Grants the President authority to seek negotiations with the European Union (EU) for a trade agreement to reduce existing EU or U.S. duties or other import restrictions unduly burdening and restricting U.S. foreign trade.
Subjects such authority to all applicable congressional notification and consultation requirements.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6536 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6536
To authorize the President to seek to conduct negotiations with the
European Union for purposes of entering into a trade agreement with the
European Union, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 21, 2012
Mr. Nunes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To authorize the President to seek to conduct negotiations with the
European Union for purposes of entering into a trade agreement with the
European Union, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TRADE AGREEMENT AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO THE EUROPEAN
UNION.
(a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), the President is
authorized to seek to conduct negotiations with the European Union for
purposes of entering into a trade agreement with the European Union to
reduce existing duties or other import restrictions of the European
Union or the United States that are unduly burdening and restricting
the foreign trade of the United States.
(b) Congressional Notification and Consultation.--The exercise of
the authority of subsection (a) shall be subject to all applicable
congressional notification and consultation requirements provided for
under any other provision of law.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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