Pub. L. 103-465, tit. IV, subtit. C, sec. 621

CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

EnactedYear: 1994Length: 611 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 621. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) Trade Laws.— (1) Section 1317(a)(1) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 1677k(a)(l)) is amended— (A) by inserting “(A)” after “(1)”; (B) by striking “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “GATT 1994”; and (C) by adding at the end the following: “(B) The term ‘GATT 1994’ has the meaning given that term in section 2(1)(B) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.”. (2) Section 212(c)(4) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2702(c)(4)) is amended by striking “General” and all that follows through “1979” and inserting “WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”. (3) Section 203(d)(4) of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3202(d)(4)) is amended by striking “General” and all that follows through “1979” and inserting “WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are 108 STAT. 4993defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”. (4) Section 1106 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2905) is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “the GATT” and inserting “the GATT 1947, or to the WTO Agreement,”; (B) in subsections (b) and (c), by inserting after “the GATT’ each place it appears “1947 or the WTO Agreement”; (C) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(e) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: “(1) The term ‘GATT 1947’ has the meaning given that term in section 2(1)(A) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. “(2) The term ‘WTO Agreement’ means the Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization entered into on April 15, 1994 and the multilateral trade agreements (as such term is defined in section 2(4) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act).”; and (D) by inserting after “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” in the heading “for the WTO”. (5) Section 1107(a)(3) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 2906(3)) is amended by striking “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “the GATT 1947 (as defined in section 2(1)(A) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”. (6) Section 1378(2) of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3107(2)) is amended by striking “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”. (7) Section 1382 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (19 U.S.C. 3111) is amended by striking “the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade” and inserting “the WTO Agreement and the multilateral trade agreements (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (9) and (4), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act)”. (8) Section 141(c)(l) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171(c)(1)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (C) by inserting “all negotiations on any matter considered under the auspices of the World Trade Organization,” after “including”; and (B) in subparagraph (D) by inserting “, including any matter considered under the auspices of the World Trade Organization,” after “functions”. (9) Section 301(a)(2)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2411(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking “the Contracting Parties” and all that follows through “Parties,” and inserting “the Dispute Settlement Body (as defined in section 121(5) of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act) has adopted a report,”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States.