 
    seriously compromise the development by the United States Government 
    of trade policy, priorities, negotiating objectives or bargaining 
    positions with respect to matters referred to in subsection (a) of 
    this section, and that meetings may be called of such special task 
    forces, plenary meetings of chairmen, or other such groups made up 
    of members of the committees established under subsections (b) and 
    (c) of this section.

(g) Trade secrets and confidential information

    (1) Trade secrets and commercial or financial information which is 
privileged or confidential, and which is submitted in confidence by the 
private sector or non-Federal government to officers or employees of the 
United States in connection with trade negotiations, may be disclosed 
upon request to--
        (A) officers and employees of the United States designated by 
    the United States Trade Representative;
        (B) members of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
    Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate who are 
    designated as official advisers under section 2211(a)(1) of this 
    title or are designated by the chairmen of either such committee 
    under section 2211(b)(3)(A) of this title and staff members of 
    either such committee designated by the chairmen under section 
    2211(b)(3)(A) of this title; and
        (C) members of any committee of the House or Senate or any joint 
    committee of Congress who are designated as advisers under section 
    2211(a)(2) of this title or designated by the chairman of such 
    committee under section 2211(b)(3)(B) of this title and staff 
    members of such committee designated under section 2211(b)(3)(B) of 
    this title, but disclosure may be made under this subparagraph only 
    with respect to trade secrets or commercial or financial information 
    that is relevant to trade policy matters or negotiations that are 
    within the legislative jurisdiction of such committee;

for use in connection with matters referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section.
    (2) Information other than that described in paragraph (1), and 
advice submitted in confidence by the private sector or non-Federal 
government to officers or employees of the United States, to the 
Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, or to any advisory 
committee established under subsection (c) of this section, in 
connection with matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section, 
may be disclosed upon request to--
        (A) the individuals described in paragraph (1); and
        (B) the appropriate advisory committee established under this 
    section.

    (3) Information submitted in confidence by officers or employees of 
the United States to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and 
Negotiations, or to any advisory committee established under subsection 
(c) of this section, may be disclosed in accordance with rules issued by 
the United States Trade Representative and the Secretaries of Commerce, 
Labor, Defense, Agriculture, or other executive departments, as 
appropriate, after consultation with the relevant advisory committees 
established under subsection (c) of this section. Such rules shall 
define the categories of information which require restricted or 
confidential handling by such committee considering the extent to which 
public disclosure of such information can reasonably be expected to 
prejudice the development of trade policy, priorities, or United States 
negotiating objectives. Such rules shall, to the maximum extent 
feasible, permit meaningful consultations by advisory committee members 
with persons affected by matters referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section.

(h) Advisory committee support

    The United States Trade Representative, and the Secretaries of 
Commerce, Labor, Defense, Agriculture, the Treasury, or other executive 
departments, as appropriate, shall provide such staff, information, 
personnel, and administrative services and assistance to advisory 
committees established under subsection (c) of this section as such 
committees may reasonably require to carry out their activities.

(i) Consultation with advisory committees; procedures; nonacceptance of 
        committee advice or recommendations

    It shall be the responsibility of the United States Trade 
Representative, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Commerce, Labor, 
Agriculture, the Treasury, or other executive departments, as 
appropriate, to adopt procedures for consultation with and obtaining 
information and advice from the advisory committees established under 
subsection (c) of this section on a continuing and timely basis. Such 
consultation shall include the provision of information to each advisory 
committee as to--
        (1) significant issues and developments; and
        (2) overall negotiating objectives and positions of the United 
    States and other parties;

with respect to matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section. 
The United States Trade Representative shall not be bound by the advice 
or recommendations of such advisory committees, but shall inform the 
advisory committees of significant departures from such advice or 
recommendations made. In addition, in the course of consultations with 
the Congress under this subchapter, information on the advice and 
information provided by advisory committees shall be made available to 
congressional advisers.

(j) Private organizations or groups

    In addition to any advisory committee established under this 
section, the President shall provide adequate, timely and continuing 
opportunity for the submission on an informal basis (and, if such 
information is submitted under the provisions of subsection (g) of this 
section, on a confidential basis) by private organizations or groups, 
representing government, labor, industry, agriculture, small business, 
service industries, consumer interests, and others, of statistics, data 
and other trade information, as well as policy recommendations, 
pertinent to any matter referred to in subsection (a) of this section.

