FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION.

SEC. 1621. FUNCTIONS AND ORGANIZATION. (a) In General.— Section 242 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1872) is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as follows: “(a) (1) The President shall establish an interagency organization. “(2) The functions of the organization are— “(A) to assist, and make recommendations to, the President in carrying out the functions vested in him by the trade laws and to advise the United States Trade Representative (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘Trade Representative’) in carrying out the functions set forth in section 141 of the Trade Act of 1974; “(B) to assist the President, and advise the Trade Representative, with respect to the development and implementation of the international trade policy objectives of the United States; and “(C) to advise the President and the Trade Representative with respect to the relationship between the international trade policy objectives of the United States and other major policy areas which may significantly affect the overall international trade policy and trade competitiveness of the United States. “(3) The interagency organization shall be composed of the following: “(A) The Trade Representative, who shall be chairperson. “(B) The Secretary of Commerce. “(C) The Secretary of State. “(D) The Secretary of the Treasury. “(E) The Secretary of Agriculture. “(F) The Secretary of Labor. The Trade Representative may invite representatives from other agencies, as appropriate, to attend particular meetings if subject 102 STAT. 1264matters of specific functional interest to such agencies are under consideration. It shall meet at such times and with respect to such matters as the President or the Chairman shall direct.”. (2) Subsection (b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “In carrying out its functions under this subsection, the organization shall take into account the advice of the congressional advisers and private sector advisory committees, as well as that of any committee or other body established to advise the department, agency, or office which a member of the organization heads.”. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the interagency organization established under subsection (a) should be the principal interagency forum within the executive branch on international trade policy matters.