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Title 19 — Customs Duties

Chapter 12 — Trade Act of 1974

§ 2485. Voluntary limitations on exports of steel to United States

Statutory text

No person shall be liable for damages, penalties, or other sanctions under the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.] or the Antitrust Acts (as defined in section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 44]), or under any similar State law, on account of his negotiating, entering into, participating in, or implementing an arrangement providing for the voluntary limitation on exports of steel and steel products to the United States, or any modification or renewal of such an arrangement, if such arrangement or such modification or renewal—

(1)

was undertaken prior to , at the request of the Secretary of State or his delegate, and

(2)

ceases to be effective not later than .

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Trade Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–618 title VI § 607 · 88 Stat. 1978

    Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2485

    (Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 607, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2073.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 607, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2073.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 607. VOLUNTARY LIMITATIONS ON EXPORTS OF STEEL TO THE UNITED STATES. No person shall be liable for damages, penalties, or other sanctions under the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41–77) or the Antitrust Acts (as defined in section 4 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44)), or under any similar State law, on account of his negotiating, entering into, participating in, or implementing an arrangement providing for the voluntary limitation on exports of steel and steel products to the United States, or any modification or renewal of such an arrangement, if such arrangement or such modification or renewal— (1) was undertaken prior to the date of the enactment of this Act at the request of the Secretary of State or his delegate, and (2) ceases to be effective not later than January 1, 1975.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 26, 1914, ch. 311, 38 Stat. 717, which is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 41 et seq.) of chapter 2 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 58 of Title 15 and Tables.

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–618, title VI, § 607, , 88 Stat. 2073.)

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