Delaying Submission of the Small Business Administration Report Under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, 58705 [2017-27037]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2017 / Presidential Documents 58705 Presidential Documents Memorandum of December 8, 2017 Delaying Submission of the Small Business Administration Report Under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 Memorandum for the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) (Public Law 114–125) requires you to submit to the Congress a report on the economic impacts of a covered trade agreement on small businesses not less than 180 days after you convene an Interagency Working Group for the relevant trade agreement. The report for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will soon be due. To ensure that the negotiations are not disrupted, however, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 502 of the TFTEA, I require you to delay the submission of the report until after the negotiations are concluded, but not later than 30 days after a renegotiated agreement is signed, provided that the delay allows you to submit the report to the Congress not later than 45 days before the Senate or the House of Representatives acts to approve or disapprove the trade agreement. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 8, 2017 [FR Doc. 2017–27037 Filed 12–12–17; 11:15 am] Billing code 8205–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:28 Dec 12, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4790 Sfmt 4790 E:\FR\FM\13DEO0.SGM 13DEO0 Trump.EPS</GPH> sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with PRES DOCS You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.

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                Memorandum of December 8, 2017

                
Delaying Submission of the Small Business 
                Administration Report Under the Trade Facilitation and 
                Trade Enforcement Act of 2015

                Memorandum for the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 
                Small Business Administration

                The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 
                2015 (TFTEA) (Public Law 114-125) requires you to 
                submit to the Congress a report on the economic impacts 
                of a covered trade agreement on small businesses not 
                less than 180 days after you convene an Interagency 
                Working Group for the relevant trade agreement. The 
                report for the renegotiation of the North American Free 
                Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will soon be due. To ensure 
                that the negotiations are not disrupted, however, by 
                the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including section 502 of the TFTEA, I require 
                you to delay the submission of the report until after 
                the negotiations are concluded, but not later than 30 
                days after a renegotiated agreement is signed, provided 
                that the delay allows you to submit the report to the 
                Congress not later than 45 days before the Senate or 
                the House of Representatives acts to approve or 
                disapprove the trade agreement.

                You are authorized and directed to publish this 
                memorandum in the Federal Register.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    Washington, December 8, 2017

[FR Doc. 2017-27037
Filed 12-12-17; 11:15 am]
Billing code 8205-01-P