Promoting Transparency in Trade Act
Latest action · Jul 20, 2017 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 20, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Promoting Transparency in Trade Act
This bill amends the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require the President to publish on a publicly available website the proposed U.S. text for a trade agreement regarding trade barriers before the start of a negotiating round and the considered text for such an agreement at the conclusion of each negotiating round.
Congress may disapprove of trade authorities procedures (fast track) if the President has not published required negotiation texts for a proposed trade agreement.
The bill amends the Trade Act of 1974 to direct the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to ensure that the Chief Transparency Officer of the Office of the USTR does not have, or appear to have, any conflict of interest in ensuring the transparency of the activities of the Office, including trade negotiations.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 20, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Original | Jul 20, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jul 20, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2017Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 123, July 20, 2017, page H6146.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 to require the publication of certain texts for trade agreements negotiated under that Act, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Promoting Transparency in Trade Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance.
- Congressional oversight
- Federal officials
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Free trade and trade barriers
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Legislative rules and procedure
- Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Trade agreements and negotiations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
