The Office of Advocacy shall also perform the following duties on a continuing basis:
In this subsection-
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the President submits the notification required under section 4204(a) of title 19, the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall convene an Interagency Working Group, which shall consist of an employee from each of the following agencies, as selected by the head of the agency or an official delegated by the head of the agency:
Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Chief Counsel for Advocacy convenes the Working Group under subparagraph (A), the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall identify a diverse group of small businesses, representatives of small businesses, or a combination thereof, to provide to the Working Group the views of small businesses in the manufacturing, services, and agriculture industries on the potential economic effects of the covered trade agreement.
Not later than 180 days after the date on which the Chief Counsel for Advocacy convenes the Working Group under paragraph (2)(A), the Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives a report on the economic impacts of the covered trade agreement on small businesses, which shall-
To ensure that negotiations for the covered trade agreement are not disrupted, the President may require that the Chief Counsel for Advocacy delay submission of the report under subparagraph (A) until after the negotiations for the covered trade agreement are concluded, provided that the delay allows the Chief Counsel for Advocacy to submit the report to Congress not later than 45 days before the Senate or the House of Representatives acts to approve or disapprove the covered trade agreement.
The Chief Counsel for Advocacy shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate the submission of the report under this paragraph with the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Trade Representative, other agencies, and trade advisory committees to avoid unnecessary duplication of reporting requirements.
15 U.S.C. § 634c
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Small Business Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is Pub. L. 85-536, §2 (1 et seq.), July 18, 1958, 72 Stat. 384, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 631 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATIONSection was not enacted as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS2016- Pub. L. 114-125 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b). 2010-Par. (6). Pub. L. 111-240 added par. (6).
EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS
DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY UNDER 15 U.S.C. 634C(B)(3)(B) Memorandum of President of the United States, Oct. 9, 2020, 85 F.R. 65631, provided:Memorandum for the United States Trade RepresentativeBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby delegate to the United States Trade Representative the authority vested in the President by section 634c(b)(3)(B) of title 15, United States Code.You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.Donald J. Trump.
- Administration
- the terms "Administration" and "Administrator" mean the Small Business Administration and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and