[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR2001.2]



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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XX--OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

 

PART 2001_CREATION, ORGANIZATION, AND FUNCTIONS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2001.2  Organization.



    (a) The Office is headed by the United States Trade Representative 

(hereinafter, the ``Trade Representative'') as provided in section 

141(b)(1) of the Trade Act. The Trade Representative reports directly to 

the President and the Congress as described in Sec. 2001.3(a)(2) of 

this part, and has the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and 

Plenipotentiary.

    (b) The Office also consists of two Deputy Trade Representatives 

(hereinafter ``Deputy Trade Representatives'') as provided in section 

141(b)(2) of the Trade Act, each of whom holds the rank of Ambassador, 

and of a professional and nonprofessional staff.

    (c) The Trade Policy Committee, an interagency committee composed of 

the heads of specified Executive departments and offices, was 

established by section 3 of Executive Order 11846 (see Appendix), as 

authorized by section 242(a) of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as 

amended, \2\ under the chairmanship of the United States Trade 

Representative, as provided by section 141(c)(1)(E) of the Trade Act. 

Two subordinate bodies of the Trade Policy Committee, the Trade Policy 

Committee Review Group, and the Trade Policy Staff Committee, provided 

for in Sec. Sec. 2002.1 and 2002.2 respectively, are established by, 

and under the direction and administrative control of the Trade 

Representative.

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    \2\ 76 Stat. 902, 19 U.S.C. 1872; Pub. L. 93-618, 88 Stat. 1978, 

section 602(b).

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