§ 2531. Certain standards-related activities

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. 1979

   Trade Agreements Act of 1979

   Pub. L. 96–39 title IV § 401 · 93 Stat. 144

   Enacted · 19 U.S.C. § 2531

   Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 401, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 242

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–39, title IV, § 401, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 242

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 401. CERTAIN STAND ARDS-RELATED ACTIVITIES. 19 USC 2531. Nothing in this title may be construed as prohibiting any private person, Federal agency, or State agency from engaging in standards-related activities that do not create unnecessary obstacles to the foreign commerce of the United States. No standards-related activity of any private person, Federal agency, or State agency shall be deemed to constitute an unnecessary obstacle to the foreign commerce of the United States if the demonstrable purpose of the standards-related activity is to achieve a legitimate domestic objective including, but not limited to, the protection of legitimate health or safety, essential security, environmental, or consumer interests and if such activity does not operate to exclude imported products which fully meet the objectives of such activity.

2. 1994

   Pub. L. 103–465 title III § 351(b) · 108 Stat. 4809

   1. Added · 19 U.S.C. § 2531

      Pub. L. 103–465 added subsec. (a)

   2. Amended · 19 U.S.C. § 2531

      Pub. L. 103–465 designated existing provisions as subsec. (b)

   3. Inserted · 19 U.S.C. § 2531

      Pub. L. 103–465 inserted subsec. (b) heading

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 103–465 added subsec. (a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), and inserted subsec. (b) heading.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Section 401.— Section 401 is amended— 19 USC 2531. (1) by striking “Nothing” and inserting “(b) Unnecessary Obstacles.—Nothing”; and (2) by inserting after the section heading the following:

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 103–465, title III, § 352, Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4957, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle F (§§ 351, 352) of title III of Pub. L. 103–465, amending this section and sections 2532, 2544, 2571, and 2573 of this title and repealing provisions set out below] and the amendments made by this subtitle take effect on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States [Jan. 1, 1995].”

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision