19 U.S.C. § 1872 — Interagency trade organization

(a) Establishment; functions; membership and composition; participation of representatives of other agencies; meetings. (1) The President must establish an interagency organization. (2) Its functions are—(A) helping and advising the President on trade-law functions and advising the Trade Representative on § 2171 functions; (B) helping the President and advising the Trade Representative on developing and carrying out United States international trade-policy objectives; and (C) advising both on how those objectives relate to other major policy areas that may significantly affect overall trade policy and competitiveness. (3) Members are (A) the Trade Representative, who chairs; (B) the Commerce Secretary; (C) the State Secretary; (D) the Treasury Secretary; (E) the Agriculture Secretary; and (F) the Labor Secretary. The Trade Representative may invite other agency representatives to meetings about matters of special interest to those agencies. The organization meets when and about matters the President or chair directs.

(b) Duties. The organization must (1) recommend basic policy on administering the trade agreements program; (2) recommend what action, if any, the President should take on International Trade Commission reports under § 2251(d); (3) advise the President about hearings under § 2412(b)(2) and recommend action; and (4) perform other trade-program functions the President designates. It must consider advice from congressional advisers, private-sector advisory committees, and committees or bodies advising a member’s department, agency, or office.

(c) Resources, procedures, and committees. To the maximum extent practicable, the organization must draw on the resources of the agencies represented in it, as well as any other agencies it determines, including the United States International Trade Commission. The President may establish regulations creating procedures and committees needed for hearings under § 2412(b)(2) and other assigned functions.