                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
               CHAPTER 22--URUGUAY ROUND TRADE AGREEMENTS
 
 SUBCHAPTER I--APPROVAL OF, AND GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO, URUGUAY 
                            ROUND AGREEMENTS
 
       Part C--Uruguay Round Implementation and Dispute Settlement
 
Sec. 3535. Review of participation in WTO


(a) Report on operation of WTO

    The first annual report submitted to the Congress under section 3534 
of this title--
        (1) after the end of the 5-year period beginning on the date on 
    which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United 
    States, and
        (2) after the end of every 5-year period thereafter,

shall include an analysis of the effects of the WTO Agreement on the 
interests of the United States, the costs and benefits to the United 
States of its participation in the WTO, and the value of the continued 
participation of the United States in the WTO.

(b) Congressional disapproval of U.S. participation in WTO

                          (1) General rule

        The approval of the Congress, provided under section 3511(a) of 
    this title, of the WTO Agreement shall cease to be effective if, and 
    only if, a joint resolution described in subsection (c) of this 
    section is enacted into law pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 
    (2).

                      (2) Procedural provisions

        (A) The requirements of this paragraph are met if the joint 
    resolution is enacted under subsection (c) of this section, and--
            (i) the Congress adopts and transmits the joint resolution 
        to the President before the end of the 90-day period (excluding 
        any day described in section 2194(b) of this title), beginning 
        on the date on which the Congress receives a report referred to 
        in subsection (a) of this section, and
            (ii) if the President vetoes the joint resolution, each 
        House of Congress votes to override that veto on or before the 
        later of the last day of the 90-day period referred to in clause 
        (i) or the last day of the 15-day period (excluding any day 
        described in section 2194(b) of this title) beginning on the 
        date on which the Congress receives the veto message from the 
        President.

        (B) A joint resolution to which this section applies may be 
    introduced at any time on or after the date on which the President 
    transmits to the Congress a report described in subsection (a) of 
    this section, and before the end of the 90-day period referred to in 
    subparagraph (A).

(c) Joint resolutions

                        (1) Joint resolutions

        For purposes of this section, the term ``joint resolution'' 
    means only a joint resolution of the 2 Houses of Congress, the 
    matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: ``That the 
    Congress withdraws its approval, provided under section 101(a) of 
    the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, of the WTO Agreement as defined in 
    section 2(9) of that Act.''

                           (2) Procedures

        (A) Joint resolutions may be introduced in either House of the 
    Congress by any member of such House.
        (B) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, the provisions 
    of subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 2192 of this title 
    apply to joint resolutions to the same extent as such provisions 
    apply to resolutions under such section.
        (C) If the committee of either House to which a joint resolution 
    has been referred has not reported it by the close of the 45th day 
    after its introduction (excluding any day described in section 
    2194(b) of this title), such committee shall be automatically 
    discharged from further consideration of the joint resolution and it 
    shall be placed on the appropriate calendar.
        (D) It is not in order for--
            (i) the Senate to consider any joint resolution unless it 
        has been reported by the Committee on Finance or the committee 
        has been discharged under subparagraph (C); or
            (ii) the House of Representatives to consider any joint 
        resolution unless it has been reported by the Committee on Ways 
        and Means or the committee has been discharged under 
        subparagraph (C).

        (E) A motion in the House of Representatives to proceed to the 
    consideration of a joint resolution may only be made on the second 
    legislative day after the calendar day on which the Member making 
    the motion announces to the House his or her intention to do so.

         (3) Consideration of second resolution not in order

        It shall not be in order in either the House of Representatives 
    or the Senate to consider a joint resolution (other than a joint 
    resolution received from the other House), if that House has 
    previously adopted a joint resolution under this section.

(d) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate

    This section is enacted by the Congress--
        (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
    Representatives and the Senate, respectively, and as such is deemed 
    a part of the rules of each House, respectively, and such procedures 
    supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent 
    with such other rules; and
        (2) with the full recognition of the constitutional right of 
    either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the 
    procedures of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to 
    the same extent as any other rule of that House.

(Pub. L. 103-465, title I, Sec. 125, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4833.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 101(a) and 2(9) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, 
referred to in subsec. (c)(1), are classified to sections 3511(a) and 
3501(9), respectively, of this title.


               Uruguay Round Agreements: Entry Into Force

    The Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World Trade Organization 
Agreement and agreements annexed to that Agreement, as referred to in 
section 3511(d) of this title, entered into force with respect to the 
United States on Jan. 1, 1995. See note set out under section 3511 of 
this title.