(k) Scope of participation by members of advisory committees

    Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to authorize or 
permit any individual to participate directly in any negotiation of any 
matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section. To the maximum 
extent practicable, the members of the committees established under 
subsections (b) and (c) of this section, and other appropriate parties, 
shall be informed and consulted before and during any such negotiations. 
They may be designated as advisors to a negotiating delegation, and may 
be permitted to participate in international meetings to the extent the 
head of the United States delegation deems appropriate. However, they 
may not speak or negotiate for the United States.

(l) Advisory committees established by Department of Agriculture

    The provisions of title XVIII of the Food and Agriculture Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2281 et seq.) shall not apply to any advisory committee 
established under subsection (c) of this section.

(m) ``Non-Federal government'' defined

    As used in this section, the term ``non-Federal government'' means--
        (1) any State, territory, or possession of the United States, or 
    the District of Columbia, or any political subdivision thereof; or
        (2) any agency or instrumentality of any entity described in 
    paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 135, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 1996; Pub. L. 
96-39, title XI, Sec. 1103, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 308; Pub. L. 98-573, 
title III, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3011; Pub. L. 99-
514, title XVIII, Sec. 1887(a)(2), Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2923; Pub. 
L. 100-418, title I, Sec. 1631, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1264; Pub. L. 
103-465, title I, Secs. 127(f), 128, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4836.)

