REORGANIZING AND RESTRUCTURING OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

SEC. 1109. REORGANIZING AND RESTRUCTURING OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE FUNCTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT. (a) In General.—The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than July 10, 1979, a proposal to restructure the international trade functions of the Executive Branch of the United States Government. In developing his proposal, the President shall consider, among other possibilities, strengthening the coordination and functional responsibilities of the Office of the United States Trade Representative to include, among other things, representation of the United States in all matters before the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the establishment of a board of trade with a coordinating mechanism in the Executive Office of the President, and the establishment of a Department of International Trade and Investment. The recommendations of the President, as embodied in such proposal, should include a monitoring and enforcement structure which would insure protection of United States rights under agreements negotiated pursuant to the Tokyo Round of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations and all other elements of multilateral and bilateral international trade agreements. The proposal should result in an upgrading of commercial programs and commercial attachés overseas to assure that the United States trading partners are meeting their trade agreement obligations, particularly those entered into under such agreements, including the tendering procedures of the Agreement on Government Procurement. (b) Congressional Action.—In order to ensure that the 96th Congress takes final action on a comprehensive reorganization of trade functions as soon as possible, the appropriate committee of each House of the Congress shall give the proposal by the President immediate consideration and shall make its best efforts to take final committee action to reorganize and restructure the international trade functions of the United States Government by November 10, 1979. [19 U.S.C. 2111 note]