                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                      CHAPTER 12--TRADE ACT OF 1974
 
              SUBCHAPTER I--NEGOTIATING AND OTHER AUTHORITY
 
  Part 5--Congressional Procedures With Respect to Presidential Actions
 
Sec. 2191. Bills implementing trade agreements on nontariff 
        barriers and resolutions approving commercial agreements with 
        Communist countries
        

(a) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate

    This section and sections 2192 and 2193 of this title are enacted by 
the Congress--
        (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
    Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such they are 
    deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but 
    applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that 
    House in the case of implementing bills described in subsection 
    (b)(1) of this section, implementing revenue bills described in 
    subsection (b) (2) of this section, approval resolutions described 
    in subsection (b)(3) of this section, and resolutions described in 
    sections 2192(a) and 2193(a) of this title; and they supersede other 
    rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and
        (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of either 
    House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of 
    that House) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent 
    as in the case of any other rule of that House.

(b) Definitions

    For purposes of this section--
        (1) The term ``implementing bill'' means only a bill of either 
    House of Congress which is introduced as provided in subsection (c) 
    of this section with respect to one or more trade agreements, or 
    with respect to an extension described in section 3572(c)(3) of this 
    title, submitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate 
    under section 2112 of this title, section 2903(a)(1) of this title, 
    or section 3572 of this title and which contains--
            (A) a provision approving such trade agreement or agreements 
        or such extension,
            (B) a provision approving the statement of administrative 
        action (if any) proposed to implement such trade agreement or 
        agreements, and
            (C) if changes in existing laws or new statutory authority 
        is required to implement such trade agreement or agreements or 
        such extension, provisions, necessary or appropriate to 
        implement such trade agreement or agreements or such extension, 
        either repealing or amending existing laws or providing new 
        statutory authority.

        (2) The term ``implementing revenue bill or resolution'' means 
    an implementing bill, or approval resolution, which contains one or 
    more revenue measures by reason of which it must originate in the 
    House of Representatives.
        (3) The term ``approval resolution'' means only a joint 
    resolution of the two Houses of the Congress, the matter after the 
    resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That the Congress 
    approves the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect 
    to the products of ________ transmitted by the President to the 
    Congress on ________.'', the first blank space being filled with the 
    name of the country involved and the second blank space being filled 
    with the appropriate date.

(c) Introduction and referral

    (1) On the day on which a trade agreement or extension is submitted 
to the House of Representatives and the Senate under section 2112 of 
this title or section 3572 of this title, the implementing bill 
submitted by the President with respect to such trade agreement or 
extension shall be introduced (by request) in the House by the majority 
leader of the House, for himself and the minority leader of the House, 
or by Members of the House designated by the majority leader and 
minority leader of the House; and shall be introduced (by request) in 
the Senate by the majority leader of the Senate, for himself and the 
minority leader of the Senate, or by Members of the Senate designated by 
the majority leader and minority leader of the Senate. If either House 
is not in session on the day on which such a trade agreement or 
extension is submitted, the implementing bill shall be introduced in 
that House, as provided in the preceding sentence, on the first day 
thereafter on which that House is in session. Such bills shall be 
referred by the Presiding Officers of the respective Houses to the 
appropriate committee, or, in the case of a bill containing provisions 
within the jurisdiction of two or more committees, jointly to such 
committees for consideration of those provisions within their respective 
jurisdictions.
    (2) On the day on which a bilateral commercial agreement, entered 
into under subchapter IV of this chapter after January 3, 1975, is 
transmitted to the House of Representatives and the Senate, an approval 
resolution with respect to such agreement shall be introduced (by 
request) in the House by the majority leader of the House, for himself 
and the minority leader of the House, or by Members of the House 
designated by the majority leader and minority leader of the House; and 
shall be introduced (by request) in the Senate by the majority leader of 
the Senate, for himself and the minority leader of the Senate, or by 
Members of the Senate designated by the majority leader and minority 
leader of the Senate. If either House is not in session on the day on 
which such an agreement is transmitted, the approval resolution with 
respect to such agreement shall be introduced in that House, as provided 
in the preceding sentence, on the first day thereafter on which that 
House is in session. The approval resolution introduced in the House 
shall be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the approval 
resolution introduced in the Senate shall be referred to the Committee 
on Finance.

(d) Amendments prohibited

    No amendment to an implementing bill or approval resolution shall be 
in order in either the House of Representatives or the Senate; and no 
motion to suspend the application of this subsection 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 subsection by unanimous consent.

(e) Period for committee and floor consideration

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if the committee or 
committees of either House to which an implementing bill or approval 
resolution has been referred have not reported it at the close of the 
45th day after its introduction, such committee or committees shall be 
automatically discharged from further consideration of the bill or 
resolution and it shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. A vote on 
final passage of the bill or resolution shall be taken in each House on 
or before the close of the 15th day after the bill or resolution is 
reported by the committee or committees of that House to which it was 
referred, or after such committee or committees have been discharged 
from further consideration of the bill or resolution. If prior to the 
passage by one House of an implementing bill or approval resolution of 
that House, that House receives the same implementing bill or approval 
resolution from the other House, then--
        (A) the procedure in that House shall be the same as if no 
    implementing bill or approval resolution had been received from the 
    other House, but
        (B) the vote on final passage shall be on the implementing bill 
    or approval resolution of the other House.

    (2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in the Senate to 
an implementing revenue bill or resolution. An implementing revenue bill 
or resolution received from the House shall be referred to the 
appropriate committee or committees of the Senate. If such committee or 
committees have not reported such bill or resolution at the close of the 
15th day after its receipt by the Senate (or, if later, before the close 
of the 45th day after the corresponding implementing revenue bill or 
resolution was introduced in the Senate), such committee or committees 
shall be automatically discharged from further consideration of such 
bill or resolution and it shall be placed on the calendar. A vote on 
final passage of such bill or resolution shall be taken in the Senate on 
or before the close of the 15th day after such bill or resolution is 
reported by the committee or committees of the Senate to which it was 
referred, or after such committee or committees have been discharged 
from further consideration of such bill or resolution.
    (3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), in computing a number of 
days in either House, there shall be excluded any day on which that 
House is not in session.

(f) Floor consideration in the House

    (1) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the 
consideration of an implementing bill or approval resolution shall be 
highly privileged and not debatable. An amendment to the motion shall 
not be in order, nor shall it be in order to move to reconsider the vote 
by which the motion is agreed to or disagreed to.
    (2) Debate in the House of Representatives on an implementing bill 
or approval resolution shall be limited to not more than 20 hours, which 
shall be divided equally between those favoring and those opposing the 
bill or resolution. A motion further to limit debate shall not be 
debatable. It shall not be in order to move to recommit an implementing 
bill or approval resolution or to move to reconsider the vote by which 
an implementing bill or approval resolution is agreed to or disagreed 
to.
    (3) Motions to postpone, made in the House of Representatives with 
respect to the consideration of an implementing bill or approval 
resolution, and motions to proceed to the consideration of other 
business, shall be decided without debate.
    (4) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the 
application of the Rules of the House of Representatives to the 
procedure relating to an implementing bill or approval resolution shall 
be decided without debate.
    (5) Except to the extent specifically provided in the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, consideration of an implementing bill or 
approval resolution shall be governed by the Rules of the House of 
Representatives applicable to other bills and resolutions in similar 
circumstances.

(g) Floor consideration in the Senate

    (1) A motion in the Senate to proceed to the consideration of an 
implementing bill or approval resolution shall be privileged and not 
debatable. An amendment to the motion shall not be in order, nor shall 
it be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to.
    (2) Debate in the Senate on an implementing bill or approval 
resolution, and all debatable motions and appeals in connection 
therewith, shall be limited to not more than 20 hours. The time shall be 
equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority leader and the 
minority leader or their designees.
    (3) Debate in the Senate on any debatable motion or appeal in 
connection with an implementing bill or approval resolution shall be 
limited to not more than 1 hour, to be equally divided between, and 
controlled by, the mover and the manager of the bill or resolution, 
except that in the event the manager of the bill or resolution is in 
favor of any such motion or appeal, the time in opposition thereto, 
shall be controlled by the minority leader or his designee. Such 
leaders, or either of them, may, from time under their control on the 
passage of an implementing bill or approval resolution, allot additional 
time to any Senator during the consideration of any debatable motion or 
appeal.
    (4) A motion in the Senate to further limit debate is not debatable. 
A motion to recommit an implementing bill or approval resolution is not 
in order.

(Pub. L. 93-618, title I, Sec. 151, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2001; Pub. L. 
100-418, title I, Sec. 1107(b)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1135; Pub. 
L. 101-382, title I, Sec. 132(b)(2), Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 645; Pub. 
L. 103-465, title II, Sec. 282(c)(4), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4929.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-465, Sec. 282(c)(4)(A), in 
introductory provisions, inserted ``, or with respect to an extension 
described in section 3572(c)(3) of this title,'' after ``trade 
agreements'' and substituted ``, section 2903(a)(1) of this title, or 
section 3572 of this title'' for ``or section 2903(a)(1) of this 
title'', and in subpars. (A) and (C), inserted ``or such extension'' 
after ``agreements'' wherever appearing.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-465, Sec. 282(c)(4)(B), inserted ``or 
section 3572 of this title'' after ``section 2112 of this title'' and 
``or extension'' after ``agreement'' wherever appearing.
    1990--Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 101-382, Sec. 132(b)(2)(A), (B), 
inserted ``or resolution'' after ``revenue bill'' and ``, or approval 
resolution,'' after ``implementing bill''.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101-382, Sec. 132(b)(2)(C), substituted 
``joint'' for ``concurrent''.
    Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 101-382, Sec. 132(b)(2)(D), (E), substituted 
``revenue bill or resolution'' for ``revenue bill'' in three places and 
``such bill or resolution'' for ``such bill'' in five places.
    1988--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 100-418 inserted reference to section 
2903(a)(1) of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-465 effective, except as otherwise 
provided, on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with 
respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995], and applicable with respect 
to investigations, reviews, and inquiries initiated and petitions filed 
under specified provisions of subtitle IV (Sec. 1671 et seq.) of chapter 
4 of this title after such date, see section 291 of Pub. L. 103-465, set 
out as a note under section 1671 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2112, 2435, 2437, 2503, 
2504, 2903, 2905, 2906, 3311, 3511 of this title.