                       References in Text

    Reorganization Plan Number 3 of 1979, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(1)(C), is set out as a note under section 2171 of this title.
    Executive Order Numbered 12188, referred to in subsec. (a)(1)(C), is 
set out as a note under section 2171 of this title.
    The Federal Advisory Committee Act, referred to in subsec (f), is 
Pub. L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770, as amended, which is set out 
in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    The Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (l), is 
Pub. L. 95-113, Sept. 29, 1977, 91 Stat. 913, as amended. Title XVIII of 
the Act is classified generally to chapter 55A (Sec. 2281 et seq.) of 
Title 7, Agriculture. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title of 1977 Amendment note set out under section 1281 
of Title 7 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-465, Sec. 127(f), amended 
subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: 
``the operation of any trade agreement once entered into; and''.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-465, Sec. 128, inserted 
``nongovernmental environmental and conservation organizations,'' after 
``retailers,''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-418 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for provisions which, in the following subsections, 
had related to: subsec. (a), information and advice on trade agreements 
and other matters; subsec. (b), Advisory Committee for Trade 
Negotiations; subsec. (c), general policy, sectoral, functional, or 
policy advisory committees; subsec. (d), policy advice, technical advice 
and information, and other advice; subsec. (e), meeting of advisory 
committees at conclusion of negotiations for trade agreements; subsec. 
(f), Federal Advisory Committee Act; subsec. (g), trade secrets and 
confidential commercial, financial, or other information; subsec. (h), 
staff, information, personnel, and administrative services and 
assistance to advisory committees; subsec. (i), consultation with 
advisory committees; adoption of procedures; nonacceptance of committee 
advice or recommendations; subsec. (j), private or non-Federal 
government organizations or groups; subsec. (k), direct participation in 
negotiations by private individuals not authorized; information, 
consultation, participation of committee members and appropriate parties 
in international meetings; restrictions; subsec. (l), advisory 
committees established by Department of Agriculture; and subsec. (m), 
definition of ``non-Federal government''.
    1986--Subsecs. (m), (n). Pub. L. 99-514 redesignated subsec. (n) as 
(m).
    1984--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98-573, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B)(i), inserted 
``and the non-Federal governmental sector'' after ``private sector''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 98-573, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B)(ii), added par. 
(3).
    Subsec. (g)(1)(A), (B). Pub. L. 98-573, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B)(iii), 
inserted ``or non-Federal government'' after ``private''.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 98-573, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B)(iii), (iv), inserted 
``or non-Federal government'' after ``private'' and ``government,'' 
before ``labor, industry''.
    Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 98-573, Sec. 306(c)(2)(B)(v), added subsec. 
(n).
    1979--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(1), (2), struck out ``, 
in accordance with the provisions of this section,'' after ``President'' 
and required the seeking of information and advice respecting operation 
of a trade agreement once entered into and respecting other matters 
arising in connection with the administration of trade policy of the 
United States.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(3), substituted ``matters 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section'' for ``any trade 
agreement referred to in section 2111 or 2112 of this title''.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(4), substituted requirement 
that the members elect the Chairman of the Committee from among its 
membership for provision designating the Special Representative as 
Chairman and struck out provision for termination of the Committee upon 
submission of its report to Congress as soon as practical after the end 
of the period which ends 5 years after Jan. 3, 1975.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(5), inserted a comma after 
``initiative'', included references to ``services'', and substituted 
``general policy advice on matters referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section'' for ``general policy advice on any trade agreement referred to 
in section 2111 or 2112 of this title'', ``Special Representative for 
Trade Negotiations'' for ``President acting through the Special 
Representative for Trade Negotiations'' and ``or Agriculture'' for ``and 
Agriculture''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(6)-(9), substituted ``The 
President shall establish such sectoral or functional advisory 
committees as may be appropriate'' for ``The President shall, on his own 
initiative or at the request of organizations in a particular sector, 
establish such industry, labor, or agricultural sector advisory 
committees as he determines to be necessary for any trade negotiations 
referred to in section 2111 or 2112 of this title'' and ``Such 
committees shall, insofar as is practicable, be representative of all 
industry, labor, agricultural, or service interests (including small 
business interests) in the sector or functional areas concerned'' for 
``Such committees shall, so far as practicable, be representative of all 
industry, labor, or agricultural interests including small business 
interests in the sector concerned'' and ``the Special Representative for 
Trade Negotiations'' for ``the President, acting through the Special 
Representative for Trade Negotiations'', struck out ``product sector'' 
before ``advisory committees'', and inserted ``, in the case of each 
sectoral committee,'' before ``the product lines''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(10), required committee 
meetings to be also summoned at joint instance of Secretary of 
Agriculture, Commerce, or Labor, as appropriate, previously required to 
be called before and during trade negotiations, struck out item (1) 
through (3) designation for ``policy advice'', ``technical advice'' and 
``advice on other factors'', struck out ``on negotiations'' and ``on 
negotiations on particular products both domestic and foreign'' after 
``policy advice'' and ``technical advice and information'' and 
substituted ``factors relevant to the matters referred to in subsection 
(a) of this section'' for ``factors relevant to positions of the United 
States in trade negotiations.''
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(11)-(14), redesignated par. 
(1) as entire provision, and in provision as so redesignated, 
substituted ``each sector or functional advisory committee, if the 
sector or area'' for ``each sector advisory committee, if the sector'', 
``appropriate sector or functional area'' for ``appropriate sector'', 
and ``within the sector or within the functional area'' for ``within the 
sector'', and struck out par. (2) which required a report to Congress by 
the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations by each policy advisory 
committee, and, each sector advisory committee as soon as practicable at 
end of the period ending 5 years after Jan. 3, 1975, including advisory 
opinions of the respective committees as to how the trade agreements 
serve the economic interests of United States and how provision is made 
for equity and reciprocity within the sector.
    Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(15)(A), (B), substituted 
``committees'' for ``groups'' and ``with respect to matters referred to 
in subsection (a) of this section'' for ``on the negotiation of any 
trade agreement''.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(16), (17)(A), (B), substituted 
in par. (1)(A) ``matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section'' 
for ``a trade agreement referred to in section 2111 or 2112 of this 
title'', in par. (1)(B) ``matters referred to in subsection (a) of this 
section'' for ``trade negotiations'', and in par. (2) ``matters referred 
to in subsection (a) of this title'' for ``proposed trade agreements''.
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(18)(A)-(C), struck out in 
provision before cl. (1) ``, both during preparation for negotiations 
and actual negotiations'' after ``basis'' and in cl. (1) ``arising in 
preparation for or in the course of such negotiations'' after 
``developments'' and substituted in cl. (2) ``with respect to matters 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section'' for ``to the 
negotiations''.
    Subsec. (j). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(19), substituted ``matters 
referred to in subsection (a) of this section'' for ``trade agreement 
referred to in section 2111 or 2112 of this title''.
    Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(19), (20), substituted 
``matters referred to in subsection (a) of this section'' for ``trade 
agreement referred to in section 2111 or 2112 of this title'' and 
provided for information to and consultations with committee members and 
appropriate parties and participation in international meetings without 
becoming spokesmen or negotiators for the United States.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 96-39, Sec. 1103(21), added subsec. (l).


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective on the date on which the WTO 
Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 
1995], see section 130 of Pub. L. 103-465, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 3531 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-39 effective July 26, 1979, see section 1114 
of Pub. L. 96-39, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2581 
of this title.


           Plan Amendments Not Required Until January 1, 1989

    For provisions directing that if any amendments made by subtitle A 
or subtitle C of title XI [Secs. 1101-1147 and 1171-1177] or title XVIII 
[Secs. 1801-1899A] of Pub. L. 99-514 require an amendment to any plan, 
such plan amendment shall not be required to be made before the first 
plan year beginning on or after Jan. 1, 1989, see section 1140 of Pub. 
L. 99-514, as amended, set out as a note under section 401 of Title 26, 
Internal Revenue Code.

   Ex. Ord. No. 12905. Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee

    Ex. Ord. No. 12905, Mar. 25, 1994, 59 F.R. 14733, provided:
    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), and section 135(c)(1) of the 
Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2155(c)(1)) (``Act''), it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. Establishment. There is established in the Office of the 
United States Trade Representative (``Trade Representative''[)] the 
``Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee'' (``Committee'').
    Sec. 2. Membership. (a) The Committee shall consist of not more than 
35 members, including, but not limited to, representatives from 
environmental interest groups, industry (including the environmental 
technology and environmental services industries), agriculture, 
services, non-Federal government, and consumer interests. The Committee 
should be broadly representative of the key sectors and groups of the 
economy with an interest in trade and environmental policy issues.
    (b) The Chairman of the Committee shall be elected by the Committee 
from among its members. Members of the Committee shall be appointed by 
the Trade Representative, in consultation with the Cabinet secretaries 
described in section 2155(c)(1) of title 19, United States Code, for a 
term of 2 years and may be reappointed for any number of terms. 
Appointments to the Committee shall be made without regard to political 
affiliation. Any member may be removed at the discretion of the Trade 
Representative.
    Sec. 3. Functions. (a) The Committee shall provide the Trade 
Representative with policy advice on issues involving trade and the 
environment.
    (b) The Committee shall submit a report to the President, to the 
Congress, and to the Trade Representative at the conclusion of 
negotiations for each trade agreement referred to in section 102 of the 
Act [19 U.S.C. 2112]. The report shall include an advisory opinion on 
whether and to what extent the agreement promotes the interests of the 
United States.
    (c) The Committee may establish such subcommittees of its members as 
it deems necessary, subject to the provisions of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act and the approval of the Trade Representative, or his 
designee.
    (d) The Committee shall report its activities to the Trade 
Representative, or his designee.
    Sec. 4. Administration. (a) The Trade Representative, or his 
designee, with the advice of the Chairman, shall be responsible for 
prior approval of the agendas for all Committee meetings.
    (b) The Trade Representative, or his designee, shall be responsible 
for determinations, filings, and other administrative requirements of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
    (c)(1) The Trade Representative shall provide funding and 
administrative and staff support for the Committee.
    (2) The Committee shall have an Executive Director who shall be a 
Federal officer or employee designated by the Trade Representative.
    (d) Members of the Committee shall serve without either compensation 
or reimbursement of expenses.
    (e) The Committee shall meet as needed at the call of the Trade 
Representative or his designee, depending on various factors such as the 
level of activity of trade negotiations and the needs of the Trade 
Representative, or at the call of two-thirds of the members of the 
Committee.
    Sec. 5. General. The Committee shall function for such period as may 
be necessary. In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act [5 
App. U.S.C.], the Committee shall terminate after 2 years from the date 
of this order unless otherwise extended.
                                                     William J. Clinton.

  Extension of Term of Trade and Environment Policy Advisory Committee

    Term of Trade and Environment Policy Committee extended until Sept. 
30, 1997, by Ex. Ord. No. 12974, Sept. 29, 1995, 60 F.R. 51875, formerly 
set out under section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act in the 
Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    Term of Trade and Environment Policy Committee extended until Sept. 
30, 1999, by Ex. Ord. No. 13062, Sec. 1(o), Sept. 29, 1997, 62 F.R. 
51755, formerly set out under section 14 of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act in the Appendix to Title 5.
    Term of Trade and Environment Policy Committee extended until Sept. 
30, 2001, by Ex. Ord. No. 13138, Sept. 30, 1999, 64 F.R. 53879, set out 
as a note under section 14 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act in the 
Appendix to Title 5.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2114, 2154, 2213, 2241, 
2242, 2412, 2413, 2414, 2512, 2514, 2547, 2703, 2902, 2903, 3108, 3313, 
3437, 3524, 3533, 3537, 3721 of this title; title 7 section 1748; title 
8 section 1184; title 22 section 6062; title 50 App. section 2405.
